Youth Marketing
I got mad so you don’t have to
Wow it has been quiet around here. But there is a good reason.
I have been busy flattening the top of my forehead by slapping it repeatedly on my desk. It was slightly involuntary, but I call this tried and true practice “Launching a website”.
Yes, I know my methods are controversial, but aren’t most genius-like endeavors? […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Friday Fun - FreeCreditReport.com Makes Me Laugh
For those of you who don’t know, FreeCreditReport.com has launched some new commercials on TV and the radio. These are soooooo much better that the doofus sitting on the stool talking about his 720 credit score. Every times these come on I find myself singing along. I thought I was just a dork, but […]
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Pink is the new bank! Branding with color.
I was reading Tim McAlpine’s blog (Currency Marketing) where he talks about his 22 immutable laws of branding. I responded to his post suggesting that I would like to see a credit union “Go Pink”.
I know what you are thinking. “Have you lost your mind?” - Gimme a second to explain.
Think what IBM did back […]
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Bad Design or Fear of Committment?
After my last post I got an email from a friend/colleague.
He and I were discussing the various cryptic messages that we get from clients. Not all of them are credit union clients, but it is not uncommon to hear these types of things from a client.
“It doesn’t do anything for me.”
“I’m not wowed by […]
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How to get youth members the Provo Utah way
This is the coolest thing I have seen in a while.
#1. Provo High School is making financial education a requirement for graduating from high school. This is brilliant and can only help the credit union cause.
#2. Seeing an opportunity to be apart of this revolutionary idea - Utah Community Credit Union has opend a satellite […]
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