Using Gamification on Your Online Community Platform – Principles, Examples, and Ideas
Gamification is no longer a novelty. Digital tools that reward our achievements have been trending for the past few years. Gamification simply means applying game principles in a non-game context. It can be used to boost, for example, our learning ability and physical health. Gamification can also be used to increase member engagement on your […]
What Defines Good Software?
Depending on the size, maturity and culture of your organisation, buying software can involve numerous different processes. These range from standard procurement procedures to advanced change and risk management analysis. Unfortunately, for too many organisations, the process of buying, developing and deploying good software can be painful to navigate and take a very long time. […]
Tutorial: Google Analytics for Membership Organisations. Part 3 – Learning About Your Members
In our previous tutorials we have gone through how to get started with Google Analytics, and how to access and understand some of the most important statistics for how your website is performing. This time we’ll look at what you can learn about your members. To get the most accurate data for your members you […]
How to Engage Your Alumni from Day One
How do you make students want to give back to their alma mater? Universities have been asking themselves this question more or less since the creation of the higher education system as we know it. However, as old as the task of alumni engagement may be, things have started to change. Previously tried-and-true strategies of […]
Tutorial: Google Analytics for Membership Organisations. Part 2 – Website Performance
Following our tutorial on how to get started with Google Analytics I’m going to walk you through the Audience Overview. This is the first page you see when you access your website data in Analytics. Audience Overview shows you five of the most important website analytics in just one screen. We’ll be looking at all of these: traffic, bounce rate, […]
8 Ways to Engage Your Millennial Members Online
Are you looking for inspiration on how to engage the millennials in your membership organisation? This blog will give you eight key points and examples for how you can use the web to better engage this demographic. I have already written a blog on why we at VeryConnect agree with the CEO of Hootsuite that the term […]
Tutorial: Google Analytics for Membership Organisations. Part 1 – Sign Up
Google Analytics is a powerful tool that helps you to better understand your members and potential members. Once added to your website or membership software, Analytics presents rich data on member demographics and behaviour. By thoroughly understanding your members you can give them outstanding value all the way from signup to renewal. In this series […]
It’s Not About Age – How to Engage Millennials in Membership Organisations
By 2020 the millennial generation, born between 1980 and 2000, will form 50% of the global workforce. Finding the right way to engage these people will have dramatic impact on the future of any membership organisation. VeryConnect is a largely millennial company and we believe that the solution to how to engage millennials may be more […]
4 Online Business Tools We Use and How They Can Help You
At VeryConnect we use a variety of tools to help our business operations run smoothly. Here are four of our favourites that can help you and your organisation too. If you would like to have a chat with us to learn more about these tools and how we can help you to set them up, […]
4 Characteristics of a Successful Online Charity Community
Engaging your charity’s stakeholders online can have transformative potential. Charities have a unique ability to engage communities, but not all charities make the most of the opportunities that the digital world offers. In this blog post we’re going to talk about four characteristics that contribute to the success of an online charity community. An online […]
