Optimize Your Resource Center Subscription
Dear Home & Family Finance Resource Center Subscriber:
How to Get the Most Out of the Resource Center
Oct. 29, 2009
1–2 p.m. CT
We’re all looking for ways to make the most of our spending—and credit union professionals are no exception. Here’s help for you to optimize your Home & Family Finance Resource Center subscription as a tool to build loyal and active members—while they are learning good money management.
Through this FREE one-hour webinar for Resource Center subscribers, staff from CUNA’s Center for Personal Finance will show you:
Free marketing tools you can use to let members know about the financial education resources you provide.
How to customize the Resource Center so you can add links to designated pages on your Web site AND link back from your site—for example, link to your loan rate page from an article about buying a car. It’s quick…and you don’t have to be in IT to do it!
Ways to offer members financial information with all your products and services. You’ll become their trusted financial adviser.
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For more information, contact Lin Standke at 800-356-9655, ext. 4049, or lstandke@cuna.coop.
New Law Shows Credit Union Credit Cards Still the Best
With the first changes already in place, this stuffer helps show members how the new credit card law will affect them, while encouraging them to get a better credit card from your credit union. An easy-to-read table highlights effective dates of major components of the law.
Copy & Art Express™ (CARTX) subscribers—The number in parentheses after each summary is the item number of a shorter version of the article available in CARTX. To locate the article, enter the number in the key word search.
New Home & Family Finance Resource Center content featured in October:
Turning Point: Getting Married — Put Your Financial House in Order Before You Tie the Knot (featured week of Oct. 5)
Coming to consensus about money management and other financial questions before saying "I do," can make your course of true love run more smoothly.Beating the Odds: Protect Assets from a Gambling Problem (featured week of Oct. 12)
In a down economy, trying for those Lucky Seven’s is tempting, but think twice before pushing that button. (mm-2256)Unclaimed Property: Claim It Yourself (featured week of Oct. 19)
Sure, there’s plenty of unclaimed property out there, but chances are you can find it on your own, rather than pay someone to find it for you. (mm-2255)Part 3: Expert Answers for Your 401(k) Questions About Money in a Former Employer's Plan (featured week of Oct. 26)
Building a 401(k) account that can support your future retirement needs requires smart decisions now. Part three in the 401(k) series details 401(k) options when facing a job switch. (rt-2182)Earn Tax Credits for Energy-Efficient Improvements (featured week of Oct. 26)
If you can come up with the cash, now's the time to make energy-efficient home improvements to receive savings from both energy credits and lower energy bills.
Looking for fresh ways to attract members to your Web site and to the Home & Family Finance Resource Center? Send these "coming soon" announcements to your sponsor/sponsors and suggest that they be posted on the Intranet or published in the sponsor newsletter every month.
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Crash Tests: Small Cars Getting Safer, Still Vulnerable
Small cars are scoring better in crash tests, but they still have room for improvement when it comes to safety.Renters’ Rights Get New Lease
A Renters’ Rights Act protects tenants from immediate eviction when a rental property is faced with foreclosure.Online Tool Makes Deduction Tracking a Snap
A new online tool can help you prepare for tax season by keeping track of your tax deductions.Smart Holiday Planning Puts Kibosh on Ghosts of Christmas Past
It's easy to get in over your head with holiday debt. These smart spending strategies can help you better prepare for this year's shopping season.
What do you like about your Home & Family Finance Resource Center subscription? What would you change? What would you tell colleagues at another credit union about the Resource Center if they were considering a subscription? Have good ideas to share about how you promote it to your members?
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Attention, New Subscribers:
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