How to Overcome Objections to Get Your Company to Invest in B2B Inbound Marketing

A lot of marketing budget rejection can feel demoralizing. You may start to wonder if your company even believes in the power of marketing. The truth is that they may not.

10 Sample Marketing Job Interview Questions & Answers From HubSpot’s CMO

Alright, everyone: I’m about to let you in on a few of my best-kept interviewing secrets. In this post, I’ll uncover the questions I use when interviewing candidates for inbound marketing positions.

These questions are meant to assess candidates not only for their marketing talent, but also for who they are as people.

What Successful Business Leaders Eat for Breakfast [Infographic]

Picture this: You’re running late for work, your hair is a mess, and you’re convinced that your car keys actually grew legs and wandered off without you. Do you stop everything and grab some breakfast?

Approximately 31 million Americans — that’s nearly 10% of the population — are guilty of skipping their morning meal.

How to Reduce Employee Turnover: 5 Tips for Keeping Your Best Talent

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High staff turnover can be a problem for any company. Teams typically rely on each and every member to keep things moving forward, so when someone leaves, it can often disrupt progress.

Mastering Medium: How Today’s Hottest Publishing Platform Rewards Quality Content & Conversation [Podcast]

It’s not easy to get your company noticed these days. Attention spans are shorter, and companies are publishing more content than ever before.

So what should companies be doing to rise above the deluge of content online? 

The folks at Medium think they’ve found the answer.

13 Habits of Incredibly Curious People (And Why It Matters In Business)

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Do you actively express interest in wanting to know more about something? Are you constantly testing your campaigns to uncover trends and patterns? Do you find yourself asking a lot of questions?

How to Market to Goldfish: What Decreasing Attention Spans Mean for Marketers [Infographic]

We’re easily distracted these days. For instance, did you know that the average person picks up their phone more than 1500 times a week? And that 95% of … oh look, a cat! 

Holding concentration in the digital world is difficult. In fact, it’s gotten so bad that our attention spans have, on average, shrunk to 8.25 seconds — that’s shorter than a goldfish.

Job Expectations Around the World: What Do People Care About Most? [New Data]

Companies are always looking for ways to hire exceptional employees. In fact, finding and hiring top talent was one of the top challenges marketers reported in 2015.

But what do job seekers actually look for in a new company? How concerned are they about the culture at your company, or how much they’re paid, or whether they’re working in a particular industry? And how do these priorities differ depending on where you are in the world?

Prepare Your Organization For #GivingTuesday [Free Kit]

After the turkey has been devoured, the shopping carts piled high with gifts, and the online discount codes redeemedanother important holiday date remains. Tuesday, December 1st. 

The 10 Coolest Subscription Boxes to Order for Your Office

What do dive bar t-shirts, bacon, and black socks have in common?

These are all items that you can have delivered to your doorstep every month thanks to the fast-growing subscription box business. Available across seemingly endless retail categories, each box typically offers up a curated selection of products — from snacks to beauty supplies to, well … black socks.