Marketing Strategy

In 2020, B2C businesses all over the world pivoted their strategies as consumers dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only did the pandemic force people to live and work strictly from home, but it also put a financial burden on many households and businesses. Now, as the holidays approach, both…

Your business is getting by just fine – but still, the questions remain: Could you be selling more? Is there an opportunity to increase market penetration? Is there any way you could engage in further product diversification? Companies hoping to increase revenue can do so in a variety of ways…

In the first few years of business, small companies come up against a lot of different challenges. Some are harder than others to overcome — and according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 20% of small businesses fail by the end of their first year. By the end…

If you’ve been a marketing professional for years now, learning about the four P’s of marketing might seem like a throwback to you. However, for those of us who work in the industry but didn’t study marketing in college, it’s entirely possible you haven’t heard of the marketing mix. Below,…

Everyone wants to be #1 … especially when it comes to marketing. Reaching the top of search engine results and creating content that becomes viral is a marketer’s dream — but it’s often not that simple. Creating good, high-quality marketing campaigns mean creating content that aligns with your marketing goals,…

Marketing your business is both an art and a science — and the industry is rapidly evolving as the audience you’re trying to reach is changing. In some ways, this makes it one of the sciences with the fastest rates of turnover, since you are actively trying to match, or…

Many of us scroll past ads in our newsfeed, delete emails, or even run to the bathroom during commercial breaks. As consumers, we’re constantly bombarded with advertisements and calls-to-action. This is the challenge of marketing: campaigns are everywhere. And, if campaigns are everywhere, they can be easier to tune out…

Technical marketing is a key aspect of a successful content marketing strategy, particularly if your organization deals with complex products and services. But it can be difficult when your marketers don’t have a firm understanding of the technical aspects behind your product. Without technical expertise, your marketing team likely has…

This article is part of a series on how business is changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other pieces in the series include HubSpot’s Chief Customer Officer on Why We Need to Talk About Growth and our VP of Marketing’s Content Marketing Playbook for Times of Crisis The COVID-19 pandemic has…

When internal talent is stretched thin and in-house teams are struggling to get campaigns over the line, outsourcing marketing tasks to a specialist third-party can alleviate a ton of the operational pressures your team might be facing. That being said, outsourcing is a big decision that requires financial commitment and…