Associations Now

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

With the beef industry struggling to break through to a younger audience, marketing groups in the space are working extra hard to make the pitch—even in Texas, home of the cattle ranch. Millennials and beef aren’t a match made in heaven. million budget for marketing efforts in the state.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 12, 2018

At a recent conference consultation with a client, a millennial made me think that I wasn’t keeping up with the times. We were discussing their marketing and communication strategies for their event. The millennial piped in “who reads blogs anymore?”. Where the millennial may have been right, however, is on the who reads point.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 6, 2016

New reports show that podcasting is steadily growing in popularity, especially among millennial consumers. Read More Check out “Be Heard: A Podcasting Primer” over at ASAECenter.org and stay tuned for the November-December issue of the Associations Now magazine for more on association podcasting.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Forbes.com: Millennials: A Generation of Page-Turners, Jan. According to Naylor’s 2018 Association Communications Benchmarking Survey , print magazines have been the second most-valued communication channel (behind conferences and networking events) for two years now. While print media’s role has evolved over time, it is not dead.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This article in Associations Now magazine suggests that “digital badging can strengthen an association’s community by making its members’ accomplishments more visible”. Due to this, there has been growing interest in digital badging among associations, especially those seeking to engage more millennials in membership.

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Aaron Wolowiec

MARCH 11, 2014

Surprisingly, while we’ve heard that Millennials and younger generations find volunteering important, 35 to 44 year olds volunteered the most, while 20 to 24 year olds volunteered the least. Peggy Hoffman, president of Mariner Management and Marketing, LLC. According to the report, about 62.5

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Reid All About it

MAY 14, 2021

Marketing copy. If you’re frequently under pressure to come up with clever and compelling marketing copy, I feel for you. That’s when marketers turn to their swipe file: a collection of copied and pasted blurbs that hopefully provide inspiration. Host: American Marketing Association. Event Marketing Roadmap.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2020

For example, a North American market research study published late last year found that 35 percent of millennial guests are looking for more vegetarian options on menus. And the International Food Information Council’s 2019 Food and Health Survey found an increased interest in plant-based diets.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 7, 2020

But, this week, WBT Systems reveals the high career costs of working from home for Gen Z and millennials. Virtual event and community platforms give you the chance to eavesdrop on what your members and others in your market are talking about. Andrew Sullivan, New York Magazine ). But it’s not the same experience for everyone.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 15, 2014

We Can’t All Blame Ourselves: Why Millennials Need to Pull Their Own Weight. Regardless of change and differences in generation styles, there are areas where it’s still appropriate to expect Millennials to conform to traditional ethics and hard work. ASAE 2014 Marketing Membership & Communications Conference.

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Associations Now

APRIL 17, 2019

A recent survey in PCMA’s Convene magazine found that only 11 percent of event organizers put sustainability clauses in their RFPs. Responsible practices are crucial to reaching a new generation of prospective conference attendees, the magazine argues. And 41 percent said sustainability isn’t part of their event design.

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Association Adviser

JUNE 15, 2018

The world gives us so many opportunities to write stories: Blogs, websites, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, magazines, newsletters, and billboards are just a handful of the ways we can communicate via the written word. Notices or articles don’t have to be long. Everyone loves to share success stories.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

This shift may be aligned with the sensibilities of millennials, who are currently the majority of the workforce. Some members would like AAHA to market to pet owners, to help differentiate their accredited facilities. Our value is not in a magazine or even standards. It’s an example of changing but not changing.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 23, 2017

Such tools could include a print magazine, digital media, social media, events or a career center. Whether it’s a career center that generates job postings or advertising that appears in your magazine, if the product is done well, it will. Millennials now make up a third of the workforce.

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Reid All About it

JULY 28, 2017

“Education needs a dramatically new approach, in which learning is a lifelong pursuit, not an endeavor limited to a few years in early adulthood,” says Amy Burroughs of EdTech Magazine: Focus on Higher Education. Find out how to engage students and millennials and lead them to the membership funnel. Lunch provided. Duration: 2 hours.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Now there’s word of a new group that would focus on marketing in the space. The growth in awareness and acceptance has been on a classic hockey-stick curve, and it happened without any significant marketing,” Marty Hurwitz, the CEO of MVI Marketing, the firm that conducted the study, said in a news release.

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Market research clearly shows that causes motivate millennials. Cause marketing represents a viable strategic option for associations in both staff and member recruitment. See these blogs from Causeaholic : What Association Execs Want to Know about Cause Marketing Cause Marketing 101 Can Associations Engage in Cause Marketing.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 11, 2014

Americans, on average, consume four times as many mushrooms as they did 50 years ago, but that 4-pound annual total is just half of the European average and less thana quarter ofthe 25 pounds gobbled up in China, according to a Fortune magazine report. So how has the strategy worked out so far?

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Millennials are practical and engaged when forming brand perception, contradicting the idea of their “brand agnostic” mindset, a Concentric Marketing study finds. Getting into the millennial mind (scary, we know) is far from simple when it comes to products they purchase and brands they follow. E” Is for Engage.

