Associations Now

AUGUST 28, 2023

Marketing General Incorporated’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report found that associations are experiencing an increase in membership following declines during the pandemic. That’s according to Marketing General Incorporated’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report , which surveyed 800 participating associations.

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Reid All About it

JULY 9, 2021

The only thing missing from my recipe is waxed beans because I’ve never seen them at the store or farmers market. Fri 7/9 at 12 p.m.* – Strategy First, Software Next. To explore this question, we are kicking off a three-part series—the first will be “Strategy First, Software Next.” Subscribe to Blog via Email.

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Reid All About it

MAY 3, 2019

Amanda Kaiser dispels three myths on why people join associations and reveals the real reason—based on her member research. Your members have high expectations, and a distinctive, original, and personal user experience is a requirement in today’s digital world. Tim Ahlenius, Director of Digital Strategy, Americaneagle.com.

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Association Success

MAY 28, 2019

How is your association consistently aligning its strategic plan and business strategy with its brand? In the association space, we often think that advocacy means fundraising for the organization and lobbying to members of Congress on behalf of the organization’s and members’ mission. The Future of the Profession.

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Smooth The Path

AUGUST 2, 2016

The problem with being disconnected with members is we may focus on the wrong strategies, develop the wrong new products or services or send out marketing messages that just don’t hit the mark. Might your association be out of sync with members? A new way to think about why member join. Get back in sync.

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Guilt by Association

AUGUST 17, 2010

Most of us are continually refining our objectives, strategies and technologies. These days, we’ve seeing another branch of the conversation emerge and begin to dominate: How does everything fit together in a single, cohesive marketing communications ecosystem? The marketing funnel is still relevant. Know thy communities.

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Each one of these behaviors can be deadly, but the last one, focusing more on younger members may have the power to solve all the others. MemberClicks blog author Callie Walker has been banging the drum about changing associations to serve younger members better. Consider a young professionals page on your website.

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Smooth The Path

DECEMBER 21, 2015

As a member researcher I see some validity to this statement. Research, particularly qualitative research is very good at naming member problems but members themselves are often hard pressed to articulate the right solution. If they had the solution their problem would not be a problem any more.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 27, 2018

“The ability to segment audiences based on Google Images versus overall Google Search can help you determine which pieces of content are most valuable, allow you to create audiences specific to image search, and use those audiences across the Google Marketing Platform,” says Krista Seiden on the Google blog. New post: Have I Met You Before?

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Smooth The Path

AUGUST 30, 2016

For every action (or inaction) members (and non-members) take there is a why. As established organizations, knowing our member’s why helps us develop and communicate our why. Poke around and most of the marketing copy you read focuses on what. 76% of our members renew but, only 42% of new members renew.

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Associations Now

MARCH 19, 2019

Say goodbye to the event registration strategies of yore: Facial recognition and customized software-as-a-service solutions are taking center stage. “We It doesn’t come without risks , says member researcher Amanda Kaiser. As the second-most visited website, YouTube holds a lot of marketing power. Printed tickets?

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Fonteva

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Whether more engaging alternatives are popping up or you’ve simply run out of fresh ideas, it’s worth it to explore how you can strengthen your association member engagement strategy. The same best practices used to engage staff internally can and should teach you a thing or two about boosting external engagement with your members.

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Reid All About it

JULY 5, 2024

Lowell Aplebaum and his team at Vista Cova published an excellent report on strategies and practices to prepare your board for effective governance. Small-staff membership marketing. Ann Gynn at Content Marketing Institute explains how to deliver curated content to your audience. Tony Rossell of Marketing General Inc.

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Smooth The Path

APRIL 24, 2018

Only organizations that solve our member’s problems, speak their language, and understand them will get their time and attention. Associations can no longer make it by marketing benefits.The only way to get their attention and to keep them engaged is by marketing and then delivering solutions and experiences.

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Smooth The Path

AUGUST 6, 2018

The results of years of member research show that high-performing professionals tend to move through three stages during their career. Or they might be concerned with new regulations, a constricting market, or changes in public perception and how these forces will affect their industry or profession.

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Socious

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Completed by member research and association expert Amanda Kaiser, the study also delves into how and why those associations are innovating, as well as why other associations may be struggling. Step 3) Define Your Strategy. Even the organizations that aren’t consistently innovating seem to recognize its value.

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Smooth The Path

MAY 23, 2017

We can change the organization’s strategy. We can develop offerings members love. We can attract high-quality members with our improved marketing. Let us say we know the answers to these questions. Now we can act on that information. But, we can only do this with high-velocity decision making.

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Smooth The Path

JUNE 18, 2019

My first-year member experience lines up with many other new member’s experiences according to member research. Associations tend to have very robust renewal programs, but meager new member onboarding programs. Once my year’s membership was up, I didn’t give the association a second thought.

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Smooth The Path

MAY 7, 2017

There is not another thing that will sustainably drive awareness, engagement, and retention more than understanding our members. Understanding our members helps us stay in lockstep with our members. It is our understanding of them that guides the organization’s strategy.

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Associations Now

JUNE 29, 2016

In Friday’s general session, Amanda Kaiser of Kaiser Insights LLC shared her experience in getting inside the minds of members for better recruitment and engagement. Kaiser specializes in qualitative member research, mainly conducting in-depth member interviews for associations.

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Associations Now

JUNE 11, 2013

More than half of associations surveyed for Marketing General, Inc.’s s latest Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report indicated positive growth in total membership, new member acquisition, and member renewals this year. There’s got to be a strategy around [engagement] with measurable outcomes.”.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Your intrepid membership blogger returns from two conferences at regional societies of association executives with a roundup of tips and ideas, including great questions for member research and the power of delegating metric measurement to staff. Here’s a new membership metric for your association to track: retention rates.

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Smooth The Path

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Learn who your best members are and how they interact with the association. When you have completed that, let’s talk about qualitative methods of member research to uncover the behavior, preference and problem segments. Start with the segmenting you can do with the association’s data and surveys.

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Fonteva

AUGUST 15, 2019

An association management software platform is a centralized solution for your organization to handle member registration, events, marketing, and more. The best platforms are able to give you a comprehensive view of your members and let you easily locate member engagement metrics like event attendance.

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 4, 2016

It is so frustrating… Industry suppliers launch competitive products and events and our members purchase them. Members have a challenging problem and we have the solution but they do not use our solution. We reach only 14% of the population of potential members. Only 25% of our members come to the conference.

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CSAE

JUNE 27, 2023

Key highlights from the Town Hall are below: Members were reminded of CSAE’s strategic priorities: to be the champion for associations, to be the centre of excellence for the association sector and to be a model for continuous improvement in association management. To get a healthy ratio, CSAE first marketed the event to executive members.

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