HubSpot is an all-in-one customer relationship management (CRM) platform that’s designed to help businesses seamlessly with:
✔️ Inbound marketing
✔️ Sales
✔️ Customer Service
✔️ Content management
✔️ And more
Companies that invest in HubSpot set themselves up to scale operations quickly and get a solid return on investment. But, a few simple mistakes could prevent your team from maximizing the power of HubSpot and impact growth.
So here are three common HubSpot mistakes we see companies make. And we’re giving you solutions for each so you can avoid them, and get the most out of such a powerful tool.
There’s a big difference between one-off marketing campaigns and automated nurturing campaigns. One-off campaigns are great for product launches or site-wide sales, but there’s a time and place for them. They are not optimal for nurturing leads as they are designed to get one message to a large audience.
Automated campaigns, on the other hand, do the opposite. These are real-time interactions, personalized to each prospect, lead, or customer. Automated campaigns allow:
Don’t forget to include multiple channels in your automated marketing campaigns! Plenty of campaigns solely focus on email marketing, and neglect other available channels. Here are some other marketing tactics that can be automated:
✅PPC campaigns
✅Texts / SMS
✅Direct mailers
Even with a solid 30% email open rate, you're missing out on 70% of your audience! Connect automated direct mailer software to your HubSpot workflows. From there you can trigger one-off, personalized direct mailers to contacts who aren’t opening your emails.
While some teams don’t automate enough, others automate too much. This can manifest in a few different ways:
Not only do these issues cause internal headaches to manage, they also increase difficulty to ultimately determine what's moving the needle. This makes it more challenging to run tests, identify areas of opportunities, and report out results.
So instead of over-engineering elaborate workflows for every lead capture form—identify your target audience, walk through the customer lifecycle, and design automations that address each stage's goal.
Use collaborative/infinity whiteboard apps like Miro or Lucidspark. Tools like these help teams map out workflows and easily view the entire ecosystem.
Your insights are only as good as your data. If you don’t properly manage contacts as they enter your HubSpot database, you’ll end up with information that’s skewed. This can lead to missed leads, duplicate contact records, or even paying for a larger database than you need.
To fix this, first look at how contacts enter your HubSpot database. Some common examples include:
Next, implement a system for segmenting and tracking contacts to keep your database clean. Whether it's using HubSpot's lifecycle stages and lead status properties or creating custom properties, every contact should be accounted for.
And lastly, stay on top of your database by:
✅Reviewing HubSpot’s list of duplicate contacts and companies
✅Planning regular database checks if you’re using an API and outside database
Timestamp each lifecycle stage and trigger internal notifications if a contact or deal has been idle for too long.
HubSpot is a powerful tool and can make scaling easier. But, a few simple mistakes could cause your team headaches and slow you down. Here’s a quick recap of ways you can improve how you use HubSpot (and avoid common mistakes):
Book a consultation with us to learn more about how to maximize your HubSpot account and grow faster than ever.