1. Marketing Your Chapter “Strive for excellence, not perfection.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

2. Question What is your main marketing challenge from your understanding of what marketing is for you?

3. What is Marketing? Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, services, organizations, and events to create and maintain relationships that will satisfy individual and organizational objectives.

4. What effective Marketing does Membership growth; Membership retention; Increased member participation; Attract quality educational programs; Insure financial stability; Increase/improve member services; and Attract strong leadership candidates.

5. WHY ? ICF Chapters Build credibility Build awareness Make connections Earn trust

6. 4 Points of Value from ICF Connect me to other coaches, bigger like organizations, what’s going on in other associations within coaching industry. Expand me: my professional development, expand skills, awareness of self, coaching competencies

7. 4 Points of Value Cont. Validate me: with an ICF credential Build my credibility through membership in ICF. Through marketing and public relations, ICF builds global reach about coaching

8. Marketing the Chapter 1.The excitement of discovery and learning; 2.Fun; 3.Time; 4.Sense of belonging; and 5.Chance to reinvent oneself.

9. Raise Awareness of Coaching In your community Invite people to attend meet and learn about coaching sessions Town Hall Meetings

10. Coach Training Programs Engage your local coach training programs and schools, colleges and universities Inform them of the value of chapter membership

11. ICF Brand - One Voice Chapters are ICF brand ambassadors. Each Chapter has its own logo with their Chapter’s name and are used: –On chapter website, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, newsletters, marketing material, and Board of Directors email signatures

12. Value of the Brand ICF Belgium website: Before rebranding: 800 visits on average per month After rebranding: 1800 visits on average per month!

13. There are 1 billion users on Facebook Social Media Facts: True or False? In 40 minutes 1,000,000 links are shared on Facebook

14. In 2012, 500,000 accounts were added to Twitter every day Social Media Facts: True or False? 30% of people on Twitter recommend products in their tweet

15. Marketing Your Chapter Does your ICF Chapter have a presence on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn? The digital age has changed marketing. Social media opens up opportunities for engagement with your chapter community.

16. Marketing Your Chapter Most visited websites: 1. Facebook 2. Google 3. YouTube 9. Twitter 14. LinkedIn Ranking by Alexa.com a website information company

17. Branding on Social Media

18. Marketing Through Social Media Social Media truly has the power to connect our community According to the 2012 ICF Global Coaching Study the average coach is 46-55, and that happens to also be the largest growing age group using social media. Use social media to create rich content with videos, photos and powerful words.

19. Target Audience Social Media Members; Prospective members; Past members; Potential clients; Organizations/ Associations; and Media.

20. Marketing Your Chapter Most visited websites: 1. Facebook 2. Google 3. YouTube 9. Twitter 14. LinkedIn Ranking by Alexa.com a website information company

21. Marketing Your Chapter How can you leverage your Chapter’s presence on Facebook? –Listing your ICF Logo and Chapter name on your Facebook page? –Putting Chapter Facebook icon on each chapter members email signature? –Promote every chapter event on FB

23. YouTube World Over 800 million unique visitors on YouTube monthly. 72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. More than 20 percent of YouTube views come from mobile devices.

24. Marketing Your Chapter Word of mouth referrals and testimonies are powerful. Videos show the communicator is speaking honestly. How about promoting your chapter in 1-2 minute YouTube videos and putting them on your Chapter websites? –You could talk about Chapter events, speakers, members, virtual education

25. Marketing Your Chapter Newsletters Blogs Creating a Twitter campaign used by your members to promote your ICF Chapter

26. Renewal Season What we can do different to get better results?

27. International Coaching Week May 20-26 Chapters can promote coaching through organized events Events using pro bono coaching for social causes attracts media Be involved in your local community

28. Social Media Strategy Does your Chapter have a social media strategy?

29. Contact ICF ICF Headquarters 2365 Harrodsburg Rd, Suite A325 Lexington, KY 40504 USA +1.859.219.3580 icfheadquarters@coachfederation.org