The best way to recruit friends to your hobby is to share your collecting story. Every story shared is a chance to welcome someone you care about to your community.

Inviting a friend to join is as simple as:

• Share your collecting story and give them an application to join;
• Share a stamp with a friend of a topic of interest (do they love cats, lighthouses, Star Wars….give them a stamp of the topic);
• Share a podcast story, an interesting article or a copy of “The American Philatelist”;
• Share why you are a proud member of APS or about an APS service that really helped you;
• Share resources from stamps.org – U.S. New Stamp Issues, event calendar, buying and selling opportunities, etc. and invite them to join online.
• Invite a friend to come along to a stamp show or club meeting;
• Invite them to interesting online Stamp Chats;
• Post something fun about your collection on social media or at work on the bulletin board – you may spark interest or find colleagues that also collect.

You can share more information about membership by forwarding the Join Now page and giving by them a subscription to the American Philatelic Society Newsletter.