How to Create a ‘What to Do’ Pinterest Board for Maximum Engagement

Creating an Effective ‘What to Do’ Pinterest Board: A Step-by-Step Guide   — How many times have you heard it? Someone lamenting, “There’s nothing to do here!” Worse yet, hearing someone tell visitors that. “What is there to do around here?” “Nothing, really. I don’t know.” Enough with that. Let’s…

Why Short-Form Video is Transforming Lead Generation

Short-Form Video The Future Of Lead Generation Short-form video is revolutionizing the way that businesses approach primary lead generation. But do you know why — and how to apply it to your marketing strategy? When HubSpot started growing back in the early 2000s, the core strategy for primary lead generation…

20+ LinkedIn Profile Tips for Professionals

How to Create the Perfect LinkedIn Profile: 20+ Tips for Professionals Let me just say this — my LinkedIn profile has provided me with some excellent results. LinkedIn has helped me secure a job, get four-figure freelance gigs, connect with marketing pros, and appear on podcasts. This platform works for…

13 YouTube Description Templates That Boosted Our Videos To Viral Status

13 YouTube Description Templates That Helped Our Videos Go Viral With 2.5 billion active users, YouTube is an undeniably important channel for your marketing efforts. Knowing how to optimize your YouTube channel can help you increase your chances of discoverability and reach more people. As both a YouTuber and HubSpot‘s…

8 Challenges of Scaling Community Management

How Pros Solve Them   You lost that lovin’ feelin’. Fun to hear on the oldies station. Not so fun to hear from your community members.   But that’s the double-edged sword of scaling community management, isn’t it? The better you do, the bigger you get. And the bigger your…

7 Community Management Tools

Tools The Expert Recommend & Use Having a hard time finding clear info on community management tools? I’m not even a little surprised. “Community management” covers a wide range of jobs, and they’re not going to have the same software needs. After all, if you’re running a B2B product support…

6 Types of Community Management Tips

Tips From The Experts Who Manage Them Jenny Sowyrda, manager of community strategy and operations at HubSpot, shared a great analogy with me about community management: “As the community manager, you’re hosting a party. At first you have to welcome everyone, take their jackets, and offer them food or a…

Free vs. Paid Online Communities

Which Is Right for You? A key decision when creating an online community is whether it’ll be free for members to join or if they’ll have to pay to access it. And, the model you choose can have a significant impact on how you end up running your community. This…

6 Types of Online Communities

Consider Invest In These Online Communities   When I started thinking about the different types of online communities that exist, I felt like the possibilities were endless. After all, new communities pop up every day. Some are free, some are paid. Some are public, some are exclusive. However, based on…

6 Community Management Trends To Know in 2024

Trends To Understand & Adopting Brands build online communities around their target audiences. As consumer preferences change and technological advances offer more and more opportunities, community management strategies change alongside them. In this piece, I’ll go over community management trends to be aware of in 2024 and how you can…