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Are you creating content you don’t actually need?

Association Success

When Hilary Marsh was at the National Association of Realtors, she remembers taking a look at all the newsletters that went out to their members. The newsletters, which went out to about a million people, were being opened by fewer and fewer people. . They were sending too many. .

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How to Drive Engagement with Data-Driven Email Campaigns

Association Briefings

Heck, in 2009 – 38 years after the first email was sent – the Wall Street Journal put its epitaph in print: “Email has had a good run as king of communications. Now, I would definitely agree that the email of 2009 is certainly dead. Who knew that something so trivial would revolutionize the way we communicate. But its reign is over.”

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6 Reasons Why an Enewsletter is a Must-Have for an Association’s Communication Plan

Association Briefings

These newsletters are becoming more and more imperative in taking an association’s brand marketing to the next level, while consistently staying in front of industry professionals and becoming established informational authorities. Digital elitists have tried to “kill” email since 2009. Final Thoughts Enewsletters aren’t new.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative.

Idea Architects

In one of my volunteer roles, I write a feature in the ASAE Executive Management Section IdeaLink newsletter called Seen Elsewhere. The best are delivered in a free newsletter every Sunday and make for an inspired start to the week ahead. How Secure is Your Professional Development Revenue Stream? Dec 2009 (12).

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Thanks For Playing: Be a Super Genuis

Thanks For Playing

If youre familiar with Sernovitz, either from Damn, I Wish Id Thought of That or his WOM newsletter, the book is not going to be revolutionary. WOM generates more revenue (not least of which because it doesnt generate much in the way of costs). ► 2009. I think the key chapter is "Six Big Ideas" (chapter 2). ► July.

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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. Newsletter advertising. Here’s a partial list of the more common NDR components: Annual sponsorships. Website advertising.

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Lunchtime Links: More Uncertainty for BlackBerry Users

Associations Now

While publishers of association publications said they did not expect a spike in advertising revenues from publications in 2013, at least half of the 190 experts who responded to the annual Association Publishing Survey said that advertising revenues from association publications are expected to stay steady over the next year.