Marketing
Data-Driven Marketing – A Primer
For marketers today, it was essential to bring to light how the Marketing team will provide offers to members as it’s a significant change to our traditional methodology. The new approach is designed to provide improved, more consistent and more relevant product offers using the wealth of data from our core and your ancillary systems…
Read MoreBehavior is your Brand
Branding is often seen through the wrong lens. It is often seen as a combination of your logo, promise, voice, font, and color palette. But to leave it there is an injustice to what brand really is. The brand is behavior. The behaviors your members/customers experience when they engage your employees, products, and services. Think…
Read MoreM&A – Don’t ignore the Culture
One of the primary growth strategies for credit unions includes Mergers and Acquisitions. Any decent CFO can aggregate the income statements and balance sheets and forecast the impact on the key ratios to establish the business case. The CTO can identify the projects to convert or combine technology platforms. The COO can consolidate the processes.…
Read MoreCMOs Need to Measure and Analyze the Data!
The CMO is faced with a constant challenge to prove the value of their marketing efforts. The channels we use continue to grow, the technology continues to innovate, and the consumer expects more personalization and customization of offers than ever before. To be successful, CMOs must collect, segment, analyze and visualize the data to create…
Read MoreWhat’s Up With Bank Websites? 7 Things to Fix What’s Broken
Bank websites look at them. They are ugly. They look like someone puked products and offers all over your iPad. They require the user to scroll endlessly. They have complex navigation points and menus, menus, and more menus. To research, find and buy requires many clicks. All of this is friction. Why can’t banks get…
Read MoreBranching Strategy, It Starts with the Member
Historically branches are seen as transaction channels. Today, this view of branches has changed and continues to evolve. Members and potential members like the convenience of brick and mortar, they like the demonstration of financial strength and security. Still, the truth is, they rely less on branches for their daily, weekly, and monthly transaction business…
Read MorePandemic – Marketing Needs to Talk!
Like you, I have received several emails, seen numerous Facebook and Twitter posts on how banks and credit unions are handling the Coronavirus. Typically these posts and emails start with something like, “We care about your safety…” and then they talk about how they are making banking safe by cleaning their branches and protecting their…
Read MoreReady for a Career Change – Start with your Brand Image
Often, when you are at a career intersection, whether it is the result of a decision to seek another job, a layoff, or a desire to start a new career, we must first ask, what does your brand say about you today? A personal brand audit is an excellent way to start as you reinvent…
Read More5 Key Ratios Marketing Must Know
Credit union marketers must grow beyond ad buys, graphic design, copywriting, brochures, web design, SEO, SEM, and PR. A marketer must understand what Key Ratios they can impact and how. Knowing how marketing impacts the financials will dramatically change the conversation marketers have with the CEO and CFO. Here are five Key Ratios that Marketers…
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