WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

This diversity offers flexibility in pricing, pre-requisite knowledge and scheduling, which is more affordable, flexible, and supportive of the non-traditional learner, but also opens opportunities for the association to generate revenue from education programs and attract new learners to increase its membership.

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Associations Now

JUNE 5, 2019

Is there a transparent pricing model? I’ve been in situations where using the break-even formula (fixed costs/number of attendees + variable costs) would price us out of the market. I’ve worked with groups where the pricing is set because it just “feels” like $500. Are margins oversized and subject to price competition?

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WBT Systems

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

“Harley Davidson bikes are twice the price of the same exact Honda bike but will outsell it 13-1 because of community” – Ken Schmidt #HLSF16. David Spinks (@DavidSpinks) November 14, 2016. Mertz, CAE (@DianaTMertz) November 14, 2016. What if your mbrs had the same brand loyalty that Harley riders have?

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Association Freak

MARCH 26, 2021

Comparison shopping extends beyond price and reviews. In response to the 2016 flooding in Louisiana, GoFundMe users raised more than $11M through more than 6,000 flood-related campaigns. Leverage Technology to Drive Membership. Technology makes it possible to research purchases and choose causes with great specificity.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. In eLearning, we are at the very start of the hype curve with distributed ledgers: we can imagine the technology solving one of our recurring problems.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Back to business: If you haven’t yet participated in the Tagoras 2016 Social Learning survey , please do. The survey will help the association community better understand how membership organizations use or don’t use social technologies to deliver learning. Jonathan Murray, chief technology officer, DPrism. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 3, 2016

– MGI’s 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Find out firsthand the latest association growth trends with the lead authors of the 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Your association must aim higher if you want to survive and thrive amidst economic, generational, and technological change.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 3, 2017

Despite being a pretty solid game, it got savaged by reviewers thrown off by the price tag. But that’s far from the case—in fact, it defined the way a lot of people used their phone during the waning weeks of 2016. — Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) December 8, 2016. — osciaral (@OsciaraL) December 15, 2016.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Learn how different meeting rooms support learning outcomes and help maximize meeting ROI, develop a better understanding of how technology can help build multi-way communication in the room and for virtual participants, and hear about different venues types and non-traditional room layouts that help foster connections between and among delegates.

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Reid All About it

MAY 17, 2019

Mike Guerrieri of DelCor Technology Solutions shares a rescue plan for improving your association’s IT maturity —coconut shell cocktails not included. Learn about best practices for prospectus development, sponsor acquisition, package development, sponsorship propensity, and expenses vs. price vs. profit margin. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 23, 2017

The Costco Effect Part 2: Professional Development Pricing and Packaging Strategies. For one, you can learn how to strategically price and package education offerings to build membership and increase retention. Demystify the data being collected by technology at your events. HighRoadU 2016-2017 Final Exam Wrap Up.

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Potomac Core

MAY 3, 2016

KPMG’s 2016 report “Setting the Course for Growth: CEO Perspectives” underscores how today’s CEO is laser focused on staying relevant in a turbulent global market. Factors that include China, oil price volatility, a less than robust U.S. By driving fertilizer industry outcomes. Slow Growth Creates Member Engagement Opportunities.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Tagoras , a consulting and education firm specializing in the market for lifelong learning, invites you to participate in a survey that will help our community better understand how membership organizations use or don’t use social technologies to deliver learning. – Introduction to Technology Planning for Nonprofits.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 13, 2016

How Microsoft’s Surface Hub, with its goal of juicing up meetings, became an unlikely hit, despite its high-four-figure price tag. Given its starting price of $6,999 for a 55-inch screen, Microsoft expected to sell just a handful of them to the corporations that demoed the devices. For Microsoft, 2,000 customers usually isn’t a lot.

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

It was Qualman’s speech at ASAE’s 2016 Technology Conference that inspired Joni Tyler (Head of CPD, RIBA), Susie Kay (Director at the Professionalism Group) and I to put together a conference that celebrated the flawsome. The price tag - $20m of members monies and significant opportunity cost in terms of staff time.

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Higher Logic

MAY 1, 2019

You need a way to differentiate yourself outside of product and price, which can only be tweaked so much. It will often cause them to select you for renewals and recommend you even if your prices are higher than the competition. Smart businesses that find themselves in this situation turn to customer support as the differentiator.

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Associations Now

JULY 28, 2016

Most associations are offering their members technology-enabled learning opportunities like webinars, but they can be expensive endeavors. Technology has definitely infiltrated the sphere of learning. The Association Learning + Technology 2016 report found that a whopping 87.4 But here’s the rub: They’re not cheap.

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SilkStart

MARCH 3, 2016

It’s great to see organizations ready to take this leap, but in 2016, it’s still surprising that many are not making this change. Well, it could be budget – technology costs money. online payment – yes , straightforward pricing – yes , a form that doesn’t take hours to complete – yes !).

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Right now, today, in 2016 is the best time to start up. Kevin Kelly, from his book, The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ). Not many, not at the prices charged by universities today. There has never been a better day in the whole history of the world to invent something.

