Member Engagement vs Engaging Your Members

Business People Crossing the Winning Line

© Moodboard Which questions sound more like your association’s internal conversation: How can we get members to buy more of program X, product Y or service Z? OR How can we enable members to achieve the outcomes that matter most to them? How can we get members to help us accomplish this goal? OR How can we better understand the …

Your Mobile Website: Top 3 Do’s & Don’ts

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© Thinkstock Is your website mobile-optimized? In just 5 days Google is switching their search ranking algorithm to favor mobile websites! Being mobile-accessible is critical to life and business.  When Steve Jobs created the iPod, his vision was to make it easy for consumers to carry “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Today, our mobile phones essentially carry our “life in a pocket.”  In …

Google ALERT: Are You Mobile Ready?

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They’ve done it again. As soon as you get used to doing things one way, the “powers that be” make a change—for the better. Are you mobile ready? Read below. In late February, Google announced that starting April 21, their search engines would give ranking preference to websites that are mobile optimized. What do you need to know and what …

7 Best Practices for Membership Marketing

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©iStock Photos When I was finally ready to commit to a regular exercise routine in my schedule, I had lots of options.  I could continue walking in the neighborhood on a regular basis but find a group to walk with regularly and hold me accountable for showing up.  I could find a group exercise program that would have a strong …

2015: Believe Your Beliefs

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    How many of you find yourselves “believing your doubts and doubting your beliefs”?!? As you look at the last few months of civil unrest following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Akai Gurley in New York City, or your own personal challenges, it’s easy to understand how doubt and fear could pre-occupy your thoughts. Rather than …

Culture Matters: Interview with Jamie Notter

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Hi, this is Kathi Rabil, CEO of SliceWorks and with me today is Jamie Notter, of Culture That Works. I want to welcome everyone to SliceWorks Brand Chatter, a conversation about brand congruency and authenticity. Brand Chatter is a new initiative for the SliceWorks blog.  We started our blog in late 2000, as a way to step up our engagement …

19 More Takeaways from ASAE’s Membership, Marketing and Communications Conference

You’re lucky! This week you’re going to get a double-portion! Two weeks ago, I began a series sharing nuggets from the most recent ASAE Membership, Marketing & Communications Conference. Last week I was supposed to publish the second installment, but the stomach flu kept me in bed all week. So here you have installments 2 and 3 combined, for a …