Reid All About it

AUGUST 2, 2024

How do you attract sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers, and maintain their engagement and loyalty when you’re up against a wide range of competing alternatives? Many of them admit to not having documented plans for member engagement, young professional recruitment, and lapsed member reengagement—that’s a good place to start.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I just bought a wreath at the farmers market and I’m listening to the Christmas Cocktail Jazz playlist on Spotify. Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter at Human Workplaces released a new white paper on a maturity model for workplace culture.

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 18, 2015

The following is a guest post from Anna Caraveli and Elizabeth Engel, CAE, who have also written a very nice White Paper on engagement (link at the end). But it’s unlikely that your passionate involvement was a result of slick marketing or a clever pricing strategy. How does that play out in real life?

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 16, 2024

Ambassadors help boost member engagement, expand your association’s and chapters’ reach, and ensure consistent brand messaging while offering meaningful volunteer opportunities and career-building experiences. Lunch and Learn: Marketing AI Show & Tell Join us for a little show and tell about Marketing AI tools.

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Eric Lanke

AUGUST 12, 2013

image source I was interviewed and my association is featured as one of the case studies in the new white paper--The Mission Driven Volunteer--from Mariner Management & Marketing and Spark Consulting. Well, according to the white paper itself. Associations Member Engagement'

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Reid All About it

APRIL 19, 2024

In Nimble AMS’ AI success kit, you get four resources: two 30-minute webinar recordings about AI for associations and two white papers, one an introduction to AI for associations and one on developing an AI strategy. Host: American Marketing Association Speaker: Sandy de Arango, Lead Solution Specialist, Sprinklr Tue 4/23 at 12 p.m.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 1, 2024

When associations canceled their conferences during the pandemic, sponsors and exhibitors found other ways to achieve their marketing goals. Marketing General Inc. Community-driven learning, like online cohort programs, meets both those member expectations. Advertising. Have you heard of Connected TV (CTV) advertising ?

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 26, 2016

Ultimate Member Engagement: The Power of Data-Driven Decision Making. If you’re like most associations, your AMS contains a seemingly endless amount of historical, financial, social, and demographic data on members, former members, prospects, and more. More info/register. Wed 8/31 at 1 p.m. 1 CAE credit. 1 CAE credit.

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YourMembership

JANUARY 16, 2012

Your (potential) audience wants to get to know you a little better and that just can’t be done through white papers. Smith is the Director, Inbound Marketing at YourMembership.com. member community. Member Engagement + Retention. Try a little variety before you abandon your blogging activities.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 2, 2022

New member engagement. The 2022 New Member Engagement Study from Amanda Kaiser at Kaiser Insights and Dynamic Benchmarking includes survey data on how associations of different sizes handle new member engagement. Word-of-mouth marketing. New Member Engagement Study Launch Party.

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Elevating Engagement

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

How do we reassure new members that we are here to support them, not the other way around? Someone asked this great question during Member Engagement Labs. Hold the Sales Pitch In my conversations with members, one frequent new member complaint is over-the-top sales and marketing too soon after joining. “I

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 18, 2023

The programs are relationship and community builders since they help members connect with each other on both a personal and professional level. Vista Cova’s white paper, Strategic Frameworks: The Future of Strategic Planning , explores how association executives are working with strategic plans in the post-COVID environment.

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CMA Solutions

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Retention isnt just about clever marketingits about fostering a community that truly supports members’ goals and aspirations. So, how can your association keep members engaged over the long term? Here are nine engagement strategies that can create a meaningful and lasting impact.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 2, 2017

LMS provider WBT Systems describes the different psychological, environmental, and technical obstacles that stand between your members and your online learning programs. As a writer and a learner, I love content hubs, and so does Imagination, a content marketing agency serving the association space. More info/register. 1 CAE credit.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Signing up for a membership is not something today’s professionals shy away from, so it’s critical for today’s associations to discover how to get in front of their target market and successfully communicate their value. In this blog, we outline how you can use the same framework to improve new member acquisition at your association.

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Associations Now

MAY 27, 2015

We call it an “engagement” opportunity, but it’s mostly just a ploy for testimonials, and most sane people—i.e., everyone but we content marketers behind these efforts—can see right through it. That raises the question of the true purpose of member engagement. Sometimes to a devastating effect.).

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Find out what your company needs to know about engagement (paid or otherwise) with these sites. Quick hits before we get to next week’s free webinars: Is your marketing mediocre? The best reason to do content marketing is organic search–but you’ll reap other benefits as well. Peruse this checklist to find out.

