WBT Systems

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

But, informational or educational content is another story—and that’s why content marketing is the best marketing strategy for educational programs. Why content marketing is effective. The best kind of marketing is content marketing because it helps you develop a relationship with your readers.

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Association Success

MAY 21, 2019

Is your association paying attention to trends and changes in market behaviors? In Segmenting Your Market - Part 1 , we introduced the topic of how associations have more than just diverse members, but how industry suppliers or similar communities present a varied market to be examined.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Driven by a change in what members want and are willing to pay for, associations are seeing changes in their key revenue streams, including which income sources sustain their organizations. Where Associations Get Their Revenue Today. Non-dues, or non-subscription, revenue. percent of their revenue from membership dues.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 11, 2019

If your conference is like most, sponsorship revenue is underperforming. There are two benchmarks we like to use to identify healthy conference revenue business models: Industry revenue — 30 percent or more of a conference’s total revenue should come from the combination of sponsor, exhibit and advertising revenue.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Print magazines. m3Magazines shares advice on transforming your magazine into a valuable asset members will love. They explain how to develop a content strategy, know when it’s time for a redesign, decrease costs and increase revenue. More info/register. More info/register. Host: WorkerBee.TV More info/register.

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Membership Marketing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Accurately determining this is essential for building and sustaining a successful membership marketing program. The costs for a new member include welcome packs, printed materials, and mailing and distribution for magazines, newsletters, and renewal notices. What about the editorial staff that works to publish the magazine for members?

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Here’s how associations can make use of podcasting—and bring in some nondues revenue dollars in the process. Podcasts are a potential source of nondues revenue. That’s good news for advertisers looking for ROI and good news for associations looking to cultivate another crop of nondues revenue. Why should associations care?

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Non-dues revenue supports associations’ missions in so many ways: Providing exceptional training and education for members, financing lobbying efforts, keeping membership dues affordable, and offsetting the costs of your communication program, to name a few. John Bacon, Naylor Association Solutions.

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CMA Solutions

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Integrated Event Marketing Effort Wins Prestigious PRSA-NJ Pyramid PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J.—Oct. 6, 2023— CMA , a full-service communications, marketing and association management firm, announced today that it has won five marketing communications awards from the Public Relations Society of America New Jersey Chapter (PRSA-NJ).

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

If you feel like you’ve been seeing more press about microcredentials lately, it’s because researchers see growing support from employers and learners, and higher education sees the potential for revenue and renewed relevance. Also worth your time The right marketing question—an intriguing way to approach a marketing campaign.

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Association Adviser

MAY 23, 2018

To my association family: Generating non-dues revenue (NDR) and increasing those figures year over year for associations is a key responsibility of being a Senior Group Publisher (that’s me!) Often, they aren’t—which is where we run into trouble with membership growth, retention and revenue. at Naylor Association Solutions.

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Association Adviser

JULY 18, 2013

We invite you to visit the Naylor booth to pick up a copy of the latest edition of Association Adviser , and to learn how Naylor can help your association increase engagement and revenue through strategic communications, event management and marketing services. Uncategorized magazines subscription'

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Employers’ job market. TopClass LMS suggests putting a new spin on your membership and education marketing. In this employers’ job market, it’s tougher for members, customers and prospects to find a better position. More info/register.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 16, 2013

A clearly defined editorial plan can help ease the magazine production process and help you reach your communications goals. Create an editorial committee that regularly meets and plans relevant editorial topics for your magazine. Create an editorial committee that regularly meets and plans relevant editorial topics for your magazine.

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Association Adviser

MAY 23, 2017

Non-dues revenue is an important source of funds for associations. Membership dues may still be the single largest revenue source for many associations, but dues revenue is dropping according to a recent report from the ASAE Foundation. True or false? That’s easy. Of course the answer is true. If they’re not, find out why.

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CMA Solutions

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

When it comes to marketing, plenty of things have changed in a short amount of time. In 2023, we will see more inclusion in all forms of marketing, especially advertising. Brand Marketing Strategy 2023: Create More Memorable Experiences World-class customer experience is everything. Now, it’s marketing in general.

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GrowthZone

APRIL 20, 2021

Consider the difference between your marketing plan and the “game” played by mass media. What do print magazines forget to explain? Back to our example, broadcast and magazine advertisers often waste money on a broad audience that has no use for their product or service. Advertising is mass.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 26, 2018

This month, we asked our readers which source of non-dues revenue they plan to improve this year. The results were somewhat similar to those when we asked this question in previous years: Half of respondents cited continuing education as their primary non-dues revenue focus. We’re almost halfway through 2018.

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Association Adviser

MAY 15, 2017

Non-dues revenue is often an essential component of an association’s operating budget, allowing staff to produce high-caliber member communications, events and continuing education programs. Symbiotically, those same operational areas are where association professionals report they want to focus on earning more non-dues revenue this year.

