Ah, the start of a fresh quarter — a time when setting realistic and attainable goals is at the top of every leader’s to-do list.
To help you stay organized and focused through all of your January priorities, we’ve gathered a complete collection of executive tools in our latest guide: 2016 Kickoff Kit for Marketing Leaders.
The feature TIME once compared to “a glitzy laundry list” is now the crux of Facebook’s success.
Facebook’s News Feed launched in September 2006, about a year and a half after the launch of the site. At first, people thought of it as a timeline of mundane details about their friends’ lives. But it’s evolved into what TIME has more recently called “the most valuable billboard on Earth” — for brands, publishers, celebrities, and the rest of us.
We’ve all heard over and over again about the poor quality of the air we breathe outdoors. But what about the air we breathe inside — especially in places where we spend hours upon hours a day, like our offices?
Research shows the quality of the air in our offices may be getting worse thanks to toxic chemicals in carpets and on furniture, poor ventilation, and employees not washing their hands.
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What makes a team truly great?
Is it the mix of personalities? Is it how teams are measured and rewarded? Does the team leader ultimately determine their success?
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This post isn’t for the person who wakes up each day holding a list of ideas that are going to shape the future of the world. This post isn’t for daydreamers or optimists.
Dynamic pricing has certainly been gaining traction in the online retail space. Popular in industries like hospitality and sports entertainment, dynamic pricing has led to the retail price tag’s obsolescence in those industries. Why? Because it is a symbol of static pricing, a tactic that holds many retailers back from success in the ecommerce landscape.
There are two types of search advertisers: those who have failed and those who are going to.
At HubSpot, we embrace failure — it’s often an important step towards success. That being said, we don’t ever go out of our way to fall on our face. Instead, when attempting something new, we try as hard as we can to learn from others who had failed before us.
When potential customers are researching you online, they’re getting to know you by way of the content of your website. Understandably, many of them might be skeptical or hesitant to trust you right away.
To prove the value of what you have to offer, why not let your happy customers do the talking?
Think people aren’t watching how you handle yourself at the dinner table?
Think again.
Whether you’re dining with a recruiter, prospective business partner, or your boss of several years, you should always follow the rules of dinner etiquette.
Let’s start with some scary stats. According to SiriusDecisions 98% of MQLs never result in closed business. Additionally, 54% of sales reps won’t make quota. All this despite record investments in marketing automation and sales enablement tools.
Now consider that the top priority among B2B marketers is increasing the number of contacts/leads generated (Source, State of Inbound 2015). Of course, a close second priority is converting contacts/leads into customers. Over the last five years, I’ve seen the focus on lead generation increase significantly among small and mid-market businesses (SMEs). As recently as 2013, I would regularly engage executives who had reached out to me to discuss a sales problem in an effort to teach them that the cause of their sales problem was how they were (or more accurately weren’t) generating leads. Today I get to do much less teaching as more and more executives have increased their focus on lead generation.
