If you want to do social media well, cultivate credibility in each social media outlets, according to social media expert Gary Vaynerchuk. Vaynerchuck, co-founder and CEO of VaynerMedia, a social media brand consulting agency, recently [...]
by. Henry Meier We’ve come a long way, for better or for worse. I won’t venture an opinion one way or the other in this blog since a Presidential candidate felt the need [...]
by. Paul Suchecki On January 10, 2014 new rules mandated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Dodd-Frank Act will increase the detail required for mortgage applications to the point where they could easily [...]
by. Cheryl Ehmann Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) require that any interest earned but not received at month-end be accrued in order to recognize the income in the appropriate accounting period. The formula for determining [...]
by. Ron Shevlin In the wake of the Target data breach, the retailer announced that it would provide credit monitoring from Experian to the customers affected by the breach. With the number of consumers impacted [...]
This is probably one of the most objective pieces of advice that I’ve ever come across. It’s widely attributed to Stephen Covey, but is Biblical in spirit. Whether it’s your life, your [...]
Cut the copy. Cut the copy. Good. Now, cut the copy more. Ah, the good old days of journalism classes in college. I learned ways to cut, cut and cut copy a little more (“write [...]
Well, now that I’ve got your attention…… In the past few months, the credit union industry has lost some very talented, passionate, and knowledgeable young professionals to other industries and even worse than that, [...]
by Jane Pannier If there’s one thing financial institutions can’t avoid anymore, it’s social media. Whether you’ve hopped on the bandwagon already or you’re hoping it will pass you by [...]
by. Mike Lawson Filene's Cynthia Campbell probably has one of the coolest job titles in America: Director of Innovation Labs. She's basically "Chief of Brainstorming" at Filene. Very nice, indeed. But what's nicer is [...]
Where will your next members come from? This question often comes up during credit union strategic planning sessions and it can spark great strategic discussions. The conversation usually starts with understanding and quantifying where current [...]
by. Jeff Falk Despite popular belief, not all of today’s youth are attached at the hip to the Internet. In fact, a new Georgia Institute of Technology and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) study found [...]
by. Matt Monge We all struggle with ego — every single one of us. Ego-driven leadership is one of the most toxic elements that can be introduced to a team or organization. How can you tell [...]
by. Amy Etheridge As a credit union marketer I’m often faced with answering the million dollar question: How do we get people to better understand and want credit union membership. When we discuss this [...]
by. Mickie Lara It’s that time of year when most of us are feeling a little overindulged, shall we say, from the holiday season. Whether that means too much chocolate or too much money [...]