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Associations Now

MARCH 15, 2016

“It will take four millennials to replace the spending power of one baby boomer in the automotive-retailing marketplace,” Szakaly said in the release , which nonetheless projected a period of growth in 2016.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Similar to “ Shadow IT ,” employees are taking advantage of technology for more control over their work and life. As TRIPBAM CEO Steve Reynolds told Skift , “A hotel general manager is thinking, ‘if I could fill every room at my hotel for whatever price, why would I sell it any lower?’ Germany, India, U.K.,

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Associations Now

AUGUST 31, 2015

An improving job market and cheaper gas prices are nothing to complain about. Increased traffic congestion resulting from growing urban populations and lower fuel prices are outpacing the nation’s ability to build infrastructure.”. — ASCE Headquarters (@ASCETweets) August 27, 2015.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 3, 2016

The approach comes with a markup of 10 to 20 percent, which isn’t cheap, but the company helps customers lock in a ticket price early with a deposit and then pay back the cost of that ticket in a way that allows them to keep the cost manageable. — Graham Bunting (@grahambunting) August 3, 2016. – https://t.co/dWHJDQDQWS.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 21, 2016

At its 2016 show, NRA selected 14 companies to take part. Companies that meet the criteria—those less than four years old with a product that’s launched in the last 12 months—can exhibit for a discounted price of $1,950, which includes a one-year membership valued at $549.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 16, 2016

— Ernie Smith (@ErnieSmithAN) August 14, 2016. Let’s be honest, the average association turns a corner about as effectively as a tour bus, and switching gears is by no means easy. Sensing an early theme of #asae16 —the idea that associations don't move quickly enough to truly innovate. Well, outside of Japan.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 4, 2015

With less than a month to go until 2016 (Wow, what happened to 2015?!), The ongoing question for the industry remains how to implement the technology so it is cost effective, yields quality information, and is acceptable to the attendee who will be tracked and receive onsite smartphone downloads,” the report noted.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 2, 2019

“We created a director of career management (Redmond) to be in charge of the portal, as well as hired a full-time sales manager, Eli McLean, ASHA’s associate director, to revamp our job posting pricing structure to better serve our career vendors recruitment advertising sales.

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Socious

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Technology has made it possible for startups like Uber to explode, bringing you more competition and radically changing customer expectations. Method #2) Base Pricing on Customer Success. The pricing for all your products and services should take customer success into account as well. How Your Path to Growth Has Changed.

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SCD Group

JULY 22, 2012

Changing technology – there have been more changes in the past 5 years then in the previous 50 years. Consider pricing. Posted by Tony Rossell in MGI’s Membership Marketing Blog Great example of testing association dues levels by sending half the group the “normal” price and half the group a discounted price.

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Chapter Chat

APRIL 11, 2017

The auto-renewal trend is growing in the association community, according to Marketing General Incorporated’s (MGI) 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. A monthly auto-renewal payment plan allows a member to join your association for the price of lunch and start receiving benefits immediately. Kindle ebooks (ahem).

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Associations Now

JANUARY 5, 2016

It’s early 2016. Firms like Amazon and Craigslist made their bread and butter by cutting out as many middlemen as possible, using technology to greatly simplify the process of making a transaction. Associations would be smart to borrow some pointers. Your waist size is slightly bigger than usual.

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AvidXchange: Association Management

MARCH 9, 2023

According to Millner, the right technology can help a management company protect some semblance of pricing power when negotiating their contracts with community associations. I think that it’s very easy to fall into this trap of going behind other means management company and selling on price. And it’s the reality.

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Socious

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

HubSpot’s 2016 INBOUND conference is coming up fast and next week most of us will be hopping on a flight to Boston to attend. Here are our session recommendations for customer marketing professionals at Inbound 2016: Tuesday, Nov. Speaker: Christopher Penn, Vice President, Marketing Technology, SHIFT Communications.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 13, 2017

Orbit Media released the results of its 2016 survey of 1000+ bloggers. Learn how to evaluate association management software based on important, often overlooked criteria; avoid hidden costs; and attract next generation thinkers and staff with a strong technology platform. We’re entering some fascinating times! More info/register.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 13, 2017

Orbit Media released the results of its 2016 survey of 1000+ bloggers. Learn how to evaluate association management software based on important, often overlooked criteria; avoid hidden costs; and attract next generation thinkers and staff with a strong technology platform. We’re entering some fascinating times! More info/register.

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Leading Learning

DECEMBER 3, 2023

From YouTube videos to social media communities to the age-old institution of local book groups, lifelong learning permeates nearly all aspects of our lives whether we are conscious of it or not—and technology has multiplied the options exponentially. Advances in technology have been particularly important for this group.

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Association Adviser

MAY 25, 2017

During “10 Marketing KPIs Every Association Should Be Measuring,” Dave Martin with Aptify and Michael Skiados with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association talked about just how much the marketing landscape has moved toward data-driven technology. They estimated that in 2011, there were about 150 marketing technology companies/tools.

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