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6 Ways To Build An Effective Digital Marketing Plan With Google Trends

CMA Solutions

Google Trends , perhaps the most overlooked SEO/content marketing/market research/competitive analysis/PR targeting tool, is one resource to help build an effective digital marketing plan. When it comes to marketing, never try to do it by yourself. Free online tools like Google Trends can help you get to market faster.

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Taxi Associations Struggle With Dropping Medallion Prices

Associations Now

A serious shift in the market, partly due to increasingly popular ride-sharing services, is having a significant effect on a valuable asset for taxi companies: the medallions that give them the right to operate. At one point, a New York City taxi medallion cost more than $1 million, and they have regularly sold for six figures elsewhere.

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When the Right Price Is Nothing

Associations Now

But associations should also consider moving prices in the other direction. As you probably know from various news stories as well as your inbox, this week marks the release of Windows 10, the latest version of Microsoft’s PC operating system. And how often you’ll be changing that that pricing structure, too. Free is winning.

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Association Conference Becomes Center Stage for Drug-Price Debate

Associations Now

At the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting last week, a prominent doctor called out drug makers for pricing cancer medicine at untenable levels. Insurers agree with that stance, but a leading pharmaceutical trade group says cancer drug prices are in line with their value. The high price of cancer treatments.

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Should Associations Offer Conference Subscription Packages?

Associations Now

Earlier this week, the New York Mets announced that they’d be offering a new Netflix-style ticket subscription package this season. It’s a great way to gain access to Citi Field at a low cost,” Chris Zaber, the Mets’ senior vice president of ticket sales, told the New York Post. Peter told the Star Tribune. “We

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What Associations Can Learn From the Starbucks Rewards Backlash

Associations Now

The company is marketing the revamped program as a net positive for its customers, but that’s not necessarily how customers are seeing it—especially those in the “green” member tier, who lost their stars and and were automatically upgraded to the “gold” tier. Don’t hide a price increase from them. Confused yet? from before.

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Daily Buzz: How Dark Social Is Skewing Your Data

Associations Now

Dark social shares mean your team could be basing its marketing insights—and budget—on inaccurate data. For your performance marketing team, “dark social” might as well be the dark side of the moon. In fact, one report says about 84 percent of social shares happen via dark social, according to marketing firm RhythmOne.