Membership Benefits that Make a Difference
Being a member of CSA puts you in an elite group of senior-focused professionals who have a genuine interest in promoting a better life for seniors while growing their own businesses. SCSA offers extensive materials and support in a variety of ways. Being a CSA allows you immediate access to information and marketing opportunities for your business that would take years for you to develop on your own. It is all at your fingertips!
The CSA membership benefits include:
Resources for Information and Education
Stay informed and on the cutting-edge of what’s happening in the senior market with the many valuable publications and ongoing education SCSA offers. Resource options include:
Senior Spirit Newsletter – A monthly e-newsletter featuring the latest news on important issues facing seniors, their families and the people who work with them. Each issue contains comprehensive articles on medical news, financial topics and lifestyle trends as well as how these issues impact you, your business and your senior clients – all straight from the experts.
Professional Journal – The award-winning CSA Journal is the leading academic publication in the senior market focusing on the medical, financial and lifestyle interests of seniors and professionals working with seniors. Use these comprehensive and topical articles as informational pieces for your clients or to enhance professional networking opportunities by handing them out or posting them on your website.
Expert Webinars – Free monthly educational webinars hosted by experts in their chosen fields on topics important to you. Examples are Making the Most of Your Marketing Dollars, 10 Tips to Grow Your Business Through the Social Web and more. Great information for your own use or to pass on to colleagues and clients.
Complete Presentations – SCSA has developed PowerPoint presentations, complete with scripts, which focus on senior-important topics. Members are welcome to use these presentations for speaking engagements and show their knowledge of the senior market. Available presentations include: Nine Tips for Seniors to Avoid Financial Abuse: A Guide for Seniors and Those Who Care for Them and Conversations with Seniors.
Public CSA Locator – Increase your visibility with our unique online member search engine. Network and communicate with other CSAs to initiate business relationships that can lead to referrals AND let prospects find you online, driving business your way.
Professional Support Tools
Resources and tools specifically designed for CSAs to distribute to their customers and to grow their own businesses.
Content for Your Website – To succeed online in today’s world, you need to provide powerful and influential content that truly helps your audience. In our commitment to help you succeed, SCSA is continuously creating professional, senior-focused content for our CSAs to use in their online sites and communications. Examples include The Consumer’s Guide to Safety in the Home, Steps to Buying a Medigap Policy and more.
Handouts and Guides for Clients – Free handouts & guides that are professionally written by SCSA for you to give out to your senior clients. From consumer guides, how-to booklets and professional white papers written specifically for CSAs, this expert content is unmatched in the senior market. It can even be co-branded with a CSA’s contact information! An example is the informative and easy-to-read, full-color 36-page guide, BASICS: Things You Need to Know, to the basics of Social Security, Medicare, Medicare Supplements, Medicaid, In-Home Care, Senior Housing and Long-Term Care Insurance for your clients
CSA Blog – Whether you write a blog post or comment on other postings, CSAs have an open invitation to be active contributors on the CSA Blog. When you share your expertise on the CSA Blog, it not only increases your visibility on the internet but can really have an impact with fellow professionals reading your post.
Social Media – We all know what a great avenue social media is for widening your network. Now you can connect with other professionals easily through SCSA’s groups on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Create immediate and engaging exposure for yourself with professionals working in the senior market and seniors themselves.
Customized E-Newsletters – Customize our professionally written and award-winning newsletter, Senior Spirit, with your own ad and business information. Newsletters are a well known and effective outreach tool to reach customers and prospects, but Senior Spirit will help you take that one step further and brand yourself as someone who sincerely cares that seniors get the information they need to live successfully.
The SCSA Difference
More than most membership driven organizations, SCSA is committed to helping our members succeed. We can tailor our benefits to help members and the seniors they serve, in the most meaningful way. Enroll now to be part of an organization that is truly dedicated to its members and provides professional support every step of the way.
"There is no end to the benefits of the education with SCSA. Not only has my business increased significantly, but my clients know that I am a member of an ethical society with a true passion for supporting professionals who work with seniors. CSA is a tool I use consistently for my business and with my senior clients." – Travis Little, CSA
"As a CSA, I can’t thank the Society enough for giving me the tools I need to reach out to families in my community. The information they provide is complete, timely and directly supports my mission to be a trusted resource for my clients and their families." – Bonnie Roberts, CSA
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