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Are You Doing Affinity Products Wrong? Member Value Comes First

Association Freak

The Future Ain't What It Used To Be For Affinity Products. Are affinity products for associations a thing of the past? Membership organizations have always offered third-party products to their members. This usually means a discount, sometimes bearing the association brand. Affinity products have served essential roles.

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Why Your Conference Marketing Strategy Should Include Speakers and Exhibitors

Associations Now

As part of that marketing strategy, organizations should also consider asking speakers and exhibitors to help. Bringing speakers and exhibitors into your campaign gives more content to the marketing,” said Emily Golding, group director and marketing strategist at mdg.

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How to Leverage the Marketing Power of Social Proof

WBT Systems

Your association can leverage the power of social proof when marketing your online learning programs. Social proof is the driver behind the growth of influencer marketing campaigns on Instagram and other digital platforms. Influencer marketing on Instagram alone is now a billion dollar industry. Add them to your course catalog.

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Online Course Marketing Tactics from Six-Figure Digital Entrepreneurs

WBT Systems

When digital entrepreneurs—those who make their living selling online products and services—see a need in their market, they design a revenue-generating online course to meet that need. They also use online course marketing tactics that help them become millionaires in the process. Test a minimum viable product (MVP).

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Is Your Association Using Data to Increase Event Revenue?

Association Analytics

Whichever format you choose, you should consider your historical event data as you develop your event marketing strategy. In our previous blog posts on retention and product value , we illustrated how data isn’t one dimensional. Do a scan of the market to determine if this segment might be obtaining their content from another source.

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Do Discounts for Bad Customer Service Work? A Lesson From Newspapers

Associations Now

If you want to keep a subscriber—or member—happy after a customer service mishap, a discount won’t be enough, according to a recent study from the newspaper industry. Will a temporary discount do the trick? According to a recent study, discounts actually discourage customers from sticking around.

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Survey Says… Online Education’s Role in Membership Marketing

WBT Systems

Associations want to know how their membership recruitment, retention, and marketing tactics compare to others so they can improve member growth and engagement. Every summer, the association community looks forward to the release of the Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report from Marketing General Incorporated (MGI).

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