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Debbie Willis5/10/21 12:00 AM

A Swipe File for Association Marketers: Marketing Copy Ideas for Education Programs

Lots of posts, including ours, provide advice on marketing strategies and tactics, but ...
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Debbie Willis4/19/21 12:00 AM

11 Areas in Need of Decluttering in Your Association, Your Work Life and Your Mind

With no elbow grease required, decluttering seems like an easy spring project… until you ...
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Debbie Willis4/12/21 12:00 AM

The Physics of Membership: Investigating Unknown Influences on Member Behavior

This past year, you could count on one thing: uncertainty. You can count on it in the ...
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Debbie Willis2/1/21 12:00 AM

How to Use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Marketing Your Education Programs

When members and non-members want to find information, explore a topic or scratch an ...
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Debbie Willis1/4/21 12:00 AM

Demonstrate Empathy in Action to Your Members, Attendees and Colleagues

Words represent ideas. When a word become overused and cliché, a good idea is easily ...
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Debbie Willis12/14/20 12:00 AM

12 Digital Marketing Channels for Your Association’s Education Programs

Everyone’s life has changed to some extent in the past nine months. You’ve probably ...
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Debbie Willis9/28/20 8:00 AM

10 Ways to Entice Members & Prospects to Visit Your Association’s LMS

Many of your members and prospective customers have recently been introduced to a ...
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Debbie Willis9/21/20 12:00 AM

The Attendee’s Learning Journey Begins, Not Ends, with Your Virtual Conference

For two days, members and non-members were completely caught up in your association’s ...
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Debbie Willis9/14/20 12:00 AM

How to Market Credentialing Programs in an Uncertain Economy

Back in June, a tweet caught my eye:
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Debbie Willis5/25/20 12:00 AM

Reboarding Members: A Strategy for Increasing Member Engagement & Retention

Now that stay-at-home orders are lifting in many states, companies are developing plans ...
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Debbie Willis5/11/20 12:00 AM

Market Virtual Education Programs Carefully and Caringly Right Now

Nothing is going as planned. You can’t market virtual education programs like you ...
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Debbie Willis2/24/20 12:00 AM

How Your Association Can Encourage Learner Self-Reliance

For liberal arts majors, the phrase “self-reliance” might bring back memories of Ralph ...
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