10 of the Best Ads from February: Offbeat Serenades, Great Hair, and a Potato

We’re recapping some of the best ads from February, and we promise they aren’t all Super Bowl ads you’ve already seen.

How to Learn Excel Online: 21 Free and Paid Resources for Excel Training

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.

Marketing Trivia: How Much Random Marketing Knowledge Do You Have?

Think fast: Do you know what the Twitter logo is named after, or what animal species was featured in the first ever Instagram post?

Too easy? Okay, smarty pants, how about this one: In 2010, Google released an update to its algorithm called ____ that makes sure its search results are up to date with current events?

8 Discontinued Social Media Channels and Features (+Why They Never Took Off)

What was the first social network you ever joined?

While many people will recall it being Facebook or Twitter, others might remember some of the earlier, less popular social networks. You know, like Friendster, Open Diary, and Orkut?

A lot of these original social networks go forgotten, but that doesn’t make their stories any less important. After all, these networks laid the groundwork for the social media giants we use today.

What Consumers Really Want From Your Video Content [Infographic]

Video content is no longer an option: It’s a necessary component of any successful marketing strategy.

The good news? Your audience wants to see more videos from you, and they engage with them at higher rates than other types of content.

5 Steps for Improving Your Media Outreach: Insights From 1,300 Publishers

The media needs content to report, and marketers need exposure for their content. Together, it seems like these two would have a pretty simple, mutually beneficial relationship, right?

Unfortunately, like most modern-day relationships, it’s never really that simple.

How to Build a Growth-Minded Design Process at Your Agency

As important as creativity is to an agency’s success, no great work can be produced without a great process.

Next time you admire a stunning design project, think for a moment: This work looks great, but did it go out on time? Did the project exceed budget? Was the client actually happy with the end result? Did the team run into any major project management roadblocks?

Why Is Everything at HubSpot Wrapped in Tin? It’s Our Year in Review 2016

HubSpot reached its 10-year milestone in 2016. And as tradition holds, the tenth anniversary calls for a gift of tin. Yes, just like the thing you carry your breath mints in. Tin’s strong yet pliable nature represents the flexibility and fortitude needed in any lasting relationship.

The Art of Managing a Flexible Schedule

Ah, autonomy. Isn’t it grand? No defined time when you have to arrive at the office. No guilt over having to leave early for your kid’s recital. And if you’re not feeling well or the roads are bad, no problem — just work from home.

But is it ever really that simple? After all, other things become more salient when you’re working from home, like that pile of laundry that needs to get done, or a plethora of mindless daytime TV viewing options.

6 Seemingly Harmless Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Proposals

60% of leading advertisers will review their agencies within the next 12 months, according to a study from Advertiser Perceptions. As if to prove the point, Procter & Gamble announced in January they will review all ad agency contracts in 2017.