Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Check Out Today's Posts From the HubSpot Marketing Blog

HubSpot Inbound Marketing Blog

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Just sending over your daily roundup of the latest and greatest from HubSpot's Inbound Marketing Blog. We hope something tickles your fancy!

Your Designers Are Not Artists, and You Need to Stop Thinking That Way

By Keith Frankel, May 20, 2013, 4 p.m.

designer-not-artistAs head of HubSpot's creative and design team, I spend nearly every day acting as the translator between my designers and the rest of the company, particularly executives, marketers, and salespeople, (i.e. those folks whose jobs are often held to more formal or quantitative metrics). Obviously, it should come as no surprise that there is always at least

Can Tumblr Make Yahoo Cool? Marissa Mayer's Bold, Billion-Dollar Bet

By Dan Lyons, May 20, 2013, 1:13 p.m.

marissa_mayerMy first reaction when I read about Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion was utterly cynical: Here's Marissa Mayer overpaying for something yet again. You may recall that two months ago Mayer paid $30 million for a startup called Summly and the only reason seemed to be that Summly's founder was a high-school kid and photogenic.

The Ultimate Resource for 2013 Inbound Marketing Stats and Charts [SlideShare]

By Meghan Lockwood, May 20, 2013, 9 a.m.

86-charts-from-soim-coverI love reading great writing, which is what we aim to deliver consistently on this blog. But sometimes you're just looking for a compelling piece of data to plug into a presentation or support a point you're making in your writing. Well, if that's what you need today, then this post is for you.