Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 18, 2022

Some of the best advice I ever received came from tidbits during casual conversations with my mentors," he adds. Claire Diaz-Oritiz "Many people avoid mentoring because they think it takes a lot of time," says Blanchard. "It It doesn't have to. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Youll learn plenty more about what it means to burn the boats, how to unleash your full potential, and how to tear down your barriers to achieving success in Higgins new book, Burn The Boats a business-advice and self-help book. These conversations have led to many amazing stories of accelerated growth that I cover in the book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

Overall, when we went into the first phase of the campaign, we had two goals: to secure at least three Blue Key Champions , and to get 6,000 keys ordered between May 9 and June 20 (World Refugee Day). Any advice about setting up systems to track Twitter. Click Image to see larger version. What tool did you use?

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2022

Cody : Often it feels like my most important role is to facilitate conversations between different team members, and to provide context and translation when the conversation is between the tech team and other roles. What’s your advice for future and aspiring technical architects at Forum One? Deborah : Be able to multitask.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on creating a major donor stewardship budget: Dear Charity Clairity, We are in the beginning stages of creating a major gift program. Try saying something like: “ Jane, based on our last conversation, I think you’ll be interested in this particular article.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Why do you think architecture design advice is important? During the preliminary diagnostic conversations with our prospective clients, we try to understand their priorities and carve out a reasonable scope for projects divided into stepwise phases. And do you have any advice for startups wanting to avoid bad experiences?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Today’s question comes from a Director of Development who wants advice on what to do when the board thinks their individual fundraising success will depress grants. I would suggest the following approaches: Have a one-to-one conversation with the reluctant board members to ascertain whether something like this is going on.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In her conversation with Blackbaud Institute Managing Director Ashley Thompson, Rachel shared insights into how your organization can assess your marketing effectiveness and goals that you can set to reach marketing maturity. One piece of advice that Rachel Clemens gave was to outsource your research when you can.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The impact is better imagery to drive more metrics of the product, meaning more conversion and less rate of return, and saving money for customers. E-merchandising is the next revolution of e-commerce for us, and therefore, the next phase is to scale within that category in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

Based on my conversations, VCs are very open to working with novices who can show that they understand the market in which they hope to compete. I asked five early-stage investors to share frank advice for first-timers, and I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are probably not ready to pitch an investor.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The findings, echoed by other internal documents and my conversations with current and former employees, show that Facebook sees its aging user base as an existential threat to the long-term health of its business and that it’s trying desperately to correct the problem with little indication that its strategy will work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You’ll learn plenty more about what it means to burn the boats, how to unleash your full potential, and how to tear down your barriers to achieving success in Higgins’ new book, Burn The Boats – a business-advice and self-help book. These conversations have led to many amazing stories of accelerated growth that I cover in the book.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Prospective contributors regularly ask us about which topics Extra Crunch subscribers would like to hear more about, and the answer is always the same: Actionable advice that is backed up by data and/or experience. Twitter’s acquisition strategy: Eat the public conversation. Image Credits: We Are (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Some of the best advice I ever received came from tidbits during casual conversations with my mentors," he adds. Claire Diaz-Oritiz "Many people avoid mentoring because they think it takes a lot of time," says Blanchard. "It It doesn't have to. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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fusionSpan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Have you considered hiring a consultant to help you identify the ideal system for your association and help with the data conversion? Not only can a consultant provide advice during the product search, but they can often assist with implementation of your new system.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Some of the best advice I ever received came from tidbits during casual conversations with my mentors," he adds. Claire Diaz-Oritiz "Many people avoid mentoring because they think it takes a lot of time," says Blanchard. "It It doesn't have to. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2020

Some of the best advice I ever received came from tidbits during casual conversations with my mentors," he adds. Claire Diaz-Oritiz "Many people avoid mentoring because they think it takes a lot of time," says Blanchard. "It It doesn't have to. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

