by Bill Jacobs | Dec 19, 2017 | Branding, Non-profit marketing
This is the third in a series of blogs on 2018 trends. You can read about the first trend here and the second here. The fourth trend for 2018 stated in the Forbes article is: We are in an era of purposeful business driven by collaboration, inclusion, and the notion of...
by Bill Jacobs | Dec 13, 2017 | Branding
This is a second in a series of blogs on 2018 trends. You can read about the first trend here. The second trend identified by Forbes is: In the age of experience, EVERYONE is a customer. What this simply means is that in the world of social media, there is no...
by Bill Jacobs | Dec 11, 2017 | Non-profit marketing
Recently, Forbes published an article called “Top 5 Trends for Marketers and Entrepreneurs In 2018.” I find these trends to be very encouraging for nonprofits. The market is moving towards nonprofits, and – for a change – the nonprofit industry is well-positioned to...
by Bill Jacobs | Nov 21, 2017 | gratefulness
Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday. Perhaps it’s because it’s the least commercialized holiday. It’s really a throwback day. It’s countercultural now. Sitting around with those you love (OK, and Uncle Dick too) and taking the whole day just to be together....
by Bill Jacobs | Nov 14, 2017 | Branding
We recently did a Strategic Growth Analysis on a new client’s donor database. It looked awful. The organization was rolling along and then one year, all of their metrics plummeted. At first, we thought there must be a data issue. But when we talked with them, they...