Author: Michael Brown

What’s it take to become a six-figure freelance writer? Great writing skills, of course, but also organization. If you’re working with multiple clients and have numerous projects in the works at all times, it’s critical that things don’t fall through the cracks. But what’s the best way to keep yourself (and your projects) organized? What’s […]

Product launches are usually about adding new features to improve the user experience. Once in a while, however, removing a feature can have just as big of an impact. Such is the case with the latest release on nDash. Although we added a ton of updates (see the full list here), our biggest change was arguably […]

Just like you, we’ve been stuck inside the past few weeks. And, like you, we’ve done our best to be productive during this time. Though we did our fair share of binge-watching, we also took this time to launch one of the more substantial updates in nDash’s brief history. These product updates include a mini […]

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in helping 4,000+ brands with content creation, it’s that no two companies have the same workflow. Some like Google sheets, and others like Kanban boards. Some brands will organize content by writers. Others will organize by campaign. Countless more will organize their content by status, due date, deliverable type…the […]

CrazyEgg has been named one of the “12 Online Tools Marketers Should Check Out” by Business.com. One of the “Top 10 Data Analytics Tools for SMBs” by MarTech Advisor. And one of the ”7 Content Marketing Tools You Need to be Successful” by Jeff Bullas. CrazyEgg was founded in 2006 by Hiten Shah and Neil […]

How does a small, 10-person market research firm in upstate New York land engagements with clients like Google, Samsung, T-Mobile, Clorox, National Grid, and more? For one thing, by providing top-level, custom quantitative and qualitative market research that transforms data into actionable insights. But the marketing strategies used by a top market research firm like […]

“I want every brand to publish content like OpenView Ventures.”  I’ve been saying this ad nauseam since 2013 when nDash first got started. This is not a coincidence. For those unfamiliar, OpenView is an expansion-stage VC firm here in Boston. They’ve backed some of the most successful B2B companies in the space and published a […]

Some things cannot be replaced. Loved ones. Pets. Unlimited data plans pre-2012. Most things are replaceable, however, and this includes those who write content for your brand. This is not meant to be harsh or dismissive of anyone’s contributions. After all, your content is only as good as the people creating it. It’s just that […]

When I started nDash (the agency) in 2013, some of the biggest early customer wins came via the HubSpot ecosystem. The more that brands bought into the concept of inbound marketing, the more they came to value premium written content, which happened to be our specialty. Although nDash, the agency, was disbanded in 2016, HubSpot […]

When Spot On won the 2014 HubSpot COS Website Design Award, it wasn’t just for their beautifully-made websites. That’s because marketing doesn’t start with a website—it starts with a strategy that can attract, engage, and delight customers at every turn. And that’s where Spot On shines. Founded in 2012 by Susie Kelley and Rebecca Graves, […]