Ian Jacob and Craig Bailey

HubShots - The Unofficial Down Under HubSpot Podcast

HubShots: the Unofficial Down Under HubSpot PodcastHubSpot in the real world. Real world portals. No demo stuff. What’s working for HubSpot customers. Hosted by Ian Jacob and Craig Bailey, HubShots is the weekly podcast for marketing managers and sales professionals who are using HubSpot or considering using HubSpot.https://www.hubshots.com

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Ian Jacob and Craig Bailey

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Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

250: HubSpot Dashboards, Search Results and User Experience 24.06.2021

This edition we dive into: • Robots.txt editing in HubSpot • Deal pipeline partitioning • Emailing of dashboard reports tip • Custom report on Dashboards gotcha • Jobs To Be Done personas • Dharmesh on User Experience (and Netflix) • SEO Checklist resources • Ad spotting on Bing - it’s harder than you think Full show notes available at: www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-250 Recorded: Monday 21 Jun...

249: Why HubSpot Marketing Email Client Reports are so powerful 17.06.2021

This edition we dive into: • Twitter and inefficiency • Apple announces new privacy that will essentially report email open rates as 100% • The power of HubSpot Marketing Email reporting to analyse audience characteristics (with examples from our client portals) • Setting your Sales notifications in HubSpot • HubSpot Tracking URLs reminder • Where’s the Edit Menus section in HubSpot? • Why your pr...

248: HubSpot Form Translations and Comparison 11.06.2021

This edition we dive into: • Old versus New • Google rolling out a major algorithm update • HubSpot Form Translations • Comparing HubSpot Forms • How to use Never Log  settings to ensure you don’t accidentally log sensitive stuff into HubSpot • How to export out your list of HubSpot users • The Peak and End Rule • Shifting your content budget to customer enablement • Amazing map of the online worl...

247: Using Smart Rules in HubSpot Emails 04.06.2021

This edition we dive into: • Creating simple Training • Using Smart Rules in emails • HubSpot Sales Pro clarity on pricing and switching users • How to spy on your competitor’s Facebook ads • Skipping some property updates on contact imports • Email marketing monster guide (and stats malarky) • Benjamin Mangold’s Google Marketing update • Bing Pages (beta) • How blind people create content for Tik...

246: HubSpot Personalisation, Smart Content Tips and Strategies 27.05.2021

This edition we dive into: • The ‘Amazon Experience’ and content personalisation • HubSpot Smart Content enhancements and tips • Embedding external content in HubSpot dashboards • How people read online in 2021 • Google I/O 2021 was on • Insight: Thinking past marketing (for CMOs) • So many bonus links it hurts Full show notes available at: www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-246 Recorded: Monday 24...

245: HubSpot Form Tip, NPS Automation Tip, and Reducing your channels 13.05.2021

This edition we dive into: • Being mindful about the channels you put energy into • HubSpot Form flexibility with custom properties • Using the HubSpot keyboard on your mobile device • Setting Tasks based on NPS survey results • Can’t add a 3rd ad account in HubSpot Starter • Digital media consumption trends (from Deloitte) • Adding a goat to your next zoom call • ‘Hey guys’ and ‘Hi guys’ as a You...

244: Do you really need a marketing funnel? 06.05.2021

This edition we dive into: • Why you may not need a funnel or flywheel • HubSpot CMS Hub Child Themes • Ability to sync your iCloud/Apple contacts • The value of customer service • Deal card customisation • A common domain misconfiguration in HubSpot • Logging from Outlook/Google to HubSpot versus Conversations Inbox • You may not need a marketing funnel/flywheel after all • Recommended newsletter...

243: Operations Hub Initial Thoughts 29.04.2021

This edition we dive into: • HubSpot’s new Operations Hub announcement • HubSpot User permissions get even more control • Data organisation • Visualising Your Marketing Curve • Set your foundations • The sickening extent some will go to to get Likes Full show notes available at: www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-243 Recorded: Tuesday 27 April 2021 | Published: Friday 30 April 2021

242: HubSpot Workflows versus Sequences 22.04.2021

This edition we dive into: • HubSpot Workflows versus Sequences - which should you use? • Do you need to Show the Cookie Consent Popup • Dashboards for sales • Google Tag Manager integration in HubSpot • Admitting mistakes • Service analytics Full show notes available at: www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-242 Recorded: Monday 19 April 2021 | Published: Friday 23 April 2021

241: The one with the Kevin Bacon animated gif in it 15.04.2021

This edition we dive into: • Whether you actually read these notes • HubSpot Public Product Roadmap • HubSpot SEO tool revisited • Core Web Vitals resources • HubSpot Dashboard Annotations • A gotcha with HubSpot popup form targeting • How to spot LinkedIn outreach spam emails • Google Search Console adds regex support • How to actually use regex without losing your mind • What content to put on y...

240: HubSpot Calls, Conversation Workflows, Outcome based marketing 01.04.2021

This edition we dive into: • Taking time to recharge • HubSpot Conversational Workflows • Setting the HubSpot Files domain • HubSpot Calls • The power of perception in your marketing • Get feedback, post a phone consultation • Task based versus Outcome based marketing • Google’s growing zero-click search behaviour • Suez Canal memes Full show notes available at: www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-2...

