by Elizabeth Arnold | Marketing
This year, we’re all saying adios to traditional event marketing. No more event booths, community festivals or neighborhood fun runs. But that doesn’t mean event marketing cannot or should not happen. Here are seven ways to shift your community marketing events...
by Mark Arnold | Marketing
Fall is almost here. While you may still be experiencing 100-degree heat (like those of us in Texas) and the “dog days of August,” Fall (and Fall marketing campaigns) are just around the corner. Fall has typically meant football, festivals and funnel cakes. Of...
by Taylor W. Wells | Marketing
Aristotle famously said, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Do you know your credit union or community bank? What Aristotle refers to is self-introspection. It’s the exercise of looking at yourself from the outside to...
by Taylor W. Wells | Marketing
Famous author, lecturer and sales guru Dale Carnegie once said: “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” We certainly live in a...
by Matt Monge | Branding, Culture, Leadership, Learning and Development, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Strategy
GROWING PAINS Growing Pains. Or…growing pains. Ah, now didn’t those two things bring two very different visceral responses? The former was a beloved, if not a bit cheesy in retrospect, sitcom chronicling the exploits of the Seaver family, of Long Island, New...
by Elizabeth Arnold | Marketing
CFOs are, understandably, making budget cuts across the board right now. As the economic downturn following COVID-19 takes its toll on the market and on individual consumers, credit union and community bank leaders are looking for anywhere they can cut...
by Colleen Cormier | Marketing
Some financial institutions share a common misconception that marketing isn’t affordable when times are tough. Nothing could be further from the truth. Marketing doesn’t have to be expensive. Aside from what you already pay your employees, it doesn’t cost...
by Mark Arnold | Marketing
The classic Boy Scouts motto famously says, “Always be prepared.” Despite disaster recovery and pandemic plans, I’m not sure anything could have prepared credit unions and community banks for COVID-19. But we can prepare for the post-pandemic world. How? ...