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Setting Strategy for Certification’s New World

Associations Now

The temptations to dive in are obvious: A certification establishes authority for an association’s industry, helps unify practitioners around a body of knowledge, and can be a substantial revenue driver. Your market research is in beta-testing of those systems.”. You can start small with microcredentials,” she says.

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12 Areas Your Association Must Address to Thrive During a Recession

Membersuite

Now, you’re watching the economy and assessing how it might affect your industry, organization, members, and market. Temper your revenue projections. Anticipate a flattening or decline in attendance levels unless you have great confidence in your marketing. #2: 2: Revenue Diversification. 8: Marketing ROI.

Revenue 102
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6 Ways To Build An Effective Digital Marketing Plan With Google Trends

CMA Solutions

Google Trends , perhaps the most overlooked SEO/content marketing/market research/competitive analysis/PR targeting tool, is one resource to help build an effective digital marketing plan. When it comes to marketing, never try to do it by yourself. Free online tools like Google Trends can help you get to market faster.

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Refocusing on Jobs and Education in 2015

YourMembership

At the beginning of 2014 we started a conversation on the importance of a career center strategy for associations, especially in light of social networking giant LinkedIn’s aggressive efforts to become the leading online job board aggregator. job market continues to heat up. So where are we at the start of 2015? According to the U.S.

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So You Think You Know Non-Dues Revenue

Association Adviser

economy that’s in better shape than at any time since the Great Recession of 2008-09. More than half (54 percent) of the executives who took part in our annual association communication benchmarking study felt their organization’s inability to generate non-dues-revenue (NDR) was a serious or significant challenge — up substantially from 2015.

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Membership Marketing Blog: How to Recognize a Good Strategy?

Membership Marketing

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. How to Recognize a Good Strategy? We are told that the organization is going to launch a bold new strategy. Speaking Engagements.

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Disruptive Associations

Potomac Core

In what appears to be a low growth scenario, how and to what extent can Associations be transformed into market disruptors that support market growth? Be assured that the current slow growth environment or an economic downturn will inflict significant pain on your revenues and membership at some point. Market Disruption.

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