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New Membership Model Sparks Growth

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We provide clear explanations about the benefits, the pricing, and the process for getting their staff set up.” When looking at potential losses, analytics, prices, and modeling, it’s important to talk to other association professionals and review the models they use,” Wallenstein said. Do your networking research.

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Put a Price Tag on Your Benefits

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Selling an association membership is not a traditional negotiation process, but the anchoring effect proves relevant in pricing situations just the same. Oregon Veterinary Medical Association. The post Put a Price Tag on Your Benefits appeared first on Associations Now.' Illinois Technology Association.

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How Wheat Producers Counteracted a GMO Crisis

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Last year an Oregon farmer noticed that some of the wheat in his field failed to react to the weed killer glyphosate, popularly known as Roundup. Wheat futures prices dropped significantly , and some farmers sued. Facing a controversy that could have damaged industry efforts to introduce GMOs to the U.S. ” Where Things Stand Now.

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Guns in Schools: Districts Consider Arming Staff, but Insurers Have Cold Feet

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More details on the issue: The problem: In the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, late last year, a number of districts in such states as Kansas, Oregon, and South Dakota have considered giving educators the choice to carry weapons on campus.

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Thinking of a Tech-Minded Benefit? Put Utility First

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Being there for a consumer in a non-commercial interaction can build brand engagement for subsequent commercial interactions,” University of Oregon marketing professor T. It’s not like offering a carrot with an attached stick so much as merely making the carrot available and letting memories of the carrot help drive future business.

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Thinking of a Tech-Minded Benefit? Put Utility First

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Being there for a consumer in a non-commercial interaction can build brand engagement for subsequent commercial interactions,” University of Oregon marketing professor T. It’s not like offering a carrot with an attached stick so much as merely making the carrot available and letting memories of the carrot help drive future business.

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Study Reveals U.S. Cities With Best and Worst Travel Taxes

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Meanwhile, Portland, Oregon ($22.86), Boston ($19.34), and Indianapolis ($18.10) had the highest discriminatory travel taxes. With taxes rising in every area of society, companies and travel managers are taking an increasingly hard look at the price they’re being asked to pay to visit any given city or region.”. Source: GBTA.