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Marketing

9 Popular LinkedIn Ads Features That Will Help You Reach The Perfect Audience

LinkedIn Ads released a series of new features in late 2017 that give it unique advantages over Facebook Ads and AdWords.

Marketing Kevin Kononenko | Apr 19

Databox Designer

Databox Is Launching 185 New Datablocks Today–Here’s How

In what we’re calling ‘Datablock Building Day’, here’s why our marketing team is spending their day building and shipping product.

Databox Designer | Apr 18

Agencies

How To Become Your Digital Marketing Agency’s Favorite Client

Some of our top agencies shared the characteristics of client relationships that lead to their best work. Learn how to make your agency more effective.

Agencies | Apr 13

Marketing

Why You Need to Change Your SEO Strategy in 2018

Here are a few actionable tips on the ways that search engine optimization has changed in 2018

Marketing | Apr 13

Ground Up Podcast

The Story Behind Databox’s Mission

On this episode of Ground Up, Pete and I share some background on how (and why) Databox is making performance insights more accessible to everyone.

Ground Up Podcast | Apr 9

Databox Reports

The 10 Most-Important Google AdWords Metrics According to Our Data

After analyzing thousands of Datablocks, here are the most common and important AdWords metrics that Databox users are tracking.

Databox Reports | Apr 9

Marketing

Basic Google Analytics Concepts Explained By Visiting A Shopping Mall

This visual explanation will help you understand the basic terms that Google Analytics uses to organize your data.

Marketing | Apr 9

Marketing

35 HubSpot Features That Users Can’t Live Without

Power users reveal the features that make inbound marketing with HubSpot unbelievably easy.

Marketing | Apr 9

Marketing

44 Social Media Marketing Tactics That Still Drive Engagement, Leads and New Customers in 2018

Here are the most up-to-date ways that you can use social media to generate measurable results for your business.

Marketing | Apr 8

Data Snacks

How We Increased New Conversations in Drift by 113% in One Month [Data Snacks]

In this episode of Data Snacks, we detail a couple of small changes that resulted in significant lifts in both new conversations and new contacts.

Data Snacks | Apr 5

Marketing

20 Local Marketing Software Tools to Attract and Engage Nearby Buyers

Here’s how digital marketers can reach a local audience on a limited budget.

Marketing | Apr 5

Integrations

Databox + Jira: Our Third Most-Requested Integration Is Now Live [New Integration]

Track the efficiency of your sprints, issues created and resolved, and all other project tracking performance right in Databox.

Integrations | Apr 4

Product and Design

Here’s How We’re Building the Easiest Data Visualization Tool Ever

With our new certification programs, the “easiest to use” data visualization tool has made monitoring, improving, and reporting on performance even easier.

Product and Design | Apr 2

Marketing

The Top Content Marketing Formats for 2018 [Survey Results]

We asked 27 top marketers what content marketing formats they’ll be investing into this year. Here’s what they’re doing and why.

Marketing | Apr 2

Integrations

35 HubSpot Integrations Top Users Swear By

Use these highly-recommended tools to supercharge your HubSpot sales and marketing stack.

Integrations | Mar 30

Agencies

25 Digital Marketing Software Tools Highly Recommended by Agency Leaders

These digital marketing agencies shared the SaaS tools they depend upon to deliver services and run their operations.

Agencies | Mar 30

Data Snacks

Track & Visualize Your HubSpot Email Campaigns Like This… [Data Snacks]

In this episode of Data Snacks, we share the exact template used to track our HubSpot email campaigns and how it allows us to improve overall engagement.

Data Snacks | Mar 28

Marketing

32+ Live Website Chat Features You Need If You Want More Leads

These live chat software features have made chat a popular way for marketers and salespeople to connect and convert website visitors at a higher rate.

Marketing | Mar 28

Data Snacks

This Trick Helped Shorten Our Lead Response Time to 14 Seconds [Data Snacks]

In this episode of Data Snacks, Chris Handy of ClosedWon shares the process and strategy for getting your lead response time to under 30 seconds.

