ICYMI (In Case You Missed It)

In Case You Missed It – 2.25.2026

Strong financially independent women, experts talk core conversions, avoiding really bad reactions when you use AI, and the credit union that pays for grades. Here’s what we noticed, in case you missed it: “Money Like a Woman” Movement celebrates strengths Linda Armyn, President/CEO at FourLeaf Federal Credit Union in Bethpage New York, shared some incredible…

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Solving the CU marketing “now what?” problem

Solving the CU marketing “now what?” problem

“Now that we have this spiffy new software/system/service/device, our troubles are over! With the click of a mouse, I’m a one-person data-driven automated digital marketing powerhouse. Let’s make it rain, baby!” Click… “Upload Content?” Now what? Sound familiar? This is what I call the “now what” problem. We all know that digital transformation, digital marketing,…

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The Top Five SEO Fixes for Credit Union Websites

You have to walk before you can run, and the same applies to optimizing your credit union’s website for search engines. Although AI bots are adding a few new wrinkles, the basics of SEO are about the same as ever: focus on making your site useful for the real live human people you serve, and…

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Bad Hair Monster

The Top Five Interface Problems on Credit Union Websites

Not to toot our own horns, but we build a lot of credit union websites (toot, toot). And so we see a lot of interface problems on old websites we need to solve with the new websites.  Here are the top five problems we see specifically related to interfaces on credit union websites, and some…

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Compliance and Marketing can and should be BFFs

Compliance needs marketing love, too

Wait, isn’t that weird? Aren’t Compliance Officers the credit union marketing buzzkills? I mean, every time we come up with a brilliant marketing idea, those mean ol’ meanies want to cover it in fine print, or just take all the fun out of it. Aren’t we natural enemies? Well, no. Here’s why Compliance and Marketing…

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Make your marketing scream graphic

Five Ways to Squeeze the Most Out of Your Agency

If you are like most CU marketing departments, we know you have to pinch every marketing penny until it screams. As a service to our clients and potential clients, as well as to our colleagues in the creative biz, we’ve put together a few ways you can make sure you wring every precious drop of…

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Monster Quality

Five things I believe about Quality in CU marketing

The benefits of high Quality and the pitfalls of low Quality are obvious for things like airplanes and motorcycles. Without Quality in materials, design, craftsmanship, and maintenance, people die. Although the risks aren’t quite as immediate or dire, Quality is just as important in our corner of the world, credit union marketing. Quality – and…

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Even small differences can be key.

Five ways you’re losing deposits

At many credit unions, the deposit pendulum swings from “Yikes! Deposits are spiking! We need to make loans!” to “Eek, we need deposits!” again. To help you tune up your deposit-fu, here are five ways you might be losing out on deposits – and what to do about it. Talking only about your fantabulous APY…

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AI, Google, and your CU website

Yet another headline about AI (Artificial Intelligence). Yawn. But if you’re responsible for content on a credit union website, there are some practical, nuts-and-bolts things you need to know about how AI interacts with your content. And don’t worry – there’s still a place for us humans in this brave new machine world. Here are a…

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