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Nowadays, being “on the grid” refers to much more than our culture’s reliance on public utilities and municipalities. With the dawn of the digital age, all of your personal and private ...

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Writing can be a funny thing. For all the stipulations, rules and wisdom that we picked up in grammar school, sometimes the situation calls for everything to be thrown out the window. Other t...

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Credit unions are all about giving back to their communities. Now they can prove it through a new video campaign that invites credit unions across the country to showcase their good works fo...

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If you haven’t already seen, NASA just released new images of Pluto taken from the spacecraft New Horizons. The images are quite amazing, and are the clearest, highest-definition photos of ...

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The Federal Reserve recently published their Consumers and Mobile Financial Services Report for 2015, and the results give us a glimpse into who is actually using mobile banking services. In ...

http://cusolutionsgroup.blogspot.com/2015/07/whos-really-using-mobile-banking.html

by Amy Neale, Content Marketing Manager (in her last CU Solutions Group blog) As our country is about to celebrate 239 years of independence this Saturday, I wanted to reflect on how cre...

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Gallup recently studied perceived ethics with United States citizens and found that 72% of Americans believe moral values are getting worse in this country rather than better. Credit unions h...

http://cusolutionsgroup.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-difference-between-pr-and-marketing.html

In last week’s blog post , we took a look at employee engagement, and how management’s approach to engagement can effect job performance. In a perfect world, all of your credit union’s ...

http://cusolutionsgroup.blogspot.com/2015/06/stop-dangling-that-carrot-other-ways-to.html

Okay, I have three numbers for you – or percentages I should say – 30, 13 and 70. According to a recent study conducted by Gallup, 30 percent of U.S. employees are actively engaged in th...

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by Joyce Marsh, SPHR, Sr. HR Consultant Wouldn’t it be great if everyone said and did the right thing all the time and no one’s feelings ever got hurt? That would be a perfect world – ...

http://cusolutionsgroup.blogspot.com/2015/06/inspiring-civil-workplace.html

Most organizations seem to face a summer slowdown each year, even credit unions. Thanks to summer vacations, both staff and members become sparse. Even though on some of these slow, summer d...

http://cusolutionsgroup.blogspot.com/2015/05/5-ways-to-grow-your-credit-union-this.html

Recent reports from CUNA show new auto loans increasing 1.1 percent in March 2015, and a whopping 22.6 percent year-over-year since March 2014. While other economic indicators have bounced ar...

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I recently read an article written by CO-OP Financial Services that was published in the Credit Union Times. Four Major Consumer Trends This Year focuses on opportunities that credit unions h...

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According to a recent poll published by Gallup , Americans are preferentially split between digital and personal banking. The question was posed, “If you had to give up one aspect of your r...

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In last week’s post , we discussed branding from an overarching and conceptual standpoint. It can be an ethereal topic, but eventually something has to take shape and lead us to specifics l...

http://cusolutionsgroup.blogspot.com/2015/04/branding-part-2-taking-action.html

First off, let me start by saying that I’m not advocating for credit unions to have no presence – quite the opposite. But I will stand by the idea that anything worth doing, is worth doin...

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IT’S FINALLY HERE (AT LEAST FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY)! We all know the feeling – driving with the windows down, radio turned on, arm out the window with the breeze on your fingers ... J...

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With the first week of April now in the books, it is a good time to reflect on the fun and innovative ways that we can rouse our membership base through social media. There were some great Ap...

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  by Amy Dolk, Credit Union Student Choice Over the past several years, hundreds of credit unions have entered the private student lending market. By focusing on several important pillars, t...

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  If your credit union is still dabbling or just tipping its metaphorical toes into the world of mobile, it’s time to dive in. With just a quick look at my Twitter newsfeed this morning I...

http://cusolutionsgroup.blogspot.com/2015/03/dive-in-to-mobile-at-your-credit-union.html

by Joyce Marsh, SPHR, Sr. HR Consultant Job descriptions. They’re something every credit union human resource person and manager know are important, but keeping them current and pertinent...

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By Amy Neale THIS IS THE SECOND HALF OF A TWO-PART BLOG. The best approach to take when promoting your credit union’s mobilebanking app ? A holistic one. It needs to fire on all channels o...

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   by Amy Neale BELOW IS PART ONE OF A TWO-PART BLOG. CHECK OUT NEXT WEEK'S BLOG FOR THE REST! Has your credit union jumped on the mobile banking bandwagon yet? According to a recent study...

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by Amy Neale, Content Marketing Manager Let me introduce myself. Not only am I the main blogger here at CU Solutions Group, I also manage all of our social media platforms and consult with c...

http://cusolutionsgroup.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-real-roi-of-credit-union-social.html

by Chris Steffes, Remote Services Consultant The mobile disruption is far from over. In fact, the speed to market for digital innovation will likely increase in 2015. BAI Banking Strategies...

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