Hi, I’m Craig Bailey and this is my personal blog where I write about technology, business systems, HubSpot and general life experiences. You can read my posts here.
(If you are looking for the Content is King post by Bill Gates it is here)
I’m involved with three agencies in Sydney:
I also co-host HubShots, the podcast and YouTube show focussed on getting the most out of HubSpot. We are the creators of the HubShots Framework.
Interesting to see that HubSpot is removing location tracking in its Activity feed. Here’s their reasoning: “While email tracking can prevent over-emailing and help you time your follow-up in a relevant way, the location data attached to that tracking did not add enough value to either the user or the end-customer-experience.” Although their post mentions ‘not enough...
Interesting thread from Pete Caputa about use of ‘you guys’ when referring to both men and women.
Does it bother you when someone addresses a group of people (of different genders) as “you guys?”@pc4media
Perhaps even more interesting, as Peter notes, most of the responses are from guys.
Episode 165 of HubShots, the Unofficial Down Under HubSpot Podcast :-), is out. Ian and I chat about the pros and cons of the new drag and drop email editor. The summary is: it’s very simple and enjoyable to usebut with simplicity comes limitationincluding not being able to add CTAs (but we go through a workaround to enable this)and not being able to change things like line height Overall...
It always strikes me as strange on Twitter, when I see people jumping in to comment on a current news story, especially if it’s a criminal investigation going through the courts. What surprises me (and you I’m sure) is they feel that within a minute or two of reading the article, they’re informed enough to comment on the merits of the case and what the actual verdict should be...
Very thorough analysis of the Nacho Analytics demise by Ars Technica (a reminder of what good investigative tech journalism looks like btw). If you’re not familiar with the whole situation, here’s the summary: Chrome Browser extensions (perhaps deceptively) get your permission to track everything you do (recording URLs you visit, content that is on the page etc) and then on-sell that...
This cracked me up: on being presented with a ‘solution’:
it begs the question: What problem were you solving?
I’ve been using the Calm meditation app for a few years now – I find it helpful.
One of the things I like is that in each session Tamara ends with a simple, relevant quote.
Usually these are quotes from wise teachers, leaders and guides.
This morning she ended with a quote from Morpheus and I wasn’t quite sure what to think.
Wisdom can be found everywhere.
Motivating article on The Atlantic about the benefits of pushups. But before we get to pushups… The speed at which you walk, for example, can be eerily predictive of health status. In a study of nearly 35,000 people aged 65 years or older in the Journal of the American Medical Association, those who walked at about 2.6 feet per second over a short distance—which would amount to a mile in...
Oh the lols. This article in the NYT laments the oversupply of podcasts that launch and then fade. As noted on Twitter, it reads like an onion article. Here’s the thought in question: In 2016, Morgan Mandriota and Lester Lee, two freelance writers looking to grow their personal brands, decided to start a podcast. They called it “The Advice Podcast†and put about as much energy into...
“Thank you MailChimp, we’ll take your wonderful freemium model with email – that has worked so well for you for the last decade and you recently decided to discontinue – and slot it nicely into our CRM.” That, I imagine is what went through a number of people’s minds when HubSpot announced their (also wonderful) freemium email model now available* in HubSpot...