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Debbie K.
Civic & Social Organization, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I came into my position with our Chamber just a few years after they had purchased ChamberMaster. They were still in a learning phase so I felt as if I was on the ground floor with this program. I was lucky enough to attend a day long training several years ago to get hands on education in how to use the many different areas. That was a great experience!
It is so easy to add and keep track of members, to connect them into our events and track their participation. It is an amazing product in my opinion.
Would like for the email function to be a bit more adaptable, particularly signature blocks.
Beatrice O.
Construction, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall, our experience has been quite good. The support is fairly quick and helpful. The transition to our new website was so easy, bordered on painless.
GrowthZone does a very good job of meeting the needs of our members. The members can register for events, update their listing on our website, and find valuable information in the member profile. These ensure value for our members - a benefit we can highlight.
The software does not offer as robust a database as I would like. We do have some work-arounds to ensure that we capture needed data.
Debbi R.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Growth Zone knows and understands the users needs. The staff here needs to get things done and this database makes that easier by providing simple instructions and specific help when needed. The uptime for the cloud based system is surprisingly good.
One area that could be improved is the ability to customize reports. While it is available, the interface to get what you need is clunky. They are great at how to get the data into the system - it's complicated to get the data out in a format that is relevant.
Kristen O.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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When I first joined our organization, we used spread sheets to track all of our members and events. It took some coaxing, but I was finally able to convince our board to invest in membership software...and I am so thankful they said yes! Memberzone has been a God send! Not only does the system make my daily tasks and communication with members much easier, it gives us a totally professional appearance! I can't say enough about how great this system has been for our organization. It's like having another employee and the customer service is the best! If you aren't using this software, you are working too hard!
It makes my life so much easier! It's like having another employee
It doesn't integrate that well with quickbooks. It's very time consuming transferring between the 2 programs and as much as I love it, it's not cheap.
Arlene B.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees
Used monthly for 1-2 years
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Every time I've called their customer service, I've been helped thru the problem that I'm trying to deal with, but sometimes I've been handed over thru several different people on just one phone call. It's very time consuming so mostly I don't bother calling with questions unless I'm desperate. The online video tutorials are not very helpful for specific questions or problems. It's buggy. I still don't totally understand why so many of our members have trouble accessing their member hub pages and aren't able to update outdated info on their own.
Helps us track our 3 levels of membership and collect dues. We've had some success enrolling members into workshops with the option to pay online.
Where to begin...Back end is not at all intuitive with lists and committees that need to be populated in a separate setup in order to be functional. We tried using their "event management" to sell and track ticket sales to a festival, which is our number one fundraiser for our non-profit of the year. It was near disastrous because GZ assumes your event is a business conference. We sold 2,000 tickets...
We are sorry about your frustrations and challenges. We hope you will take us up on our previous requests to schedule a 1-to-1 database readiness and review session, as most of the issues you list here can be easily resolved.
Cyndi Z.
Used daily for 2+ years
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It is fairly easy to understand Transition to software was seemless Functions are available to do great things Fairly affordable
Does not come with any live training, online webcasts are difficult to watch then try to use Does not integrate as well as I would like with quickbooks Reduction in service limits its usage
Hello Cyndi. Thank you for your review. As a point of clarification, we do have live training workshops and in-personal regional training for GrowthZone users. The full training schedule and registration information is on our website.
Rob L.
Construction, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Very good
Growthzone is much easier to use than our former product. Many local Associations in our area are using a version of Growthzone so there were a number of users who could give us good feed back in the purchasing process
importing our data from Wild Apricot was not as smooth as it could have been but I blame Wild Apricot.
Laura Y.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Growth zone has given our Chamber the product to be streamlined and efficient. I love the ability to control and update our website so easily! Credit card procesing is clean, easy to use, and provides a smooth transaction as well as easy of paperwork.
Love the new features popping up all the time, constantly keeping up with the demand of society. The intgration of this product with our Chamber website and credit card processing has made office work run smoothly.
I don't have any cons after unisng this software for over 5 years.
aNN F.
Civic & Social Organization, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Don't know what we would do without the support. Overever we always are concerned about the monthly charges which our BOD always questions. We use support for questions that we need answered immediately to finish a setup, event or project and rarely take or have the time to really learn best practices for the next time or for newer employees to try.
Keeps membership records, member usage, tranfers to website, accounting of member participation. Tracking email correspondences. Software has been used for years - with various employees, we need the time and personnel and education to improve our database - remove old old event information and correct membership records.
Need a better way to use GrowthZone when at events. No longer use or trust the payment processing and still need to use other software. Website setup has little flexibility and is time consuming - not easy to use or change. Struggling to transfer accounting into Quickbooks 2021. Lots of issues which I am told are from Quickbooks. No helpful - have you ever tried to get an answer from QB? Life is too short! need CM to help and be able to know the accounting software better...
Katrina W.
Education Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I appreciate the ease of RSVP setups for events.
I appreciate the time and efforts the GrowthZone team puts into each of their customers. They are willing to listen to your needs and if possible make the adjustments.
We house a state society of 3,000 members, it is easy to have duplicate accounts for our members.
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Wholesale, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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It has some versatility! It functions well and does what we need it to.
We use it as a CRM, we are not a chamber. The price point is great and it actually works well for this. I love that I can email directly from the program. It keeps track of my emails and lets me set reminders. The reporting is pretty good too.
It can take a while for the customer service to return and resolve emails. I can't call in either for help.
