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The psychology of side projects: How creative hobbies improve our performance at everything

The Next Web

Other times I try photography. Entrepreneur LifeHacks Analysis and Opinion' At any given time, I have a side project running. It’s often a new blog or a Tumblr or a book or a newsletter. Sometimes I try to design WordPress themes. This ethos of new projects and new improvements runs throughout our Buffer team.

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Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, was delighted when Darren Barefoot asked if he share a guest post about how to do audience analysis. Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for NGOS by Darren Barefoot. But not all kinds of audience analysis are evil. Give them a name, find a photo of them on a stock photography site and flesh out their biographical details.

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Is Instagram Useful for Nonprofit Marketing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Instagram, the mobile photography app, has been getting a lot of attention lately. From critics saying it is killing photography to hype and hoopla from marketing pundits saying it is a must-have as part of your “visual marketing tool box.” It boils down the techniques to simply: Curate, Snap, Hashtag, Engage, and Repeat.

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5 things smart entrepreneurs did at SXSWi this year

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Image credit: Alfie Photography / Shutterstock. Entrepreneur SXSW Analysis and Opinion' If you plan to stand out from the crowd, you’d better start your brainstorming now… and if you’re really smart, you’ll start booking your hotel rooms soon too! What was your favorite innovative move from SXSWi this year?

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Pinterest Nonprofit Benchmarking with Pinerly

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I wrote a post that summarized some tips, resources, and tools for using Pinterest. I took a look at a couple of the measurement tools available for Pinterest and got on the waiting list for Pinerly after reading this analysis from the Poynter Blog based on stats provided by Pinerly. Photography. Gardening/Farming.

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Extra Crunch roundup: DTC strategy, IPO analysis, Zoom’s future product plans

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Image Credits: Sergiy Trofimov Photography (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Over the coming decades, we can expect medical diagnosis to evolve from an AI tool that provides analysis of options to an AI assistant that recommends treatments,” writes Lee. Inside GitLab’s IPO filing.

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Disengaged employees: What are they really thinking?

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Top image: Shutterstock / Ammentorp Photography. Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion' Gallup reports that only 13 percent of US employees are actively engaged. Where does your organization land on that spectrum? Leave us a question or comment below.

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