How To Guides, Expert Advice, and Other Announcements from Engage

Like a new car, a website starts to decay and lose value the day it launches. While it is a best practice strategy to have a maintenance plan in place for keeping it up to date, most companies do not have the time or resources, causing them to wait until their site is not meeting their needs before revisiting its design and functionality. So, how do you know when it’s time to update your website? Read Article

Choosing a website design firm is a critical decision. You're not just buying a professional service and putting a project in the provider’s hands, you're entrusting your association to them. In doing so, it is essential to select the right firm to partner with to ensure your association’s success. Read Article

Lynn Campbell and I have just returned from our Engage AMS product launch at ASAE Tech. This is my second year attending the conference, and I must say I liked it better this time around. I attend the conference to meet with prospects and fellow vendors alike, but I found the thought leadership in presentations to be equally valuable (when I could sneak away from our booth to attend them). Read Article

Over the past three years, approximately 60 percent of our clients have been in the association space. It became clear that, especially for small-staff associations, there was a need for an AMS (Association Management System) that was accessible, scalable and customizable to fit their specific business needs. Given the success of our AMS website integrations and our Engage Sports registration system it was a natural progression for us to develop Engage AMS to meet this growing need. Read Article

In June we made note of an issue with Telerik components affecting DNN users. Please be aware of a subsequent bulletin issued by DNN affecting all versions of DNN and Evoq from 5.6.3 to 9.1.1. Read Article

DNN Software's security team has discovered a vulnerability in a set of 3rd party components that are used in DNN. This post includes information for sites on DNN Platform (open source) and DNN Evoq (Content Basic, Content and Engage) v 7.1.2 and higher. Read Article

Inspired by an AMSfest Chicago 2017 Block & Tackle session on 3rd party integrations, here are 5 things associations (and businesses, too) should keep in mind for a successful 3rd party integrations to your core software. Read Article

We are proud to share that we are now a Silver Certified agency partner with SharpSpring, a leading provider of marketing automation solutions designed to help companies generate more leads, drive sales and optimize spend. Notably, we are the only Silver-Level partner in the St. Louis, Missouri market. Read Article

One of the main sources of revenue for nonprofit organizations, as well as some government agencies is events. With so much riding on each event, it is important that your organization’s event registration system is robust enough to handle not only the volume of events you host, but makes the attendee experience as easy as possible – from finding the event on your website and registering to attending the event and providing you with valuable feedback after the event. Read Article

Join Engage at the Midwest Digital Marketing Conference (MDMC17). We're sponsoring the 2-day St. Louis event April 12 & 13. After attending the one-day event last year, we knew this year's two-day event would be even better so we're also sponsoring! Come to the conference and stop by our table and say hello. This year's theme is "Rise of the Digital Native." Learn from top speakers from around the Midwest on all things Digital Marketing. Register to attend on the event website. Read Article

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