Thanks to the Membership Management Report for covering our Membership Software Guide in the most recent issue of their monthly newsletter. 

The Membership Management Report is a 8-page monthly newsletter geared at professionals with an interest in topics that include member recruitment ideas, techniques for renewing memberships, database management topics, member website examples, campaign strategies, event planning procedures, managing member chapters and clubs, member retention strategies and much more.  Check this and other publications from Stevenson Inc. at http://www.stevensoninc.com/products.php?cat=7 

Here's an excerpt from their coverage of the Software Selection Guide:

Selecting member-management software can be tedious, time consuming and confusing. 

Enter the Membership Software Selection Guide created by Wild Apricot (Toronto. Ontario, Canada), designed to help nonprofit and association leaders choose membership website software that best matches their goals, budgets and technical needs. This free dowloadable electronic book offers seven easy-to-follow steps for a smooth software review process. It suggests the most common pitfalls to look out for in creating a list of requirements, key questions for self-evaluation and the available software vendors, and the six most important considerations to look at beyond the functionality of membership website software.