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Mark Parent: September 30, 2026, 9:07:00 AM EDT
A strong email campaign can still fail before a prospect sees a single word. If your team is seeing low open rates, inconsistent engagement, or leads saying they never received an important follow-up, the problem may not be the message itself. To...
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Mark Parent: September 29, 2026, 9:06:00 AM EDT
A manufacturer can have a full trade show calendar, a redesigned website, and a steady flow of form fills, yet still see disappointing manufacturer...
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Mark Parent: September 28, 2026, 9:14:59 AM EDT
A video shoot can look organized on production day and still miss the mark. The wrong subject matter expert gets booked, a key buyer question never...
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David Lash: September 25, 2026, 8:47:00 AM EDT
Most inbound campaigns still lean on text and static images to do the heavy lifting: landing pages, nurture emails, social posts. Yet buyers...
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Mark Parent: September 24, 2026, 8:51:00 AM EDT
A product demo can lose a qualified buyer before the product ever appears on screen. The usual culprit is not production quality. It is a video that...
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Mark Parent: September 23, 2026, 9:17:00 AM EDT
A marketing manager sees strong traffic and a healthy stream of form submissions. The sales leader sees a thin pipeline and too few qualified...
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Mark Parent: September 22, 2026, 8:47:00 AM EDT
A HubSpot setup timeline should not be measured by the day your portal goes live. It should be measured by the day your marketing, sales, and service...
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Mark Parent: September 17, 2026, 8:45:00 AM EDT
A prospect has visited your pricing page twice, downloaded a guide, and stopped replying after the first discovery call. Your sales rep does not need...
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Mark Parent: September 16, 2026, 8:52:00 AM EDT
A website can look current, load quickly, and still cost the business opportunities every week. When prospects cannot find the right proof,...
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Mark Parent: September 15, 2026, 9:11:00 AM EDT
A sales rep opens a new contact record, sees a job title that does not influence the purchase, and closes the lead before making a call. If this...
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Mark Parent: September 14, 2026, 8:50:59 AM EDT
A buyer visits your website after searching for a specific problem. They find a broad blog post, but it does not answer the technical question they...
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Mark Parent: September 10, 2026, 9:32:00 AM EDT
A manufacturing prospect has spent weeks comparing suppliers before they ever speak with sales. A nonprofit donor wants proof that a program creates...
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Mark Parent: September 9, 2026, 8:32:00 AM EDT
A lead submits a high-intent demo request at 9:12 a.m. Marketing sees the notification. Sales assumes someone else owns it. By the time a rep follows...
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Mark Parent: September 8, 2026, 10:45:00 AM EDT
A homepage has a few seconds to answer a buyer’s unspoken question: “Am I in the right place?” The best homepage messaging frameworks do not rely on...
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Mark Parent: September 4, 2026, 8:46:59 AM EDT
A leadership meeting should not end with someone asking, "So, are leads actually turning into revenue?" Yet many HubSpot portals are full of activity...
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Mark Parent: September 3, 2026, 9:22:05 AM EDT
When the same two people are writing blogs, approving social posts, supporting sales, managing campaigns, and responding to leadership requests,...
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Mark Parent: September 1, 2026, 9:33:00 AM EDT
A corporate video can look polished, earn a few compliments, and still do very little for the business. The difference is rarely the camera or...
