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9 Reasons Your Marketing Agency's Retainers Aren't Bigger

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When I met Stream Creative (now a Platinum HubSpot Partner) in 2010 at HubSpot's INBOUND event, they told me they had no recurring revenue. It's why I started HubSpot's agency partner program in 2008, and why I've launched an agency partner program at my new company, Databox. I have hundreds of stories like this.

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The Dunning Kruger Effect: Why Your Coworkers Believe They're Way Smarter Than They Actually Are

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s 2008 study examined students in a collegiate debate tournament. He might take a look at the staggeringly-low numbers and say, “Looks good to me,” simply because he doesn’t have the skillset to understand how to read SEO analytics -- and, without that skillset at all, he believes himself to be above-average. Ehrlinger et al.’s

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60 Inspirational Holiday Marketing Statistics

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billion was spent on Black Friday 2010, with 212 million shoppers visiting their favorite retailer offline and online. 2) Shoppers spent $407 million on Thanksgiving Day in 2010, a rise of 28% from the previous year. 5) Super Saturday 2010 sales totaled $7.58 5) Super Saturday 2010 sales totaled $7.58

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What Can Social Media Do for Your Business? Simple: Leads.

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If you look at our experience here at HubSpot, one answer is clear: leads. The graph above represents leads generated on HubSpot.com from visitors who were originally referred to HubSpot via a social media platform like Twitter or Facebook between April 2008 and March 2010. Connect with HubSpot :

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The Marketer's Scoop on Instagram and How to Use It

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In 2008, the age of the average user jumped to 33. In 2010, it was up ever further to age 38. HubSpot has been carrying on a caption content using Instagram that literally asks users to tell the story of what's happening in the photos. Connect with HubSpot : Mobile is huge, and its growth is not stopping.

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10 User Generated Content Campaigns That Actually Worked

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In 2010, Target pledged to donate $500 million to education and promised to double contributions down the road with a popular college acceptance letter competition. increase in revenue between 2009 and 2010. For its efforts, the company received about 6,000 comments between 2008 and 2011. 8) Pepsi MAX. 9) Heineken.

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14 of the Best College Websites (And Why They're So Awesome)

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Think about the average college's website for a second. Their homepage, designed by White Whale Web Services and launched in February 2010, features a number of colorful bars that act as a navigation system. Chances are, it feels a little out of date. Crazy right? It's the virtual front door of the campus. 8) Middlebury College.