Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Employers’ job market. TopClass LMS suggests putting a new spin on your membership and education marketing. In this employers’ job market, it’s tougher for members, customers and prospects to find a better position. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

If you feel like you’ve been seeing more press about microcredentials lately, it’s because researchers see growing support from employers and learners, and higher education sees the potential for revenue and renewed relevance. Also worth your time The right marketing question—an intriguing way to approach a marketing campaign.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Here’s how associations can make use of podcasting—and bring in some nondues revenue dollars in the process. Podcasts are a potential source of nondues revenue. That’s good news for advertisers looking for ROI and good news for associations looking to cultivate another crop of nondues revenue. Why should associations care?

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Association Adviser

JULY 18, 2013

We invite you to visit the Naylor booth to pick up a copy of the latest edition of Association Adviser , and to learn how Naylor can help your association increase engagement and revenue through strategic communications, event management and marketing services. Uncategorized magazines subscription'

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Association Adviser

APRIL 16, 2013

A clearly defined editorial plan can help ease the magazine production process and help you reach your communications goals. Create an editorial committee that regularly meets and plans relevant editorial topics for your magazine. Create an editorial committee that regularly meets and plans relevant editorial topics for your magazine.

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GrowthZone

APRIL 20, 2021

Consider the difference between your marketing plan and the “game” played by mass media. What do print magazines forget to explain? Back to our example, broadcast and magazine advertisers often waste money on a broad audience that has no use for their product or service. Advertising is mass.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Non-dues revenue supports associations’ missions in so many ways: Providing exceptional training and education for members, financing lobbying efforts, keeping membership dues affordable, and offsetting the costs of your communication program, to name a few. John Bacon, Naylor Association Solutions.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Gen Z marketing. They describe nine strategies for marketing membership to Gen Z. MGI’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report is ready for download. Sticking with MGI for a moment, Tony Rossell explains how MGI survey participants made a successful case for increasing their membership marketing budgets.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Shifting marketing budgets. Reprinted with permission of Convene , the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 5, 2022

Before March of 2020, pacing data was a useful tool for predicting final attendance and revenue. On average, associations are anticipating 2022 registration and revenue will be about 20 percent below pre-pandemic levels. To do this, analyze what percentage of registration revenue you historically averaged each week.

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Association Success

JULY 16, 2020

Content curation is a way to strengthen your content marketing efforts without having to invest a ton of time and money in creating original content like blog posts. Fortunately, marketers have access to a range of free and paid tools designed to help small teams curate better and faster. Why curate content? For beginner curators.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 26, 2018

This month, we asked our readers which source of non-dues revenue they plan to improve this year. The results were somewhat similar to those when we asked this question in previous years: Half of respondents cited continuing education as their primary non-dues revenue focus. We’re almost halfway through 2018.

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Association Adviser

MAY 15, 2017

Non-dues revenue is often an essential component of an association’s operating budget, allowing staff to produce high-caliber member communications, events and continuing education programs. Symbiotically, those same operational areas are where association professionals report they want to focus on earning more non-dues revenue this year.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 14, 2023

Create Thought Leadership In 2019, ASA wanted to reposition itself in the market, so they brought in a marketing firm to do an assessment. The firm told us that we had so much content, we needed to figure out a way to get it all back out into the market,” said Kelly Verberg, ASA’s vice president and chief membership officer.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 15, 2022

In my experience, most large conferences this year are realizing about 80 percent of their 2019 revenue performance. For some of the major annual meetings we’re tracking, sponsorship revenue has been a bright spot when compared to exhibit revenue performance. Opportunities sell out.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 13, 2016

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. Percent of Associations agreeing that NDR is a serious challenge: 2016. ** 54%.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 16, 2013

The challenge that we faced with transitioning to a digital model is that 90 percent of our revenue is coming from print. The print and online news publication of the American Medical Association is closing its doors due to declining ad revenue and an unsustainable business model. million decline in print advertising revenue.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 15, 2014

Many associations overestimate how much revenue a new NDR program will generate and underestimate how much time and resources it will require. “While advertising has remained very strong and actually increased, we believe there is an opportunity to increase revenue through sponsorships of current conferences and events.”

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Association Adviser

MAY 29, 2018

Thankfully, there are varied approaches to increase non-dues revenue (NDR) from member communication. Whatever the approach, the common principle in practice is: The more value your communication programs can provide to BOTH members and advertisers, the better positioned your association is to earn higher non-dues revenue.

