Impersonate your audience for testing purposes

What can I use this for?

As you build and launch your Hub, one of the best ways to test that your Hub content visibility is correctly configured is to impersonate a member of your audience.

Each Audience Profile contains details about that person's access to your Hubs and any Audience Tags they may have. Impersonating them allows you to see the Hub through their eyes.

Step 1 - Access the Audience Profile to impersonate

From the Audience tab in your Membership.io account, search for a specific Audience Profile you want to test.

Once found, click the profile from the list and open their Person Details.

Did you know?

You can add yourself as an audience member in your Hub to see it from their viewpoint. This is beneficial if you haven't gained members yet and want to experience your Hub as they would when accessing it. This approach bypasses your paywall, too.

If you don't know how to add an Audience member yet, click here for the instructions.

Step 2 - Click on the Hub you want to view

Under Hub Access, you'll see the list of Hubs accessible to that person. All you need to do is click the three-dot menu beside the Hub name you wish to impersonate and select Impersonate.

Step 3 - View the Hub as the Audience

Once you've clicked Impersonate, your web browser will open a new tab. In this tab, you will see the Hub as your selected Audience Profile. This is indicated in the blue bar across the top of the window.

NOTE: If you're using Safari

Because your audience-impersonated Hub will appear as a pop-up window from Membership.io, you want to make sure that Safari is set up to accept pop-ups from it. Click here for guidance.