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Association Adviser

MAY 27, 2018

Katie manages a team of six across three functional areas: editorial/content strategy, public relations and marketing. Katie Butler: I joined IIABA in 2003 as editor-in-chief of Independent Agent (IA) Magazine , the flagship publication of IIABA. Now I oversee the association’s publications, marketing and public relations.

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Achieve

AUGUST 19, 2014

Google search “ads from the 1950s” and brush yourself up on the iconic advertisements that once graced the pages of magazines, periodicals, and outdoor boards of the time. What would an ad for a product back then need to look like in order to appeal to Millennial consumers today? Millennials are generally much more r.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 18, 2016

Conference attendees in Pittsburgh will soon get a chance to experience a tech novelty that no other major market has. Well, Uber is about to launch self-driving cars in the market, reports Bloomberg Businessweek. We are going commercial,” Uber Founder Travis Kalanick told the magazine. Trying to win over millennials?

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 18, 2014

Time magazine has identified it as one of the “10 Ideas that will change the world.” business centers, but the concept is taking off in many markets around the country. Buyer’s market. Reprinted with permission of Convene, the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. Lower attendance.

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Vanguard Tech

AUGUST 8, 2013

We hear each day about the need for innovation, how “millennials don’t join,” and the “end of relevance.” Deeper segmentation in the whitepaper also finds that tablets are increasingly being used for consuming books (about 36% of respondents), magazines (about 27% of respondents) and videos. 19% of users age 30 to 49.

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Associations Now

JUNE 25, 2014

Despite the more than $5 billion dollars spent on marketing campaigns in social media spaces in 2013, new research from Gallup found that consumers’ purchasing decisions are more influenced by friends and TV commercials. Instead of selling, Gallup says, brands should use social to build community. Gallup suggested that U.S.

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Associations Now

JULY 29, 2014

Hop over to the Nonprofit Marketing Blog for more tips. Sladek, by the way, will be leading a learning lab on the topic of millennials at ASAE’s 2014 Annual Meeting & Exposition next month. Smart Minds Meet. Thx for the interview @kikilitalien ! — Sarah Sladek (@SarahSladek) July 28, 2014. Other good reads.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

its farmers markets, which are twice as plentiful as the top 10 percent of U.S. Paul ranked number one in cleanliness among readers of Travel + Leisure magazine in 2013. And AHMA is more than aware of that fact, presenting the city’s hosting credentials right on the conference website. cities; and, most of all, its citizens.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

One of the tools we like to use when we look at how to stretch a meeting budget is Convene’s 22nd Annual Meetings Market Survey. These meetings are usually spending way too much on marketing/promotion. This often points to an attendee loyalty issue — marketing costs are high because retention is low. Guess what?

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SCD Group

OCTOBER 7, 2014

By Maddie Grant via Social Fish There is a spectrum of factors that contribute towards making your content marketing strategy a success instead of a complete flop. From content generation to content publishing – each step is crucial and has to be handled cleverly to create the best possible content marketing strategy for your organization.

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SCD Group

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Like advertising in the mass media, the traditional member marketing worked well before 2010. Back then, those with enough money could “yell loud enough and long enough” to build “markets” (and memberships). Associations should be the world’s best content marketers. What is content marketing?

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Disciple Media

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Most business owners and marketers aren’t. It addresses its millennial audience perfectly, solves a problem, uses language appropriate for that audience, is filled with hilarity, and actually went viral within hours. Develop your app marketing plan. She also runs her own blog, Live Inspired Magazine. And here they are: 1.

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Associations Now

JUNE 26, 2015

As the pace of technological change is accelerating, so is market readiness for new ways of buying, managing, and experiencing travel. Also worth noting: Millennial travelers are twice as likely to use these services, meaning that associations will have to consider their impact in the near term.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 19, 2019

This isn’t just a feature that would attract tech-savvy millennials. Abby Jarvis is a blogger, marketer, and communications coordinator for Qgiv, an online fundraising service provider. With a mobile bidding app supporting your auction, busy donors can bid on items in real time no matter where they are. . About the Author. Abby Jarvis.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 3, 2023

They explain how these AMS functions affect the member experience, how the AMS market is changing, and what you should look for in a new AMS. Meetings Outlook Deep dive into MPI’s most recent Meetings Outlook research, published quarterly in The Meeting Professional magazine. 1 CMP credit. More info/register. More info/register.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

” Naylor Marketing Manager Dana Plotke said she’s surprised by the number of associations that are still grappling with the print versus digital question. Kelly Donovan , Naylor’s team leader for online marketing, agreed. ” Stern said the associations need to do a better job of connecting with Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Not too long ago a friend sent me a link to this article about "Why Marketers Cant Afford to Ignore Baby Boomers." In a culture that endlessly focuses on youth, the article warns marketers not to overlook a group that has tremendous buying power: the 78 million Baby Boomers in the U.S. Or flipped through a magazine? Millennials?

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SCD Group

JANUARY 6, 2013

During 2012, I listened to the issues facing associations at local and national association and marketing meetings: “Should we move all our publications online and if we do, what does that do for our (older) members who don’t have access to internet media?”. And, if so, when? And, what do we do about members who “aren’t digital?”.

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