Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

“What should I be doing to grow my business?” That’s the question a few lucky agency leaders got to ask Brian Garvey, VP of HubSpot’s Solutions Partner Program, at this year’s INBOUND event in Boston. Lucky for all of us, Brian agreed to share his answer to that question – and more – in a quick conversation with Teamwork’s Head of Partnerships, Logan Lyles, earlier this month.

As a novice web designer, you’re building your portfolio and looking for ways to attract clients and opportunities. You need web design project ideas that will give you the real-world experience you need and showcase your skills. These ideas should not only help you become a better web designer, but they should also help you become a better programmer.

No matter the size or scope of your organization, there's a good chance that content creation is a key aspect of your marketing efforts. From blog posts and social media content to newsletters and everything in between, the right content can really define and elevate your brand image. Of course, great content doesn't just appear out of thin air; it takes a great deal of brainstorming, collaboration, time, and effort from your marketing team to put quality content into the world.

Over the next decade, the job outlook for marketing managers is expected to grow by 10%, which is faster than the national average among all jobs. Why? Likely because this is a complex job that requires not just leadership skills, but creativity, vision, and a deep understanding of marketing concepts. When you look at everything that these managers do, you’ll discover that they hold so many responsibilities.

There are many moving parts when working as a digital marketing project manager, including running a brand’s campaign, working with its audience to keep them engaged and coming back for more, and collaborating with nearly every other department within a company. With so much at stake, it's not hard to see how poor organization and execution can hinder digital marketing project management success. So, how do you get it right?

Project management is a broad discipline filled with countless details and touching every corner of a project. Keeping on top of all those details, tasks, and people can feel overwhelming even in ideal circumstances! As more and more teams have gone remote these days, many project managers are experiencing a new layer of complexity as they delve into a new type of project management: remote project management.

According to HubSpot’s recent State of Marketing Report, social media is the top channel used for marketing, followed by websites. Digital marketing isn’t limited to just those arenas, however. There's also SEO to consider, paid marketing, strategic lead generation campaigns, email marketing — the sky's the limit. And with all the different digital marketing strategies popping up in e-commerce today, how do you keep track of marketing performance? With KPIs, of course!

Imagine being the CEO or chair of a large corporation. You’d never dream of signing off on an initiative that flushes 12% of your profits down the drain! Yet a lack of effective project management is accomplishing nearly the same thing across all industries: The Project Management Institute finds that 11.4% of resources invested in projects are wasted by projects failing to deliver expected results.

Businesses should always strive to have enough employees on hand to get work done well — and on time. Understaffing scenarios can lead to overworked team members, missed deadlines, and frustrated clients. But too many employees cause issues, too. If team members are standing around with nothing to do, labor costs will be higher than they should be. Not only that, but when team members don't feel useful, it can be demoralizing and may cause them to seek more engaging work elsewhere.