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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.
You’ve decided to incorporate video into your association’s marketing plan. It’s a smart move — in 2020, video is the most commonly used format in content marketing, overtaking blogs and infographics. And with in-person events going by the wayside indefinitely, video allows associations to connect to their members in more personal ways.
Time management is a critical success factor for all business development personnel, but many associations include their BD teams in a large amount of non-sales activity.
Creating marketing to support sales efforts can be hard, especially when it’s for a brand-new product or service. We invited Brittany Parrotte, the Senior Marketing and Event Manager at Hi-Fidelity Group, to take us through her project inspirations.
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…
Your association is looking for creative ways to create content. Your advertisers, or potential advertisers, are searching for meaningful exposure. That’s where a paid supplier program comes in- an advertiser pays for exposure in an area of expertise they would like to promote, and the association writes and delivers the content.
The always reliable sales cycle — it’s the “Sales 101” staple of prospecting, qualification, needs analysis, proposal, negotiation and … sale! But as the economy continues to evolve during COVID-19, individuals and companies alike are changing not only what they buy, but how they buy it.