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CMA Solutions

MARCH 14, 2024

DEI & Accessibility Initiatives, Magazine Rebrand Powered Member Engagement Efforts at ESPA, IMARK PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J.—March March 11, 2024— CMA , one of the nation’s top association management companies, announced today that it won two national marketing awards from Association TRENDS, a leading association industry publication.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 5, 2022

Before March of 2020, pacing data was a useful tool for predicting final attendance and revenue. On average, associations are anticipating 2022 registration and revenue will be about 20 percent below pre-pandemic levels. To do this, analyze what percentage of registration revenue you historically averaged each week.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Gen Z marketing. They describe nine strategies for marketing membership to Gen Z. MGI’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report is ready for download. Sticking with MGI for a moment, Tony Rossell explains how MGI survey participants made a successful case for increasing their membership marketing budgets.

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Association Success

JULY 16, 2020

Content curation is a way to strengthen your content marketing efforts without having to invest a ton of time and money in creating original content like blog posts. Fortunately, marketers have access to a range of free and paid tools designed to help small teams curate better and faster. Why curate content? For beginner curators.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Shifting marketing budgets. Reprinted with permission of Convene , the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association.

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Association Adviser

MAY 29, 2018

Thankfully, there are varied approaches to increase non-dues revenue (NDR) from member communication. Whatever the approach, the common principle in practice is: The more value your communication programs can provide to BOTH members and advertisers, the better positioned your association is to earn higher non-dues revenue.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 15, 2017

That’s a lot of meetings – and a lot of revenue potential. Capturing your industry’s slice of this pie requires, among other tactics, results-driven event marketing. This type of marketing occurs in three distinct phases: pre-planning, implementation and post-activity. Phase 1: Pre-planning. How will the content be communicated?

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2018

” – Josh Spradling, CAE, TSAE Marketing & Communications Director. Like many associations, the Texas Society of Association Executives relies heavily on its print publication as a tool to engage members and earn non-dues revenue. TSAE earns non-dues revenue on a portion of each sale. You never know until you try!”

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Associations Now

AUGUST 14, 2023

Create Thought Leadership In 2019, ASA wanted to reposition itself in the market, so they brought in a marketing firm to do an assessment. The firm told us that we had so much content, we needed to figure out a way to get it all back out into the market,” said Kelly Verberg, ASA’s vice president and chief membership officer.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 13, 2016

More than half (54 percent) of the executives who took part in our annual association communication benchmarking study felt their organization’s inability to generate non-dues-revenue (NDR) was a serious or significant challenge — up substantially from 2015. Percent of Associations agreeing that NDR is a serious challenge: 2016. ** 54%.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 16, 2013

The challenge that we faced with transitioning to a digital model is that 90 percent of our revenue is coming from print. The print and online news publication of the American Medical Association is closing its doors due to declining ad revenue and an unsustainable business model. million decline in print advertising revenue.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 15, 2022

In my experience, most large conferences this year are realizing about 80 percent of their 2019 revenue performance. For some of the major annual meetings we’re tracking, sponsorship revenue has been a bright spot when compared to exhibit revenue performance. Opportunities sell out.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 15, 2014

Many associations overestimate how much revenue a new NDR program will generate and underestimate how much time and resources it will require. “While advertising has remained very strong and actually increased, we believe there is an opportunity to increase revenue through sponsorships of current conferences and events.”

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 15, 2017

That’s a lot of meetings – and a lot of revenue potential. Capturing your industry’s slice of this pie requires, among other tactics, results-driven event marketing. This type of marketing occurs in three distinct phases: pre-planning, implementation and post-activity. Phase 1: Pre-planning. How will the content be communicated?

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Marketing Social Media Revenue United States 60

Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 21, 2018

Only time will tell what impact these reductions will have on these chains’ market share. In my opinion, the two underlying market shifts that led to making this move are: Growing cost of sales beyond commissions; and. Some third parties share revenue (i.e., More influencers with less influence. Let’s take a look at both.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 5, 2024

Revenue by Cohort Last year, Fader and his co-authors released a new book, The Customer-Base Audit: The First Step on the Journey to Customer Centricity. This will enable you to analyze and predict future revenue contribution for each cohort. When you get this right, you will also serve and attract many other follow attendee segments.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 27, 2018

In this realm, associations save on the overhead costs of producing member communication publications and the back-office management of content, revenue tracking and strategic planning. Beyond generating non-dues revenue, advertising can engage association members and supplement a publication’s content strategy.

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GrowthZone

AUGUST 2, 2022

According to the ACCE website, ACCE’s Awards for Communications Excellence program is designed to showcase the top communications and marketing work of chambers of commerce and similar organizations. The chamber describes the “Beyond the Line” magazine as “taking a deeper dive into our region than most directories.

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