An Interview with HubSpots’s Conversational Marketing Manager, Connor Cirillo


We recently sat down for a Q&A session with Connor Cirillo to get his thoughts on how to get started with chatbots and conversational marketing. Connor will be presenting at the HubSpot User Group Milwaukee meetup on March 22. Our team has been digging in to different tools like HubSpot, Drift and Chatfuel to integrate within inbound strategies. Starting with some of the tips Connor provided in the below video is a great place to start.

It’s that time of year again. Time to look ahead at all of the trends and technology that have the potential to turn mere marketers into megastars. After reviewing dozens of posts and insights from thought leaders, partners, colleagues and friends, we’ve compiled our playlist of trends that have us raising our cell phone flashlights in salute. Let’s start the show!

Attending HubSpot’s Inbound17 was a privilege shared by 22,000 marketers, biz dev pros, HubSpot agency partners and business owners. The event was not short on amazing speakers.

When I learned that Rand Fishkin was giving a spotlight talk, there was no stopping me from being in the room to learn up-close from this marketing rock star. I never expected my front-row goal to turn into on-stage pre-show planks right next to the one-and-only Rand Fishkin. Here's how it happened...

HubSpot’s sales services allow users to do amazing things. Stellar CRM? Check. Email templates, sequencing and live chat? Check. But sometimes you need more than that. HubSpot Sales Professional offers even more capabilities -- but is it right for your team?

When you think of Oshkosh Airport Products, for many, the first thing that pops into your head is bad-ass equipment. In fact, their equipment is world-renowned for being tough, dependable, innovative, and second-to-none. These were some of the traits we wanted to convey when we were approached by Oshkosh Airport Products to redesign their website.

What do you get when you mix 400 marketers with twelve of the best marketing speakers in the country?

Bringing together a room full of marketers no doubt creates incredible energy and opportunities, but add in some of the best marketing thought leaders and you can be assured that you'll walk away with a valuable list of actionable takeaways. 

Experience Inbound did just that. And we didn’t want the momentum to stop there so we reached out to 20 marketing and business pros that attended the event and asked them one simple question:

WHAT ARE YOUR TOP MARKETING TAKEAWAYS FROM EXPERIENCE INBOUND '17?

Their contributions are astounding! Whether you attended the event or not, go ahead and grab some new marketing tactics - compliments of our participants:

Few business professionals work for the same organization where they began as an intern. Chief Digital Officer for the Milwaukee Bucks, Mike Grahl, looks forward to entering his 20^th season with the team that helped him kick-off his professional career in the sales and marketing department. “I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to start my career with an organization that has allowed me to grow, take initiative and learn everyday – which I am continuing to do today.” Mike now oversees all digital marketing efforts for the organization which include team websites, mobile, social media, email & database marketing and much more.

Paul Klebanov of SEMrush acquired more entrepreneurial experience and success before 30 years old than most people attain in a lifetime. As an ambitious youth, Paul got a job right out of high school as a web admin, which later progressed into a web developer position where he learned converting interest to sales is the ultimate gateway. He continued to learn everything about marketing he possibly could including inbound marketing, SEO, sales psychology, paid traffic, content marketing, social media and more. Paul’s experience and knowledge obtained as a web developer gave him the confidence to put his true entrepreneur heart forward and soon become one of the youngest people to build a leading American e-commerce retail business.

This post was originally published on the Weidert Group Marketing & Sales Blog.

HubSpot is arguably the global leader in inbound marketing. Their all-in-one software platform helps companies create a web presence, convert online traffic into leads that can be tracked and nurtured, execute email campaigns and analyze business metrics. Starting with only three clients in 2006, it now serves more than 23,000 customers in 90 countries worldwide.