Associations Now

MARCH 7, 2019

Social media use is stalling, but when it comes to podcasts and smart speakers, there’s nowhere to go but up. Social media is stalling as podcasts and smart speakers take center stage. That’s according to The Infinite Dia l 2019 [PDF], a survey from Edison Research and Triton Digital. Other Links of Note.

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Associations Now

MARCH 26, 2019

Social media is becoming increasingly important for member service, but it highlights the many channels customers use for help. Some recent insights on the matter worth heeding: You can’t take your time with social media. If you’re relatively small, don’t separate social media service from your main account.

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MemberClicks

MARCH 1, 2023

Benefits of an online community hosted by your organization You may have an online community set up through a Facebook group, LinkedIn group or other social media platform. These may include your organization’s website, social media channels, digital newsletter, mobile app, and in-person or virtual events.

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Membership Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

2018 marks the tenth anniversary of the Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. By 2018, word-of mouth recommendations, email marketing, and promotions to/at your association’s conferences or trade shows are affirmed as the most effective recruitment techniques. However, this has not represented a changeless marketing environment.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 25, 2019

1 in 2018, to be exact, according to the 2018 Association Communications Benchmarking Report. Information overload/communication clutter” resurfaced as the top communication challenge faced by associations in 2018, after temporarily being eclipsed by “inability to communicate member benefits effectively” in 2017. MHI Newswire.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 27, 2020

For some, the social media platform is no longer a part of their marketing plans. that the company was not making any money on its Facebook advertisements in 2018. A recent post on the Hootsuite blog highlights the benefits of a social media content calendar and how to put one together. Other Links of Note.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 11, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… It’s time for Marketing General Incorporated’s (MGI) 11 th annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. All the “most popular posts of 2018” posts that come out this time of year, like this one from MemberSuite , provide good intel.

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Association Success

MAY 28, 2019

When we launched our new brand in 2018 at our annual conference, Build Business, we rolled out a newly redesigned website and affiliated sites, social media platforms, and videos. All members were invited to participate, and hundreds did so through surveys and focus groups.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 4, 2019

In order for your organization to achieve greater success this year, you have to avoid the activities that held you back in 2018. Callie Walker from the MemberClicks blog outlines mistakes from 2018 associations should avoid in new year initiatives, including: Hopping on the bandwagon of every new trend. Other Links of Note.

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Associations Now

APRIL 25, 2019

To help with this, AFCI’s PR manager checked in with the group during the trip and turned their comments into video testimonials and blog posts that AFCI pushed out on its website and social media channels over several months. What Shepard and AFCI did wasn’t easy.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

According to the State of the Event Industry survey by EventMB, 91 percent of planners say attendee satisfaction is the biggest measure of a meeting’s success. Attendee surveys are perhaps the easiest way to do it, but only if they’re done right, as otherwise you run the risk of annoying guests. Pre-populate what you can.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Also: the importance of nailing the survey invitation. Overall, it represents yet another year of steady growth for #GivingTuesday, which has successfully leveraged the waves of social media in a big way. Survey Invitations Matter. Your #survey invitation can make a big difference in your response rate.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 14, 2018

. — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) December 13, 2018. In fact, only 65 percent of organizations are planning to throw a holiday party, the lowest number since 2009, according to the 2018 Holiday Party Survey Report. Social media can be your biggest tool during a meeting crisis. So, who is the Scrooge?

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

@buffer teamed up with @BuzzSumo on a brand new study looking at what brands can do to succeed on Facebook in 2018. — maxime berthelot (@Maxberthelot) September 19, 2018. Recently, the social companies Buffer and BuzzSumo teamed up on a survey that highlights the need to increase your social media mix.

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CMA Solutions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Last year, 62% of surveyed associations either endured a membership decline or remained flat, according to MGI’s 2022 Marketing Membership Benchmarking Report. In the absence of being able to meet in-person due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we created a “virtual” celebration that used social media to extend the weeklong celebration.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 31, 2019

In its 2018 Membership Marketing Benchmark Report, Marketing General reveals that: 27% of individual member organizations have trouble attracting and/or maintaining younger members. And not just because, like, you assume all young folks love wasting away on social media ). Invest in Your Online Presence.

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Achieve

AUGUST 5, 2022

Create a survey and send it out to your existing donors so that they can “vote” on the items you’re considering. social media. Hopefully, your nonprofit has identified social media platforms with potential and created a following with engaging content. One of the most valuable industries is merchandising.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 8, 2019

CareerCast’s “ Most Stressful Jobs of 2018 ” report ranked meeting planning as the fifth most-stressful job based on 11 factors like deadlines, physical demands, competition, and working in the public eye. There is often clean up, and bills to pay, and post-event surveys to get out to attendees. Need proof? Build in Recovery Time.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 30, 2018

— Phelps Hope (@_PhelpsHope) August 30, 2018. Eventbrite surveyed meeting planners to find out the state of the industry. Social media works best with a combination of organic and paid advertising. You can use them to measure your own efforts against what’s working and not working for others like you.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The survey will take less than five minutes to complete. Discuss what worked, share lessons learned, and talk about what we’re planning for 2018. What’s Hot and What’s Not: 4 Event Trends Set to Take Over 2018. Analyze emerging challenges and threats to association content strategy models. 1 CAE credit. Location: Reston VA.

