Welcome to Creator Columns, where we bring expert HubSpot Creator voices to the Blogs that inspire and help you grow better. A habit that has woven itself through many facets of my life, like parenthood, my health, and entrepreneurship, is a consistent check-in I like to do with how I’m growing. I often call it…
The Best 30-60-90 Day Plan for Your New Job [Template + Examples]
I remember my first day at HubSpot. I was so nervous and had a million concerns swimming around in my head. How long will it take for me to get the hang of things? Can I manage my workload and connect with my coworkers? Fortunately, my outstanding manager at the time prepared a comprehensive checklist…
Best time to post on social media: 2024 data for all networks
Mirror mirror on the wall, when is the best time to post on social media, after all? It’s a question social media marketers have been asking since the dawn of time — well, since the dawn of Facebook, at least — but we’re here to help. Lucky for you, the Hootsuite team analyzed thousands of…
B2B Marketing KPIs vs. Metrics: 24+ Every Business Should Be Tracking
Over the last decade, I’ve helped set and track marketing goals for B2B businesses of all kinds — And I’ve come to think of them more as destinations. They’re points on the map your team wants to reach. And B2B marketing KPIs (key performance indicators)? Well, they’re how you measure how far you’ve gone and…
Social media benchmarks: Q3 2024 [Data & Tips]
How do you know the “right” number of engagements to expect on your social posts? Is 100 likes a lot or a little? The answer is, it depends. { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “FAQPage”, “mainEntity”: [{ “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “How are social media benchmarks measured?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “Social media benchmarks measure the average…
How to Calculate and Manage Your PPC Budget: 12 Experts Share Their Tips
Here’s a real story. Upon writing this piece, I tried to set up a PPC campaign on a whim with no plan or clue (practicing on my friend’s small business—oops). I just set the budget and let it run. Was it good? I’ll leave it up to you. So, I consulted with a bunch of…
How to Create an SEO Budget for Max ROI
I work in and around SEO on a daily basis. And although I’m on the content creation side of things, I can tell you with certainty that SEO budgets impact every part of the process. It’s obvious to me when companies have a clear SEO budget and when they don’t. The ones that do have…
How to create a social media report [free template included]
We’ll say it: if you’re not creating social media reports to track your progress and analyze your performance, you’re wasting your time. Collecting and analyzing data about your top-performing posts, your audience, and, yeah, even your humiliating flops, is the secret to improving your social media performance. Without this vital information, it’s almost impossible to…