by Bill Jacobs | Nov 4, 2020 | Market Research
Polling is getting a lot of attention today. Bad attention. This is the second election cycle in a row where the polls were pointing towards a solid win for the Democratic Presidential candidate, but the actual vote went the other way. We call the issue is called...
by Bill Jacobs | Aug 26, 2019 | Donor Acquisition, Market Research
Not to be a Negative Nelly, but do y’all remember last December? Last December we had the triple-downer of: a sharp stock market decline;a government shutdown; andgeneral political divisiveness. The net effect was one of the poorest performing fundraising Decembers of...
by Bill Jacobs | Aug 19, 2019 | analytics, Market Research
In a blog last month, I challenged you peruse the A.I. articles in your LinkedIn account, and I predicted that the articles would fall into two categories: A.I. will save us!A.I. will doom us! Anyone who has read my blogs knows that I tend to Andy Rooney like on new...
by Bill Jacobs | Apr 22, 2019 | Market Research, Online Fundraising
The intent of today’s blog is to start a dialog. So, I hope you choose to offer your 2 cents. Over the past 20-years, the digital economy has disrupted just about each industry. Particularly in the business to consumer arenas. How we check out things we are interested...
by Bill Jacobs | Apr 8, 2019 | Market Research, Non-profit
It may seem like a serious “duh”, but in the countless studies we have done on literally 100s of nonprofit organizations, the variable that seems to most accurately predict fundraising success is how well-known the organization is within their market. One would think...
by Bill Jacobs | Mar 25, 2019 | analytics, Market Research
For all of us who are “March Madness” fans, this is a great article. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/bracketiq/2018-04-03/ncaa-bracket-was-better-all-rest-2018 Given all the upsets in the first round of the tournament last year, some lucky ESPN entrant, “Che...
