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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
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.
Recent Changes to Environmental Law Could Loosen Permitting Rules
The FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to streamline environmental review and permitting for wireless installations as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Recent amendments to NEPA and Trump Administration policies prompted the Commission to initiate the proceeding. Permitting reform is among the actions Chairman Brendan Carr supports as part of his Build America agenda.
Congressional USF Working Group Asks for Reform Ideas
Congressional leaders are beginning to bear down on needed reforms of the FCC’s universal service fund (USF) program in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision affirming the program’s constitutionality. A recently reconvened Universal Service Working Group in Congress has opened an online portal to gather public comment on possible reforms. NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield (pictured) also says that now, during the August Congressional recess, is “the perfect time” to set up a meeting with lawmakers and urge policies to sustain USF.