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Membership Growth & Sales
The Pickleball Dividend: How Racquet Clubs Are Converting the Boom Into Membership Growth
How private racquet clubs are turning the pickleball boom into membership growth without alienating tennis members. Data, tensions, and a marketing playbook.
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Industry News & Trends
Harvest Season Is Your Best Acquisition Window: Turning the Crush and Fall Release Into Wine-Club Growth
How wineries and clubs can turn harvest events and the fall release calendar into their strongest wine-club acquisition and retent
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Marketing the Sold-Out Club: Waitlist Strategy and Dues Positioning in a Full-Club Era
How full golf and country clubs should market membership, run waitlists, and position dues and initiation fees when demand outpace
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The 172-Club Operator: Inside the KSL Invited Heritage Golf Deal
A single operator with 172 golf and country clubs touches roughly 5% of the commercially relevant U.S. club market — and somethi
Club Marketing & Strategy
Beyond the Club’s Own Feed: A Social and Content Channel Plan for Private Clubs
A club’s own account reaches the people who already joined. The prospects are somewhere else — and reaching them does not requ
Club Marketing & Strategy
The Quiet Campaign: How Clubs Build Membership Demand on Facebook Without Advertising It
Most clubs that turn on Meta ads ask for the sale in the first frame. The more effective architecture never mentions membership at
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Your August Playbook: Beating the Late-Summer Slump and Setting Up the Fall Season
August decides your fall. Four plays for private clubs — programming the late-summer cliff, winning renewal season, the summer-t
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Budget Season Starts Now: How Top Clubs Build the 2027 Budget and Set Next Year’s Dues
The 2027 club budget is built in July–September. Inside the calendar, the dues math, and why the 9% era is over — with Sawgras
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The $530 Million Question: What Versant’s Full Swing Deal Reveals About Who Really Owns Your Club’s Golf Operation
Versant just paid $530 million for a simulator company. It already owned Golf Channel, GolfNow, GolfPass — and the software that
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Club Assessments Explained: Capital Dues, Special Assessments and What Members Actually Owe in 2026
Capital dues, operating assessments and special assessments are not the same thing. How each is levied, what members actually owe in 2026, and what separates a
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Food & Beverage Minimums Explained: How Clubs Structure Them in 2026…
How private clubs structure F&B minimums in 2026 — monthly, quarterly, annual — why they exist, and why a
Club Profiles
Fall Books Now: Why July Is the Sales Window for Your Club’s…
October is America’s #1 wedding month and December corporate dates fill by August. Why your club’s fall pr
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The Junior Summer: How Camps and Junior Programming Became the…
Junior programming is the most underpriced acquisition channel in the club industry. The under-45 family joins
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Country Club Dues Explained: What Your Monthly Bill Actually Covers…
Initiation is paid once; dues arrive every month. Here’s what operating dues, capital charges, F&B minimums,
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Padel, Pickleball, or Both? Building the Right Racquet Program in 2026
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Club Profiles
Wimbledon Season at the Club: Turning Summer Tennis Into a Membership Engine
June 17, 2026
Wellness & Lifestyle
Rosé Season & the Summer Wine Club: Driving DTC and Membership Through Seasonal Releases
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Membership Growth & Sales
The Pickleball Dividend: How Racquet Clubs Are Converting the Boom Into Membership Growth
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Beyond the Club’s Own Feed: A Social and Content Channel Plan for Private Clubs
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The Quiet Campaign: How Clubs Build Membership Demand on Facebook Without Advertising It
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Club Operations & Technology
The Identity Resolution Playbook: How Clubs Are Turning Anonymous Website Visitors Into Membership Leads
April 15, 2026
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Digital Concierge: How AI-Powered Member Services Are Transforming Club Operations
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Data-Driven Club Analytics: Predict Member Behavior & Optimize
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