Technology
Friday Fun - The best of the CU blogosphere
Ok, I have to admit that I pilfered a bit of this list from Jeffry Pilcher’s new blog called The Financial Brand. But the reviews are all mine. If I left anyone out, blame Jeff.
Blogs AboutCredit Union News and Marketing
Currency Marketing’s CU Brand Blog - I like Tim and Nala and all the Currency […]
Popularity: 60% [?]
Social Media and Credit Unions: A Recap from MAC 2008
To the folks who regularly tune in, thanks – I hope you find this helpful.
To the folks who attended the Marketing Association of Credit Unions 2008 Conference and Awards, I am compiling a list of the links that I mentioned in my presentation. I hope it helps in your presentations to your board and executive […]
Popularity: 77% [?]
Twitter is your credit union marketing wingman
Hello ladies, have you met my friend Twitter?
Twitter is the perfect marketing wingman. He will tell everyone around you about the things that make you great. He will even go out and bring cool people to you. He is awesome like that. But not only is he a great wingman, Twitter makes a pretty good […]
Popularity: 82% [?]
Why is your credit union website so ugly?
You know who you are. You had your site designed 5, 6 or 7 years ago. It was designed for an 800 pixel wide screen, or even worse, 640×480.You may not even know that your “drop-down” menu systems (if you even have one) don’t work on the new browsers because your IT department won’t let […]
Popularity: 94% [?]
Free content for your credit union blog!
The Federal Trade Commission has released three videos to illustrate how folks try to phish you for your personal information.
While they aren’t passing around the videos for use, please feel free to use the graphic I clipped
from their site (I think that’s legal right?). Just drag thisgraphic to your desktop or click the image with […]
Popularity: 92% [?]
How To: What to do when your CU gets Blogjacked
Look, I am no lawyer, and if you get blogjacked, a lawyer is likely to be your sidekick in your blog crime-fighting adventure. I am merely an assistant, a learned advisor, even a friendly guy at the gas station offering you directions.
Consider me Q to your James Bond. Maybe even the Obi Wan to your […]
Popularity: 100% [?]
Another credit union blogjacking victim
At first I thought that Arizona Federal Credit Union had decided to “Go Blog” in the worst possible way. What the heck was I looking at? What credit union in their right mind would put google ads on their blog?
Ahhh, yeah. I looked at the URL.
While the blog was called the Arizona Federal Credit Union […]
Popularity: 75% [?]
Welcome to the Stupid Life CU
So I was going through my blog feeds and I went to YES Summit (Excellent Blog) and read a small post about CUs and Second Life. I know what I am about to say may scream blasphemy to my pro-cu-tech amigos but here it goes…
I have never seen SL as an opportunity for credit […]
Popularity: 51% [?]
Give Me Some Skins, CapitalOne!
So there has been a lot of press about the new CapitalOne CardLab recently. I have seen a few folks blogging about it, seen it on the news, television commercials and so forth. We have seen similar technology with a few other financial institutions. What makes this particular card special is not only can you […]
Popularity: 41% [?]
Take my checks and shove em!
Thats how I felt this morning. I have to say that I am still irritated. Probably overly so without real reason. What happened?
The bank that handles two of my personal accounts went with envelope less deposits through the ATM. See, I have heard of these but none of my banks or credit unions have yet […]
Popularity: 21% [?]
