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For trade and professional associations with renewals coming up

Your renewal letter, rewritten to show members what their dues paid for

Nothing to pay until you approve it. If you don’t approve it after two rounds of changes, you owe nothing and the copy can’t be used.

I rewrite your renewal letter, or the next reminder if the letter has gone, from your own dues table, benefits page, annual report and board decisions. Every new line shows its source, so your board can check it. USD 249 {GBP 199 | EUR 229} buys the letter, the benefits block on your website and a one-page summary for your board.

Send your renewal letter

No card details to start. Everything happens by email, with no calls.

Not ready to decide? Get a free mark-up first: the top 3 fixes, marked on your own letter, within 2 UK working days

A reminder is not a reason. A crumpled Time to Renew letter beside a wastepaper bin.

Before: “Membership includes advocacy, education, networking and more.”

After: “Last year our contract desk checked 212 subcontracts for members, at no extra cost.”

Source: Annual report 2025, page 6.

See the sample

Less list. More reason. Advice, networking and education become: An expert to ask before you sign. Fictional wording example.

01 · The season

The letter that goes out every year

If your renewal letter was written once and has been touched since only where the date and the amount changed, the benefits sit in a list of nouns: advocacy, education, networking, discounts. A member reads the list, then reads the amount.

If dues went up this year, that bigger number arrives with no reason beside it. The board may ask why the renewal number moved, and a member may reply to ask what the rise pays for.

From two US benchmarking reports:

Figure
59%
What it says
of the trade associations in the survey raised their dues rates. This is the trade association group, not all associations.
Source
Marketing General, Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report, 2025
Figure
11%
What it says
of associations describe their value proposition as “very compelling”.
Source
Marketing General, 2025
Figure
49.5%
What it says
name communicating member benefits as a top challenge, second only to non-dues revenue.
Source
Naylor, Association Benchmarking Report, 2026

None of this says your benefits are weak. The letter may not show the ones members use.

For scale: if one member’s yearly dues are more than USD 249 {GBP 199 | EUR 229}, the letter costs less than one renewal. I can’t promise it keeps anyone. It makes the case your members read.

02 · Sample

Before you read how it works, read one

Before: the letter as it stands

Dear Member,

Thank you for being part of the Carrow Valley Builders’ Association. Your membership gives you advocacy, education, networking, discounts and more. Your 2027 dues are now due. Renew today!

After: three of the new lines

New line
Last year our contract desk checked 212 subcontracts for members, at no extra cost.
Source
Your annual report 2025, page 6.
New line
In May we persuaded the county to take inspection bookings online, so members stopped losing mornings on the phone.
Source
Your advocacy page, “Inspections”.
New line
Your dues rise by 8% this year, the first change since 2021. The rise pays for a second contract reviewer, which the board approved in June.
Source
Your 2027 dues table and the board decision you sent.

To confirm: Was 2021 the last change? Sent to you as a question.

Board Summary, excerpt: one page for your board

  • What changes: Benefits named by what members used last year, not by category. The dues rise is explained in one sentence.
  • Where it comes from: Annual report 2025, advocacy page, 2027 dues table, board decision.
  • What stays word for word: Your deadline, your payment link and the lobbying line.

Where your material doesn’t support a line, you get a “to confirm” question instead of a guess, as above. A source shows where a line comes from. It doesn’t prove the line true, which is why the open ones come to you.

Every document carries one of three labels: Draft (the first version, with open questions marked), Facts confirmed (every “to confirm” answered) and Approved (the final version you approved).

01Draft02Facts confirmed03Approved

03 · Free mark-up

Or start with notes on your own letter

Send your next renewal message, letter or reminder. Within 2 UK working days you get the top 3 fixes, marked up on your copy and headed “Draft notes”. It is notes, not a new letter. The rewritten letter is the paid job.

  1. “advocacy, education, networking, discounts and more” names categories, not anything a member used. Your annual report, page 6, counts the subcontracts your contract desk checked. Name that instead.
  2. “Your 2027 dues are now due” gives the new amount with no reason beside it. If the board approved the rise for a reason, put that reason in one sentence next to the amount.
  3. “Thank you for being part of” opens on the association. Open on one thing the member got from it last year.

Nothing to pay for the sample. The Terms still cover how we use each other’s material. One free sample per organisation.

Get the free mark-up

04 · What you get

Everything in the sample, done on your letter

  1. The letter. Your renewal letter, or the next reminder if the letter has gone, up to about 600 words, tied to your real dues and the benefits members use. Plain text, plus HTML ready to paste into your AMS.
  2. The benefits block. The top benefits block of your join or benefits page, about 150 to 200 words, so a member who clicks through reads the same story.
  3. Board Summary. One page: what changes, why, where it comes from and what stays word for word. Forward it as it is.
  4. Voice notes. Drawn from your last 3 member emails, so the new letter sounds like the ones members already open.
  5. Two rounds of written changes. One combined list per round.

If dues went up. The sentence that explains the rise comes in 5 tones, from plainest to warmest. The reason in it is yours, from your dues table or a board decision. I never supply one.

What you don’t do. You don’t write, and you don’t hunt for facts. You send the letter as it stands and point me to your material. Your AMS still sends the letter on time and with the right amount. The words in it are the part I take on.