Data Snacks | Mar 26

Data Snacks

Want More Signups? Track & Optimize Your Sales Funnel Like This Instead [Data Snacks]

In this episode of Data Snacks, we talk about more effective ways for identifying opportunities to optimize your sales funnel.

Data Snacks | Mar 23

Ground Up Podcast

Basecamp’s Journey to 100,000 Paying Customers

Jason Fried on Basecamp’s beginnings, staying bootstrapped, and why they don’t care about world dominance.

Ground Up Podcast | Mar 23

Marketing

52 Tips to Improve Company Blog Performance

Here is how the experts get stellar blog results.

Marketing | Mar 22

Data Snacks

Here’s How We Track & Improve Our Website Conversion Rate [Data Snacks]

In this episode of Data Snacks, we talk about the importance of tracking conversion rates over absolute improvements, as well as ways for tracking and improving yours.

Data Snacks | Mar 22

Data Snacks

How to Improve Your Search Position and Rank on Page One of Google [Data Snacks]

In this episode of Data Snacks, we’ll show you a more effective way for improving your search rankings and also include a free template for tracking them.

Data Snacks | Mar 20

Agencies

4 Fixable Marketing Agency Challenges
[2018 HubSpot Agency Study]

HubSpot surveyed over 1,000 agencies to uncover the most common priorities among agencies.

Agencies | Mar 19

Marketing

3 Simple Steps To Use Data And Analytics To Drive More Revenue

Here’s why lack of time and resources should never be an excuse to review your data.

Marketing | Mar 19

Marketing

11 Marketing KPI Reports with Industry-Specific Benchmarks

Prove that your marketing goes above and beyond your competitors with industry-specific comparisons

Marketing | Mar 19

Marketing

So You Missed Your Marketing Goals—Here’s What to Do Next

Here’s how to rally your marketing team and take specific steps to make sure you hit your next monthly marketing goal.

Marketing | Mar 16

Product and Design

Your Business Performance Never Looked Better

We’ve redesigned charts and visualizations to give you more control over the look, feel, and functionality of your performance data.

Product and Design | Mar 15

Ground Up Podcast

Wistia’s Long, Steady, Overnight Success Story

Chris Savage, founder and CEO of Wistia, shares stories of starting up, how they generated initial traction, and takes a look back at 12 years in SaaS.

Ground Up Podcast | Mar 15

Analytics

How To Track Your WordPress Post Metrics by Author and Publish Date in Google Analytics

If you want to learn which authors write the best content on your blog or the performance of your recent blog posts, use this guide to bring in data with Google Tag Manager.

Analytics | Mar 15

Using Databox

Client KPI Dashboards, Goals, Alerts + 8 More Features Your Agency’s Reporting Tool Needs

Our marketing agency partners love these 11 Databox features the most.

Using Databox | Mar 15

Marketing

Stop Presenting Data in the Same Way to Everyone

Here’s how to customize your data visualization based on the role of the person to whom you are presenting.

Marketing | Mar 13

Marketing

23 Ways to Use Google Search Console to Grow Search Traffic

We asked SEO experts about their favorite ways to use Search Console. Here is what they said.

Marketing | Mar 12

Data Snacks

How to Identify Your Most Valuable Website Traffic Sources [Data Snacks]

In this episode of Data Snacks, we dive into website traffic sources and ways to identify which are driving quality traffic to your website.

Data Snacks | Mar 12

Marketing

Garbage In, Garbage Out – The Impact of Data Quality on Data Insights

If you track marketing and sales analytics, you first need to make sure that you have high-quality data to ensure you are not wasting your time.

Marketing | Mar 9

Ground Up Podcast

How Companies like Apple, Facebook (And Others) Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal, best-selling author of Hooked, shares how companies successfully create habits and build products people love.

