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Millennials: The Economic Engine of the Future

The wedding is just over 5 weeks away. After marrying 3 sons off in the last three years, I FINALLY get to play the role “Mother-of-the-Bride!” As the parent of 5 millennials, it’s easy to identify with the stereotypes of this younger generation as entitled, spoiled and non-committal. Wedding planning is a great microcosm to see these characteristics at their …

Digital Marketing: 3 Things Dave Matthews Band Can Teach Us

Tuesday, December 18th was a big day for me. I turned 25, attended AMADC’s panel discussion on digital marketing  for non-profits, and topped the evening off with the Dave Matthews Band (DMB) concert at first Mariner Arena inBaltimore. I’m a huge DMB fan. Every time the band comes around the area, I make a point to attend his concerts. I …

ASAE #Tech12: Connecting Technology & Real Life

As CEO of an Industry Partner in ASAE, sales doesn’t come easily to me. I’m not comfortable with being promotional.  So when I attended the annual conference in Dallas, I struggled with engaging attendees in conversation.  It wasn’t until the last day of the conference that I realized it wasn’t about me but about finding out what attendees were struggling …

MOBILE CONTENT STRATEGY: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

 In our previous blog on mobile strategy, I made this statement: Your organization has a responsibility to deliver an equal content experience across all devices.  I’d like to correct myself and substitute the phrase “equal content” with “congruent content.”  The difference here is important.  “Equal content,” to me, means “the same content.”  “Congruent content” means consistent information about your products and …

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HOW TO BUILD ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP

“Member benefits are your association’s one and only asset, the key to building a dominant and financially stable organization.” ~Sarah Sladek, author Do you belong to a book club? I joined a neighborhood book club about two years ago and really look forward to our monthly meetings. Some of the women get really passionate about the literary style and whether …

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JUST GIVE BACK.

Give me your arms for the broken hearted Ones that are far beyond my reach Give me your heart for the ones forgotten Give me your eyes so I can see ~Brandon Heath The lyrics above are from one of my favorite songs by Brandon Heath. It’s always been my heart to help ones less fortunate than myself. However, with …

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GOING MOBILE: MOBILE APPS VS. MOBILE WEBSITES

With the increased use of smart phones, consumers browse the Internet, use Facebook and Twitter, and generally spend more time on their mobile devices. In Social Media, it is becoming a pressing issue for brands to consider going mobile. For small businesses, it may in fact be their biggest challenge. We interviewed our web designer, Will Rabil to help us …

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Brand Position: Promises, Promises

“Promises are like babies: Easy to make, hard to deliver”—unknown “It’s not about pop culture, it’s not about fooling people, and it’s not about convincing people that they want something they don’t.  We figure out what we want.  And I think we’re pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going …