Posts by jhouchin

How to Encourage People to Speak Up in Virtual Meetings

Virtual Trends How do you ask for ideas or feedback during a virtual meeting in a way that returns valuable answers from your entire team? Harvard Business Review has released an article covering eight tactics for getting responses from even the most mute-happy virtual meeting member. Here are just a few of their suggestions: Share

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The World’s Most Popular Social Networks

Digital Trends Over half of the world’s population is on social media, yet there are only a handful of companies controlling the majority of the most popular social media platforms. Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, owns four of the five most widely used platforms alone. Visual Capitalist has released research overviewing the

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Email Benchmarks for Non-Profits

Marketing Trends An infographic has been released by Campaign Monitor based on new research (involving millions of campaigns) outlining email marketing benchmarks for non-profits. Here is what they found: Average open rate: 20.39% Average bounce rate: 1.09% Average click through rate: 2.66% Average click to open rate: 12.99% Average unsubscribe rate: 0.17% Why This Matters

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Religiously Unaffiliated Continues to Grow in U.S.

Faith Trends According to a study by Pew Research Center, the religiously unaffiliated share of the public is 10 points higher than a decade ago. Self-identified Christians made up 63% of the U.S. population in 2021, which was down from 75% just a decade ago. Although Christians continue to make up the majority of the

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Social Media Trends in 2022

Social Media Trends Hubspot and Talkwalker have once again teamed up to identify the trends that brands need to engage for success in 2022. This report includes insights from over 70 marketing professionals, actionable items you can implement right away, and on-trend examples from brand trendsetters. Here are a few of their key findings: TikTok

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How to Effectively Promote Your Online Store

Digital Trends During the pandemic, online shopping has increased and the 2021 holiday season is no different. According to “Nonprofit Tech for Good”, here are suggestions on how to raise awareness for your non-profit store online: Create a storefront on your Instagram and Facebook pages Add product tags in your stories on social media which

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