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Strategy, tactics, and hard-won lessons for manufacturing marketers who care about pipeline, not pageviews.

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CRM

How Many Paid HubSpot Seats Does Your Team Need?

It feels amazing to watch your company grow. However, there’s a reason the term “growing pains” exists (besides the '80s sitcom). As business blooms, so does the number of sales an...

Adam Vosler · Nov 2026
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CRM

10 Industrial Marketing B2B Challenges That Won't Go Away in 2027

It's 2027. B2B buyers are doing their homework long before picking up the phone. They expect useful information without sitting through a sales pitch. And yet, some manufacturers s...

Donny Kemick · Oct 2026
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Buyer Persona

Inbound or Loop? Understanding the Marketing Strategy That Never Ends

Marketing influencers love a new buzzword. Every few months, a new term pops up on LinkedIn or in conference slides that promises to “change the way we think about marketing.” Late...

Holly McCully Jobe · Oct 2025
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Strategy

7 Attribution Tools for Digital Marketing: A Revenue-First Guide for Teams

If you're a marketer, you know how important your work is to generating sales, leads, and sign-ups. Proving to the “powers that be” that your content or campaign sparked that event...

protocol 80 · Jul 2025
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CRM

What Is HubSpot Sales Hub? Features, Tiers, & Prices for 2025

I recently had a new client (and HubSpot devotee) describe HubSpot's Sales Hub better than I had in my 6 years of digital marketing. This B2B company's employees almost universally...

Adam Vosler · Dec 2024
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CRM

What Is HubSpot Operations Hub? 2025 Features, Pricing, & Tiers

For the past 17 years, HubSpot software has lived to make marketing and selling easier, more efficient, and more transparent.

Adam Vosler · Dec 2024
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CMS

HubSpot Features for all 5 Hubs (+ Cost per Tier)

Whether you're held responsible your company’s marketing, sales, operations, or customer service outcomes -- or all four -- HubSpot's got a solution. HubSpot's features list stretc...

Adam Vosler · Dec 2024
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SEO

What Does a Digital Marketing Trainer Cost?

As a company in today's warp-speed digital landscape, being present and active is a must, even in niche industries. However, staying ahead of creating content, tracking performance...

Adam Vosler · Dec 2024
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B2B

How to Measure Inbound Marketing ROI

“We’re spending good money on B2B inbound marketing. What’s the return on our investment?” Your boss wants to see figures. Simply saying, “Umm … website traffic is up?” won’t cut i...

protocol 80 · Nov 2024
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CMS

HubSpot Pro vs. Enterprise: 2023 Features & Pricing

HubSpot is the biggest and best in a sea of CRM (customer relationship management) tools. As B2B companies and customers evolve, so does HubSpot's software, and keeping pace with t...

Adam Vosler · Nov 2024
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