As we begin 2022 with the “Membership Matters” campaign, I wanted to remind everyone how easy it is to share your love of the hobby - which can help us expand our community. Imagine our growth if each member sponsored just one new member! To get you started, below are a few tips.  Also be sure to visit the Membership Matters page for FREE recruiting materials that can be mailed to you. #Membershipmatters #TogetherWeGrow

Tips to welcome new members and strengthen the hobby

The best way to recruit new members is to share your collecting story and emphasize what APS membership means to you – make it personal!  Every story shared is a chance to welcome a new collector to our community.

Recruiting new collectors can be as simple as:

1. Share your collecting story and give an application to join to a friend;
   If you have a great story about how you started into the hobby, please consider sharing with us.  We would love to post it among the other My Stamp Story posts.  Contact the APS Media Team by emailing MediaTeam@stamps.org
   
2. Share a stamp with someone of a topic of interest (does your colleague love cats, lighthouses, Star Wars….give them a stamp of the topic);
3. Share a podcast story, an interesting article or a copy of “The American Philatelist”;
4. Share why you are a proud member of APS or about an APS service that really helped you;
5. Share resources from stamps.org – U.S. New Stamp Issues, event calendar, buying and selling opportunities, etc. and invite them to join online.

For more tips and recruiting tools, visit our Membership Matters!