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Thanks For Playing: "Done is the engine of more."

Thanks For Playing

01 December 2011. December 1, 2011 11:39 AM. December 1, 2011 5:59 PM. December 2, 2011 9:35 AM. " Back when we actually PRINTED directories, there was an old saying: "A directory is out of date the minute it hits the street. " The directory was never perfect, but you printed it anyway.

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Associations Improve Bottom-line with Non-Dues Based Revenue

YourMembership

The following is a guest blog post from Chad Slager, Director of Sales for Directory Solutions. If, however, there are vendors who would like to do business with your members, opening up a directory and charging these companies for exposure to your membership can be a very lucrative program. in Interdisciplinary Social Science.

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Thanks For Playing: Friday Top 5

Thanks For Playing

Select a convention for organizing directories and naming your files and STICK TO IT. A Recipe for Social Media ROI. ► 2011. Alltop Social Media. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. SmartBrief on Social Media. Visit She Writes.

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Thanks For Playing: "My Members Don't Read!"

Thanks For Playing

As we all know by now, one of the key differences to social media is that its a PULL mechanism. And while most of our associations are using social media now (latest figure I saw was that 86% of associations are on Facebook), we havent changed our mindset. ► 2011. Alltop Social Media.

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Segmenting Members Leads to More Relevant Communications – and More Memberships

Association Adviser

Last year’s survey results revealed that associations are communicating with members more frequently and via more channels than at any time since we began this survey in 2011. Other outsourced communication functions include magazines, directories and social media.

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Membership Marketing: Ten Year Retrospective

Membership Marketing

B y 2018, Facebook and Twitter are almost ubiquitous as the most popular social media platforms used across each type of association. However, in 2011, 18% of associations offered a young professional new to the industry membership category. Associations also continue to report the desire to reach out to acquire younger members.

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Conferences Aren't Serious About Networking Unless

Idea Architects

Include space on name badges for Twitter handles and in participant listings for other social media connections (LinkedIn, Facebook, et al) that individuals may wish to share. Dec 2011 (6). Nov 2011 (5). Oct 2011 (9). Sep 2011 (7). Aug 2011 (13). Jul 2011 (10). Jun 2011 (13).