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Marketing Essentials Toolkit
Custom-built marketing and CX are great, but sometimes you need materials at a moment’s notice. That’s why NRTC provides a marketing essentials toolkit for all premium customers.
Your handy toolkit includes:
- Marketing Collateral: Access hundreds of ready-made marketing materials. Quickly customize for your brand and have professional materials in minutes.
- Educational Content: Empower your customers with educational materials, including whiteboard videos and handouts. You’ll reduce support calls and increase customer satisfaction.
- Email Marketing Software: Reach your target audience with a professional email marketing platform. Get access to email templates, analytics, A/B testing, and more. Plus—your NRTC Customer Advocate will provide software training.
- Social Media Support: Amplify your social media presence and solidify your expert status. We’ll supply you with regular social media content and educational tech blog posts.
Insights
NRTC Adds Pivot Proficiencies to Build Rural Connections
NRTC members building broadband businesses using NRTC’s many services now have access to the nearly 20 years of marketing and consulting services that Pivot has provided to rural telecommunications organizations.
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The Latest Marketing News
FCC Measuring How Long State/Local Permitting Delays Broadband Projects
The FCC today launched a Notice of Inquiry to explore possible preemption of state and local regulations that potentially delay the buildout of wireline broadband infrastructure. The NOI asks whether states or localities are placing unreasonable regulations or regulatory fees network construction. The Commission cited past similar actions under Section 253 of the Commissions Act, including the 2018 Small Cell Order.
Precision Ag Overlay to National Broadband Map a Tough Task, But Might Be Worth It
Recently proposed legislation would direct the FCC to work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to overlay data identifying “agricultural areas” on the Commission’s National Broadband Map. The map could be useful to farmers, ISPs and policymakers planning future precision agriculture deployments. But there could be significant and costly barriers to building the map. NRTC’s Bailey White, who has extensive experience mapping communications networks in rural areas, offers his opinions on the challenges and how to move forward.
Rural Commenters Urge FCC to Adopt Higher Broadband Benchmarks
Rural associations commenting on the FCC annual inquiry tracking broadband network access to all Americans said the time is right for the FCC to increase the minimum broadband speed benchmark from its current 100/20 Mbps. NRECA also called for the Commission to recognize a new symmetrical speed benchmark, rather than focusing on download speeds. It cited the May NRTC/NRECA Rural Broadband Benchmarking Report that most rural electric co-ops’ broadband subscribers take service faster than 475/475 Mbps.