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Mark Parent: July 31, 2026, 9:15:00 AM EDT
A lead can look promising in a dashboard and still go cold the moment it changes hands. The issue is rarely that marketing generated the wrong contact or sales failed to follow up. More often, the handoff lacked context, timing, ownership, or a...
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Mark Parent: July 29, 2026, 9:00:06 AM EDT
A prospect watches a product video, reads two technical articles, joins a webinar, speaks with a sales rep, and signs a contract three months later....
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Mark Parent: July 27, 2026, 9:08:24 AM EDT
A prospect lands on your website, hears a sales rep describe your offering, and still asks, “So what exactly do you do?” That gap is where video can...
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David Lash: July 24, 2026, 10:15:49 AM EDT
Most B2B websites are built to look good. Far fewer are built to generate leads. If your site isn’t converting traffic into the pipeline, the problem...
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Mark Parent: July 23, 2026, 9:45:00 AM EDT
A manufacturing website conversion strategy cannot be built around a generic “Contact Us” button and a product catalog alone. Your buyers are often...
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Mark Parent: July 22, 2026, 9:26:00 AM EDT
Most SMB teams do not fail because they picked a bad CRM. They struggle because they picked a system their team never fully adopted, never properly...
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Mark Parent: July 21, 2026, 8:58:14 AM EDT
A stalled marketing calendar rarely means your team lacks ideas. More often, it means no one has enough time, specialized experience, or clear...
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Mark Parent: July 20, 2026, 8:57:32 AM EDT
A campaign can look busy without moving a single buyer forward. A blog post goes live, a paid ad runs, a sales email gets sent, and the team calls it...
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Mark Parent: July 17, 2026, 12:15:11 PM EDT
A marketing dashboard should not be a wall of charts that requires a meeting to explain. It should help a business owner, marketing leader, or sales...
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Mark Parent: July 16, 2026, 9:27:00 AM EDT
A strong inbound program rarely fails because a team lacks ideas. It fails because the website, content, sales follow-up, reporting, and customer...
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Mark Parent: July 15, 2026, 9:15:00 AM EDT
A full pipeline can create a false sense of progress. Forms are coming in, webinar registrations look healthy, and paid campaigns are producing...
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Mark Parent: July 14, 2026, 11:55:35 AM EDT
A marketing manager downloads a product guide on Friday afternoon. A salesperson sees the alert Monday morning, but the lead has already moved on to...
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Mark Parent: July 10, 2026, 8:56:00 AM EDT
A lot of website redesigns look better on launch day and perform worse 90 days later. Traffic holds steady, but qualified leads stall. Sales still...
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David Lash: July 9, 2026, 8:37:00 AM EDT
Manufacturers face a buyer who has already made up most of their mind before a salesperson ever gets a call. Industrial buyers now research specs,...
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Mark Parent: July 8, 2026, 8:47:00 AM EDT
When a sales pipeline feels busy but close rates stay flat, the problem usually is not effort, but structure. HubSpot sales pipeline optimization...
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Mark Parent: July 7, 2026, 9:06:00 AM EDT
A contact downloads your guide on Tuesday, gets a generic sales email on Wednesday, and hears nothing for two weeks after that. That is usually the...
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Mark Parent: July 6, 2026, 8:45:01 AM EDT
Most lead nurturing breaks down in the gap between interest and readiness. A prospect downloads a guide, watches part of a video, or requests...
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Mark Parent: July 3, 2026, 9:30:01 AM EDT
Growth-stage companies usually hit the same wall at some point. Revenue is moving, expectations are climbing, and the team that got the business this...
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Mark Parent: July 2, 2026, 9:45:00 AM EDT
If your sales team is still relying on trade shows, referrals, and a website that functions more like a brochure than a sales tool, the problem...
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Mark Parent: July 1, 2026, 9:15:00 AM EDT
When HubSpot feels busy but not productive, the problem usually is not the platform. It is the setup. A strong HubSpot audit guide helps you separate...
