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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. This methodology was used to evaluate expanding the American Board of Medical Specialties, ABMS CertLink®, platform into new markets. Pricing is another factor contributing to rough waters.

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2019 Tech Trends: 3 Factors Associations Should Watch

Associations Now

Remember how, around 2005 or so, it seemed like PCs (at least on the Windows side) were starting to stagnate, leading to longer upgrade cycles in offices, as much of the existing tech “just worked”? It’s like 2005 all over again. It’s like 2005 all over again. Which is good for “owned” resources, like email marketing.

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5 Reads for Association Executives & Marketers

SCD Group

Newsletters are stuck in 2005. It used to be called PR and word-of-mouth marketing. Practice the art of pricing. Marketingprofs.com Lorna Walkden Katie Bascuas SCD Group Scott Kirsner HBR Leon Fuerth Jon Morrow Associations Now association executives association marketers ASAE' Top 10 lists.

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Association Hunger Games: Victory or Defeat?

Aaron Wolowiec

According to a 2005 Harvard Business Review article, “Companies typically realize only about 60% of their strategy’s potential value because of defects and breakdowns in planning and execution.”. What opportunities exist in your market you can benefit from? Power of suppliers: How easy it is for suppliers to drive up prices?

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Preparing for an Entirely New Economy

Jamie Notter

I was kind of embarrassed to face the fact that my understanding of the Great Depression boiled down to random ideas and phrases like “stock market crash,” “dust bowl,” and “new deal.” December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4). August 2005 (7).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: I Want ASAE to Fail. And You.

Idea Architects

And there simply is no way to be the center without more room in the Price is Right rangefinder for trying new things. We are on the front lines of this dynamic in the association marketplace as we take on development of an online Network for the event marketing space. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2).

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SCD Group: If everyone's complaining, perhaps its an opportunity for.

SCD Group

“By 2005, the iPod had eclipsed the Mac as Apple’s largest source of revenue, but the music player that rescued Apple from the brink now faced a looming threat: The cellphone. Fortunately for Apple, most phones on the market sucked. Top 5 Roadblocks to Association Content (Marketing. Subscribe via RSS. Contributors.

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