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SmartBug Media® Named 16th Fastest Growing Mid-Size Company in Orange County by Orange County Business Journal

October 2, 2020

SmartBug was named the 16th fastest growing private company in Orange County, California by the Orange County Business Journal, which includes prominent companies whose annual sales grew rapidly from mid-2018 to mid-2020 during a period of economic uncertainty.

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SmartBug Media® Earns HubSpot Advanced CMS Implementation Certification

September 22, 2020

SmartBug has been named a HubSpot Advanced CMS Implementation Certified partner, joining an exclusive group of providers designated by HubSpot as partners of choice for advanced, enterprise-grade website projects.

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SmartBug Founder and CEO Ryan Malone Discusses How Remote Teams at Service-based Firms Can Be Successful on THRIVE podcast

August 27, 2020

On this episode of THRIVE, SmartBug Media®  Founder and CEO Ryan Malone offers insights into how remote teams at service-based firms can be successful based on his 12-year-old fully remote agency model.

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SmartBug VP of Sales & Marketing Jen Spencer Talks Sales Enablement on the IF YOU MARKET Podcast

August 26, 2020

SmartBug Media® VP of Sales & Marketing Jen Spencer joins the If you Market Podcast Jen to provide steps and processes to maximize marketing’s impact on sales.

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AMP UP Podcast: Your Inbound Marketing Strategy Needs to Be Agile

August 15, 2020

SmartBug Media® VP of Sales and Marketing Jen Spencer joins the AMP UP Digital Marketing Podcast to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on inbound marketing, and what her advice is for organizations to adjust, what organizations should do as businesses reopen, and what her takeaways are from this time.

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SmartBug® VP of Sales and Marketing Jen Spencer Named Top Female Sales Practitioner by Sales Hacker

August 14, 2020

SmartBug Media® VP of Sales and Marketing Jen Spencer named by Sales Hacker as one of the nation's top female sales experts that should be booked as a speaker for events and podcasts.

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SmartBug Media® Named to Inc. 5000 List for the Fourth Year in a Row

August 14, 2020

SmartBug was named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America for the fourth year in a row, placing at No. 2202 in the nation with a three-year revenue growth of 190.5 percent.

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SmartBug Media® Founder Ryan Malone Nominated for Orange County Business Journal’s 2020 Innovator of the Year Awards

August 7, 2020

Inbound Marketing Agency’s Innovative Qualities Include Its Pioneering Creation of a Fully Remote Agency Workplace Culture, Inspiration for a World Certification Day, and Its Market Lead in Customer Endorsements

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6 Marketing Strategies to Help SaaS Companies Reduce Churn During a Recession

August 5, 2020

SmartBug Media® VP of Sales and Marketing Jen Spencer offers advice on how SaaS companies can implement marketing strategies that help them reduce churn during challenging economic times in a guest blog for Demio.

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SaaS Breakthrough Podcast Features SmartBug's Senior Marketing Strategist Paul Schmidt

July 30, 2020

In this SaaS Breakthrough podcast, SmartBug Media® Senior Marketing Strategist Paul Schmidt discusses how to do SEO in 2020's competitive market in order to help clients bring in new business.

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