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

by Keith Frankel

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May 20, 2013 at 4:00 PM

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

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

by Dan Lyons

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May 20, 2013 at 1:13 PM

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.

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

by Meghan Lockwood

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May 20, 2013 at 9:00 AM

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.

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YouTube Makes Some Videos 'Shoppable' and Other Marketing Stories of the Week

by Desmond Wong

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May 19, 2013 at 9:00 AM

social_media_conversationsIt feels like social media is easier to use than ever before. With new features that auto-hashtag content, allow users to buy products right from videos, and provide tailored content recommendations to users on mobile websites, things are definitely changing for the better. While all these new features are exciting for inbound marketers, we also worry that social media may lose the personal touch it had in its younger years.

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Why P&G Can't Blame 6,250 Layoffs on Facebook

by Corey Eridon

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May 18, 2013 at 9:00 AM

pg-layoffsOver a year ago, I wrote about P&G's plans to lay off over 1,600 of their workforce because they'd wasted so much money on advertisements, and needed to move to more efficient expenditures like Facebook and Google.

This week, I come to find they haven't learned a damn thing.

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