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Cut through communication clutter

Aaron Wolowiec

So it’s not really a surprise that associations continue to struggle with effective communication, according to Naylor’s 2015 communication benchmarking study. More than one-half of respondents have optimized their websites for mobile, while more than one-third have done so for newsletters and blogs for mobile. But let’s face it.

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Study Sizes Up Nonprofits’ Online Metrics

Associations Now

The study found that a nonprofit sent 49 email messages to subscribers in 2015—6 percent more than it sent in 2014. These emails included 19 fundraising appeals, 12 advocacy messages, and nine newsletters. Email lists grew by 14% in 2015, and nonprofits sent more fundraising messages.”.

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The makings of marketing mavens

Aaron Wolowiec

The 2014 State of Digital Marketing in Associations benchmarking study was administered mid-October through mid-November, with membership associations holding the largest response rate. Almost 90 percent of associations include an e-mail newsletter in their digital marketing portfolio, but only 41 percent use an e-mail preference center.

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The Eternal Quest for Membership Growth, and Other Survey Findings

Associations Now

A new industry benchmarking study shows more associations grew in members in 2014 than shrank, but less so than the year before. ” Forty-six percent of associations surveyed said their membership grew in the past year, down from 53 percent in the 2014 report. “If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse.”

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Get Members’ Attention With Their Own Data

Associations Now

The Credit Union National Association put this trick to use in 2015 with its “Go All In With CUNA Councils” campaign, a member recruitment and engagement campaign that earned the organization a Gold Circle Award from ASAE this year. .” Seemingly every social app uses such notifications, and for good reason.

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CXPA Elevates the Customer Experience with Community

Higher Logic

CXPA and Higher Logic launched the CXPA Community on May 13, 2014. After the CXPA Community launched in 2014, CXPA continued to use another vendor for its corporate website. CXPA also started using it for newsletter articles. Community goals with discussions & resources. Added over 1,200 new members in the last six months.

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Dangerous Assumptions About Your Conference Education Part I

Velvet Chainsaw

Some of them came from my discussions with Dr. Will Thalheimer who delivered a similar presentation at PCMA Education Conference 2015. The Brilliant Report Newsletter by Annie Murphy Paul (2013). Make It Stick: The Science Of Successful Learning by Brown, Roediger III and McDaniel (2014). Kirschner (2015).