YourMembership

APRIL 24, 2014

Last week we shared the most noteworthy association management concepts from the Xperience2014 Customer Conference, held March 31 – April 1, 2014 at the Vinoy Renaissance Resort in St. Throughout the show our guests had the opportunity to attend sessions focused on business, marketing and association management best practices.

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 10, 2015

Marketing is much more difficult than most people think. Marketers have a vast skill set, and that’s why they should have a seat at the decision-making table. That’s according to a new benchmarking study on association marketing by Demand Metric and HighRoad Solution. “ Print, however, ranks eighth in terms of effectiveness.

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Association Adviser

JULY 15, 2014

5 Boring Companies with a Fascinating Social Strategy. Content Marketing Traits that are Crucial to Success. Content Marketing Forum. The post Best of the Web – July 2014 appeared first on Association Adviser. Uri Bar-Joseph. Search Engine Watch. Michael Gerald. Communicating with the Next Generation.

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Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 16, 2014

But marketing? True, we launched our first official marketing campaign a couple years into the job. But with too few hours in the day and a never-ending list of priorities, marketing just wasn’t at the top of the list. Fast forward 10 years, and I’m now a public relations professional who loves all things marketing.

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Potomac Core

MAY 3, 2016

KPMG’s 2016 report “Setting the Course for Growth: CEO Perspectives” underscores how today’s CEO is laser focused on staying relevant in a turbulent global market. Achieving Association Relevance Despite Market Turbulence is how CEO’s can position their organizations for long term growth and durability.

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Association Adviser

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

March 3-6, 2014. March 9-11, 2014. May 19-21, 2014. May 28-31, 2014. ASAE 2012 Marketing Membership & Communications Conference. Contact us today for an assessment of your current communications plans and non-dues revenue strategies. Association General Contractors Annual Convention and CONEXPO/CON-AGG.

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Association Adviser

JUNE 17, 2014

3 Ways to Get Members to Read Your Marketing Communications. Contact us today for an assessment of your current communications plans and non-dues revenue strategies. The post Best of the Web: June 2014 appeared first on Association Adviser. Let’s Stay Together: How to Engage Lapsed Members. Carolyn Valliere. Ernie Smith.

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Association Adviser

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Christina Motley, On Point Marketing. In Part 1, The Emergence of the Chief Data Officer , I mentioned my belief that all marketing efforts are measurable and data is not only one of associations’ most valued tools, but a must-have marketing tool. Even marketers often feel overwhelmed. Information provides insights.

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Associations Now

MAY 20, 2019

Some might have a sunnier mindset , but when a story like the 2014 Heartbleed exploit hits, it only bolsters the case of skeptics. Internet-based tools, mobile apps, marketing technology, and cybersecurity had the highest percentages of open-source code in their bases, with martech in particular built around 78 percent open-source software.

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Associations Now

JULY 11, 2017

Canada’s Anti-Spam Law took effect in 2014, but a three-year grace period just ended. Sending marketing emails to the Great White North now demands you ask users to opt in. Mantas cautions that email marketers shouldn’t rest easy. That period ended July 1. Mantas, a partner at the Ottawa law firm Fasken Martineau. “In

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

” Naylor Marketing Manager Dana Plotke said she’s surprised by the number of associations that are still grappling with the print versus digital question. Kelly Donovan , Naylor’s team leader for online marketing, agreed. Re-thinking membership. Plotke said it’s all about mobile and engaging the next generation member.

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Optimist Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The Content Marketing Institute and the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) have just published their annual research report Content Marketing in the UK: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends. Content marketing is growing in importance, so it understandable that organisations are becoming more strategic about it.

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Mizz Information

JANUARY 19, 2014

As social media becomes more and more mainstream, it means a lot of things when it comes to association''s communication and marketing strategies, not to mention membership strategies. How are your communications and marketing and membership departments staffed to handle this ever changing landscape? Photo credit ).

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Associations Now

MARCH 11, 2014

From thinking differently about workspace to expanding reach via pop culture, the 2014 Great Ideas Conference brought out plenty of concepts worth taking to your staff and board—even if you weren’t in Florida this week. — Jamie Notter (@jamienotter) March 10, 2014. A key part of its strategy?

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

A newly published survey reveals several issues, including membership growth, facing associations in 2014. It also indicates some of the strategies associations are planning to implement this year in areas from marketing to technology to leadership succession.

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Associations Now

MAY 1, 2014

Nearly 200 million data records were reported stolen during the first quarter of 2014, according to a new data breach report—a 233 percent increase over the same period in 2013. At the end of the day, there is not a magic strategy [for data security]; there is just thorough, well-thought-out planning.”. PDF], might do the trick.

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YourMembership

JUNE 26, 2014

At the start of 2014, much of the news about the changes on the horizon for the job market was promising, especially for associations with a job board strategy for their members and organization. Earlier in the year we profiled this in our webinar, Social Networking, Mission Creep, and the 2014 Job Market.

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Potomac Core

MARCH 3, 2020

Factors including Coronavirus Disease , supply chain disruptions , political polarization , innovative technologies, cyber threats, trade policy, shifting consumer attitudes, & workforce shortages all complicate markets. Research sets the stage for market focused discussions. Winning champions commit to act first.

