Three converging trends are impacting associations and nonprofits. Here's a summary from the January 19, 2010, meeting of the St. Louis Society of Association Executives.
15. Content Marketing What: Sharing content NOT selling Old: Controlled, Members Only New: Open to all (w/exceptions) Why? Be filter/add context for members Be thought leader If you don’t someone else will Repurpose & redistribute Examples: marketingprofs.com raintoday.com DrakeCo Clients: CLA, DCHA – Tip of Weeks
19. Cause Marketing What: NonProfit & For Profit Old: Philanthropy New: Marketing for Purpose & Passion Why: Engagement, awareness, funds Examples: MO KidsFirst St. Jude’s Trees for Troops
29. Converging Trends Impacting Associations Steve Drake President Drake & Company [email_address] 636/449-5050 Twitter: @stevedrake @causeaholic LinkedIn: Steve Drake SlideShare: Steve Drake Blog: http://blog.drakeco.com Blog: www.causeaholic.com
Notes de l'éditeur
Rapid growth … even if you don’t use it, you need to check so you know what your member community is doing … Facebook had 150 million users on 1/1/09 … by 2/15/09, it had jumped to 175 million users. They have 80 million active users on line every day. Facebook now – for a fee – will notify people (matching your demographics) to invite them to join your Fan Page.
From control to democracy … biggest change since printing press invented Is redefining what it means to be a member … So much info, people seeking trusted source to serve as filer If association doesn’t, community will find its own … Example … why didn’t AMA produce marketingprofs.com?? Allows Association and/or DrakeCo to be seen as the “thought leader” … go to group.
Hope you know about this. FYI … I now have a Twitter account under the name “causeaholic”
How do we change? How do we help our clients change? How do we manage the association’s “media portfolio?”