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12 Top Association Articles from 2016

Socious

So here goes – your summary of the best association articles on the web for 2016. Article #1) 20 Guerilla Marketing Tactics to Promote Your Next Event. This is a great post from Marketing General that highlights the best ways to reach young professionals, such as taking advantage of paid Facebook options.

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Disruptive Innovation Creates Association Opportunities

Potomac Core

Disruptive Innovation “describes a process whereby a smaller company with fewer resources is able to successfully challenge established incumbent businesses.” In a slowing and uneven global economy, are your members looking somewhere else for lower cost and innovative solutions? CEO’s Expect in 2016? What do U.S.

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How a Major Corporation Crowdsources Product Innovation (And How You Can Too)

Higher Logic

Some of it is baristas, years of experience, and market research. Starbucks is one of many companies that’s using crowdsourcing to take innovation directly to their customers. That’s exactly what happened recently, in 2015 and 2016, when Starbucks introduced coconut milk and almondmilk as part of their regular menu.

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2018 Association Innovation Benchmarking Report

Membership Marketing

When you search the Harvard Business Review on the key word “Innovation”, you get 18,356 results. That’s because for businesses innovation is a core competency for survival. But how focused on innovation are associations? How do associations define innovation? And how do they go about innovating?

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CES 2016 Final Thoughts

Virtual

In fact, at a conference known for introducting “wow” products, what seemed to be missing was true innovation. And while many of the products I saw may not make it big, there was real innovation in that space, from robot bartenders (think Kuerig for booze) to headphones designed for sleeping.

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4 Steps to Inspire Innovation in Your Association

Socious

“Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Many people believe innovation is all about inventing and releasing new products. Innovation is so much more than just revamping products or services. Innovation is so much more than just revamping products or services. Defining Innovation.

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Association Brain Food: 10.20.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Marketing. Emotional marketing appeals to your audience’s ego and desire to feel and look connected and smarter. TopClass LMS explains how to use emotional marketing triggers to persuade people to register for an educational program or conference.

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