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Smooth The Path

JUNE 12, 2018

Ask to repost their blog posts in pre-conference marketing. Do they have publically available videos, podcasts, white papers, or reports? Speakers tend to develop other content in addition to their presentations. Reprint their articles in magazines and journals and let readers know the author will be a speaker at the conference.

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GlowGlobally

JANUARY 31, 2014

To begin 2014, we are featuring a new MCI white paper authored by Nikki Walker, MCI’s Vice President for its global association management and consulting practice, based in Dubai, UAE. Is what you consider an exceptional value proposition viewed as relevant and valued by both members and customers in international markets?

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

There were also several pages of photographs and collages of members. Our Facebook page indicated that members engaged with us most when they saw pictures of themselves doing association activities. Small things like this made such a huge difference to the experience of that event for our members. It took two years.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

These powerful programs contain nearly everything you need for managing your members, accounts, events and organization as a whole. You can think of your AMS as a foundational program, and it often links with supporting platforms such as advanced event management or marketing tools. An AMS might include the following.

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Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements. Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report.

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GrowthZone

JULY 26, 2018

sell memberships) maximizing your organization’s social media and digital marketing efforts. You have done the groundwork… your organization is online in all the right places, ensuring your target market is aware of its existence. You are spending time where your target market is. So, you want to make money (a.k.a,

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements. Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report.

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Association Adviser

JULY 13, 2016

By creating value for associations, outsourcing creates value for members & contributes to greater member engagement. Areas to outsource can include anything that involves creating content, such as: White papers, eBooks and infographics. Social media. Print and digital magazines and/or journals. eNewsletters.

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Elevating Engagement

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

How do we reassure new members that we are here to support them, not the other way around? Someone asked this great question during Member Engagement Labs. Hold the Sales Pitch In my conversations with members, one frequent new member complaint is over-the-top sales and marketing too soon after joining. “I

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Membership Marketing

MAY 25, 2012

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements. Speaking Engagements. Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report.

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MemberClicks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

It’s a win-win strategy that, when executed well, creates a positive feedback loop— happy members become advocates, attracting even more new members. Impact on Membership Growth and Retention Incentives don’t just help bring in new members—they can also play a critical role in keeping existing members engaged and satisfied.

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Membership Marketing

APRIL 1, 2011

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Speaking Engagements. Since forever, associations have overemphasized number of members as a metric. Tony Rossell.

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Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Speaking Engagements. Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Know the Numbers on Membership Marketing.

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SCD Group

AUGUST 13, 2012

30 Marketing Tips for Associations: Highly Rated Ideas from ASAE12. At the ASAE annual meeting Sunday (8/12/12), five panelists from five accredited association management companies shared 30 Marketing Tips in the Social Media Age. 5 Building integrated marketing plans is a must to effectively mix new and traditional.

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Membership Marketing

MAY 17, 2010

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Speaking Engagements. Engagement comes by impacting a member’s behavior. You are right about engagement!

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Associations Now

MAY 17, 2017

Two weeks ago, at ASAE’s Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference , I was struck by an afternoon session led by Sherry Marts, president and CEO of S*Marts Consulting LLC, and Elizabeth Engel, CAE, CEO and chief strategist for Spark Consulting LLC. That seems pretty straightforward, but what does it look like in practice?

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Associations Now

JUNE 1, 2014

As technology becomes more affordable, organizations are harnessing “big data” to improve member engagement. Data presents a tremendous opportunity to make better decisions,” says Elizabeth Engel, CAE, CEO and chief strategist of Spark Consulting and coauthor of a forthcoming white paper on using data to inform decision-making.

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Associations Now

JUNE 22, 2015

A new way of thinking could entirely reverse your association’s perspective on the relationships fueling member engagement. Go back into your memory and recall a time you were truly, actively engaged with something—a work project, a hobby, whatever it may be. Plus: How well do you speak emoji?

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Associations Now

JUNE 15, 2016

Amazon’s persistence in driving users to “Try Prime” is a lead associations ought to follow and just one of many highlights from this week’s ASAE Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference. Elsewhere at #MMCCon: Multiply your content marketing. Particularly at its membership program, Amazon Prime.

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Fonteva

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Each year, associations work hard to host memorable events and offer educational courses to keep their members engaged and invested in the community. The more data you have, the better your team can plan and create engaging programs such as events, conferences, and educational courses. Marketing and communication options.

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