Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

Today, the following expert business and leadership book authors shared their advice for how to effectively lead during 2021. My question to them was: What is your advice for leaders as we enter what is surely to be a challenging 2021 for most businesses? The converse is also true.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Anyone , an audio app that’s building a ‘marketplace for advice’ one five-minute phone call at a time, is launching new versions of its iOS and Android apps today* and beginning to large-scale onboarding after operating in a limited closed beta for the past six months. It’s one-to-one only.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

What new trends will define e-commerce? And most importantly, how can entrepreneurs and merchants prepare for — and take advantage of — rapidly evolving e-commerce trends in 2022? Here are a few educated guesses on what will be critical to e-commerce in 2022, along with some advice on how to prepare your brand or company.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

As a member of Generation Z (Gen Z), or today’s 11- to 26-year-olds, I have been curious about the advice given to nonprofits on capturing younger audiences’ attention. To answer these questions and put experts’ advice to the test, I decided to ask my peers. For example, our preference for video content rings true.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 12, 2017

One of the biggest obstacles bloggers encounter—whether they’re on the WordPress platform or not—is how to create content that is based on currently trending topics. Google Trends. And with their Trends tool, you can search for interest by keywords and topics and find out what people are looking for in the virtual world.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. The growing power of digital healthcare: 6 trends to watch in 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2019

On Tuesday, June 4 Tereza Litsa ( @TerezaLitsa ), co-founder of the #ReclaimSocial podcast , will takeover @NonprofitOrgs for 24 hours to lead a conversation about the importance of being positive on social media. Your experience and advice on how to counteract the negativity and trolls on social media. How to Participate.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

It’s the classic piece of advice to give to someone looking around for their next thing, who clearly has an opportunity to go in many different directions. A couple of weeks ago in an interview I was asked “what’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?”. I guess that’s the point of the “just do one thing” advice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The Ads Manager interface is not particularly intuitive, and the advertising advice offered by Facebook and third parties is almost always focused on e-commerce rather than nonprofits and advocacy campaigns. 1) Set up a conversion event and create a campaign. and has appeared in Axios Media Trends. He holds an M.A.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Among the latest challenging trend lines: It’s noisier than ever. Over the past year, I’ve had dozens of conversations with leading marketers to ask them what’s actually working for them, and what crazy idea they tried that seemed ridiculous at the time. I’m not saying that it’s easy.

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.orgSource

JULY 22, 2024

Encourage Continuous Learning and Development : Investing in training and development keeps employees updated with industry trends and technology. And, if you would like advice personalized to your leadership style and organizational culture, don’t hesitate to book time on my calendar for a discovery conversation.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Have real pictures and have real conversations. Are these changes good for nonprofits bottom line too?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

If you can link your brand with your company’s reputation, I think it’s a really great place to start when you’re having conversations about brands. After interviewing Draper Esprit co-founder Stuart Chapman, Alex Wilhelm and Anna Heim took a look at the trend of European VCs floating themselves. What is the first impression?

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2021

The future of search is a conversation — at least, according to Google. None of these constitute a conversation. A demo of MUM , a multi-modal model that understands not only text but also image and video, had a similar focus on conversation. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge. Google channeled this excitement at I/O.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Adding live chat functionality to your website allows customers to chat with a business in real-time to ask questions, get advice and build confidence during their shopping experience, while improving conversion rates for your business. Increase in conversions and average order values. Cost efficient.

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

Even with the threat of recession on the horizon, these statistics indicate that the Great Resignation does not appear to be a passing trend. Before adding talent, have a thoughtful conversation. When a manager wants to add talent, have a thoughtful conversation,” Sarah advised. Sarah offered this final advice.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 30, 2024

These conversations are invaluable, allowing you to ask questions, seek clarification, and get insights into future product and feature directions. Engage with Presenters & Product Experts: bbcon is where the best and brightest product users go to share their hard-earned wisdom and advice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I join as many social media sites as I can and try to spend time learning each community so I can offer advice to others on how to engage with them. We include everything from industry trends to fundraising numbers based on web analytics. We put out a quarterly report that collects qualitative and quantitative information.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. Q: What are the current trends in the online community organizing? Q: Any advice you’d like to share with the other online community organizers? I definitely recommend them both! What is changing and why?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? The beauty of social media is that it’s always adapting to what’s hot, trends form and fade, so decide which you want to try and which makes the most sense for your organization. Dupe: Have a team to support you.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

