Author: Casey Hill

Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseyhill/


HubSpot is A/B testing their hero headline. Which version do you prefer? Control: “Where go-to-market teams go to grow” Variant 1: “The game changer isn’t AI. It’s context” Variant 2: “Most tools work in isolation. Hubspot works in context” Personally, only the variant 1 version piques my interest. Although all of these headers (and the subheader) are fairly broad and benefit-focused (versus we know capability-focused H1/H2’s perform better from the data), at least variant one provides a perspective that pushes me to try and learn how HubSpot will provide that context. I think a good litmus test to run on your headlines or product descriptions is to remove all filler language. So copy like, “Marketing is more personal, sales outreach is more insightful, service issues are resolved faster. And your business grows” really only delivers the fact that this tool covers marketing, sales and service. All the generic outcomes of being more “insightful” or helping you “grow” are filler. Competitors that say, “Turn customer data into personalized experiences across email, SMS, push, in-app” are at least giving some differentiating capabilities. Or take copy like, “Push your team's operations further with AI-powered insights embedded in your workflow.” This is basically a completely throw-away sentence. “Insights” and “workflows” are too vague to carry much meaning. I would try to steer HubSpot to lean into their size differentiation, even if they kept the same general premise, like, “The game changer isn't AI. It's what your AI knows. HubSpot's Breeze Intelligence draws on 200 million buyer profiles to equip your marketing, sales, and service teams with immediate context.” If you aren’t a fan of the 3 versions HubSpot has now, how would you rewrite it?

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