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EventMobi: Association Events

AUGUST 11, 2023

Building an association website with valuable content and an attractive web design can help you: Retain current members Attract new members Raise the value of your sponsor packages Boost event registrations Drive non dues revenue Gather key data about member behavior Curious about what makes an association website shine? Sponsor placements.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 21, 2018

Only time will tell what impact these reductions will have on these chains’ market share. In my opinion, the two underlying market shifts that led to making this move are: Growing cost of sales beyond commissions; and. Some third parties share revenue (i.e., More influencers with less influence. Let’s take a look at both.

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GrowthZone

AUGUST 2, 2022

According to the ACCE website, ACCE’s Awards for Communications Excellence program is designed to showcase the top communications and marketing work of chambers of commerce and similar organizations. The chamber describes the “Beyond the Line” magazine as “taking a deeper dive into our region than most directories.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2018

” – Josh Spradling, CAE, TSAE Marketing & Communications Director. Like many associations, the Texas Society of Association Executives relies heavily on its print publication as a tool to engage members and earn non-dues revenue. TSAE earns non-dues revenue on a portion of each sale. You never know until you try!”

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Everyone (well, most everyone) knows the benefits of content marketing. How will this impact marketing? He’s also talking about wearable technology combined with social media , and explains how marketers can prepare for these changes. As a former association magazine publisher, this is a fascinating topic for me.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 21, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Maggie McGary shares insights from the Community Roundtable’s 10th Annual State of Community Management report and cross-references them with findings from MGI’s Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Jen Maltba, Marketing Manager at Cvent.

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AssociationChat

APRIL 26, 2021

From the vantage point of companies, sponsorship fees are almost always a marketing expense …. Associations need more revenue and members need more services. Associations need more revenue and members need more services. Can Associations Perform Like Marketing Agencies? a business expense. Associations face competition.

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Reid All About it

MAY 14, 2021

Marketing copy. If you’re frequently under pressure to come up with clever and compelling marketing copy, I feel for you. That’s when marketers turn to their swipe file: a collection of copied and pasted blurbs that hopefully provide inspiration. Host: American Marketing Association. Event Marketing Roadmap.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 27, 2018

In this realm, associations save on the overhead costs of producing member communication publications and the back-office management of content, revenue tracking and strategic planning. Beyond generating non-dues revenue, advertising can engage association members and supplement a publication’s content strategy.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 6, 2021

Billhighway, Mariner Management and Whorton Marketing & Research are conducting The State of Chapters 2021 Benchmarking Survey. Does your association want to understand the needs and interests of different segments of your membership and market? The uncertainty gives you a queasy feeling when seeking sponsorship revenue.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

hotel industry is projected to report a 51-percent decline in revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2020, according to a special forecast revision from STR and Tourism Economics on March 31. Reprinted with permission of Convene, the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. From Recovery to Reform.

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Reid All About it

MAY 21, 2021

Deep dive into MPI’s most recent Meetings Outlook research, published quarterly in The Meeting Professional magazine, and then discuss the trends that are most affecting you and your peers. 5 Secrets of Email Marketing Geniuses. Presenter: Michelle Brien, VP of marketing and product strategy, WBT Systems. 1 CMP credit.

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Potomac Core

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Association revenues have grown by 25% in the last year and a half. Their proprietary software , “Pallet Design System” is both a product specification and engineering design tool as well as a professional marketing tool, and educational tool to serve the wood pallet industry. Here again the organization impacts member outcomes.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

By adopting the principles of product management, organizers can think more broadly about how captured session content can be repackaged or rebroadcast to deliver member value and/or new revenue. The revenue needed from virtual registrants and sponsorship to break even may be difficult to predict and generate in the early going.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

According to Naylor’s 2018 Association Communications Benchmarking Survey , print magazines have been the second most-valued communication channel (behind conferences and networking events) for two years now. Magazines and other print media offer something digital content just can’t touch, literally. Roll the Presses. Tangible Intel.

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Higher Logic

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

MSCPA marketed its community in its print magazine and reminded members of its launch through its website and email. The conversations highlighted issues between CPAs and the Department of Revenue (DOR), including technical issues and software glitches that MSCPA wasn’t aware of, so it stepped in to help. “We

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

Some members would like AAHA to market to pet owners, to help differentiate their accredited facilities. Our value is not in a magazine or even standards. Maybe your retention rate isn’t as high as you’d like, or your topline revenue isn’t where you want it to be. I understand that sentiment.

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

It is an important question to building and sustaining a success membership marketing program. Of course they would have to survive without the $800,000 in dues revenue and some portion of the non-dues, advertising, and exhibitor revenue dependent on members. For more information, contact Tony at Tony@MarketingGeneral.com.

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