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5 myths to avoid when marketing for associations

MultiBriefs

{summary} Marketing for associations isn't an exact science, but there are some best practices you should follow. Unfortunately, marketing myths spread like wildfire, making it a little more difficult to put together a winning association marketing strategy. Since 2012, the video has attracted fewer than 900 views.

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Reads of the Week: September 7, 2012

Reid All About it

My favorite hashtag of the week was from the Content Marketing World conference held in Columbus, OH: #cmworld. My favorite tweet this week came via Dave Phillips – whom I’m featuring in my next Avectra post about association CEOs who excel at social media: RT @ ValaAfsha r : Don’t do social, be S.O.C.I.A.L. So forget them.

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Serious Questions: Are associations dead?

Principled Innovation

Serious Questions newsletter. Each issue of the newsletter presents a serious question on which I offer my thoughts for newsletter subscribers. Today, I am publishing what I wrote on the September 2012 Serious Question of the Month on the P.I. The September 2012 Serious Question of the Month.

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Personalize the Member Experience, Increase Retention

YourMembership

Being Thoughtful Takes a Minute… June 12th, 2012 | Posted in Member Engagement + Retention. I’ve written about personalizing the member experience for years now but Chris Brogan reminded me in his weekly newsletter just how far personalization can go. Smith is the Director, Inbound Marketing at YourMembership.com.

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Thanks For Playing: Be a Super Genuis

Thanks For Playing

19 July 2012. I just finished Andy Sernovitzs Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking. If youre familiar with Sernovitz, either from Damn, I Wish Id Thought of That or his WOM newsletter, the book is not going to be revolutionary. Marketing is what you DO. ▼ 2012. Be a Super Genuis.

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Trade Association CEO Support: The Newsletter

Trade Association CEO Blog

Consider these major responsibilities: Membership Development, Membership Benefits, Membership Administration, Governance, Volunteer Development, Meeting/Event Management, Government Affairs, Market Development, Education, Operations, Communications and Cheerleader. The Newsletter. The key, then, is to make it OUR newsletter.

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Associations Note: Being 1st to Market Still Relevant

SCD Group

We’ve been told for decades that it is important to be first to market with a product or service. At the 2012 Content Marketing World Conference, Sam Sebastin, Google’ Director of B2B Markets, talked about the Zero Moment of Truth. Why wait for an Association''s Monthly Newsletter? Rule #5: Be Fast!