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Refocusing on Jobs and Education in 2015

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At the beginning of 2014 we started a conversation on the importance of a career center strategy for associations, especially in light of social networking giant LinkedIn’s aggressive efforts to become the leading online job board aggregator. So where are we at the start of 2015? According to the U.S. million (the most since January 2001).

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12 Areas Your Association Must Address to Thrive During a Recession

Membersuite

Temper your revenue projections. 2: Revenue Diversification. During the pandemic, many associations were caught short when they had to cancel or transform their major revenue generator —the annual meeting or trade show—and didn’t have a worthy virtual alternative for sponsors and exhibitors. 3: Membership Tiers and Pricing.

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How An Integrated, Locally Relevant Marketing, Sales, and Member Service Strategy Drove Massive Growth

GlowGlobally

In 2008, MCI completed a research project for the government of Abu Dhabi. Lack of a commercial business license and bank account to collect revenues in local currency. Most notably, we found that both cohorts found the following to be significant barriers to international growth : Lack of experience and knowledge of a region.

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Setting Strategy for Certification’s New World

Associations Now

It’s tempting to jump right into the new ways to engage members in certification. Like most things in the association world, certification is undergoing a transformation. I discuss a few examples of what this new terrain looks like in my feature on certification in the latest issue of Associations Now. Rops, FASAE, CAE.

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Six Components to Building Your Membership Model

Membership Marketing

Others require multiple years of membership tied to an event like certification. And increasingly, the concept of ‘Freemium” membership is being tried by organizations where membership is used to build community or engagement as part of a larger economic strategy. ► 2008. (82). Cost of Wrong Strategy. (8).

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Sunk Costs, Marginal Costs and Economics - BlogClump

BlogClump

Marginal revenue is the extra revenue earned by selling one more unit of something. But many organizations do not take this into account when building a marketing strategy. ► 2008. If potential entrants would have to incur similar costs, which would not be recoverable if the entry failed, they may be scared off.

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Membership Marketing Blog: Consumer Use of Email Declines, but.

Membership Marketing

In marketing, whether it be for membership recruitment and retention, conference attendance, participation in your certification program or whatever, the key analytic is cost per order. ► 2008. (82). Cost of Wrong Strategy. (8). growth strategies. (4). Growth Strategy. (43). Membership marketing strategy. (17).