Everyone needs more chances, more benefit of the doubt, more opportunity. But what turns a chance into a big break is what we do with it once the chance arrives.

Like all good metaphors, it might be practical too. Your ‘shoes’ are the point of greatest leverage. The spot where you have traction and engage with the world most directly. For a freelancer, it might be the way you engage with customers, or your software tools. It might be the reputation (or lack of reputation)…

Forms are a convenient way for bureaucracies to collect information. They’re convenient because they offload the work to the patient/customer/taxpayer. The shift in labor led to an explosion of self-serve forms, but the built-in inefficiencies punish everyone. Organizations don’t see the cost of inefficient or badly designed forms, since the user engages in private. Organizations…

In this episode, Joy talks about the world of link building as it pertains to local SEO, specifically touching on how links impact local pack rankings.

Faced with an urgent need to brush up my spreadsheet skills, I went online and searched for the best Excel resources available. I discovered a lot of amazing options, both free and paid. Microsoft Excel is a versatile spreadsheet application that’s useful for data entry and storage, budgeting, data analysis, project management, reporting, inventory management,…

In the early days of my career as a content marketer, I wish I had access to the meeting agenda examples to have today. Back then, I was managing a team that was fairly new to me, and I hated the idea of conducting meetings. The questions flew around randomly, the objective changed every minute,…

TikTok popped back in the news last week with a U.S. appellate court ruling on requiring China-owned ByteDance to divest itself of the app or face a ban. Will U.S. users lose access on Jan. 19? Should that change your content and marketing plans?

Great companies and teams often get stale and then fade away. Here’s what we hear as it happens: “I’m way too important to listen to customers. Send them to the call center.” “It wasn’t a bad idea when we implemented it, so it’s not a bad idea now.” “My boss won’t let me.” “The IT…

It’s officially the holiday season. If 70% of your workforce is remote, like we are at HubSpot, that means it’s time to come up with a few virtual holiday party ideas for your team. Let’s face it — traditional in-person holiday parties were arguably easier to plan. Just order some festive food and drinks to…

Welcome to Creator Columns, where we bring expert HubSpot Creator voices to the Blogs that inspire and help you grow better. I hear people talk about the power of “story” in marketing. The best marketers — and the best brands — are the ones telling the best stories. However, I believe most brands are telling…