You know that spidey-sense that sends shudders down your spine when a brand uses slimy sales and marketing messages? It gives you the “ick” immediately. Every alarm bell goes off in your brain alerting you to run as fast as you can to avoid such flagrant coercion. You close the

Managing the technical setup of HubSpot means you're constantly on the lookout for ways to optimize your processes and maximize efficiency. One feature that can significantly enhance your HubSpot experience is Business Units. What are HubSpot Business Units? In HubSpot, Business Units allow you to organize your account into separate

It's not enough for a website to be pretty. It has to work for your business which means it has to work for your customers. If your customers aren’t happy with what you offer, they leave. No revenue means no business. Thankfully more and more businesses are moving away from

A landing page is a page with one purpose: to convert visitors into leads. Unlike a traditional webpage, a landing page removes all distractions, including the navigation menu, links to additional information and even Calls to Action (CTAs) to other content. This allows you to guide the visitor to what

This week, I met with my client, “Jane” who is launching a great new product. We talked about her initial efforts and responses to her first few prospect pitches. She was surprised that her first prospects balked at her value proposition and didn’t jump up and take her offer on

Have you ever tried to buy something and abandoned ship (or cart) because the seller was just making things too difficult to complete the sale? Whether you’re selling something online or in person, there are several things you could be doing that are putting barriers up between you and closing

Are you bumping up against the same competitors for business? Is there someone new popping up in your industry every month? Are you losing business to your competition? (As opposed to losing business to apathy— that’s for another blog.) Whether my product was flowers, print on paper, business cards, office

Ever hear the phrase, "it’s about the journey, not just the destination.” Though the “destination” for customers—obtaining a desired product or service—can bring about its own euphoria, pleasure or satisfaction, customers (or patients, clients, even employees) look for clues and build expectations about how they’ll feel about their purchase by