Ground Up Podcast | Mar 8

Integrations

Now You Can Track & Visualize Your Eventbrite KPIs in Real Time [New Integration]

With the new Eventbrite integration in Databox, you and your team will have a more comprehensive view of how your events are shaping up.

Integrations | Mar 8

Marketing

A Simple Way to Measure Content Marketing ROI

Here’s how measuring your content marketing ROI can be quick and easy.

Marketing | Mar 6

Agencies

Improve Marketing Agency Efficiency with These 20 Software Tools

If your agency spends all day shuffling data and organizing communication, you will never have time to do great work for your clients or grow the agency.

Agencies | Mar 5

Marketing

How To Improve Sales & Marketing Alignment, According to 23 Inbound Marketing Experts

Collaboration between the sales and marketing team can make your company much more productive with the same number of employees.

Marketing | Mar 2

Marketing

Turn More Leads Into Customers With These Tactics from 24 Experienced Digital Marketers

If you feel like you generate plenty of leads, but don’t see them convert into revenue, use these tips to get more out of your existing lead generation efforts.

Marketing | Mar 1

Agencies

How an Agency Can Save You Money with HubSpot

Here’s why you should work with a digital marketing agency on implementing HubSpot at your company.

Agencies | Feb 28

Agencies

The 5 Sales Every Profitable Agency Masters

Based on interviews and performance data from thousands of agencies over the last 10 years, I’ve discovered how, what and when the most profitable agencies sell.

Agencies | Feb 28

Ground Up Podcast

How One SaaS Startup Achieved Profitability in 2 Years

Tettra was running out of money. After failing to raise seed funding in the summer of 2017, its cofounders decided to chase a more ambitious goal–profitability.

Ground Up Podcast | Feb 27

Marketing

65 Common SEO Mistakes (And How The Experts Fix Them)

Here are the most common mistakes that SEO experts see when they work with a new company, and the strategies they use to address them.

Marketing | Feb 27

Data Snacks

The Only Google Analytics Acquisition Dashboard You’ll Ever Need [Data Snacks]

In this episode of Data Snacks, we talk about the acquisition metrics that matter most and share the dashboard we use here at Databox.

Data Snacks | Feb 27

Agencies

The Power of Dashboard Reporting for Your Agency and Clients

After years of doing monthly reports with Excel and screenshots, this HubSpot expert realized that manual reporting was letting his clients and agency down.

Agencies | Feb 26

Databox Reports

The 10 Most-Tracked HubSpot Marketing Metrics [Original Data]

After analyzing data from thousands of Databox users, here are the most-tracked HubSpot Marketing metrics and how marketers are visualizing them.

Databox Reports | Feb 26

Marketing

35 Free-Forever Marketing & Sales Software Tools

Our community of marketers and salespeople shared the free software tools that they use to eliminate manual work and spend more time making progress to goals.

Marketing | Feb 22

Data Snacks

Sessions, Users, & Pageviews in Google Analytics: What’s the Difference? [Data Snacks]

In our latest episode of Data Snacks, we cover the main differences between Sessions, Users, and Pageviews, and why they sometimes don’t align with reporting from other tools.

Data Snacks | Feb 20

Databox Designer

It’s Now Easier Than Ever to Find, Track, & Visualize Your KPIs in Databox

Today we’re announcing two updates that make it easier for you to find, track, and visualize the metrics that matter most.

Databox Designer | Feb 20

Agencies

How This 2-Person Agency Helps Clients Understand The Story Behind Their Data

Advancify, a small agency based in Bellingham, Washington, uses Databox to simplify the story behind their work and make data-driven marketing decisions.

Agencies | Feb 19

Marketing

How to Generate B2B Leads Online

Bill Peatman from Alaniz Marketing shares the lead generation tactics he uses when marketing leaders claim their customers do not search for solutions online

Marketing | Feb 15

Ground Up Podcast

Think Simple: Apple’s Product & Advertising in the Steve Jobs Era

Ken Segall, former ad agency creative director for NeXT and Apple, shares the values that drove Apple’s success as well as some of the most iconic advertisements of a generation.

