You ask the head of marketing how the team is doing and get a giant thumbs up. “Our MQLs are up!” “Website conversion rates are at an all-time high!” “Email click rates have never been this good!” But when you ask the head of sales the same question, you get the response that echoes across…
In this article, I’ll share ten tips to help you climb the next rung in the SEO career ladder. Helping new hires in the SEO team is important if you want to become an SEO Lead. It gives you the… Read more ›
Welcome to HubSpot Perspectives, a series where HubSpotters weigh in on the latest business and marketing trends. “The biggest red flag on LinkedIn is the ‘open to work’ symbol.” This hot take is brought to you by former Google recruiter Nolan Church. And the dialogue continues. As I browse through my LinkedIn feed, there are…
These days, it feels like everyone is on social media. But make no mistake, not everyone is on every channel. As marketers, it’s important to know your audience’s favorite social channels. For instance, if you’re selling retirement homes, it’s safe to forgo Snapchat, where only 3.7% of users are over 50. HubSpot surveyed over 1,400…
I see short-form videos everywhere nowadays. And now, as platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Google, LinkedIn, and Pinterest expand their short-form offerings, brands are continuing to take notice. In the 2024 HubSpot State of Marketing Report, we found that short-form video is the number one format marketers are using and will see the…
And while I enjoy deep work, a few times a year I get the urge to leave my desk and go socialize with other human beings—ideally on my employer’s dime 😉 Conferences are a great excuse to hang out with… Read more ›
It’s possible to have a useful conversation about what to do about something that’s broken or needs improvement. But first, we must acknowledge that it happened. It’s not controversial to understand the facts, the data and the shifts that are happening in the world we live in. In fact, the only way to have a…
It’s surprisingly easy to be generous and find solutions to our friend’s problems. Much easier than it is to do it for ourselves. Why? There are two useful reasons, I think. FIRST, because we’re unaware of all the real and imaginary boundaries our friends have set up. If it were easy to solve the problem,…
That’s not true for a screwdriver. Or a table saw or even a spatula. These are useful tools, but they don’t pretend to be well-informed or wise. They’re dumb, and they look dumb too. That’s one reason that tools are effective. We use them to leverage our effort, but we don’t trust them to do…
Discover the essential considerations for SEOs when building headless websites in this insightful Whiteboard Friday by Peter Richman.