Hubcast 84: Crossover SpinRadio, Inbound 2016, State of HubSpot & Video Marketing

Welcome back to The Hubcast, folks: A weekly podcast all about HubSpot news, tips, and tricks. Please also note the extensive show notes below, including some new HubSpot video tutorials created by George Thomas.

This episode of the Hubcast is brought to you by our awesome sponsors: Wistia & The Seventh Sense.

Intro

In this episode, we do a crossover episode with the folks over at Spin Radio. So instead of just listening to Marcus and Myself, you also get Michael Reynolds and Abby Sterns on the mic. We talk about INBOUND 2016, the state of HubSpot and so much more.

Get to know the Spin Radio folks:

Abby {ladies first of course}

• Wife, mother of three, sports junkie
• HubSpot Inbound Marketing certified and Indy HUG co-leader, speaker.
• HUGE HubSpot #fangirl - mainly Emma Snider from the HubSpot sales blog
• Big fan of brownies and ice cream and Aaron Rodgers!
• Swim coach for fun

Michael

• Husband, father of a 10-month old
• Sushi lover, tennis player, speaker (spoke at Inbound 2014)
• Indy HUG co-leader, Inbound & HubSpot Certified and HubSpot Authorized Trainer (HAT)
• Fan of zombies, sci-fi, Star Trek

Inbound 2016

A great article was recently released about past Inbound events and what HubSpot has learned from them. Also, what will be changing in 2016. You can read GROWTH, GROWING PAINS, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT to learn more.

The Inbound 2016 Facebook event page has also been created you can visit it here: https://www.facebook.com/events/505892592916874/

Last but no least if you want to pre-register for session, you need your registration for INBOUND first. Just got to the register page to get started.

The State of HubSpot

In this section, we talk about all things HubSpot. We share our feelings on where HubSpot has come from, where they are today, and where they are heading in the future.

We bring out the gloves for just a couple minutes as we talk about recent HubSpot technical issues. But of course, we show some love on new items as well. : )

Inbound Marketing is Getting Harder

What do you think? Is it?

Do you feel like Inbound marketing is getting harder?

In this section, we talk about how it is getting easier to sell Inbound Marketing. However, when it comes to getting the growth, in some industries it is getting very difficult to get quick growth. We all still think that you could still gain great rewards from diving into Inbound Marketing for your company.

Weekly Read

Michael Reynolds: Salespeople, Please Stop Sending Terrible Prospecting Emails Like This One

Abby Sterns: News Feed FYI: Taking Into Account Live Video When Ranking Feed

Hubcast Crew: How to Draw Inspiration From the Most Unlikely Places

Weekly Inspiration

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” -  Sir Winston Churchill

"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." - Napoleon Hill 

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