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If You’re Looking for a Job, Look Inland, Lists Say

Associations Now

Two new reports suggest that Midwestern and Southern cities have a better balance of job openings and cost of living than their coastal counterparts. If you’re in the job market, you might want to head to Pittsburgh—especially if you’re just starting out in your career.

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Don’t Manage Social Media Like the NFL

Associations Now

Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) December 4, 2016. By limiting the teams’ ability to share viral elements around their own games, they hand off that market to someone else or limit the momentum around its sport at a time when TV ratings are down. It’s just the way marketing is done nowadays. Griffin finds some friends!

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Getting Married to Membership May Require Engagement First

Idea Architects

With many companies and nonprofits offering some degree of value under a freemium model , potential members and customers may only be more likely to invest in the cost of membership only after becoming involved in some of the benefits of joining organization. community that people value and that our organizations market. Blog Archive.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Making Sponsorship Special Again

Idea Architects

reduced cost courtesy of others’ doing the underwriting. As a result, the registration fee or product cost individuals have been paying hasn’t had to carry the full value proposition of the event or product itself. need to pass on more of the real cost and finding members and customers. balking at the higher rates.

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SCD Group: Best of the Week: 3 key topics for Association CEOs.

SCD Group

Facebook and Twitter Postings Cost CFO His Job via the Wall Street Journal Mr. Gene Morphis was chief financial officer of fashion retailer Francescas Holdings Corp. FRAN -3.37% The Houston-based company fired him because he "improperly communicated company information through social media," the company said. Subscribe via RSS.