The New Year is a great time to prep and review. That's why I've picked the top 3 Lunch 'n Learns you should review before diving into 2018.
We all like to start the new year with aspirations to renew, realign, and regain control of our world.
I don’t know about you, but those words just get me pumped.
Garry Kasparov. You might only know him as a former world chess champion; perhaps the greatest of all time.
Banks and credit unions have made leaps in the way of social media in the last year. But, there's still tremendous opportunity waiting to be seized.
The idea behind social media is that it's simply another method of communicating with your audience. If you'd like to read more about social media best practices, you can read about it here, but that's not the purpose of this article.
Why does strategic planning matter? Jim Fugitte, Director of Strategic Advisory Services, explains that banks with a strategy outperform their peers – when they execute the plan.
The October 2017 issue of ICBA Independent Banker features Dave Wicklund and his views on selecting a service provider for outsourcing your IRR analysis. You can find the article on page 57.
Our budgeting process gives us an idea of where we think we are headed in the next year. Many times, what we think will happen, is not what happens in reality. After all, if we all had a crystal ball at our disposal, you would not be reading this blog right now (I know I would not be writing it!).
Social media best practices in the financial industry are tough because regulation becomes a real issue. Fortunately, there are some helpful platforms, such as Social Assurance, that assist in marketing automation (which is essential in 2017!) and ensure your social posts are compliant. Once you’re confident with the regulatory side, it’s all about value.
2017 is all about the inundated consumer. They’re inundated with emails, text messages, billboards, direct mail, social networks, etc. And, most of these from a variety of audiences: work, personal, blanket marketing, and marketing of things they actually care about. Their brain is left with the job of sorting through it all. It’s exhausting and beyond cluttered.