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Protech

MARCH 16, 2020

T echnology giants like Microsoft, Oracle and SAP frequently tout their enterprise CRM technology , which drove the global market value to $40 billion in 2018, according to Investopedia. Create surveys . Integrate with social media platforms . And, you’d be right. . Why Does Your Association Need a CRM?

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Disciple Media

MAY 29, 2020

There’s no denying it, Facebook is one of the most popular social media networks around, but it doesn’t mean it’s the most effective. in 2014, down to 2% in 2016 and below 2% in 2018. Privacy – the Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018 showed how Facebook data can be misused. Final Words.

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Disciple Media

JUNE 12, 2020

The problem with social media. Social media is one of the biggest offenders. Now, we’re not suggesting social media doesn’t have potential. But science tells us that we can, on average, maintain a maximum of 150 meaningful social connections at once. Still, humans are social creatures.

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Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Survey your target audience: Send a survey to your target audience via email or social media and ask them to suggest potential speakers. Surveys are also an excellent method for finding a speaker that your audience will be genuinely interested in hearing. Social media: In 2018, 2.65

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In this case, the organization needed to keep up with social media requests during an emergency and subsequently helping people fundraise to help. According to a survey by NPR and Edison Research conducted in the last week of 2018, the number of households with smart speakers had grown 78 percent from December 2017.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 16, 2018

The authors of this Harvard Business Review article about the gig economy surveyed 65 freelancers (including consultants) about their lives. Some quick hits before we get to the list of free webinars: Blogging is still alive and well in 2018—and for good reason. 10 Experiential Marketing Trends Shaping Effective Events in 2018.

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Reid All About it

MAY 18, 2018

Some quick hits before we get to the list of free webinars: Good advice: how to make your social media feed more interesting. ( How to Use Social Media and Event Technology to Grow your Event Community. Explore the best social media channels that resonate with your community. In a three-part series, rasa.io

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Higher Logic

JULY 12, 2018

In the survey we did for our recent State of Marketing Automation: Association Benchmark Report , we asked associations what additional marketing automation features they’re using. Why it’s important: From our survey data, it appears that around 25 percent of associations never use web tracking , which is a shame. Retargeting.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 24, 2018

The 2018 ASAE Annual Meeting Recap. A panel of “ASAE Annual Insiders” provides a recap of their favorite moments and takeaways from the 2018 Annual Meeting & Exposition. Event Trends: Late 2018 Outlook. Learn about the trends impacting event marketing, budgets, event technology, marketing and social media.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The stats are staggering: We have seen more than 900 complaints filed in district courts around the country since the start of 2018 – and more than 750 in New York alone. The Power of Community: Why Social Media Isn’t Enough. Investigate the limitations of a social-media-only approach to online community.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 6, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… At the Association Component Exchange (CEX) in 2018, I participated in a chapter member journey mapping exercise—that’s a lot of nouns, I know. Fri 3/6 at 12 p.m.* – How I Create Social Media Content for Association Chat.

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Disciple Media

MAY 20, 2020

Now’s the perfect time to survey your target audience and figure out exactly what sort of features and functions they’re most likely to use. One of the biggest problems with social media is that they’re trying to be everything to everyone. Get started with Disciple’s community software. #3.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 19, 2018

is inviting associations to participate in their 10th annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. Presenter: Dan Berger, Founder and CEO, Social Tables. – Wow Your Members with a New eLearning Program in 2018. Hear the results of a survey of more than 1,000 association professionals across the U.S. Host: PCMA.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

According to the 2018 Association Communications Benchmarking Study, one of the top reasons for declining reader engagement with association publications revolves around members’ full schedules. More explicitly, 67 percent of those surveyed implied they are too busy to read association publications. Use Social Media.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 1, 2019

Before the clock struck midnight to close out 2018, we asked a few of them to share a membership resolution they’ve made or a goal they plan to reach for in 2019. While membership growth in associations generally remained strong in 2018, not everyone has seen gains. Here’s what they said: Nick Estrada. Lindsay Currie.

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Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Event MB also reports that, between 2018 and 2019 alone, all-in-one event management software adoption grew from 9% to 36% — tripling the number of users who are now harmonizing their business' software suites into a central platform. Attendee and Sponsor Surveys. QR codes are unique to each registered guest. Digital Signage.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

We are a team of 10 people managing external and internal communications, branding and media relations for public power. We manage our digital channels — website, social media, blogs, and publications. In 2018, we as an association will determine what we want to accomplish over the coming three to five years.

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