Ground Up Podcast | Feb 12

Ground Up Podcast

The Tools & Technology That Fuel Agency Growth

Prism Global Marketing Solutions has developed a reputation for keeping its clients ahead of the technology curve. Here’s how that’s helped spur 40% YoY revenue growth.

Ground Up Podcast | Feb 12

Data Snacks

Here’s How We Increased LinkedIn Traffic by Almost 300% in One Month [Data Snacks]

In this episode of Data Snacks, we talk about changes to LinkedIn’s algorithm, how it affects your posts, and how to inspire more organic engagement.

Data Snacks | Feb 8

Data Snacks

What’s a Good Bounce Rate? [Data Snacks]

In the first episode of Data Snacks, we share tips for segmenting your bounce rate by page so you can get deeper insights into how visitors behave on your website.

Data Snacks | Feb 8

Marketing

Facebook Ads Features The Experts Gush About

Facebook ads experts share their favorite parts of the Facebook Ads tool, and how they use it to generate amazing ROI.

Marketing | Feb 7

Marketing

The Top 10 Databox Datablocks for Google Analytics

Remington Begg from Impulse Creative shares his favorite Datablocks for analyzing client data.

Marketing | Feb 7

Ground Up Podcast

Drift’s Approach for Getting Closest to the Customer

Drift’s VP of Customer Success shares how her team thinks about scaling conversations, relationships, and one-to-one communication in a world of automation.

Ground Up Podcast | Feb 6

Blog about Business Analytics, KPIs and product updates

LinkedIn Ads released a series of new features in late 2017 that give it unique advantages over Facebook Ads and AdWords.

In what we’re calling ‘Datablock Building Day’, here’s why our marketing team is spending their day building and shipping product.

Some of our top agencies shared the characteristics of client relationships that lead to their best work. Learn how to make your agency more effective.

Here are a few actionable tips on the ways that search engine optimization has changed in 2018

On this episode of Ground Up, Pete and I share some background on how (and why) Databox is making performance insights more accessible to everyone.

After analyzing thousands of Datablocks, here are the most common and important AdWords metrics that Databox users are tracking.

This visual explanation will help you understand the basic terms that Google Analytics uses to organize your data.

Power users reveal the features that make inbound marketing with HubSpot unbelievably easy.

Here are the most up-to-date ways that you can use social media to generate measurable results for your business.

In this episode of Data Snacks, we detail a couple of small changes that resulted in significant lifts in both new conversations and new contacts.

Here’s how digital marketers can reach a local audience on a limited budget.

Track the efficiency of your sprints, issues created and resolved, and all other project tracking performance right in Databox.

With our new certification programs, the “easiest to use” data visualization tool has made monitoring, improving, and reporting on performance even easier.

We asked 27 top marketers what content marketing formats they’ll be investing into this year. Here’s what they’re doing and why.

Use these highly-recommended tools to supercharge your HubSpot sales and marketing stack.

These digital marketing agencies shared the SaaS tools they depend upon to deliver services and run their operations.

In this episode of Data Snacks, we share the exact template used to track our HubSpot email campaigns and how it allows us to improve overall engagement.

These live chat software features have made chat a popular way for marketers and salespeople to connect and convert website visitors at a higher rate.

In this episode of Data Snacks, Chris Handy of ClosedWon shares the process and strategy for getting your lead response time to under 30 seconds.

In this episode of Data Snacks, we talk about more effective ways for identifying opportunities to optimize your sales funnel.

Jason Fried on Basecamp’s beginnings, staying bootstrapped, and why they don’t care about world dominance.

Here is how the experts get stellar blog results.

In this episode of Data Snacks, we talk about the importance of tracking conversion rates over absolute improvements, as well as ways for tracking and improving yours.

In this episode of Data Snacks, we’ll show you a more effective way for improving your search rankings and also include a free template for tracking them.

