SmithBucklin offers associations best-in-class industry solutions as a complete association package at an unbeatable value:

• Association Web-Blocks™ platform is the foundation of our technology framework. It is a proven Web site and content management architecture based on the DotNetNuke open source platform that includes:
  • Strong content management features that allow updates to be made easily and quickly.
  • A number of pre-built and third-party modules to further enhance member value, leverage your brand presence and streamline operations, such as discussion forums, document repositories, blogs and calendars.
  • A security framework that links roles and groups defined in iMIS to access rights and personalization on the Web site, as well as allowing for easy incorporation of single sign-on with third-party providers.
• iMIS and the Membership Foundation Suite provides assoc with a combination of capabilities of our market-leading association management system with our proprietary Web services to provide complete, real-time integration between the Web site and iMIS. iMIS is an award-winning package, offering a complete set of functions that extend well beyond a general member database. Some high-level features of iMIS include:
  • Membership data management
  • Chapter management
  • Activity tracking
  • General ledger interface
  • Committees management
  • Credit card processing
  • Dues management
  • Order entry/inventory control
  • Customer relationship management
  • Certification processing
  • Accounts receivable
  • Custom reporting
  • Meetings management
  • 400 standard data reports

The Membership Foundation Suite allows member self-service through the Web site for the core membership needs of applying, updating, searching, renewing, and conducting commerce, while updating iMIS in real-time.

• Lyris is an e-mail marketing tool that allows ease in creating attractive marketing messages and integration with iMIS for list management, while monitoring the deliverability of an e-mail campaign.
• Google Search Appliance (GSA) provides an enhanced search of all site content, including documents, and can extend the reach of a search to the public content of an association's partner sites.
• Google Analytics and Web Site Analytics provide comprehensive capture and reporting of Web site usage and trends. In addition to the native features from Google, SmithBucklin has also developed tracking features around usage of core Association Web-Blocks components, including discussion forums and document repositories.  Key features include:
  • Site Overlay, which shows traffic for every link as a site is browsed.
  • GeoTargeting, which identifies the geographic locations of visitors.
  • Trend and Data Slider, which allows an organization to compare time and date ranges, without losing sight of long-term trends.
  • E-mail reports, which allow the scheduling or sending of ad-hoc report e-mails that contain information to share.
• Showcare is a leading full-service provider of integrated event data solutions including customized registration, lead retrieval, housing and identification card management. SmithBucklin provides strong two-way integration between iMIS and Showcare to ensure member authentication, record member registration activity and update demographics between the two systems.