Inbound Web Design

While the challenges involved with building a site on HubSpot have been widely documented, we thought it was “high-time” that a simple post was put together to explain how designing within the HubSpot CMS, may actually allow for far more flexibility than it has been previously given it credit for.

What resulted was a simple graphic that outlines the various HubSpot template classes and ID’s made available for you to make “all your own.” Our hope is that through better understanding of the typical HubSpot CMS page hierarchy and naming, you might be encouraged to roll up your sleeves and try your hand at making those small tweaks to your website that have been bugging you for months.

What’s Your Favorite Color? Your Answer May Change Once You Better Understand How Color Theory Can Boost Your Conversion Rates.

Easily dismissed by some, color theory (color psychology) is often viewed as marketing “black magic.” In reality the very best color theory is the result of countless studies and the compellation of real-world data over decades of research.

As with many disciplines in this same vein, when these metrics are viewed from a distance, often times, some very clear conclusions can begin to be drawn. It is no mistake that some of the worlds most distinguishable brands have adopted, and stayed with, a single color scheme deeply rooted in this type of study. 

“Thou shalt not annoy website visitors” is possibly one of the most important of the inbound marketing tenets.

Yet we all see the same mistakes happening time and again on countless sites, and at the cost of higher abandonment rates and lower conversions…yikes!

Below we have assembled a short list of the worst offenders we have recently seen during our point-and-click “travels.”