HubSpot surveyed over 1,000 agencies to uncover the most common priorities among agencies.

Here’s why lack of time and resources should never be an excuse to review your data.

Prove that your marketing goes above and beyond your competitors with industry-specific comparisons

Here’s how to rally your marketing team and take specific steps to make sure you hit your next monthly marketing goal.

We’ve redesigned charts and visualizations to give you more control over the look, feel, and functionality of your performance data.

Chris Savage, founder and CEO of Wistia, shares stories of starting up, how they generated initial traction, and takes a look back at 12 years in SaaS.

If you want to learn which authors write the best content on your blog or the performance of your recent blog posts, use this guide to bring in data with Google Tag Manager.

Our marketing agency partners love these 11 Databox features the most.

Here’s how to customize your data visualization based on the role of the person to whom you are presenting.

We asked SEO experts about their favorite ways to use Search Console. Here is what they said.

In this episode of Data Snacks, we dive into website traffic sources and ways to identify which are driving quality traffic to your website.

If you track marketing and sales analytics, you first need to make sure that you have high-quality data to ensure you are not wasting your time.

Nir Eyal, best-selling author of Hooked, shares how companies successfully create habits and build products people love.

With the new Eventbrite integration in Databox, you and your team will have a more comprehensive view of how your events are shaping up.

Here’s how measuring your content marketing ROI can be quick and easy.

If your agency spends all day shuffling data and organizing communication, you will never have time to do great work for your clients or grow the agency.

Collaboration between the sales and marketing team can make your company much more productive with the same number of employees.

If you feel like you generate plenty of leads, but don’t see them convert into revenue, use these tips to get more out of your existing lead generation efforts.

Here’s why you should work with a digital marketing agency on implementing HubSpot at your company.

Based on interviews and performance data from thousands of agencies over the last 10 years, I’ve discovered how, what and when the most profitable agencies sell.

Tettra was running out of money. After failing to raise seed funding in the summer of 2017, its cofounders decided to chase a more ambitious goal–profitability.

Here are the most common mistakes that SEO experts see when they work with a new company, and the strategies they use to address them.

In this episode of Data Snacks, we talk about the acquisition metrics that matter most and share the dashboard we use here at Databox.

After years of doing monthly reports with Excel and screenshots, this HubSpot expert realized that manual reporting was letting his clients and agency down.

After analyzing data from thousands of Databox users, here are the most-tracked HubSpot Marketing metrics and how marketers are visualizing them.

Our community of marketers and salespeople shared the free software tools that they use to eliminate manual work and spend more time making progress to goals.

In our latest episode of Data Snacks, we cover the main differences between Sessions, Users, and Pageviews, and why they sometimes don’t align with reporting from other tools.

Today we’re announcing two updates that make it easier for you to find, track, and visualize the metrics that matter most.

Advancify, a small agency based in Bellingham, Washington, uses Databox to simplify the story behind their work and make data-driven marketing decisions.

Bill Peatman from Alaniz Marketing shares the lead generation tactics he uses when marketing leaders claim their customers do not search for solutions online

Ken Segall, former ad agency creative director for NeXT and Apple, shares the values that drove Apple’s success as well as some of the most iconic advertisements of a generation.

Prism Global Marketing Solutions has developed a reputation for keeping its clients ahead of the technology curve. Here’s how that’s helped spur 40% YoY revenue growth.

In this episode of Data Snacks, we talk about changes to LinkedIn’s algorithm, how it affects your posts, and how to inspire more organic engagement.

In the first episode of Data Snacks, we share tips for segmenting your bounce rate by page so you can get deeper insights into how visitors behave on your website.

Facebook ads experts share their favorite parts of the Facebook Ads tool, and how they use it to generate amazing ROI.

Remington Begg from Impulse Creative shares his favorite Datablocks for analyzing client data.

Drift’s VP of Customer Success shares how her team thinks about scaling conversations, relationships, and one-to-one communication in a world of automation.

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