The team gets really tired of hearing the two words I use all the time: communication and expectations. Whenever there is an issue, one of those two items is the root of the problem. Core… More

Emotional wellbeing at work matters. If you're in an unhealthy state of mind and focused on what's going wrong in your life, it's hard not to bring that to work. Many employers don't yet understand the connection… More

What if I told you that you could find your dream job — at your current job? No, I'm not talking about searching for local job openings at your desk. (Sorry.) I'm talking about taking ownership… More

About six months before I started working at 9 Clouds, I interviewed Allen Day for a cover story about remote workers. He told me about the pros and cons of working remotely, plus the tools his… More

Slacking has never been so fun. No, I'm not talking about procrastinating on your tasks or pranking your coworkers by giving them too much tuna while you should be working (although we hear that's fun, too. Not… More

When you're setting professional goals, be SMART about them. SMART goals are key to improving performance at work. At 9 Clouds, we set SMART goals during our quarterly reviews to give us a benchmark for success — something… More

For many years, I have happily paid for Instapaper Pro. Up until two days ago, I would strongly recommend you do the same . . . but now they’ve gone and made it free.  That’s right… More

We haven’t been shy about our love of Basecamp. Basecamp is right up there with Google and Slack as one of the most-used tools at 9 Clouds. It even got its own part of speech (“Basecamp… More

People are the economy. Focus on people development, not economic development. The outcomes will follow. More

Digital marketers are like master chefs. Every day, we attempt to create something wonderful from scratch that we can send off in the hopes that it will be well received by the consumer. Like a master… More

Welcome back to the 9 Clouds monthly roundup! Every month, we compile all the cool stuff we found on the web within the last few weeks and present you with our nine favorite links. (Get it? Nine links… More

At 9 Clouds, we strive to have a smart workplace. The inbound marketing methodology is about doing things better — giving people great content instead of bombarding them with obnoxious claims. But that isn't just… More

In November, four of our 9 Clouds team headed to HubSpot's INBOUND 2016. If you're not familiar with HubSpot, it's essentially a software platform centered on the same concept our company was founded upon: inbound marketing.… More