239: HubSpot Snippets, HubSpot RSS Emails 18.03.2021

This edition we dive into: • Our upcoming HubShots 28-Day Challenge • Subscribe versus Follow • HubSpot RSS Emails (and Gotchas) • Using HubSpot Snippets to save time and reduce errors • Redirecting HubSpot Files (Eg a PDF) revisited • Should I put my blog on a subdomain versus a subfolder? • Electric ferries Full show notes available at: www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-239 Recorded: Monday 15 M...

238: Love and Marketing 11.03.2021

This edition we dive into: • Love • The Bud of Mended Bones - a poem for Brian Halligan • HubSpot List Performance Reports • HubSpot Inbox Automation • HubSpot Flexible Redirects • Google 3rd party cookies and privacy lols • Plus Tom Cruise Deepfakes Full show notes available at: www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-238 Recorded: Monday 08 March 2021 | Published: Friday 12 March 2021

237: HubSpot Tasks, Proactive versus Reactive Marketing 04.03.2021

Welcome to HubShots Episode 237: HubSpot Tasks, Proactive versus Reactive Marketing  This edition we dive into: • Facebook versus Australia follow up • HubSpot Marketing Tasks • HubSpot Task permissions • Proactive versus Reactive Marketing • Latest Academy Course Full show notes available at: https://www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-237 Recorded: Monday 01 March 2021 | Published: Friday 05 March...

236: Owned, Earned and Paid Media plus some new HubSpot settings you need to know about 25.02.2021

Welcome to HubShots Episode 236: Owned, Earned and Paid Media plus some new HubSpot settings you need to know about This edition we dive into: • Don’t build your house on rented land • With the Facebook news removal in Australia being the latest example • Digging into HubSpot settings for Forms and Deals • Plus a little known related feature in the knowledge base Full show notes available at: http...

235: Should you do less on social? 18.02.2021

Welcome to HubShots Episode 235: Should you do less on social?  This edition we dive into: • Inbound 2021 dates announced • What are lazy loading images and why do they matter? • Sales forecasting • NPS internal notification tips • Why does my social traffic show up in Direct traffic? • Pick your social media channels - less is more • Umarell • Clutch Malarky Award Full show notes available at: ww...

234: What is CRM? 11.02.2021

Welcome to HubShots Episode 234: What is CRM?   This edition we dive into: • Thinking about CRM and how it relates to marketing • HubSpot’s SEO audit tool gets an update • Deal workflows • NPS Surveys • Google Analytics bot spam • What is ‘value’ and are you providing it? • GA4 Mini course • Fun stuff Full show notes available at: www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-234 Did a colleague forward this...

233: Be wary of marketing stats 04.02.2021

Welcome to Episode 233: Be wary of marketing stats This edition we dive into: • The importance of accurate conversion tracking • HubSpot auto company creation • Deal change history • Service survey reporting • Your first steps down strategy lane… • Being wary of marketing stats • Valuing the right people Full show notes available here: https://www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-233 Did a colleague...

232: Strategy = Research + Insights 28.01.2021

Welcome to HubShots Episode 232: Strategy = Research + Insights This edition we dive into: • Simple differentiation • Video embedding in HubSpot drag and drop editor • Running HubSpot Sequences on non-marketing contacts • Thinking about what ‘strategy’ really is (hint: the show title gives the answer) • Improving site performance using Google’s web.dev tool • Bonus links on technical SEO Full show...

HubShots: Goal Setting 2021 07.01.2021

This is a special mini episode we prepared for you to discuss goal settings for 2021. Recorded: Monday 08 December 2020 | Published: Friday 8 January 2021

HubShots: New Years Special 31.12.2020

This is a New Years Special mini episode we prepared for you. Happy Holidays! Recorded: Monday 08 December 2020 | Published: Friday 1 January 2021

HubShots: Christmas Special 24.12.2020

This is a Christmas Special mini episode we prepared for you. Happy Holidays! Recorded: Monday 08 December 2020 | Published: Friday 25 December 2020

231: Reflecting on 2020 18.12.2020

Welcome to HubShots Episode 231: Reflecting on 2020 This episode we change things up a little and end the year reflecting on the good, the bad and the future. You can listen to this episode of the show here. Did a colleague forward this episode to you? Sign up here to get yours every Friday. Please forward this on to your work colleagues. Recorded: Monday 08 December 2020 | Published: Friday 18 De...

230: What parts of HubSpot do Enterprises focus on? 13.12.2020

Welcome to HubShots Episode 230: What parts of HubSpot do Enterprises focus on? This edition we dive into: • the parts of HubSpot we see Enterprises focussing on, including: • Lifecycle management • Lead scoring (when it becomes relevant) • User Management and Teams • Content Partitioning • Service Hub Pro NPS surveys • Attribution reporting • Advanced Workflows Did a colleague forward this episod...

229: How To Improve Your Sales Results using HubSpot Sales Professional 03.12.2020

Welcome to HubShots Episode 229: How To Improve Your Sales Results using HubSpot Sales Professional This edition we dive into: • Deal stage, task, and lead rotation automation • Sales analytics • Record customization • Required fields • Custom reporting • Sequences • 1:1 video creation • Smart send times • eSignature Full show notes available at: www.hubshots.com/episodes/episode-229 You can liste...

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