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Membership Marketing

APRIL 14, 2014

One of the questions that I find most interesting in our Membership Marketing Benchmarking research is, “What are your organization’s top challenges in growing membership?” These are situations like the economy, competing organizations, market perceptions, and industry consolidation. The answers fall into two broad categories.

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Mizz Information

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I gave a quick presentation about the top 5 trends impacting association social media in 2014. Adding images to your content and making them part of your social media strategy is a given now. Content “Content marketing” is this year’s biggest buzz word just like “social media” was five years ago.

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Membership Marketing

JULY 29, 2015

Once again, I am pleased to share the just released 2015 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report with you. This is the seventh consecutive year that Marketing General Incorporated (MGI) has produced this research which explores the membership marketing initiatives and outcomes of 914 participating associations.

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Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 10, 2013

I recently attended an app swap (we public relations professionals are obsessed with new trends) and discovered a Lansing-based mom-and-pop store has joined the app market. For its newest research project, r@h has designed the 2014 Mobile Readiness Survey to gauge the mobile readiness of associations.

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Associations Now

JUNE 20, 2016

The $70 million price tag is steep—all the more reason for there to be a smart strategy behind it. Also, one of the key people leading the move was battling cancer in the midst of it—we’ll get to that, and there’s a strategy lesson in that as well. Member questions about dues raises were addressed. He’s now in remission.

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Association Adviser

JUNE 11, 2014

A colleague recently told me a story about how his 15-year-old daughter carries out her content strategy on Instagram. She doesn’t call it “content strategy.” My colleague’s teenager didn’t call her plan “content strategy.” As simple and natural as her activity seems, she had a definite content strategy.

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GlowGlobally

APRIL 29, 2014

This half-day workshop is part of the Association Forum of Chicagoland education portfolio for 2014, and it is presented in association with Emirates Airlines and the Dubai Convention Bureau. Understand what is essential to define market potential and customer insight. Market & Bus Planning Member Services Membership'

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YourMembership

OCTOBER 2, 2014

In February, we discussed how social media giant LinkedIn would be a disruptive force in the job board market in 2014. Sharing LinkedIn’s job board strategies and tactics provided a new perspective about what associations should consider for their own job board initiatives. We’re betting on it!

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Associations Now

JUNE 20, 2014

Following an MMCC presentation on content marketing, an association communications pro explains why what works for for-profits may not for nonprofits. I mean, never, because this strategy would probably never work for actual associations.” — Votenet Solutions (@votenet) June 19, 2014. “Done. . “Done.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 29, 2014

Or perhaps you’ve spent all afternoon biting your nails wondering how to adapt your conference social media strategy to the platform changes. Four Social Media Conference Strategy Tips. So what’s a conference marketer to do? Over the past few years, there has been a huge shift from traditional to inbound marketing.

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Potomac Core

MAY 17, 2016

While traditional associations discuss member “ loyalty ” strategies, is that enough nowadays? Even if the economy doesn’t move into recession next year, market conditions continue to evolve as business challenges accelerate. 3 Key Strategies to Become the Recession Ready Association. Association Loyalty.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Should your association implement a strategy around it? 36.8 % Percentage of associations that offer technology-enabled learning that also provide a mobile version for some of their learning content, according to Tagoras’ “Association Learning +Technology 2014″ report. Out of the 200 respondents to that survey, 88.7

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GlowGlobally

DECEMBER 13, 2018

based professional organization for engineering professionals undertook an in-depth market study uncovering the European industry players’ needs, their perception of the mentioned organization as well as the trends and drivers influencing the European market. In 2014, Dr. Perry assumed management of Effective Training, Inc.,

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Associations Now

MARCH 19, 2014

— Shelly Alcorn, CAE (@shellyalcorn) March 10, 2014. Future strategy includes creating robust…programs and pathways into your industries and professions,” she writes. — Incline Marketing (@InclineMktg) March 19, 2014. That and more in today’s Social Media Roundup. What Else is New?

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Associations Now

MAY 12, 2014

A new report from the Web Video Marketing Council takes a look at some of the latest trends in online video production, and the message is clear: Organizations are devoting more resources to engaging their audiences with a growing trove of video content. video email marketing (23 percent). Who’s paying for online video production?

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Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

If you are looking for powerful ideas and strategies to grow your organization’s membership next year, this is a program you may want to consider. and one of the leading authorities on membership and I will be teaming up to present a one-day program titled, Membership Success for 2014: Developing and Executing a Powerful Strategy.

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Associations Now

APRIL 21, 2016

New research shows that email marketing is still a strong player for many organizations, which are planning to increase the time and resources spent toward this type of marketing in 2016. Email, as part of an overall marketing strategy, is most likely not going anywhere anytime soon. The survey of more than 3,500 U.S.

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Associations Now

JUNE 18, 2014

Associations have embraced the business of content marketing, but there have been growing pains along the way. According to content marketing expert Joe Pulizzi, speaking at ASAE’s 2014 Marketing, Membership, and Communications Conference, it’s because they aren’t being strategic enough. So what seems to be the problem?

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YourMembership

JANUARY 15, 2015

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. job market continues to heat up. So where are we at the start of 2015?

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