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Does your association value job boards as much as your members do?

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A recent Community Brands study shows that job opportunities are one of the most important benefits to members, yet associations have work to do in this area. According to the Community Brands Member Engagement and Loyalty Study, job opportunities rank in the top 10 of most important benefits to members of professional associations.

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Industry Study Brings a New Way for Association Professionals to Think About Member Engagement

Smooth The Path

Depending on the association it could be a new-to-the-profession academy, a webinar series, the mentor program, a research report, or any other benefit. These special associations have what I call an Association Value Trigger Point (AVTP). Lisa Vivinetto , Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at Dynamic Benchmarking.

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How to Exponentially Improve Member Engagement at Any Association

Smooth The Path

We can do this at your association, we just need to understand members better. Related: Member Engagement Research. My sleep study illustrates the problem with association data. Case study: In-depth member interviews feed association’s strategic plan.

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The Association Value Trigger Point Explained by New Member Background

Smooth The Path

When I speak about a way to engage new members early in their membership by using an Association Value Trigger Point (AVTP), association professionals often ask me if their association should have just one AVTP or should we have many for our different members?

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Associations and Lousy Marketing

Smooth The Path

Bernadette Jiwa, storytelling guru wrote that good marketing, “empowers people to make decisions now that they won’t regret later, and, “helps people to do the things they want to do.” Just because we manage non-profit associations does not make us immune to lousy marketing.

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Building Buy-In for an Online Community at Your Association

Higher Logic

While the way you align your proposed member community with your executives’ goals will vary by association, five of the most common priorities you might find in the strategic plan include new member acquisition, member engagement and retention, non-dues revenue growth, advocacy and legislation, and maintaining relevance.

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Want to Maximize Association Membership Value? Create Indispensable Engagement

Higher Logic

An engagement platform helps you provide those valuable relationships 24/7, 365 days a year. With tools like online community and marketing automation , you recreate the best parts of your association online. The great ideas and valuable connections members build with each other at your annual conference can happen all the time.

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