We Believe...
We believe you should know our values and what guides our work.
We believe in growth as a scalable, organic system.
Inbound is a strategy designed to attract, engage and delight customers by solving their problems, sharing relevant content and creating better brand experiences. Inbound embraces a strategic mix of content marketing, sales enablement and customer engagement to build growth into your operating system.
We believe in the compounding interest of small actions, taken consistently, over time.
Events and campaigns are short-lived and over-hyped. Growth should be part of your operating system, not something you attempt when you feel like it. Small actions taken consistently over time will compound to create an inertia that propels steady, consistent growth across all teams.
How do we generate new leads and prospects?
Growth is event-driven and supplemental. 📉
Leads are generated when we spend our budget on advertising platforms or pay sales reps to conduct cold outreach. Outputs are in direct proportion to how much time and money we invest in it. Like a faucet, it shuts off when we stop paying it.
Growth is inherent and systematized. 📈
Leads come in consistently through our website regardless of the size of our sales team or advertising budget. We've built a perpetual system with lasting power that keeps working even when we're sleeping or on vacation.
Which teams are responsible for growth?
Growth is event-driven and supplemental. 📉
Operations teams handle customer service and product development, while sales and marketing focus on growth.
Growth is inherent and systematized. 📈
Every department and every customer interaction is optimized for growth. We solve for the customer at every touch point, knowing that a delighted customer base is the most reliable growth mechanism. Different departments still handle their own projects, but growth objectives are shared by the entire organization.
What does our ability to grow depend on?
Growth is event-driven and supplemental. 📉
Growth is a matter of inputs and outputs. It ebbs and flows based on the amount of time and resources we can invest in it.
Growth is inherent and systematized. 📈
Growth is perpetual because it's fueled by the accumulation of website traffic, email subscribers and various systems. Every piece of content we publish has the ability to rank on search engines and drive traffic and leads for years. Over time, the results compile like compounding interest, making growth steady and predictable.
How do we prioritize who we make content for?
Growth is event-driven and supplemental. 📉
The marketing team makes content to attract prospects, while the service team makes content to support customers.
Growth is inherent and systematized. 📈
The content that's made to support and delight customers is repurposed to anticipate questions and attract new ones. Once again, solving for the customer compels us to build a vast library of materials to answer their questions and improve our ability to serve them. In turn, this same content is perfect for attracting new customers with similar problems and goals. Another example of how the work of one "department" benefits others.
How long do our growth investments hold their value?
Growth is event-driven and supplemental. 📉
We invest time and resources into events or campaigns that have a limited shelf life or depreciate in value over time. We pay copywriters and graphic designers to create advertising that will only be usable for months or even weeks.
Growth is inherent and systematized. 📈
We invest time and resources into growing our website and email subscriber list which appreciate in value over time. The YouTube video or blog post article is going to influence prospects and customers for years. Our email subscriber lists grows consistently each year with minimal attrition. Our domain authority, website traffic, social media following and CRM database grow steadily.
We believe marketing is about influencing people, and relationships are the currency of your influence.
When you produce quality content on a regular basis, you attract more leads and followers. When you educate your prospects and eliminate friction in the buying process, you'll close more deals. And when you listen to your customers and keep them engaged, they'll stick around longer, buy more and spread the word.
We believe paid advertising campaigns should be supplemental to core marketing and growth initiatives.
A strong paid media plan can do wonders to your growth trajectory. But advertising is renting exposure on someone else's platform for short periods of time at ever-increasing costs. Becoming overly-reliant on this depreciating, pay-for-play cycle is a marketing poverty trap.
We believe in get rich slow schemes.
We believe original, quality content is Google's biggest turn-on.
We believe in solving for the customer as opposed to the search engine.
We believe in BELIEVE. 😉
We believe pie is better than cake.
We believe even serious people want to be entertained.
We believe in doing things not because you have to or because you stand to benefit. But because you can.
We believe it's HubSpot or bust.
Ultimately we're judged by the outcomes we produce for our clients. We control those outcomes by partnering with the best CRM for small and mid-sized businesses. And by sticking with a single platform we know inside and out, we can work faster and get better results. The Gist is a Certified HubSpot Solutions Partner, meaning we help companies buy, implement and maintain a CRM solution that enables growth. That's why HubSpot is the only CRM platform we work with.
We believe what they say is more meaningful than what we say.
"We strengthened communication with our clients, doubled our website traffic and inbound leads continue to increase month over month."
Marty Hamby | CAVU HCM
"They make the process easy and enjoyable, providing great recommendations on how to optimize HubSpot for our business needs."
Sonya Ahola | The Ahola Corporation
"They optimized our CRM, took over our website and doubled our traffic. Our phones are constantly ringing with companies finding us on Google."
Kyle Masengale | ASAP Payroll
"They are so good at breaking down complex business challenges and finding both quick-wins, as well as long term strategy solutions to overcome them."
Allie Rocovich | HubSpot
"They've been driving our growth for over five years. And there is no one on Earth that I trust more when it comes to all things HubSpot."
Joe Peluso | Complete Payroll
And we believe it's always a good time to talk.
Let's learn about one another. We'll discuss your goals, explain our agency services and determine if a partnership is a good fit. Just be prepared to have an open and honest conversation about your objectives and what's holding you back.
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