We have recently released our 2016 State Of Digital Marketing In Associations report.  For the third year in a row, we have surveyed associations in order to benchmark and compare their marketing efforts year to year.  The infographic below reveals some interesting stats from the report and a 5-step action plan to increase your association's marketing success.

If you're a non-profit organization, you are in the business of not making profits.  So how do you do more with less and still innovate to attract and retain donors?  And what lessons can be learned from the non-profit world by everyone else?  Our partner Adestra has produced a webinar, What Can NOT Making A Profit Teach Us?-Lessons for us all from the non-profit industry, that is now available for download.  Ryan Phelan and Tristam Jones talk about non-profits and what the rest of us can learn from them. They examine case studies and give examples from non-profits.  We wanted to share the webinar with you because it delivers great data points on email benchmarking and some really good tips on how to get people to feel more emotionally attatched via email. 

Marketing automation is still a relatively new technology for many organizations.  It is because of this relative newness that a great deal of confusion exists about exactly what a marketing automation system can do for an organization, and how to properly implement it as part of existing marketing strategies.  If your organization is thinking about marketing automation, how do you prepare for it's implementation?  Are you ready?  What does marketing automation readiness look like?  We have found a great article at Act-On, written by Janet Johnson, that lists 10 steps you should take to prepare for marketing automation success.

Once upon a time social media was primarily used as a way to connect with friends and family.  While it is certainly still used for that purpose, it has also evolved into a platform that organizations now use as a business tool.  The number of networks that one can engage on is constantly increasing.  With all the choices now available, it can be overwhelming having to decide which social channels would be the best fit for your organization.  It probably would nor be an effective allocation of time or money to attempt to be active on all the social channels now available.  So how do you know which ones to choose?  Knowing your membership is key.  Chandra Chakravarthi at Aptify has written an article explaining the 3 questions to ask before deciding which social networks are right for your organization.

We know the value of market research when it comes to developing marketing strategies.  We know marketing departments spend a fair amount of time on email campaigns.  We also know that marketers are busy people.  That is why we have put together a list of downloadable email marketing reports.  Below are 7 resources from top industry analysts for you to look at on the state of email marketing.

Last week at ASAE’s 2016 Annual Conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah , we announced a new version of our popular HighRoad U online educational website has launched. HighRoad U is an authorized provider of continuing education credits for the American Society of Association Executives’ Certified Association Executive (CAE) program.