You’ll get expert advice and tips from them based on how they’ve gone through certain journeys in their lives. And in the early phases of the pandemic last year, I was first indefinitely furloughed and a few weeks later my position was completely eliminated from my employer. Lisa: So my answer is different. Sarah: Sure.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Rachel Sacks, MPH will help demystify all five phases of the grants lifecycle: identifying well-aligned prospects, cultivating funder relationships, preparing compelling submissions, maintaining grants through stewarding and reporting, and submitting renewals. My team thinks of the grants lifecycle as having five phases.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While in the testing phase, we had very high interest and attention from investors. Overall, Beams feels like it’s still very much in the experimental phase. That’s not even a conversation for Beams’ co-CEOs yet. “We raised $3M in late 2020. Or, well, adding to the social audio noise. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Instead, the team has multiple conversations with them about the product they want to build, how they came up with the idea — and how it changed over time. As APX founding managing director, and the former CEO of Axel Springer’s Plug and Play accelerator, Jörg Rheinboldt noted, APX never asks its founders to pitch.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Did you take a playful, conversational tone, or did you speak with urgency or authority? conversational, etc.? But it’s possible, especially if you spend some time planning the different phases of your campaign. Get FREE advice for your next multi-channel. What kind of content did you share? story-driven. You’re in luck!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2017

Some of the best advice I ever received came from tidbits during casual conversations with my mentors," he adds. Claire Diaz-Oritiz "Many people avoid mentoring because they think it takes a lot of time," says Blanchard. "It It doesn't have to. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2009

Her advice about work routine is particularly valuable. As a SEO and Social Media Manager, I have learned the ins and outs of traffic building, lead generation, website user conversion and community building. Tell me about you I am Chrystie Corns, Social Marketing Manager for WHERE.com. Social Marketing and SEO related.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthcare website visitors search for crucial medical advice, doctors’ names and contact information, a map of your facility, or other must-have information. A professionally designed website can help establish your organization as a reputable, trustworthy institution. Optimize the user journey. Assess website analytics.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Our early advice to founders was to ensure runway for 18 months in order to weather the storm. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? We lowered our check size per company.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Lately, many have championed web3 as the internet’s next phase, but the term encompasses so much territory, conversations can be rather diffuse. What advice would you give web3 founders who are trying to get their first check? . Several others said they started exploring the space after developing an interest in crypto.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

For example, on Twitter, a strong tie could be two nodes or people that engage consistently in two-way conversation. Network maps support "what if conversations.". (BTW, there's an interesting discussion about this on David Armano's blog). Connections also be strong or loose. See this map from Malina ).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Having accessibility experts on your team to provide advice and guidance is a great start. Accessibility starts in the design and user experience (UX) phase. Better yet, hiring people with disabilities brings a deeper level of understanding to your work. Hire designers passionate about accessibility.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Some of the best advice I ever received came from tidbits during casual conversations with my mentors," he adds. Claire Diaz-Oritiz "Many people avoid mentoring because they think it takes a lot of time," says Blanchard. "It It doesn't have to. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Some of the best advice I ever received came from tidbits during casual conversations with my mentors," he adds. Claire Diaz-Oritiz "Many people avoid mentoring because they think it takes a lot of time," says Blanchard. "It It doesn't have to. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2019

Some of the best advice I ever received came from tidbits during casual conversations with my mentors," he adds. Claire Diaz-Oritiz "Many people avoid mentoring because they think it takes a lot of time," says Blanchard. "It It doesn't have to. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 15, 2017

Some of the best advice I ever received came from tidbits during casual conversations with my mentors," he adds. Advocates for a mentee's work assignments or career development, to the help the mentee's growth and development Finally, keep in mind that a mentor for one phase of your life may not be the person you need at another point.

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Achieve

APRIL 4, 2017

From the qualitative methods phase of our research, we learned that millennials have adopted a view of activism that aligns with those negative descriptors, and to put it bluntly, they want nothing to do with it. Want real insights, advice, conversations and more about how to inspire action for your cause? You need MCON 2017.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

Advice from Alan Royal about what you can expect to get out of a training event is ringing in my ears as I sit down to write about my four days at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, in Washington DC , March 13-15, 2014.As It’s this advice I’m thinking about now. Just what did I learn from #14ntc?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Its conversion rate from free to paid users was five times higher than industry standards, the company claims. ” Walton plans to pivot the startup in three phases: content, marketplace and community. Currently, a lot of information or advice around pregnancy lives in books or in-person classes. Over time, the idea stuck.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

During our conversation, Boden dispelled one media myth (which my own sources confirm): There was never any kind of gagging order or confidentiality agreement prohibiting parties from talking about the Starling-Monzo split. But also quite excited about the next phase of Starling, of fintech, of tech.

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