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NAASF Crowdsources Customer Support and Advocacy with Online Community

Higher Logic

The website included rudimentary discussion boards, but the platform posed a challenge for categorizing topics, and members were frustrated by the interface, the delay in posting and the inability to upload documents. Some members dropped off of discussions entirely. of community members. Total unique logins : 23.5%

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How Can You Plan for Innovation?

Association Adviser

It took nearly seven years of research and development before Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone in January 2007. To keep innovation and your association’s work on behalf of members and your industry from stalling, an association should remain nimble in order to respond quickly to changes in the environment.

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Email Usage Up, but Effectiveness Rated Lower for Membership

Membership Marketing

The following chart shows the percentage of associations using email for building awareness with prospective members, getting new members engaged with the organization, and renewing members all increased. Internet software firm McAfee reports that 62 Trillion (yes with a T) spam e-mails are sent annually.

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Membership Marketing Blog: The Top 25 Lessons Learned in.

Membership Marketing

It is incumbent upon any association to first provide value to its membership and then to communicate that value to the members on an ongoing basis. Building community and member engagement is the key to successful membership marketing. ► 2007. (51). © 2007 - 2012, Tony Rossell. ► September. (6).