There are two major reasons every Association should have a web site:
To improve communication and to save money!
In addition to these, there are other benefits of a web site to your association:
See below (or click a link above) for more detailed information on how a CONNEXUS web site can be beneficial to your Association.
Improve Communication
An Association web site can greatly improve communication among residents, the Board of Directors and management company, but only if it is kept current.
Outdated or inaccurate information is worse than no information at all. With CONNEXUS content management tools, you can keep your site up-to-date without the need for technical skills. (If you can use MS Word, you can update your site.)
Tremendous savings on printing and distribution costs.
By simply making newsletters and documents available on line, the savings in printing and distribution can be substantial. We know not everyone will want to get their newsletters on line and they will still prefer to get their information through the mail. That’s OK, but those who choose to make the switch - that’s where the savings comes in.
One of our clients (an association of 224 homes) told us they save over $200 a month on just the printing and postage costs alone, not counting the man hours of printing, stuffing envelopes, driving to the post office and of course standing in line. That’s an annual saving of $2,400 in printing and distribution costs alone.
Convenience for residents
Save your residents time by providing the convenience of obtaining new gate keys, pool passes and parking permits, etc. AND save your association money by reducing the costs of printing and mailing newsletters and other resource-wasting paper documents!
Make your web site the one place to go for everything your residents need to know – accessible anytime day or night.
Board Members and Community managers need to make the best use of the time and effort involved in running an informed, well-managed association. A CONNEXUS web site can reduce calls and e-mail to the Board or Community Manager for information or last minute changes in schedules, etc. You can e-mail all of your residents with an E-Mail Broadcast feature.
An on-line library of Association forms, documents and policies, as well as an extensive list of answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) can provide information to residents without calling the Community Manger or the Board.
Enhance the Sense of Community
A CONNEXUS web site will enhance the feeling of connectedness by providing a means to voice opinions on important Association issues and interact with one another on topics of importance to them through on-line forums/discussion rooms.
Through on-line voting on issues, homeowners will have more opportunity to be involved in community affairs and provide input into decisions. This also enables the Association to solicit ideas and opinions easier, and it may result in an increase in participation by homeowners who cannot attend meetings, or are out of town.
By having relevant, current information available throughout the month instead of having to wait until the next newsletter, the homeowners will be more up to date on events and activities on an on-going basis.
By broadening the ability to provide input into decisions and being made aware of on-going activities, there will be less of a sense that “they are doing things without any input from me.”
A well-designed, attractive CONNEXUS web site will give visitors a favorable impression of your Association, and can also serve as a source for research by prospective buyers considering moving into the area.
The Web is increasingly becoming a major way that people look for homes to purchase. Your web site can be yet one more way that homes for sale can be exposed to the public. By enabling sellers in your Association to post their homes on your site, you are providing a means for prospective buyers to not only locate homes in your area, but you expose them to the advantages of ownership within your community.
Revenue generation
Instead of being an expense item in the Financial Report, a CONNEXUS web site will enable your Association to actually make money! By charging local area businesses for an enhanced listing on your site, you can not only offset the cost of your site, but use it as a tool to generate income for the Association.
| We hear it everyday in the news - we are running out of natural resources and we need to re-think the way we live our lives. This has been our mindset long before it was the necessary thing to do.
By developing leading edge software for community association websites we are assisting associations across the country in saving money, time and natural resources, and in some cases generating extra income! |
