Aptify CEO Blog Blog of Aptify's CEO Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog.aspx http://backend.userland.com/rss Why isn’t anyone else doing this? When evaluating a business opportunity it is important to remember to ask the question “Why isn’t anyone else doing this?” ... http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-03-08/Why_isn’t_anyone_else_doing_this.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-03-08/Why_isn%e2%80%99t_anyone_else_doing_this.aspx 1da62754-a87a-456e-8f4a-164f91a764a8 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT Innovation Requires Acting with Imperfect Data <p>I recently had the pleasure of speaking to a group of undergraduate and MBA business students at the <a target='_new' href='http://www.icc.calpoly.edu/index.html'>International Career ...</a></p> http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-03-01/Innovation_Requires_Acting_with_Imperfect_Data.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-03-01/Innovation_Requires_Acting_with_Imperfect_Data.aspx 38e4a297-f6b7-46f6-9cac-08f4245b90f5 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:25:40 GMT Keynote at International Career Conference - Feb 20 - San Luis Obispo, CA <p>I'm pleased to announce that I've been asked to keynote the <a href='http://www.icc.calpoly.edu/index.html'>International Career Conference</a> at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo ...</p> http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-02-08/Keynote_at_International_Career_Conference_-_Feb_20_-_San_Luis_Obispo_CA.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-02-08/Keynote_at_International_Career_Conference_-_Feb_20_-_San_Luis_Obispo_CA.aspx 79c0bd28-acb6-438a-87f1-c886e73afb0c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:01:54 GMT Speaking at ASAE Tech Show - Feb 12 - 2 PM <p>I'm excited to be co-presenting with Don Dea, Co-Founder of Fusion Productions, this Friday. We will be speaking on this ...</p> http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-02-08/Speaking_at_ASAE_Tech_Show_-_Feb_12_-_2_PM.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-02-08/Speaking_at_ASAE_Tech_Show_-_Feb_12_-_2_PM.aspx c3788c63-0303-4769-ad5e-32887b07d08e Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:54:57 GMT Calculating Member Renewal Rates Recently, I was asked a seemingly simple question – how to go about calculating member renewal rates? This question at ... http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-02-01/Calculating_Member_Renewal_Rates.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/10-02-01/Calculating_Member_Renewal_Rates.aspx 435be124-4801-4ef0-bcee-2927d817ec03 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:12:51 GMT Happy Holidays from Aptify <p>Happy Holidays from Aptify</p> http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-12-22/Happy_Holidays_from_Aptify.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-12-22/Happy_Holidays_from_Aptify.aspx e874b7a6-25e2-414f-b410-1e4f84de8df1 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:02:00 GMT “Elite” Membership In Associations Anyone who takes to the air frequently with commercial airlines is probably familiar with the benefits of having status in ... http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-12-07/“Elite”_Membership_In_Associations.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-12-07/%e2%80%9cElite%e2%80%9d_Membership_In_Associations.aspx d6d71889-5c05-4f87-bd61-56f2ed813f06 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:40:00 GMT Predict if a trial member will convert, renew and engage A recent discussion within Aptify’s User Community on trial memberships sparked my interest in exploring this topic with a broader ... http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-11-11/Predict_if_a_trial_member_will_convert_renew_and_engage.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-11-11/Predict_if_a_trial_member_will_convert_renew_and_engage.aspx e1490189-cc55-4205-a593-9e406e58b7dd Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:12:00 GMT Member Engagement Scoring In my experience, quite a few association executives have a difficult time describing how they would categorize their “best” members. ... http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-11-02/Member_Engagement_Scoring.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-11-02/Member_Engagement_Scoring.aspx 9798ac3b-edd3-4486-adc0-7e09f81b77d4 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT Business Application Security - Unification is Key If a business application has inadequate security, it can wreak havoc on an organization. There have been plenty of discussions ... http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-10-28/Business_Application_Security_-_Unification_is_Key.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-10-28/Business_Application_Security_-_Unification_is_Key.aspx 4a7374d9-a6cd-4760-9856-10153b595579 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:44:00 GMT Predictive Analytics For Member Retention (Part II) I <a href='http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-09-17/Using_Predictive_Analysis_for_Member_Retention.aspx'>previously wrote</a> about some of the theory behind using predictive analysis in a member-based organization. This post is intended ... http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-10-26/Predictive_Analytics_For_Member_Retention_Part_II.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-10-26/Predictive_Analytics_For_Member_Retention_Part_II.aspx e35d748e-fc7c-451b-9714-9b515e666c0c Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:15:00 GMT Aptify 2009 User's Conference <p>The Aptify 2009 Users Conference is now wrapped up and I'm pleased to write that this year's event was the ...</p> http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-10-22/Aptify_2009_User_s_Conference.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-10-22/Aptify_2009_User_s_Conference.aspx f1c5f831-ed1d-48a2-99ca-4c01c2959c8e Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:06:00 GMT Application Vendors Should Focus on Business Functionality A few weeks ago, I <a target='_blank' href='http://aptify.com/about-aptify/CEO-Blog/09-09-10/Keeping_Pace_with_Microsoft_Releases.aspx'>wrote about</a> the difficulties many organizations face when they attempt to strike a balance between ... http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-09-28/Application_Vendors_Should_Focus_on_Business_Functionality.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-09-28/Application_Vendors_Should_Focus_on_Business_Functionality.aspx c5209abb-6905-40b2-9713-2377440d199a Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:33:00 GMT Using Predictive Analysis for Member Retention The Financial Times published a very interesting <a target='_new' href='http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cc18d792-a2ce-11de-ae7e-00144feabdc0,print=yes.html'>article</a> today regarding the growing use of "predictive analysis" tools capable of detecting ... http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-09-17/Using_Predictive_Analysis_for_Member_Retention.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-09-17/Using_Predictive_Analysis_for_Member_Retention.aspx 6ac13dde-858f-451d-bef2-fd9e8557c988 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:34:00 GMT Keeping Pace with Microsoft Releases <p>Although the pace of software releases from Microsoft has slowed somewhat in recent years, it is still difficult for many ...</p> http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-09-10/Keeping_Pace_with_Microsoft_Releases.aspx Amith Nagarajan http://www.aptify.com/About-Aptify/CEO-Blog/09-09-10/Keeping_Pace_with_Microsoft_Releases.aspx 4d67c76c-608e-4483-b525-3707b2d28bfd Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:22:00 GMT