By
Tao Stadler, Senior Membership Management Executive
In a meeting a few months ago, my CEO, Terry Dwyer, made a point about progress that strongly resonated with me and has been in my mind ever since.
In discussing a feature that we all agreed would be a dramatic improvement for our association clients, a litany of reasons why it would be hard or even impossible to accomplish came rushing forward, as though months of research had already been done and the answer was set in stone.
After a few...
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WebLink
recently launched a brand new iPad app designed for associations
and chambers of commerce using the WebLink Connect membership
management system to conduct mobile commerce by accepting credit
card payments for new memberships, current member invoices and
event registrations when away from your office. The WebLink iPad
app has only been out a few days, but the feedback has been
amazing!
By Chad
Bouslog, Membership Management Specialist
Recently,
my son was helping me with his homework (yes, you read that
correctly!) and it made me think about ways that business
associations and chambers of commerce can solve problems with their
data.
Recently, The
Schapiro Group, an Atlanta-based strategic consulting firm,
released a national survey of 2,000 adults that indicated
significant benefits for businesses active in their local Chamber
of Commerce. The full results of the survey can be viewed on the

But
some members are naturally more inclined to renew based on how they
feel about your association BEFORE they join. You'll create
greater chances for success at renewing these members if you can
identify them before they join so you can:
It's that time again where we all reflect on our
successes and failures of the previous year and create a list of
things we promise we're going to do differently in the next
year.
By
Joseph Loria, Vice President, Advisory Services
If
you're like most business associations and chambers of commerce,
you're using a Facebook page to broaden your communications and
engage your audience where they already are - on social media.
Your
association database is the single most important asset your
organization owns.
The old
display funnel of advertising. Isn’t it great? 

