An Underutilized Approach to Business Loan Growth
Here's how the right analytically-driven marketing support can add new business loans quickly with a solid payback.
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Social Media Spurs Success For Credit Union’s Bicycle Loans
A financial cooperative in Seattle targets hip, eco-savvy urbanites with bike loans and a unique social media photosharing promotion.
What Banks Can Learn About Branding From Nike’s Air Jordan
To reach consumers, many financial institutions will either scream at people or try to totally reinvent themselves. But there's another way.
People Hate Writing Checks (But They Do It Anyway)
Consumers still write checks, but research says they don't really like it. This study looks at check writers by age, gender and frequency.
Crafting The Modern Banking Experience Around Mass Customization
Technology is increasingly changing consumers’ needs and expectations, creating both challenges and an opportunities in retail banking.
Social Media Training 101 for Bank & Credit Union Employees
New guidelines say financial institutions must train employees how to use social networks. Here's how you can get started.
Generating ‘Engagement’ on Facebook Is Just The Beginning
Here are the three biggest reasons people tend to assume engagement is more important than it really is.
How Three Credit Unions Are Cultivating Relationships With Gen-Y Members
Three credit unions explain how they are using trust, service and loyalty to build new relationships with millennial members.
Bank Hopes Green Chairs Are ‘A Good Fit’ With Customers
Associated Bank's brand campaign features green chairs, customer testimonials, a celebrity endorsement from Aaron Rodgers, and a new tagline.
6 Common Advertising Mistakes Banks Make
Here are six reasons banking ads don't work, and how you can avoid them.
Sales & Marketing Lessons for Financial Institutions From the Retail Sector
Door-busters, sidewalk sales and clearance events. Do campaigns like these work in the financial industry? Yes, if you think like a retailer.
Transform the Branch Through Data-Targeted Marketing Messages
Here's how to make use of sophisticated branch data analysis in the creation of targeted marketing messages.
Banking on Marijuana
Some U.S. financial institutions are looking at the lucrative pot market thinking it might be time to dive in.
Getting the Most Out of Trigger Leads in a Purchase Market
For financial institutions marketing mortgages, there’s never been a better time than now to start taking full advantage of trigger leads.
7 Innovations for Credit Unions
The innovation teams at a major credit union thinktank premiere seven of their latest game-changers in cooperative finance.
What Account Opening in Banking Will Look Like in 2024
How will consumers open checking accounts and apply for loans in the not-too-distant future? Here are five likely possibilities.
PNC Bank Tests Multiple Concept Designs to Find Branch Sweet Spot
PNC is experimenting with its branch strategy, testing different concepts to find a new solution that will meet consumers' changing need.
The 6 Cs of Content Marketing for Banks and Credit Unions
Financial institutions can't survive in the Digital Age without a content marketing strategy. Use these 6 tips to get your plan together.
FMS Launches Social Media Division for Financial Institutions
FMS Social delivers the expertise, content and creative material needed to execute successful social media strategies for community banks.
Beat Big Banks By Marketing The Mobile Services They Don’t Have
Smaller institutions don't have to concede the battle for mobile bankers to big boys. Here's how they can use their size as an advantage.
Would You Have Approved This Ad?
Branding is built on differentiation. Differentiation takes courage. Here's a gut-check exercise for financial marketers.
Insight to Impact: 3 Lessons Consumers Taught Us about Santander
Introducing the Santander brand to the US market brought Kathy Klingler closer to her customers than ever before. Here is her story.