Thanks for your feedback and review. For the record we do have live support via phone or chat. Both of these channels would be faster than email. Our company is built around our heart for great service and keeping our customers happy. Thanks!
Amy N.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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It's been a big deal for our small Chamber of Commerce to have such a robust software platform to manage all our events, memberships and activities. We've contacted customer support so many times - and each time they have been very responsive to our needs.
Integration with website management of data, events, and revenue in one platform member communications abilities Customer support
Project management functionality is not good
Jamie P.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall experience is good. The program is nice and I feel like it has more to offer but I don't understand r don't know where to access all the information
Very nice to work with. We only have very few issues with the program, but that could be user error as well. The Website option is the only part we struggle with
Website is hard to function, we have trouble moving stuff around and I wish there was an undo button
Liza C.
Nonprofit Organization Management, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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It's been super to use and customer service has always been prompt and so very helpful
I like the ability to coordinate events, payments and membership in one place. Organizational management has increased due to the ease of all information in one place.
I would like to be able to invoice for someone that is not a member and that I don't have to add as a membership with address and all info.
Meighan A. H.
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Real Estate, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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I have nothing but positive experiences with Growthzone from my interaction with sales, to onboarding and then continued support with the support team. They are very responsive and keep an open mind to user recommendations.
The program is very appealing to the eye. Its user interface is very user friendly. The modules available provide tools to make our association run efficient and effectively.
Nothing! I love it all. I can't think of any part of the software that I dislike.
Tammy R.
Public Relations and Communications, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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We use to track new members, payments and for all of our events.
It is easy to move around in the member account or move back and forth in the program
Event Guest List - I have to remember what event I am in to print out the list. Some include everyone invited and some only list the people that have been added.
Pam S.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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It is a great product. Always willing to listen to what the users suggest and implementing changes to enhance the experience.
Accessing the Members information , ease of invoicing & variety of functions that are available.
It is not as easy for a Non-Member to use for events during registration.
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Executive Office, 1-10 employees
Used other for 2+ years
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We moved to GrowthZone from another Membership system, and could not have been happier. The migration of the front and back end info was seamless, the support is excellent - especially the chat functions. I am easily able to navigate and learn more about the backend without being a developer of any kind. It is easy for users and the front end is so nice for Members!
I liked the abundance of features that we are able to offer to the membership - from dynamic profiles, to group emailing, to social media feeds. Our Members gained a whole bunch when we moved to GrowthZone (formerly MemberZone)
I did not like that I could not fix Member's profile addresses myself. If they had a company name change, the old name showed up in the profile address unless fixed by their support. That should be something a back end user can fix easily.
Marcie L.
Civic & Social Organization, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I specifically like the coordination between the database and website. I also really like the new email designer. It saves me time, looks modern and professional. I was not part of the integration process.
The lack of compatibility with Quickbooks. Changing/using/finding template letters, form letters, template emails, etc. is confusing.
Chelsea W.
Nonprofit Organization Management, self-employed
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Overall my experience has been positive. The ease of use is perfect for small and large Chambers.
Chambermaster is an industry must-have! Everything you need to run a Chamber of Commerce is available to you with this product. It is easy to learn and provides customizable options for your individual needs.
The newsletter feature. I wish there were more editing capabilities. Templates are great, but being able to start from scratch and create your own design would be amazing.
Debra B.
Nonprofit Organization Management, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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Easy to use and supports all that we need as a small Chamber
Our Chamber loves all that is offered. It makes our tasks much easier. Being a one person office I am always looking for quick easy use and reports I have that with Growth Zone. Their support is excellent.
I has many features we don't use such as downloading financials.
Curtis C.
Real Estate, self-employed
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Our Members can now go to our website and pay their dues, update their information and even link with other Members.
Growth Zone links together every aspect of our Association. Makes billing easy and can even update our website right thru Growth Zone.
Growth Zone does a lot of things, so the learning curve can be a little long. But there is plenty of support, both live and on-line videos and documents.
Jaime S.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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its great for what we need
The membership management aspects from events to daily correspondence are excellent
It used to be easy to integrate with quickbooks accounting software by just pushing a button it would sync they've changed the process and its twice as much work and double entry which we have to do.
Kyle P.
Nonprofit Organization Management, self-employed
Used daily for 6-12 months
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I have found a couple of support staff to be very helpful. Thought GZ would be more efficient for me. This is not the case. I have not started using the event management and reservation system yet. I just have not had the time to delve into it. Just not sure it will be efficient for me. When we do start have registrations online, I will be doing double entry for all income. this is not efficient.
- Like the event and calendar feature - Business Directory looks nice, but adjustments need to be made so all of our members can be found
- Invoices do not show the total of the invoice and then the payment plan amount (what is the total outstanding income?) - Have to do double entry of payments into QB so I can still have Balance Reports and Profit-Loss Reports for our Board and Tax Accountant - GZ is cumbersome and not user friendly - mistakes happen or changes need to be made, and it should be easy to fix them. This is not the case with GZ. - There is more than one way to do things. The GZ way may work for the majority of Chambers you work with, but not all of us. Flexibility would be nice. - Double entry of all contacts for our memberships. I use Outlook for all of my correspondence with members, vendors, partners and the community. To have two different places to keep track of changes is not efficient.
Brenda J.
Automotive, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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ASA Northwest would highly recommend MemberZone to anyone that is looking for a high quality Total Customer Management System. The customer service with MemberZone is outstanding, they are always there to help you with anything!
The ease of use and having our members be able to interact with each other; having our members able to see their current due structure and what invoices may be left open.
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