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Expressing Gratitude Key in Communicating Your Brand Post-Coronavirus
Expressing gratitude is a key differentiator between those who are succeeding right now and those who are not. More and more states are relaxing lock-down protocols. The “curve” appears to have flattened and the economy shows at least some signs of improving. Most...
Email Updates Every Leader Should Subscribe To
In sales they say, “always be closing.” For leadership, the phrase should be “always be reading.”
Don’t Let Coronavirus Deliver a Knockout Blow to Your Strategic Plan
Boxing legend Mike Tyson once famously said "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." Sound familiar for your community bank or credit union strategic plan? For most credit unions and community banks, this thought is extremely poignant when thinking...
Don’t Stop ‘Til…
For many of us, those three words put an iconic song in our heads that will hang around for at least a week.
Does Marketing Have a Place in Your Budget?
The short answer: you should have a marketing budget. Now let’s talk about the long answer.
Does Your Marketing Spread the Love?
Being someone’s valentine is a special experience. Truffles. Fancy dinners.
Do You Know What You Want Your Employees to Do?
Organizational clarity, or lack thereof, is sometimes easier to recognize in another organization than our own.
Curbside Series Part 2: Curbside Marketing
“Curbside ______” has become an overnight phenomenon thanks to the Coronavirus.
Delivering Impactful Employee Development Virtually
This article by Mark Arnold originally appeared on cutimes.com. The coronavirus pandemic up-ended much of the way the world as we knew it earlier this year. This included massive societal changes including the way we interact with each other, with our employers and...
Curbside Series Part 1: Delivering Curbside Member Experience
The coronavirus outbreak continues to reshape how the American retail landscape looks and operates.
Curbside Employee Experience: The New EX Factor
You’ll have to bear with me. I’m on the way home from my weekly trek to the supermarket.
Cruise, Don’t Drift, to Get Organizational Clarity and Alignment
I recently witnessed one of the best examples of organizational clarity and alignment on a week-long cruise to the…
Credit Union Marketing Veteran: “We Don’t Want to Go Back to Normal”
Mindy Uitterdyk is a credit union marketing veteran. She’s currently the VP of Marketing at UniWyo Federal Credit Union, where since 2011 she’s led their team through major strategic marketing endeavors including a rebrand and creating a customized member experience...
Could You Sell This Pencil?
Consumers care about benefits. Learn how to sell using benefits in this On The Mark article, and refine your messaging with a credit union marketing assessment.
Can Social Media Influencers Help Your Brand?
Influencers are quite diverse, and they’re a great addition to your social media marketing plan.
Cast A Vision During Strategic Planning
If done correctly, strategic planning for credit unions is a blast.
Chief Vision Officer
Optimize your credit union vision and credit union leadership in this On The Mark Strategies article!
Be Deliberate, Not Desperate, With Your Marketing
“We’re in a recession—we’ve got to cut marketing!”
Be A Better Problem Solver in 6 Steps
If you’re able to, think back to a time pre-the-current-crisis, when some within your organization (just like any…
8 Symptoms of an Unhealthy Culture
Remember that feeling as a kid when your parents tried to take your temperature?
7 Ways to Show Great Leadership in Tough Times
Discover seven powerful ways to demonstrate exceptional leadership during challenging times with credit union leadership training by On the Mark Strategies.
7 Ways to Still Do Event Marketing in 2020
This year, we’re all saying adios to traditional event marketing. No more event booths, community festivals or neighborhood fun runs. But that doesn’t mean event marketing cannot or should not happen. Here are seven ways to shift your community marketing events to fit...
7 Keys to Cultivating Creative Courage
Discover the 7 keys to cultivating creative courage with On The Mark’s creative services. Implement these key points to enhance your team’s performance.
6 Ways Employee Experience Drives The Bottom Line
Learn how employee experience can impact your bottom line with On The Mark’s latest blog post. Discover 6 powerful ways to improve your employee experience.
5 Tips for Writing Email Newsletters People Want to Read
Want to start a fight in a group of marketers? Ask them about the effectiveness of emails, and specifically, email newsl
2020 Marketing: 10 Things You Need To Examine
January is almost over which means by now you’ve read countless articles on 2020 goals and trends.
4 Super Bowl Branding Lessons From Super Bowl 55 Commercials
Pizza. Wings. Chips & Guac. Tom Brady. Those are the words that typically come to mind when you think of the Super Bowl.And the commercials. You can't forget about the commercials. Although I’m an avid football fan (especially fantasy football), I honestly watch...
10 Ways Leaders Help Teams Learn While They #WFH
Hey guess what? Stuff — a very precise word, as you know — has indeed changed.
20/20 Vision For 2020
As you age, you tend to think more about your eyesight and vision. It’s only natural that the older we get the…
10 Top Tips to Develop Young Leaders
On oversized Post-It Notes in board rooms all over the country you’ll often see something about the need to develop…
10 Content Marketing Tactics You Can Plug in Today
Pumping out great content is part of the game if you hope to remain top-of-mind — and wallet — with today’s consumers.
10 Best Practices for a Successful Name Change
Changing your credit union’s or community bank’s name can be as scary as {insert your preferred cuss word here}.
