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New report: Association marketing has a ways to go

Aaron Wolowiec

Marketing is much more difficult than most people think. Marketers have a vast skill set, and that’s why they should have a seat at the decision-making table. That’s according to a new benchmarking study on association marketing by Demand Metric and HighRoad Solution. “ Print, however, ranks eighth in terms of effectiveness.

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The new association “normal”

Aaron Wolowiec

AA: You referenced ASAE’s hybrid membership model in your opening remarks at ASAE’s annual convention in Detroit. AA: What do you think the biggest membership communications challenges are for today’s association? What’s the old marketing rule — it takes seven touches to make your message resonate? JG: Mobile!

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Broaden Your Reach to Millennials and Gen Z with Snapchat

Associations Now

Now, Nokia makes bathroom scales , and according to Nicholas Mattar, the director of marketing at the Detroit Regional Chamber, who presented this week at ASAE’s 2017 Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference , 13-year-olds are using the social app Snapchat on their personal smartphones.

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What to Do When Membership Is Booming?

Associations Now

For decades, RIA focused mainly on the auto industry in Detroit. But more recently, Doyle says, companies in other sectors and cities have come on board, diversifying the association’s member community. RIA is working to establish early and constant touchpoints with members by using marketing automation tactics.

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Joint Membership: The “Special Sauce” for Chapter Relations

Associations Now

A lot of associations are connecting headquarters and local chapters on things like dues collection, membership marketing, and member services. According to last year’s Chapter Benchmarking Report [PDF] by Mariner Management & Marketing, 31 percent of associations require dual national-chapter membership.

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Wednesday Buzz: A TSA PreCheck Reminder

Associations Now

Plus: email marketing advice, in podcast form. So if you still have some summer traveling on the books (perhaps to the ASAE Annual Meeting and Exposition in Detroit), find the closest application center among the 300-plus locations nationwide, get the paperwork sorted out, and remove some of the hassle from your trips.

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Why Culture Matters When You Go Global

Associations Now

One issue, for instance, involves what she calls implicit communication—the ways we call, email, or simply talk to one another that we tend to take for granted. That point was echoed recently during a discussion about partnerships that ASAE’s International Section Council took part in at the Annual Meeting & Exposition in Detroit.

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