Business Development

Poll: How Connected is Your Association?

Associations are industry touchstones for thought leadership, connection, and resources for professional development. The way associations engage on LinkedIn continues to evolve. As the largest professional network on earth, LinkedIn provides opportunities for association revenue producers to add value to their relationships while learning more about industry news and views. Is your team leading or losing out on LinkedIn?

Law of Attraction: How High-Performing Associations Attract High- Performing Revenue Producers

Associations that are ready to up their performance should begin by embracing one key concept: To become a high-performing association, you must attract high-performing revenue producers.

PAR GOATs Share Insights for 2022

In the final webcast of 2021, The Professionals for Association Revenue celebrated the PAR community’s top contributors and recognized them as the Greatest of ALL Twenty-Twenty One (GOATs). In this video and post, our GOATs share what they learned in 2021 and give insight into how they believe associations can best move forward in 2022.

Turning Challenge into Opportunity: PAR Members Look to the Possibilities of the Future

“Wouldn’t it be great if…?” That’s the question PAR webcast presenter and Unmuted CEO Rachel Druckenmiller presented to our PAR audience in her webcast, 2020 Vision: How to Reframe and Refocus Current Frustrations into Future Success. We look at some of their answers in this recap.

Grow Your Association Through Corporate Partnerships: OnPAR-Ep11

In a recent PAR webcast, Bruce Rosenthal of Partnership Professionals Network (PPN) explored how associations can be more successful by shifting from transactional sponsorships to transformational partnerships. This OnPAR Video Short recaps why Bruce says it’s becoming increasingly difficult to retain corporate sponsors, and how associations and their sponsors can build a mutually beneficial relationship in 2021 and beyond.

3 Keys for Association Marketing Teams to Support Their Sales Teams

When sales and marketing teams work together effectively, revenue increases and associations expand. It’s a fact that’s earning the attention of association marketing teams, too — 54% of marketers say they are empowered to collaborate with sales teams (a year-on-year growth rate of 86%, according to Salesforce).

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Revenue Renegades: Top Takeaways From Sales KPIs Every Association Team Needs

Top Takeaways from Sales KPIs Every Association Team Needs. Review key takeaways shared and learned during PAR Revenue Renegades meet-up.

This past Wednesday, revenue producers from the association industry came together to chat about most used KPIs and metrics. Participants shared which metrics are most important to track daily, weekly or monthly, and discussed the concept of tracking numbers to improve instead of to prove.

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Best Ways to Develop Your Team Now: OnPAR-Ep10

Changing work environments and new look teams can make it challenging for association leadership to provide meaningful and accessible professional development. In this OnPAR Video Short, top association executives from our PAR Leadership Advisory Board answer the question, “How can association professionals best develop their teams now?”

10 Ways to Close More Sales Deals, Faster

COVID-19 accelerated the changes to the association sales process that were already taking place prior to the pandemic’s arrival. As our business development teams work…

3 Questions: How COVID Has Shifted the Sponsorship Paradigm

In our “3 Questions” series, we ask top industry professionals to answer three questions within their area of expertise. In this edition, we’re talking about…

Revenue Renegades: Top Takeaways From Six Figure Engagement: Associations Share Their Approach

Top Takeaways from Six Figure Engagement: Associations Share Their Approach. Review key takeaways shared and learned during PAR Revenue Renegades meet-up.

This past Wednesday, revenue producers from the association industry came together to chat about how to engage with our biggest clients. Participants reviewed a checklist for big client engagement, and discussed how to keep partners involved year-round.

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Revenue Renegades: Top Takeaways From What Your Sales Manager Wants to Know

Top Takeaways from What Your Sales Manager Wants to Know: Review key takeaways shared and learned during PAR Revenue Renegades meet-up.

This past Wednesday, revenue producers from the association industry came together to chat about the relationship a sales team has with their manager and what specific key points the sales manager wants to hear from their team on a regular basis. Participants discussed sales goals, measurements and more to conclude PAR’s May theme of great sales teams.

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Characteristics of High Performing Sales Teams: OnPAR-Ep9

Despite the changes and challenges to our associations, high performing sales teams are able to find ways to continue to work towards revenue health. Watch this week’s OnPAR Video Short as Author Mary Byers, CAE shares her insight into how great sales teams worked to maintain stability in a time of uncertainty during the previous year.

Revenue Renegades: Top Takeaways From Leveraging Creative Conflict

Top Takeaways from Leveraging Creative Conflict: Review key takeaways shared and learned during PAR Revenue Renegades meet-up.

This past Wednesday, revenue producers from the association industry came together to chat about leveraging both internal and external conflict to continue PAR’s May theme of great sales teams. Participants discussed how team conflict can be productive, or limiting and how it’s important to understand common tension.

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Association Leadership Tips the Scales for Sales

The way organizations sell has changed forever as a result of the pandemic. More members and clients are looking for sales teams to help guide them through a process while providing insight or challenging their held presumptions about your membership, subscriptions, events and partnerships.

Revenue Renegades: Top Takeaways From Sales Team Design: How Organizations Manage Sales

Top Takeaways from Sales Team Design: How Organizations Manage Sales: Review key takeaways shared and learned during PAR Revenue Renegades meet-up.

This past Wednesday, revenue producers from the association industry came together to chat about the way the sales teams in their organization are managed and structured. Participants discussed the three most common sales team structures and the benefits and drawbacks of each. In the month of May, PAR is focused on great sales teams and the concept of “everyone is in sales” and how it directly affects association revenue.

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Revenue Renegades: Top Takeaways From How to Frame Value in Customer Conversations

Top Takeaways from How to Frame Customer Value in Client Conversations: Review key takeaways shared and learned during PAR Revenue Renegades meet-up.

This past Wednesday, revenue producers from the association industry came together to chat about framing value in client communications. Participants discussed how having an agenda is one of the most important ways to ensure your association’s value shines through with each interaction. PAR members have been sharing ideas and chatting about value proposition in the month of April.

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Poll: Client Communication Methods in 2021

A recent PAR peer meet-up explored client communication in the pandemic, offering many balanced channels and ideas on social, meetings, and other association tent poles throughout the year. Which method has been best for connecting with your clients?

Revenue Renegades: Top Takeaways From Client Communication: Tech, Tactics and Texting

Top Takeaways from Client Communication: Tech, Tactics and Texting: Review key takeaways shared and learned during PAR Revenue Renegades bi-weekly meet-up.

This past Wednesday, revenue producers from the association industry came together to chat about client communication. Participants shared ideas, thoughts and perspectives on all things tech, communication tactics, and even texting as a business development professional. As part of PAR’s April Value Proposition Month, the Revenue Renegades were able to tie in the importance of communicating the association’s value with each outreach, no matter the method or platform.

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Revenue Renegades: Top Takeaways From Building Customer Value

Top Takeaways from Building Customer Value: Review key takeaways shared and learned during PAR Revenue Renegades bi-weekly meet-up.

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