A Letter to My 7 Year Old Daughter…

Todd’s Note: Many thanks for allowing me a moment of personal privilege to depart from my usual approach to the TVDA blog… Dear Lindsay, I hope you are listening to your mother while I am out of town for a couple of days. I saw something online, from the advertising...

Turn Your Conference Into Content

Associations have conferences, summits, and workshops all the time. These are great opportunities to increase the reach of your organization, raise a little money for your cause if you charge a fee for attending, and grow your partnership opportunities. The...

Personalization Matters

Today, there’s a cry in the world of marketing and it goes like this: Personalization matters. In an environment where virtually everything is personalized (you can get your name on anything from a coke bottle to a marketing email), modern brands can’t afford to fall...

We Need to Think More Broadly

If you’re marketing an organization, the temptation might be to rely on old tactics in order to get new members: use flyers and direct mail in print, rely on social avenues like Facebook and Instagram for digital promotion (etc.). However, when it comes to growing...