On the other side are the trends. If your customer acquisition cost spikes, it could be a market trend. One of the big hits is Varos’ Monday morning report of trends, where users see their weekly data versus weekly benchmarks. After talking to marketing leaders for a year, here’s my advice for CEOs.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

In this article, we unpack the lessons learned from a nonprofit’s chatbot project to dispense mental health advice that went wrong, and how nonprofits can reduce the risks when adopting ChatGPT and other generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. Test, test, test: Generative AI is not a pot roast; you can’t set it and forget it.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

These networks consist of individuals who have faced similar challenges and can offer advice based on their experiences. By participating in these conversations, you gain access to collective knowledge that can enhance your projects success. Using these resources helps you quickly resolve issues that might otherwise delay your project.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 7, 2013

In the process, they are cutting down on costs by offering proactive advice and addressing several customers at once. Don’t be afraid to experiment with community platforms to get conversation flowing about a new product or service, and you may be able to build a community of users that can answer customer inquiries on your behalf.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

While this newfound obsession has had quite the negative impact on dinner conversation, it does present a great opportunity for retailers to take advantage of this mobile fixation by providing a high-impact, enjoyable mobile commerce experience. Once you embrace these pieces of advice, the mobile landscape will become your proverbial oyster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Alison Fine , my Networked Nonprofit co-author, is crowdsourcing suggestions and advice on making a Giving Season actionable. Wonder if #GivingDays is just the hottest trend, to be a regular part of the toolkit in the near future? brendankinney (@brendankinney) September 18, 2013.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Influencers often work alone and have no one to ask for help or advice. Ajayi keeps all the data she receives in a spreadsheet and is hoping to release infographics that’ll make the trends around pay even more obvious. They coined the hashtag #OpenFohr and started an account dedicated to the conversation. 300 for all that work?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Wisdom , a social audio app that’s focused on surfacing “life advice” and broadening access to mentorship — and whose iOS app launch we covered back in October — has nabbed $2 million in seed funding off the back of early traction. For more details on the platform see our coverage of its launch.).

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Association 4.0 TM podcast

MAY 24, 2024

His 40+ years of experience working in the association world has truly made him an expert in understanding the current trends in digital transformation and artificial intelligence and how they can be applied to organizations. A lifestyle change is evident in Yeps eyes. A lifestyle change is evident in Yeps eyes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? Interestingly, valuation trends seem to trail the U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Join 15,000 attendees over the course of three days to explore the latest startup tech, trends, and products and to hear the latest thinking on challenges and possibilities in a tough economy. Disrupt is renowned real estate where trailblazing founders, CEOs and VCs come to share their perspective, advice and wisdom.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

You don’t have to follow trends to make good videos. Some of our top videos were just authentic conversations on topics that we knew would be valuable for our audiences. No dancing, no music or other theatrics were necessary; our fans’ favorite videos just featured a staff member with some good advice to share.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2020

In today’s episode, Lauren Steiner, president and founder of Grants Plus, talks with Blackbaud’s Rachel Hutchisson about the current trends she is seeing in grantmaking. Topics Discussed in This Episode: General trends in the funding landscape. Advice for starting conversations with funders.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

My best advice: Strengthen your network. Focusing on the ‘why’ is why this slide is so powerful; it opens the door to more in-depth conversations if needed, but the groundwork is there. The ‘what’ is too tactical; for this part of the story, it doesn’t really matter what users need to do to gain these benefits.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 27, 2014

Here are the top 9 nonprofit marketing tips and trends for the future: 1. Listen out for micro-trends and micro-interests with tools such as @socialmention. . Find out what people are talking about within your field and who the key influencers are that are taking part in the conversation.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As part of The Blackbaud Institute Index 10 th anniversary celebration, the Institute has hosted a series of virtual fireside chats to get exclusive insights from thought leaders and perspectives on this decade’s most influential charitable giving trends. It can be intimidating to feel you’re always chasing the next trend or technology.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Don’t feel pressured to join the conversation yet. You’ve got a general feel for the conversation and you’ve just started engaging in it yourself. These trends can help you fine-tune your marketing, services, fundraising and more. Just listen. Pick the right (wo)man for the job. Ongoing Listening.

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