Is it Time to Say Goodbye to Your Association Program?
Every association program follows a natural lifecycle. They grow, mature, and yes, eventually decline. For associations, the critical question is what to do with those programs in decline. When do you opt for updates and when do you bid it farewell?
Mission Possible: How Associations Can Achieve Their Own Moon Landing Moment
Our Professional for Association Revenue (PAR) team keeps our mission in reach with the help of our favorite symbol: an astronaut. Find out why this image reminds us of the powerful things that can happen when mission and revenue align.
The Important Sales Step Your Sponsorship Team May be Missing
There are three steps to association sponsorship sales: awareness, cultivation, and commitment. Find out which important step your sales team may be missing.
5 Steps to Maximize Your Next Conference Experience
In-person conferences are ripe with opportunity, but can leave us feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. Consider these 5 steps before attending your next event.
Boost Sales Through the Power of Story
Associations have powerful stories that can connect with audiences. Expert storyteller Park Howell explains why selling with story can elevate your association above the competition.
Elevating Business Competencies is Key to Association Revenue Success
PAR announces agenda for the RevUP Summit, the leading association conference dedicated to improving association business.
Ways to Win: Sharpening Negotiation Skills to Get Results
The professional negotiations that revenue producers undertake can determine the success of organizations. While negotiating is often viewed as a skill that a person either has or doesn’t, it can be practiced for optimal success. PAR workshop presenter Susan Borke tells us how.
What Business Development Teams Need to Know About Publishing
When content, marketing and sales teams work together a powerful association ecosystem takes shape. But often these three groups operate with a siloed and disparate approach instead of a strategic one. We interviewed Marlene Hendrickson, incoming AM&P Network president and the Senior Director of Publishing and Marketing for the American Staffing Association, for a publisher’s perspective on a content driven sales strategy.
Executive Take: Simplifying the Sales Process
The association sales process presents unique and complex challenges. How can association sales leaders help their teams navigate the nuances of their organization’s structure and focus instead on building and maintaining relationships? That is the topic of this month’s edition of “Executive Take.”
Top Priorities for Association Sales Leaders
Structuring, supporting and measuring the success of a sales team are top priorities of all association sales leaders. In this article, thee association sales leaders share their experiences building and maintaining successful sales teams.
Why More Sales Staff May Not Be the Answer to Revenue Woes
51% of respondents to PAR’s Association Landscape Survey said their business development practices would improve if they had more staff focused on the task. But as staffing challenges continue to disrupt the global workforce, adding more staff may not be an easy solution – or the right one.
5 Ways Your Sales Team Can Overcome the Biggest Prospecting Pitfall
60% of associations polled in a new Professionals for Association Revenue (PAR) survey reported their sales teams need to allocate more time each week to prospecting for clients, members and event attendees. But do associations need more prospecting time or do they simply need to prospect more efficiently?
Why an Affinity Program Could Be a Win-Win-Win for Your Association
Associations are looking for new sources of non-dues revenue, members want increased value and companies are searching for meaningful partnerships. It can be challenging to find initiatives that meet each criterion, but affinity programs could be the win-win-win solution for everyone involved. In this PARtners @ Work feature, CardConnect shares the partner’s perspective on affinity programs.
RevUP 2023: A Home for Business Development {Video}
From C-Suite to Non-Dues Revenue teams, the RevUP Summit brings together and supports professionals looking to improve their association’s bottom line. Watch this 2-minute video for a glimpse of the RevUP Summit 2022 and join PAR in Annapolis, Maryland on December 6 and 7 for the 2023 event!
Why a Business Development Strategy is Vital to Association Revenue Health
Associations aren’t effectively strategizing. That is one of the key findings from the Professionals for Association Revenue (PAR) Association Business Development Landscape Survey in which 86% of respondents said their organization’s business development strategy is underperforming or non-existent. See why that’s a problem for associations working to remain relevant in a changing economic landscape.
6 Mindset Shifts to Improve Your Association in 2023 {Video}
Small shifts in mindset can spark impactful change within our associations. PAR’s six GOAT Award Finalists are association professionals who are impacting their organizations in transformative ways each year. They each shared one way association professionals can shift their mindset and improve their approach in 2023.
4 Tips to Focus Your Forecasting
Our lives are made up of forecasting – and while planning doesn’t eliminate uncertainties, it does help us prepare for them. Here are 4 tips to get your team started with a focused forecasting plan.
How to Keep Corporate Sponsor Investment in Your Association
Associations are no longer the obvious advertising choice for corporations looking to connect with consumers. Digital outlets, social media channels and corporate websites mean companies have choices – and associations have competitors. But how do associations beat out the competition to increase and keep corporate sponsor investment?
3 Tips for Selling During Times of Economic Uncertainty
Economic uncertainty means different things to different people. But if you are in the business of sales, we think you’ll agree: selling in 2022 is challenging. Global sales and marketing advisor Ryan Dohrn shares three tips for sales teams to survive and thrive during times of disruption.
3 Steps to Making and Maintaining Meaningful Conference Connections
Event sponsorship and exhibits – once the foundation of association sponsorship programs – are now the starting point for companies looking to engage with an association in year-long brand awareness and thought-leadership opportunities. Associations that provide exhibitors with a positive and valuable conference experience have the advantage when it comes to growing relationships… and revenue.