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Associations Raise Concerns Over Sale of.Org Domain to Private Equity Firm

Associations Now

Associations and other nonprofit organizations are concerned about increased online costs after the recent sale of the.org domain to the private equity firm Ethos Capital LLC. A spokesperson for Ethos told the Wall Street Journal that the firm is committed to reasonable pricing for domain name renewals.

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ASAE Urges Government to Halt Sale of.Org Registry

Associations Now

In a letter to the Justice and Commerce departments and the Federal Trade Commission this week, ASAE said the sale of the.org registry to a for-profit firm risks exposing nonprofit organizations to drastically higher costs to maintain their online presence. Public Interest Registry has managed the.org domain registry since 2002.

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Diabetes Group Launches Campaign Over High Insulin Prices

Associations Now

With research showing that the price of lifesaving insulin has increased by more than 200 percent over an 11-year period, the American Diabetes Association has asked members to join it in speaking out against rising insulin prices. Insulin is the main driver of the high cost of treatment.

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Membership Marketing Blog: Your Membership Value Equation

Membership Marketing

Value = Benefits / Costs = (Functional benefits + Emotional benefits) / (Monetary costs + Time costs + Energy costs + Psychic costs) 1. Philip Kotler, Marketing Management, Prentice Hall; 11 edition (May 2002). Pricing Your Product, Service, or Membership. Does Wal-Mart Announce a Price Increase?

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California Association Turns Farm Workers Into Farm Owners

Associations Now

ALBA owns a 110-acre organic farm, and to help the laborers get started with their own farm businesses, it leases them farmland at subsidized prices. Since 2002, 90 ALBA graduates have begun their own independent farms off-site and are doing well. It also provides supplies like fertilizer and irrigation tools.

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Email Marketing Trends: What’s Hot in 2017

Associations Now

Simply, it’s cheap: The service allows you to send 62,000 messages each month for free (which is about 12 messages per user each month, if you have 5,000 people on your list), and prices from there are 10 cents per thousand messages. Theoretically, you could send a million emails in a single month for just $100.

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

If it can, then they will pay a premium price for it—think Dyson (vacuums), iPhone (smartphones) and Nest (thermostats). Ask how your product and service can fill those unmet needs. Innova-Con is the annual meeting of the International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP). Be careful what you wish for.

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