Credit Union Website Best Practices #2: Simplicity

Welcome to a new series from iDiz, Inc., “Credit Union Website Best Practices” where we’ll share up to the minute details of what we’ve learned and what we’re still learning about building credit union websites.  Credit union websites are about utility, not entertainment – people visit your site to solve a problem, get information, or…

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How do you get new members to Google you?

Note: this post isn’t going to be about the “secrets” of SEO (although that probably would make a good topic for another post.) We aren’t going to spend time talking about keywords, inside and outside links, etc. It also isn’t going to be a post about what might be wrong with your website. This post…

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Top 5 things that might be missing from your website

Reviewing your website’s content is something of a never-ending task, but addressing content that already exists is pretty straightforward. What about the stuff you can’t see, because it doesn’t exist yet? It can be hard to see what you’re missing if there’s no one around to tell you what they can’t find. Thankfully, we’ve seen…

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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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The Top 5 Content Problems on Credit Union Websites

Content is the beast that you never stop feeding. It’s the mill that always requires more grist. Like washing your dishes or doing the laundry, you’re never actually done-done. And that’s what makes it a headache for every marketer who has more responsibilities than time. Not all content is created equal, however. The social media…

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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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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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Fight fraud with your CU’s website

Let’s face it: fraud is an unfortunate fact of life, and protecting your credit union’s members against fraud and scams is a long-term, constant battle on many fronts. Fortunately, better fraud awareness can go a long way toward preventing fraud before it starts. Your website is the central component of making your members more fraud-savvy…

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Why credit union websites must be flexy and stretchy

When it’s time to build a new website for your credit union, what are you looking for? The longest list of features? An all-in-one, all-singing, all-dancing set of solutions to all your problems forever? Set it and forget it? Write a check and walk away? Or are you looking for a long-term relationship, a basis…

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