A Peek at Member Benefits - A month-by-month guide to being #BetterWithAHTD, today!
If you have read AHTD newsletters, followed us on social media, or attended in person meetings, roundtables, or meet-ups, then you have heard the AHTD team and our members talk about ALL of AHTD’s member benefits. Providing the resources, education, and networking opportunities for doing high tech better, AHTD helps members in the high technology distribution industry innovate, collaborate, and achieve their business goals faster!
During the first Spring Meeting 2024 Marketing Minute, I made it easy for attendees to start right away with 3 Member Benefits to hop on right then, promising to provide a month-by-month guide to make it easy for all members to access these member benefits and be #BetterWithAHTD! So here it is:
A Guide to AHTD Member Benefits – Being #BetterWithAHTD all year round
The AHTD-Benefit-to-Rule-Them-All: Get everyone a login
One of the benefits of AHTD’s memberships being company based is that, for one price every member of your team can access the resources, education, and networking for doing high tech better! Regardless of when in the year you are reading this blog, take advantage of your company-based membership right away by getting everyone in your company signed up with their own member login. AHTD offers benefits for everyone! Sales… Finance… HR… Admin… Marketing… Managers… Send to Leigha the contact information of everyone on your team and watch each member of your team leverage the power of AHTD for themselves!
October - Sign up for the Winter Marketing Roundtable
Sign up for your industrial marketer to join the winter series of the AHTD Marketing Roundtable. Marketers from member companies meet to discuss the possible solutions to issues and challenges they all experience. Sign up here.
November - Access AHTD’s Online Resources
AHTD offers members year-round access to an On-Demand Library of professional learning & development webinars, an Online Resource Library of forms & letters, job descriptions, and policies at your fingertips, along with a whole host of Strategic Business Partners who can help you with everything from creating inventory data, managing documents, and running effective e-commerce, to managing sales and follow up, effectively implementing and utilizing your CRM, managing your human resources, and creating and sourcing technical data. Check them out this month and be ready to use them all year long!
December - Plan Your AHTD Training Calendar & Renew Membership
Take this month to plan for participation in AHTD training! Offering Roundtables, Programs for Future Leaders and Interns, instructional webinars, and in-person meet-ups, what better way to connect with other members of our association, discover best practices, and learn about industry trends and new technology than from other members! Oh, and don’t forget to renew your membership to maintain access to all these member benefits!
January - Prepare Your AHTD Newsletter Content and Register for Spring Meeting
We’re surprised MORE of you don’t take advantage of the fact that AHTD invites each member company to share one news article in each and every month’s AHTD newsletter! Take advantage of this opportunity to:
- launch a new product,
- explain an exciting new application,
- share the success of your company’s partnerships,
- take our members through your customer journey,
- honestly, I could go on…
And… You will be getting your Spring Meeting Launch email soon, so get your team registered!
February - Register to join the Executive Roundtable
The Spring Series of the Executive Roundtable launches with an in-person meet-up at Spring Meeting! Get ready to network, exchange ideas, and share with your trusted network of owners and high-level managers by joining the Spring Series.
March - Financial Benchmarking Survey Opens
Prepare to work smarter, not harder by participating in the survey that provides key insights into how our industry’s high-profit firms generate those better profit numbers. Participating ASPs receive their own personalized report for free!
April - Register your marketer for the Marketing Roundtable
Remember to sign up your industrial marketer for the summer series of the AHTD Marketing Roundtable. Every series is completely different! Marketers from member companies meet to share best practices and discuss the possible solutions to issues and challenges they all experience.
May - Get your team ready for the Intern Leadership Program
With AHTD’s Intern Leadership Program, participating Interns and Coordinators will further develop skills in project management, making presentations, team leadership, and more, while networking with others in similar positions! Providing assistance to your Intern Coordinator as well programming for your Interns that goes WELL beyond providing work experience, AHTD’s Intern Leadership Program will help your company stand out among interns as an employer of choice!
June - Participate in our LinkedIn online community
Take your Spring Meeting excitement to even higher levels by connecting with your AHTD contacts on LinkedIn. Share how we are all working together, upholding best practices, and #doinghightechbetter! Not sure how? Check out the Marketing Minute Blogs for ideas.
July - the Financial Benchmarking Report is ready for purchase
See how your company compares and evaluate, plan, and better manage your business with the Financial Benchmarking Report – This year’s report is available for purchase after participating ASPs have received their report for free!
August - Use this month to get to know the Resources section of the AHTD website!
Want to check out that newsletter article about a member acquisition? Look at our previous newsletter publications! Want to make better use of LinkedIn? Check out the social media recommendations tailored specifically to B2B automation professionals in Marketing Minute blogs! Looking for a sample policy document for cell phone use at work? Look through the AHTD Online Resource Library! Want to evolve as a leader? Scour the On-Demand Library of video trainings. Before you use Google, check out what AHTD has on offer! So much members-only content!
September - Be ready to join in AHTD’s Fall Programming
Make sure you and your team are registered for the upcoming programs beginning in the fall: Executive Roundtable for the Big Dogs, Future Leaders Program for the Up-And-Comers, and Fall Meeting for everyone! Register and reserve YOUR spot!
And there you have it! One year, and you have taken advantage of ALL that AHTD has to offer! Between now and the next time we meet, please consider following and using our community hashtags and connect with us and your AHTD contacts on LinkedIn.
And remember… AHTD is all about members #doinghightechbetter, together!