E74: Lessons from Hubspot’s agency survey with Lauren Hintz
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Show Notes:
Lauren Hintz, Hubspot’s Sales Products Senior Marketing Manager, has spent the last two years working in the Agency Partner Program and recently worked on a project looking into 1,000 agency owners and employees to create a massive evaluation on how they run. Hubspot is an all-in-one marketing, sales and service platform that has been working with agencies since 2010 when they launched their marketing agency partner program.
Episode highlights:
- Lauren and Brent dig into the results of a 58-page document evaluating agencies, their struggles, their goals and more.
- Find out what #1 major challenge agency owners share.
- Learn how many agencies are customizing most of their projects — usually to their detriment.
- You might be surprised to learn how much money agencies have on-hand, and how many are perpetually waiting for payment to run their business.
- Best advice: done is better than perfect
- Personal habit that contributes to success: daily running and getting away from the desk
- Internet resource or tool: Cozi for organizing
- Book recommendation: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhitt
Links:
- Cozi
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhitt
- Hubspot Agency Partner Program
- Hubspot Agency Directory
- [email protected]
- Survey results
Quotes:
- “I would use our team to do our own stuff.”
- “Just because your core team can do that work, doesn’t mean they should.”
- “How do you get that time back?”
- “How often is it more work than you anticipated?”
- “You can learn anything online.”
Takeaways:
- Reach out to fellow agency owners that may share some common difficulties with you. It’s a great conversation starter, and a way to learn and connect!