I Love Zoomii

Posted by Christopher Stevenson

Yesterday, Darren Barefoot's blog highlighted zoomii.com, a cool new interactive way to shop Amazon.com.

I'm convinced that this type of site design is the future of online retail. What started with the iPhone is moving online. It's interactive, fun, easy to use.

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How Does Your CU Say No When It Can't Make a Donation?

Posted by Lisa Hochgraf

At CUES Experience last month, an attendee I sat with for two of the general sessions was musing on how to say no to donation requests when it was necessary to do so. Anybody have effective strategies for staying on mission and on budget for community donations, without alienating those who won't receive funding from your CU this year?

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Stimulus Rebate Revisited

Posted by Jon Cook, CUES editorial intern

I decided to do a little follow-up on my previous blog post on the stimulus payments. After thinking more on the topic, and talking to CUs, I found two more that are specifically using the stimulus payments to encourage their members to save for the future.

These products come as direct competition to most other industries that are trying to get people to spend their rebates right away.

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