Hoping to fuse technical chops with growth know-how? Below you’ll find 18 links—some archival, some timeless—that translate marketing wisdom into practical takeaways for anyone who builds on the HubSpot platform.
1. MIT Past Spotlights Archive
The stuff.mit.edu archive showcases years of MIT homepage hero graphics—perfect inspiration for CMS theme modules and HubSpot drag-and-drop sections.
https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/net.mit.edu/admin/www/root/site/past/index.html
2. MIT Sloan Sales Conference Article
Scanning the agenda shows how top SaaS sellers structure messaging—handy when you’re coding custom sales dashboards in HubSpot.
https://news.mit.edu/2010/fourth-annual-sales-conference-taking-place-may-7
3. Mark Roberge Sales Award Post
HubSpot’s own Mark Roberge winning “Salesperson of the Year” is a masterclass in data-driven selling—mirror his metrics when building reports for clients.
https://www.hubspot.com/blog/bid/5972/mit-honors-mark-roberge-with-2010-salesperson-of-the-year-award
4. Brian Halligan Workshop Preview
The preview shows how HubSpot positions education content; copy its structure for your app marketplace listing.
https://www.hubspot.com/blog/bid/5810/brian-halligan-to-lead-marketing-workshop-at-mit-sloan-sales-conference
5. Fortune’s “VCs Buy Stock, Not Products”
Pull its talking points into onboarding emails that persuade founders to sync product usage data with HubSpot.
https://fortune.com/2011/05/12/vcs-buy-stock-not-products/
6. MTO Summit Ticket Giveaway
This giveaway post highlights event-tech trends; mine it for ideas when coding optional “Event” pipelines in HubSpot.
https://www.hubspot.com/blog/bid/5197/win-a-free-ticket-to-mto-summit-in-san-francisco
7. UBM Studios Virtual-Event Press Release
UBM’s announcement shows pricing hooks and benefit bullets perfect for your own marketplace listing templates.
http://ubmstudios.mediaroom.com/index.php?item=30402&s=5517
8. Tamar Weinberg on Online Communities
The episode’s community-first ethos dovetails with building user-feedback widgets via HubSpot’s CRM cards.
https://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/9710/understanding-online-community-and-influencers-with-tamar-weinberg-inboundnow-8.aspx
9. Facebook Page Best-Practice Guide
Borrow the five-step structure as sample data for your Content Hub coding demos.
https://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/12731/facebook-fan-page-best-practices-with-mari-smith-inboundnow-18.aspx
10. Custom iFrame Landing-Page How-To
David Wells’ guide still sparks ideas for gated micro-sites—adapt the iframe logic using HubSpot’s membership areas.
https://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/9883/how-to-set-up-a-facebook-custom-iframe-landing-page-application.aspx
11. 15 Weird & Wonderful Holiday Cards
This roundup proves quirky design converts—reference it when pitching interactive email modules built with HubL.
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/15-weird-and-wonderful-company-holiday-cards
12. Agency Holiday Cards Showcase
Its “weird–but-on-brand” ethos is a reminder to leave token fields for dynamic personalization.
https://blog.hubspot.com/agency/agency-holiday-cards
13. Wunderman’s 12 Days of Gifaways
Shorty-nominated “Gifaways” is a crash course in social gamification—re-engineer its mechanics with HubSpot’s social API and workflows.
https://shortyawards.com/7th/wundermans-12-days-of-giveaways
14. 43 Urgency-Building Sales Questions
Use the list to train an AI assistant that lives in your HubSpot extension and suggests next-best questions.
https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/powerful-ways-to-get-the-buyer-to-admit-they-need-help
15. How to Find Valuable Networking Events
Use the post to justify syncing Eventbrite RSVPs into HubSpot via webhooks.
https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/find-good-networking-events
16. 11 Website Copywriting Tips
Show the tips to explain why developers must leave room for tags that support inline personalization.
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/copywriting-tips-for-increasing-conversions
17. “Dirty Maps and Mirrors” Newsletter
Elliott’s Substack demonstrates voice-driven storytelling—ideal model when you’re scripting onboarding emails for a HubSpot SaaS app.
https://dirtymapsandmirrors.substack.com/about
18. Elliott Pak Author Page
The bio’s skill mix (food + marketing) is a reminder that cross-domain examples spice up developer documentation.
https://www.mashed.com/author/elliottpak/
Save this list—every time you face a new HubSpot challenge, one of these links will spark the breakthrough idea you need.
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