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Companies that invest in a HubSpot subscription often expect it will somehow magically help them attract, convert, and retain customers right out of the box. It won’t. Does it sound ...

At 1 Bold Step, we take providing quality service to our clients very seriously, and additionally, we like to have a lot of fun as a team. Recently Caleb, our Brand Strategy Director, ...

“RevOps” or “Revenue Operations,” is the paradigm in the B2B world of taking marketing, sales, and customer success out of their silos and looking at them as an integrated whole. This ...

In today's digital landscape, building trust has become a critical component of successful B2B marketing. As face-to-face interactions are increasingly limited, establishing trust through ...

In today's digital age, businesses of all sizes rely on content marketing to promote their products and services, build brand awareness, and engage with their target audience. However, ...

One thing I’m hearing marketing “influencers” say repeatedly these days is, “Don’t follow marketing best practices. If you do, you’ll just be doing what everybody else is doing. You won’t ...

One of my favorite reports to build in HubSpot and show my clients is the sales by lead source report. It shows the client where their revenue is coming from so they know where to further ...

HubSpot is an amazing piece of software. When implemented correctly, it can be powerfully leveraged to attract and nurture leads, then help you turn those leads into sales. But ...

Recently, at a cocktail party, I was asked the age-old question, “What do you do?” I replied that I was a Senior Marketing Consultant for an agency called 1 Bold Step that helps clients ...

Is it possible that you don’t need an in-house marketing staff? I’m going to make the case that for small B2B companies (under $10MM) you might be better off outsourcing most, if not all, ...

Hiring a marketing consultant can be tricky in today's digital landscape. Terms like "marketing operations," "martech," "agile marketing," "SEO," and "inbound marketing" are all new things ...

If you asked me five years ago what a Marketing Technologist was, I would have told you that it’s a person that can operate one or more of the core marketing technologies (MarTech) that a ...