We LOVE Wild Apricot. 

Maybe you don't.

We are here to change that.

We help you modernize, rationalize, analyze, and automate


Modernize your Website


Building modern, compelling, and member friendly websites on the Wild Apricot platform is our specialty.


Maria, our Wild Apricot website website designer, is the best in the world*.  In her prior life, she was an art director with a world renown advertising agency and now applies that creativity and expertise in designing Wild Apricot websites that are contemporary, appeal  to prospective members, and serve current members.


Our websites are always built on the same platform that your membership resides on....Wild Apricot.

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Click on the Visit Site button on some screenshots above to view samples of our work...some modest updates and others complete redesigns.


Rationalize your Database


Wild Apricot is much more than a website. 


With 15 years of experience using it and helping others, we have learned how to streamline the regular tasks associated with using the product day in and out. 


This is about saving your organization time and frustration. 


Below are just a few examples of how we may be of assistance:

  • Organizing photos and documents used in emails and events to facilitate painless and glitch free "storage cleanup"
  • Setting up event templates to facilitate creation of new events in less time and with fewer mistakes.
  • Sponsorship changes by updating a field on member's record rather than making laborious edits on website.
  • Configuring complex event registrations all within Wild Apricot so separate sign-ups and tracking are not required.

Analyze your Information


Wild Apricot is made for running your association.  But sometimes you want to dig into the data to analyze things like:

  • your membership profiles
  • event participation by event type
  • membership renewal status
  • event participation by day of week or month of year
  • membership renewal or event registration by payments type


How About "Old School" Reports?

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Automate Integration with Other Systems


Sometimes Wild Apricot is missing a feature that you can't live without and that means maintaining two or more systems with the same information.


Fortunately, Wild Apricot has a series of APIs which can be leveraged to automate the transfer of member, event, and financial information to/from Wild Apricot and into other products....think event management, financial, email, spreadsheet, etc.


We have extensive experience building these interfaces using Make (formerly Integromat) and, when necessary, coding them from scratch.


Our Team

John

IT and business consultant who knows Wild Apricot and associations with experience serving as board member for non-profits

Maria

Best Wild Apricot website designer on the planet (1) and past experience as art director at top advertising agency

Christine

WA management and support specialist whose top strengths are responsibility, relator, maximizer, communication and empathy (2)

David

Application developer responsible for creating ingenious WA reporting and integration solutions for our clients

(1) Cobalt Extensions assessment based on review of CE created WA websites vs. WA’s sample and other partner sites.

(2) Based on Don Clifton’s StrengthFinders assessment and confirmed by client feedback.



Contact Us


Want to see if we are a good fit for you and your association?


Email info@cobaltextensions.com or call +1 847-823-1830.

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