Online Community Tips

For associations, there is a general need to enhance member experience through an online platform and raise non-dues revenues. Many online communities recognize these needs and look for different ways to accommodate them. Not all online communities are the same, so we narrowed down the top three features we think benefit associations the most. When looking for a new online community, having these qualities will be important to the leaders and members of your association:

Breezio CEO, Ben Muscolino, was a featured speaker in Association Trends webinar program focusing on the topic of leveraging online communities to grow membership and non-dues revenue. Highlights from the webinar include strategies from non-member prospecting and open community strategies to retargeting, leveraging your AMS and integration strategies. 

Information sharing is easy and effortless with online community software. There are countless ways to share information including discussion forums, community posts, document sharing and editing, video sharing, and more! 

Does your association or organization use an online community platform? There are several ways associations use online communities to address business needs across all industries. Online communities can not only adapt to your business, but it can also foster collaboration among members. We have created this series to give you some insight into how your community can be enhanced.

     Does your association or organization use an online community platform? There are several ways associations use online communities to address business needs across all industries. Online communities can not only adapt to your business, but it can also foster collaboration among members.

An online community can be more than just a community. There are several ways you can monetize your online community and raise capital for your organization. Here are some great ways to create a revenue stream from your community!

As online communication of all types becomes the norm for most people in the world, user generated content has never been more important. What is User Generated Content and why is it so important? UGC is exactly how it sounds; comments, posts, likes, shares of information created by the members of an online community. Content like this is vital to growing an organization as it allows members to share thoughts, demonstrate commonalities, showcase personal information, and interact with others. Having high levels of user generated content will attract other members to your community and foster organic member engagement. 

Breezio is so excited to be a part of Fonteva’s FUNcon this fall! FUNcon is a virtual conference that is a great opportunity for networking and online interaction in the non-profit space. As we see on the FUNcon website, we can look forward to leveraging technology to advance missions to the fullest, empower members and customers through adversity and change, and discover the event experience regardless of venue. We can’t wait to see what new knowledge we gain over the next few days!