Author: Michael Brown

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, […]

How nDash Drove a 200% ROI and Expanded the AppNeta Marketing Team’s Technical Capacity.  The Company: Industry Leader in Network Performance Monitoring AppNeta is the leader in proactive end-user performance monitoring solutions built for the distributed, cloud-connected digital enterprise. With AppNeta, IT and Network Ops teams can ensure continuous and exceptional delivery of business-critical applications. AppNeta’s […]

What does it take to evolve from an SEO shop to a full-blown, HubSpot-certified inbound marketing agency? A dedicated team of passionate, experienced marketing professionals is certainly important. But it also requires an ability to support services ranging from SEO to strategy, social media, PPC, content marketing, and more. When CEO Tomer Harel founded KeyScouts […]

Hi there. My name is Michael Brown, I’m the CEO of nDash, and I may or may not have actually written this post myself. It may have been ghostwritten by someone else. Every CEO wants needs to be seen as a thought leader in their respective field, and publishing content is the best way to […]

We’ve been watching you. Not in like a crazy stalker way, but more so in terms of user experience and preference. And over the last few months, we could see certain behaviors and actions that we know we could enhance and improve. So without further delay, here are the big (and small) nDash platform product […]

As a former journalist and marketer, I’ve often told people that writing is the easiest part of content creation. There’s also content ideation, edits, formatting, promotion, and, of course, research. Lots and lots of research. Over the years, I’ve employed various techniques and used a lot of tools to try and streamline this process, but […]