HubSpot ended the partner program I loved
On August 15, HubSpot will remove me from the Solutions Provider Program. I'm going to let them. This isn't a protest. It's a principled refusal to participate in a partner ecosystem built around quotas, because quotas compromise the objectivity that made the badge worth anything in the first place.
July 31, 2026 · 4 min readShould You Hire a CRM Administrator or Outsource Marketing Operations?
The question compares two things that are not the same size: a CRM administrator is a role, marketing operations is a function. Which parts must stay in-house whatever you decide, the honest case for each answer, and a one-week log that settles it with your own evidence.
July 9, 2026 · 4 min readHubSpot: trust isn't an optional feature
HubSpot's July 2026 opt-out data default told customers about a decision after it was already made. A HubSpot partner and shareholder walks through the Contact Discovery controversy, the 652-day paper trail behind it, and what every HubSpot customer should do with their CRM data now.
July 8, 2026 · 8 min readWhy Most HubSpot Job Descriptions Ask One Person to Do Six Jobs
Read ten HubSpot Administrator postings and the same anatomy shows up: platform admin, automation architecture, campaign production, copywriting, design, and analytics - six professions under one title. Nobody decides this on purpose. Here is the structure that produces the composite req, and what it selects for.
June 12, 2026 · 4 min readBefore You Hire a HubSpot Administrator, Read This First
The req is approved and the job description is half-written. Before you post it, sort the bullet points by discipline: most HubSpot Administrator reqs quietly describe six professions on one salary line. What the market will actually send you, what the first year really looks like, and the question worth asking before the hire.
June 5, 2026 · 7 min read
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