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Podcasts – Who’s Listening and to What?

Podcasts have been around for nearly two decades, but the format has come into its own over the last five years. A proliferation of shows, involvement from celebrity talent, investment from large companies like Spotify, and the spread of technologies

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75 Words/Phrases in the New Lexicon of the Pandemic

About seven-in-ten U.S. Adults say they need to take breaks from COVID-19 news. But that doesn’t mean they are avoiding the topic completely. In fact, 44% of U.S. adults say they are discussing the coronavirus outbreak with other people most

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More Pets Will Be Dressed This Halloween

Just for Fun: The National Retail Federation recently reported that last year’s spending on Halloween broke new records. Retail spending was $9.1 billion in 2017 with the number of people celebrating at 179 million. They spent $86.13 each, another record.

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Does Your Business Use “Creative” Job Titles?

A recent survey conducted by Twitter suggests that companies should consider cutting from their vocabulary cringe-worthy job titles for marketing, digital, social media and other positions. They started appearing when the internet bubble was exploding, went out of favor for

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Posted in Business Culture, Market Research, Multichannel Marketing, Research

New Way to Categorize Americans by Religion

  Pew Research Center has recently launched a new way to classify religions based on beliefs and behaviors that cut across many religious identities. While most American adults identify with a religion, describing themselves as Protestants, Catholics or Jews (to

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SJ Insights Launches Social Media Senior Panel

A record 46 million seniors live in the United States today, and older Americans – those age 65 and older – now account for 15% of the U.S. population. By 2050, 22% of Americans will be 65 and older, according

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Posted in Facebook, Market Research, Research, Seniors Social Media Usage, Social Media Strategy
Insight FYI…

Despite a string of controversies and the relatively negative sentiments about aspects of social media, roughly seven-in-ten Americans say they ever use any kind of social media site – a share that has remained relatively stable over the past five years:

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