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Have you ever been “unsold” just as you were ready to buy? Nothing can interrupt a deal, booth sale, advertising or sponsorship more than confusing the customer with options and overwhelming them with details (or a lack thereof). Associations offer trusted audiences and resources that our business partners find valuable, but we need to keep our product offerings simple.
We know we need technology to grow our association communities, but at times we struggle to know which solutions are the right (and more importantly, the wrong) ones for us.
Rick Borry is the Chief Architect of Webvent, a webcast management and hosting company, and provides insight into how associations should prioritize their unique tech decisions.
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 sponsorship with Christopher Ware, Vice President of Business Development for the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP).
Product development will be a key function of association teams moving into 2021. With some rearview analysis and future thinking, associations can improve their product offerings and build new opportunities for business development.
A seasoned and experienced sales team knows the importance of relationship-building and when to listen to what a client wants. But what happens when what the client wants is a new-fangled digital offer that a sales team has never experienced or doesn’t fully understand?
Do you have 83 seconds today to start thinking about tomorrow? That’s all the time you’ll need to tune into this OnPAR Video Short for a quick tip to help you and your association partners work through the challenges of today.
Predicting client spending has always been a challenge. But now, in a COVID-19 world, it’s not only challenging, but increasingly important. Even prior to the arrival of the pandemic, there were more buying options than ever before. Increased options in digital, social, marketing automation and even artificial intelligence…
Fixed programs have been the cornerstone of association bottom lines for decades producing a similar performance year after year in predictable fashion — until now. So how do we face uncertainty as we approach a new year? Start with a growth mindset on your products and approach.
Whether change is intended or forced, it’s almost always difficult. In the association world, we like consistency and reliability. Change disrupts that. We operate with consistent models for years, even decades, that allow us to create repeatable operations and sales cycles. It can be easy to fall into a “Why Change?” mindset, pointing to past performance as a measure of success.
An association’s value proposition often offers a key point of interest and investment for members and business partners alike.
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