How I use AI. I use AI for research and first drafts. I check and edit every line myself. Read the AI use page

05 · Timing

When the draft reaches you

Walk in with a reason. A younger association communications manager enters a meeting carrying the board summary.
  1. Today. Send the form: your letter or a link, your website, who approves this (a person, a committee or the board), and the date your notice goes out. About 5 minutes.
  2. Within 1 UK working day. I reply with your start date and up to 6 questions. The start date tells you, before you do anything else, whether the draft can reach you before your notice date. If it can’t, I say so and you decide.
  3. 3 UK working days after your brief is complete. Your first draft arrives with the Board Summary, marked Draft. The clock starts when I confirm in writing that your brief is complete. Until then, a start date is only a booking. The sooner your answers come back, the sooner the draft does.
  4. Your decision. Two rounds of written changes, then your board decides.

06 · How paying works

Nothing to pay until you approve it.

Take the draft to your board first. Your board can take up to 45 days from the final draft to decide. If it meets later than that, we fix the meeting date when we start and your deadline moves to match.

If you don’t approve it after two rounds of changes, you owe nothing and the copy can’t be used.

On a first job, the invoice comes when you approve and is due in 7 days. With a purchase order, it can be up to 30 days.

I can’t promise your renewal rate. That depends on your members, your pricing and your timing. I answer for the work.

What counts as approving, when copyright passes to you and what happens if an invoice is late: Terms · Refunds

Send your renewal letter

07 · Prices

Both options start with your letter

Renewal Letter Fix

USD 249 {GBP 199 | EUR 229} for one letter

The letter or next reminder, the benefits block, the Board Summary and voice notes. Two rounds of written changes are included.

Send your renewal letter

Renewal Season Series

USD 1,290 {GBP 990 | EUR 1,150} for 8 pieces, the letter included

The letter plus 5 reminders (60, 30 and 7 days, due date, grace notice) and 2 win-back emails for members who lapse, in one voice. If your letter has already gone, the series is the remaining reminders, the 2 win-backs and next season’s letter.

Within 1 UK working day of your letter payment arriving, I send you a written date for each draft, set against your remaining send dates.

Season invoice one, when you approve the letter: USD 249 {GBP 199 | EUR 229}, which covers the letter. Invoice two, when you approve the other seven pieces: USD 1,041 {GBP 791 | EUR 921}, which covers those seven pieces. The two invoices add up to the season price, USD 1,290 {GBP 990 | EUR 1,150}.

The other seven pieces start when invoice one is paid, with one round of written changes each. If you approve the letter and stop there, you pay the letter price and nothing more.

Start with the whole season

You can choose the larger option when you start, or within 14 days of approving your first job. What you paid for the first job counts in full. Season total USD 1,290 {GBP 990 | EUR 1,150}, which includes the letter you already paid. You pay the rest, USD 1,041 {GBP 791 | EUR 921}, when you approve the other seven pieces.

Card or bank transfer. Prices are fixed in USD, GBP and EUR. Your invoice is in the currency you choose on the start form.

08 · Who writes it

One writer, answering for every line

I’m Marcell Mozes, a copywriter in the UK, working alone. I write every letter myself and check every line against your material before you see it.

This page shows no association results, and I won’t invent any. Judge me on your own letter, starting with the free mark-up.

What editors at agencies I’ve written for say (they are not association clients):

“What I appreciated most was his rigor. If something in the source material was ambiguous, he flagged it rather than guessing.”
Joe Gowdridge, Pretzl
“He understood the positioning, stayed within the scope, and delivered exactly when he promised.”
Barnaby Ellis, Director, Strategy & Experience, Fifty Five and Five
“What I appreciated most was knowing where things stood without having to chase.”
Rachel Osborne, Senior Account Manager, Blend

09 · Questions

Answered here, in writing

Question not here? Email it

Our board meets quarterly.

Put your board meeting date under What you need, or in your reply to my questions. The 45-day board window above then applies, and the Board Summary is written for that meeting.

We need a PO or a supplier form.

Put your PO number in the start form’s purchase order field and it goes on the invoice. Send your supplier form and I’ll return it within 1 UK working day.

Our letter is longer than 600 words.

A longer package counts as two jobs, and I say so in writing before I start.

Do you do calls?

No. Every answer is in writing, on record for your board, and you reply when it suits you. I reply within 1 UK working day.

Why not our AMS templates or ChatGPT?

You can draft it with AI, and I do too. What you pay for is the check: every line tied to your own dues and benefits, with a summary your board can approve.

Our notice has a lobbying line.

I keep it word for word and flag it. Tax wording stays with your accountant.

What if we send it by mistake before we decide?

If copy goes live by mistake and comes down within 5 UK working days, I cancel the invoice.

Do you need member data?

No. I work from your public pages, the letter, your dues, the benefits members use most and anything else you choose to send. I never ask for member lists or records.

We’re in the US and you’re in the UK.

That works. You pick USD, GBP or EUR on the start form, and everything happens by email, so time zones hold nothing up.

10 · Your decision

Your members will read this year’s letter either way.

Send it with your notice date. With your start date, I’ll tell you whether the draft can reach you before the letter goes out.

Send your renewal letter

Or email your letter to marcell@marcellmozes.com.

Give them a reason. Before: Renew your membership. After: Keep the quarterly code-change briefing.