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The public is listening and associations are spending

Aaron Wolowiec

The report found that from 2008 to 2012, 144 trade groups spent $1.2 The nation’s largest public relations firm, which employs 5,000 people, netted the most revenue. For starters, check out Public Relations Society of America , which includes a directory of PR firms and service providers. And it seems Edelman is thriving.

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Political Black Swans: Ignore Them at Your Association’s Peril

Association Success

would have had a green light for financial risk right up to the moment of the 2008 financial crisis, or for political risk right up to the moment of 9/11. A country with a four out of five or a green light should not suffer a black swan, right? No, not right. Managing Political Black Swans.

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Thanks For Playing: Get Your Ideas Here!

Thanks For Playing

Seeking community in associations since 2008. Making it Rain: How to Drive Non-Dues Revenue with Michele Klecha, Club Managers Association of America and Scott Oser, Scott Oser Associates. ► 2008. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. 06 March 2012. Get Your Ideas Here! What are you doing tomorrow?

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Thanks For Playing: Be a Super Genuis

Thanks For Playing

Seeking community in associations since 2008. WOM generates more revenue (not least of which because it doesnt generate much in the way of costs). Happy Birthday, America! ► 2008. ► 2008. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. 19 July 2012. Be a Super Genuis. Consumers are in control.

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Ad-Blocking Browser Riles Up Newspaper Group

Associations Now

The Newspaper Association of America, joined by some of its largest members, has called on the makers of the web browser Brave to stop removing publishers’ ads and replacing them with its own. While Brave offers some of the revenue to publishers affected by the replacement ads, that hasn’t stopped complaints about the strategy.

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Why This Newspaper Association Stopped Releasing Quarterly Stats

Associations Now

For years, the Newspaper Association of America released quarterly statistics showing declines in advertising revenue—leading to wave after wave of doom-and-gloom predictions for the industry. Now it’s trying a different approach in an effort to change the conversation. Why go out of the way to repeatedly emphasize that point?

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Taking a Fresh Look at Association Sponsorships

Association Adviser

The approach for generating revenue outside of membership dues is no exception. Very few organizations escaped the economic downturn of 2008-2009 and the slow-growth mindset that still follow us today. Like a lot of things in the association world, a great deal has changed since Association Adviser ’s debut in March of 2010.

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