Did you know that 49% of global respondents say they’re inclined to pay higher-than-average prices for products with high-quality/safety standards, which consumers often associate with strong sustainability practices? Additionally, consumers are willing to open their wallets for products that are organic (41%), made with sustainable materials (38%), or deliver on socially responsible claims (30%). In…
Interesting Advertising Experiments HubSpot Tried in 2020 [+ Takeaways for Marketers]
The other day, I was on a run and listening to my trusty Spotify playlist. Lo and behold, in between two of my favorite pump-up jams, I hear a HubSpot audio advertisement trickle through my headphones. It’s not uncommon for me to see HubSpot ads on social media or Google, but Spotify was a new…
How to Develop a Niche Marketing Strategy that Drives Growth
As of March 2020, over 804,390 businesses in the U.S. were less than one year old. Combine that with the 31.7 million small businesses vying for customers, and the competition seems even more fierce. So how can you possibly create a marketing strategy that stands out? Diving into a specific niche is the way to…
Removing Gatekeepers From Your Marketing
Every marketer has run into one of these roadblocks before: They wanted to create an ads audience off of recently closed lost deals, but didn’t have access to the customer data in their CRM. They needed to change some of the copy on their homepage, but their developers couldn’t fit it into their next sprint….
How COVID-19 Could Shift Holiday Shopping Behaviors This Year [New Data]
In 2020, B2C businesses all over the world pivoted their strategies as consumers dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only did the pandemic force people to live and work strictly from home, but it also put a financial burden on many households and businesses. Now, as the holidays approach, both physical and online business owners…
How to Build a Market Development Strategy [Free Planning Templates]
Your business is getting by just fine – but still, the questions remain: Could you be selling more? Is there an opportunity to increase market penetration? Is there any way you could engage in further product diversification? Companies hoping to increase revenue can do so in a variety of ways — such as an increase…
The New Rules of Marketing [2020 Edition]
Marketing your business is both an art and a science — and the industry is rapidly evolving as the audience you’re trying to reach is changing. In some ways, this makes it one of the sciences with the fastest rates of turnover, since you are actively trying to match, or exceed, the pace of the…
8 Ways Digital Rewards Can Help Marketers to Stand Out
Many of us scroll past ads in our newsfeed, delete emails, or even run to the bathroom during commercial breaks. As consumers, we’re constantly bombarded with advertisements and calls-to-action. This is the challenge of marketing: campaigns are everywhere. And, if campaigns are everywhere, they can be easier to tune out and ignore. In fact, social…