CU Website Pro Tips
How to keep your credit union’s website clean and member-focused
Congrats! You’ve launched a spiffy new website or redesign for your credit union. It’s simplified, optimized, and all around a sleek, lightning-fast, results-oriented, member experience powerhouse, with tightly focused navigation, and a mobile-first interface based on the latest and greatest principles of behavioral analytics. And then the requests start trickling in. “Hey, can we add…
Read MoreCredit union website analytics: mysteries we can’t explain
We’ve been building and managing credit union websites for a long time. Over the years we’ve pondered a lot of Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and Microsoft Clarity data, and used that information to guide website strategies, optimize search results, and power continuous improvements. And yet… there are still some mysteries lurking in those numbers,…
Read MoreWhen it’s time to DIY and when it’s time to call a pro
Credit Union Website Best Practices #4 When we launch a new credit union website, we make sure our clients have the tools and training to handle pretty much everything themselves. Blogging, updating rates, adding and managing pages, updating promotions, managing navigation, and generally keeping their site looking good and the content up to date are…
Read MoreCredit 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…
Read MoreCredit Union Website Best Practices #1: Internal Search
Welcome to the first in 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 about building credit union websites. Today, we’re discussing internal search, the search engine built into your site (not external search engines like Google or Bing). A search…
Read MoreCruft check: fast, easy credit union website cleanup
Hey, I get it; housekeeping is hard. But it’s still an important part of keeping your credit union’s website running smoothly. Every so often, it’s worth taking a few minutes to clean up link rot, scrub that scruffy, crusty old content, and throw out last year’s leftover rates. Here’s our easy, fun checklist to get…
Read MoreWhat GA4 means to CUs
If you deal with your credit union’s website Analytics, you’ve probably heard some buzz about Google Analytics 4, known as “GA4” by all the cool kids. GA4 is certainly an improvement over the older versions of Google Analytics in many ways, but it is very different. Here are some of the things credit unions need…
Read MoreWord-of-mouth referrals are the best marketing tool.
My dad wasn’t exactly all that handy in the area of home projects when I was younger. In his defense, though, he had no internet, YouTube, or Google to lean on back then. So, when he started a home project, there was a high degree of probability that he’d need help to finish the job…
Read MoreCredit Union Website Analytics: Google Search Console
As I’ve said many times, Credit Union websites are weird. They don’t follow the same sorts of rules as other types of websites, so it can be tough to interpret your data. What’s normal or abnormal? What should your goals be, and where can you make a difference? Fortunately, we’ve built lots of credit union…
Read MoreTen fast video content ideas for credit unions
Everyone knows that video content is the most engaging by far on websites and social media. That goes double when branch access is restricted, and people are depending heavily on online access. Of course, credit union products and services are a little abstract, so it can be hard to figure what’s interesting and engaging. Here…
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