Some credit union marketers ask me, “Is WordPress secure for credit union websites?” It’s a good question, so here’s my response published by CU Times: Is WordPress Secure for Credit Union Websites?
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A Case Study With Meridia Community Credit Union Background Meridia Community Credit Union was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Hamburg, New York. Meridia “Goes Beyond” expectations and helps its members rise above ordinary. Accordingly, they wanted to create the best credit union website experience to match their brand: a credit union website that exceeds expectations. Our relationship…
WordPress has a nifty feature that enables you to schedule your content. This feature often gets overlooked, but it can be a huge productivity booster for credit unions! Why Schedule Posts and Promotions? It’s Friday, July 1st and you need to post a promotion or a blog post for Independence Day. That’s three days away. You have plans to be…
Redesigning your credit union website is a big project with important implications. In many ways, your website is the face or your credit union and your biggest branch. Re-creating a website is a big project because there are so many things to consider. The purpose of this post is to give you some guidance about the Must-Haves and Should-Haves, plus Extra…
Since 1970, 73% of credit unions have died. There were 23,687 credit unions in 1970 and only about 6,000 remaining in 2016. Credit unions continue to disappear at a rate of 3% per year. Big credit unions are getting bigger and small credit unions are merging. Will this trend continue until there is just one goliath credit union? Or worse yet,…
In March 2016, Box Elder County Credit Union won a Diamond Award for a new mobile website designed by BloomCU. You can see Box Elder's new mobile site by visiting boxeldercu.com on your smartphone. To see the new desktop site, visit on your desktop, laptop, or tablet. Tonya Gail, Box Elder's Marketing Director, headed up the website redesign for her credit union. Congratulations to...
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