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JANUARY 29, 2021

Monday (2/1) is the last day to participate in Marketing General Incorporated’s (MGI) 2021 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. Your voice—along with those of nearly 1,000 association leaders around the world—will help us all gain insights about what is working to recruit, engage and retain members during the pandemic.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

This study investigates more than 60 factors influencing members across six domains, including economic, technology and market psychology. MemberSuite explains the benefits for associations and employers as well as tips for planning, marketing and producing the event. The future of work. Virtual exhibitors/sponsors. More info/register.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

WBT Systems suggests putting on your behavioral scientist hat if you want to recruit and engage volunteers while virtual fatigue is running rampant. Do we have approval to book live conferences? Breakout room topics will include asynchronous virtual education, virtual conferences, and Zoom tips. Virtual volunteer fatigue.

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MAY 15, 2020

Marketing virtual/online education. You can’t market as usual right now, you must market carefully and caringly , says WBT Systems. They provide advice for revisiting your marketing personas and strategies and creating the right type of messaging for this moment. Virtual conference success story. Host: Cvent.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The role of the marketer – particularly in associations, and especially focusing on content delivery – has changed drastically over the last decade, perhaps and only seems to be speeding up. A recent Analytics in Action webinar, titled Embracing Data Analytics to Reinvent Your Content Marketing , delved into just this.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

At MIT Technology Review, Tanya Basu shares ideas for helping remote workers recreate watercooler moments —the same ideas can help you simulate conference hallway conversations too. Virtual conference sponsors. The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Create Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions.

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WBT Systems

JULY 24, 2018

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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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

It’s time to assess your technology stack and partners because you can’t afford to continue settling for “good enough” technology , not if you want to take advantage of emerging opportunities and meet the changing needs of your members and market. The seven biggest mistakes in membership recruitment. The State of Association Marketing.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

Content marketing. The comprehensive 2025 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends report from the Content Marketing Institute is a must-read for marketing professionals. A marketers life is so much easier when you have a content strategy, which is why Im always harping on this point. Member surveys.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Virtual conference pricing. WBT Systems describes the different factors you need to consider when pricing a virtual conference , and right at the top they say, “Your virtual conference should not be free.”. Virtual conference FOMO.

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Higher Logic

MAY 13, 2020

Maybe you’re struggling with: Retaining and recruiting more members. With tools like online community and marketing automation , you recreate the best parts of your association online. The great ideas and valuable connections members build with each other at your annual conference can happen all the time. What are those effects?

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 1, 2019

The Top 3 Ways Associations Recruit New Members. The Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report from Marketing General Inc. reports which recruitment marketing channels have performed the best for associations (trade and professional). The report is built on survey responses from over 800 associations.

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MARCH 12, 2021

The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Crea8e Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. The world of digital marketing is becoming increasingly sophisticated but achieving success doesn’t have to be daunting.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If you create education and conference program titles and descriptions for your association’s website, search engine optimization (SEO) will make those programs more discoverable by potential learners and attendees. WBT Systems explains the basics of SEO so you can get Google to do the bulk of your marketing for you. Quick hits.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association marketing. WBT Systems explains how to market your association’s credentialing programs in a crappy economy. WBT Systems explains how to market your association’s credentialing programs in a crappy economy. More info. .

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Virtual conference pricing. The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Create Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Conferences and Meetings: Has the Pandemic Been the Mother of Invention?

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Higher Logic

JUNE 5, 2018

If you are under the impression that “set it and forget it” is a successful strategy for using marketing automation software, I release you from this spell. People will say one of the benefits of marketing automation software is that you can simply put the software in action and then let your automated campaigns go their merry way.

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JUNE 18, 2021

Virtual conference networking. Lee Gimpel of Better Meetings is calling out virtual conference organizers for giving the label “networking opportunities” to five types of experiences that don’t deliver on the networking promise , including the ubiquitous chat box. Lessons learned while planning a hybrid conference for APHON.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Member recruitment. YourMembership describes 13 steps small-staff associations should take to attract and recruit new members. Host: Momentive Software (formerly Community Brands) Speakers: Pam Loeb, Principal, Edge Research Tirrah Switzer, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Momentive Software Tue 10/1 at 12 p.m. –

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EventMobi: Association Events

JUNE 19, 2024

Karen recently helped plan the annual conference for the Association of Academic Surgical Administrators , which was held in Boston. Or take a small-scale approach and use your pre-event communications to highlight unusual facts about the location where your next industry conference will take place. Plus, it will be a ton of fun!

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Presenters: Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Held at the ASAE Technology Exploration Conference, the AWTC End-of-Year Reception welcomes all association women technology champions and their supporters. Demystifying Event Marketing. Host: Rogue Tulips LLC.

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NXUnite

JANUARY 8, 2025

To power your operations, you need to recruit and retain a strong team of staff and volunteers. Train Staff and Volunteers Every day, your staff and volunteers work hard to keep your organizations doors openwhether theyre crafting marketing materials, planning events, or compiling financial reports.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Association marketing. Earn up to four CAE credits in the Association Academy’s Association Creative Marketing Masterclass , which meets for four weeks on Thursdays, 1-2pm ET, starting September 19. Taught live by leading association heads of marketing, this course teaches you how to evaluate marketing copy and layout.

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JUNE 11, 2021

WBT Systems shares ideas for microlearning programs and samples of marketing messages that will persuade members to schedule time for professional development. Level up with these 15 association marketing resources—books, podcasts and blogs. Do you need support with membership marketing? Chapter benchmarking. Quick hits.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Virtual conference communications survey. The ASAE Communication Professionals Advisory Council requests your participation in a short, 11 question survey to help the community understand the challenges of planning virtual conference communications. Conference attendee learning journey. Virtual conference experience.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Conference content. Dave Lutz of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting applies the principles of product management to virtual/hybrid conferences and comes up with several ideas for repackaging and rebroadcasting session content that will deliver member value and/or new revenue. Membership recruitment. I love Marketing General Inc.’s

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Virtual conference design. Dave Lutz of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting says many professionals “will not participate six to eight hours a day for your three-day virtual conference” so “don’t take the same old face-to-face agenda and try to plug it into a virtual platform.” Amen, brother. More info/register (fee for MPI non-members).

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APRIL 2, 2021

Future conference attendance. A new report from Bruce Rosenthal Associates, HPN, and Ricochet Advice, The Conference Roadmap to Recovery , presents survey responses from 8,525 association members on their likelihood to attend conferences in 2021. Hybrid conferences. Mike Murray, Content Marketing Institute ).

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AUGUST 21, 2020

Either way, career pathways , says WBT Systems in this #ASAE20 recap, help your members and market understand what they need to learn and which of your programs they should take to acquire those competencies. The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Create Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions. Virtual events.

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APRIL 30, 2021

Integrated Strategies for Marketing New Products ( Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia). Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Presenter: evolutionary psychology and marketing expert Tim Ash. Host: Marketing General Inc. (Must join Fridays@4 for free first.).

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Marketing. Emotional marketing appeals to your audience’s ego and desire to feel and look connected and smarter. TopClass LMS explains how to use emotional marketing triggers to persuade people to register for an educational program or conference.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Gamification makes about as much sense as chocolate-dipped broccoli , says Adrian Segar at Conferences That Work. Presenters: Harneet Singh, Director of Marketing, Preseem. The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Crea8e Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions. Gamification. Quick hits. More info/register.

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Blue Sky eLearn

JULY 24, 2019

For an association, hosting events like conferences, networking meetups, and learning sessions is an effective way to bring people who share a common goal or passion together. With the right tools and strategies on your side, you can build out an approach to event planning that will always support these goals of recruitment and engagement.

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JULY 17, 2020

The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology shared some of their sponsorship plans for an upcoming virtual conference on Collaborate (sorry, ASAE members only). Quick hits before we get to the list of this week’s free education: Challenges and opportunities with membership recruitment for trade associations. MeetingsNet ).

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Virtual conferences. Fíonta reminds us of the advantages virtual conferences have over in-person events. They describe tactics for delivering a memorable and enjoyable online conference experience , including how to hold on to attendees’ attention, minimize virtual fatigue, facilitate connections, and please sponsors.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Digital marketing for education programs. Compare your marketing tactics to the twelve digital marketing channels described by WBT Systems. Virtual conferences. Virtual conference as ritual. Virtual conference tips. She just pulled off a successful virtual conference so her advice is based on experience.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

If you’re going to the ASAE Technology Conference, like me, and agreed during registration to receive emails from exhibitors, then you’re probably getting several of them a day. If you want to stand out and make a positive impression, read my advice about sending emails to ASAE conference attendees. Host: Marketing General, Inc.

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