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CU Sustainability – Sustaining Profitability in 2011

Thursday, February 24th, 2011
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From overdraft privilege to interchange, “Credit Union Land” is facing many challenges and sharing what executives are thinking across the industry helps highlight opportunities and ideas. All the videos of the CEOs, senior management, marketing professionals and consultants that participated are available to view on the site. A new perspective comes from David Costello, Vice President – Finance/CFO of Securityplus Federal Credit Union. Here, Costello discusses how the biggest challenge that the credit union is going to face this year is sustaining …

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February E-tips – Create the “Love” for Your Brand

Monday, February 14th, 2011
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Do your members/customers love your brand? With the stiff competition in today’s marketplace, senior management may be concerned with what other organizations are doing.  However, turning the focus back to their own organization is important to understand how to make their brand lovable! In the next three tips, you will find the marketing strategy, online connections and personal brand tips to consider for your success in 2011! Let’s explore “Woohoo!”   Marketing Strategy Tip –Tell the Brand Story Often it …

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CU Sustainability – Focus and Challenges of 2011

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
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From overdraft privilege to interchange, “Credit Union Land” is facing many challenges and sharing what executives are thinking across the industry helps highlight opportunities and ideas. All the videos of the CEOs, senior management, marketing professionals and consultants that participated are available to view on the site. A new perspective comes from Richard Williams Jr., President/CEO of Securityplus Federal Credit Union. Here, Williams discusses the main focus and challenges of the credit union for 2011. A main focus for the credit …

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Credit Union Sustainability – Credit Union Focus for 2011

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
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My Marketing Strategy Nicolette Lemmon, President & Founder  Over the past year, CU senior execs have offered their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities credit unions have faced in 2010 and beyond on our Credit Union Sustainability video microsite. From overdraft privilege to interchange, “Credit Union Land” is facing many challenges and sharing what executives are thinking across the industry helps highlight opportunities and ideas. All the videos of the CEOs, senior management, marketing professionals and consultants that participated are …

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Give Thanks for Making It Through 2010

Monday, November 22nd, 2010
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My Marketing Strategy Nicolette Lemmon, President & Founder For the last year, every week when I went to visit my mother in her memory care facility, the treat was to have lunch at the Quiznos down the street. I got to know the owner and often had brief discussions about the business environment and how he lost a lot of business from a mortgage company going bust that had employed 500 people in the office complex near his store. Each …

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Credit Union Sustainability-Marketing Planning for 2011

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
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My Marketing Strategy Nicolette Lemmon, President & Founder Continuing our discussion on Credit Union Sustainability, here is another marketing consultant’s perspective – mine! As President of LemmonTree Marketing Group, a strategic marketing consulting firm for credit unions, I am here to stress the important facets to keep in mind while planning your marketing strategies for 2011.  All things must be considered such as having a multi-layered plan that considers the lifetime value of a member, as well as, creating a marketing flywheel that touches all of …

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Credit Union Sustainability-Pinpointing Your Position

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
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My Marketing Strategy Nicolette Lemmon, President & Founder Continuing our discussion on Credit Union Sustainability, here is another marketing consultant’s perspective, Michael Hudson, Founder of Credit Union Strategy. Here, he discusses how differentiating your credit union is one of the toughest challenges being faced by credit unions today. He points out how credit unions must pinpoint their position in their competitive marketplace, and find ways to stand out among the respective competition. Hudson also discusses a great opportunity of expanding …

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Credit Union Sustainability – Utilizing Member Data

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
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My Marketing Strategy Nicolette Lemmon, President & Founder Continuing our discussion on Credit Union Sustainability here is another marketing consultant’s perspective – from “the numbers” side! Dennis Koepke, Vice President and MCIF Guru of LemmonTree Marketing Group, discusses opportunities credit unions have in utilizing their member data and MCIF system. One trend Koepke currently sees with clients is that they are growing organically (more members are being added to current households as opposed to an increasing number of new households.) …

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Credit Union Sustainability – Lending Challenges, Member Loyalty & the Credit Union Difference

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
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My Marketing Strategy Nicolette Lemmon, President & Founder Over the past few weeks, credit union senior execs from Arizona have been highlighted on our Credit Union Sustainability video microsite. They’ve shared their thoughts on the opportunities and challenges that their credit unions will be facing in 2010 and beyond. Over the course of the year, CU senior execs nationwide have graciously agreed to share their thoughts. All the videos of the CEOs, senior management, marketing professionals and consultants that participated …

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Credit Union Sustainability – Becoming Stronger and Leaner

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
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My Marketing Strategy Nicolette Lemmon, President & Founder Over the past year, CU senior execs have offered their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities credit unions are facing in 2010 and beyond on our Credit Union Sustainability video microsite. From overdraft privilege to interchange, “Credit Union Land” is facing many challenges and sharing what executives are thinking across the industry helps highlight opportunities and ideas. All the videos of the CEOs, senior management, marketing professionals and consultants that participated are …

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