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As a credit union, you want to implement marketing strategies that will provide you with a desirable ROI. Marketing automation helps you automate marketing processes across multiple channels to increase revenue and maximize efficiency to achieve your goals.

You can implement credit union marketing automation practices to generate more leads, be more efficient, and personalize your marketing to appeal to your current and future customers. When making decisions about marketing automation, you have to determine which system will help you best achieve your marketing goals. We recommend an advanced platform like Hubspot for our credit union clients; however, there are other options available as well.

Throughout the WebStrategies benchmark blog post series, we have covered several site engagement metrics for credit union websites. So far we have analyzed where credit union website traffic comes from, the average age of credit union website visitors, how long it takes credit union websites to load, and much more.

When it comes to site engagement metrics, one factor that many marketers tend to overlook is how quickly their website pages load. In today’s edition of the WebStrategies benchmark blog post series, we are going to take a look at the average load time of a credit union website and discuss why having an optimized website is critical from both a user experience and SEO point of view.

Credit union marketing automation is a beneficial strategy for all credit unions regardless of size. Having it in place is no longer reserved for the larger credit unions, so whether you have one branch or ten, you can and should use automation for your marketing.

Credit Unions were founded around the principle of neighbors helping neighbors. The current COVID-19 climate is giving more opportunities than ever to do just that. Everyone is trying to figure out what they should be doing to offer their members the best opportunities as they navigate through this challenging time.

Throughout our conversations with credit unions around the country in the last few weeks, we have frequently been asked questions about the best ways to communicate timely and important news to current and prospective members right now.

The WebStrategies benchmark blog post series has covered a variety of site engagement metrics. So far we have taken a dive into how long users remain on credit union websites, how many users leave credit union sites without viewing another page, how the users came to the website, and who these users are.

Many of our credit union clients tell us that they struggle with an aging membership base and want to attract younger members. This is a great goal to set, but first, does your credit union have a thorough understanding of where you stand currently with the age distribution of website traffic? As part of WebStrategies’ credit union annual benchmark report series, today’s topic dives into age distribution of website traffic. Is your website attracting visitors who are in the age demographic that your credit union needs?

Why are Some Credit Unions Behind the Curve on Marketing Automation? WebStrategies CEO Chris Leone and Director of Digital Marketing Phil Woods were recently guests on Mike Lawson’s CU Broadcast, discussing marketing automation for credit unions. Highlights from their discussion are below: