HubSpot Academy vs. Microsoft Hands-on Labs

[HubSpot Academy is] just a great tool for everyone who wants to grow at their Marketing, Sales, or customer success career. Their courses are very detailed in information, their teachers are the best in the industry, and it's just easy to take some time and learn. I have enjoyed it a lot.

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The Microsoft Hands-on Labs were great for training when working alongside an instructor. They would show things on their screen, and I would work alongside with a real environment. Being able to actually use the environment and interact with it was more preferable than just a straight lecture. It allowed me hands-on practice.

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• Marketing and sales tips that can be implemented right away
• Virtual learning environment that offers flexibility
• Certified training respected in the sales vertical
• Free to those who use HubSpot CRM
• Clear, concise courses
• Expanded library of sales and marketing courses

Incentivized

• Actual Microsoft environment to play around with
• Instructions alongside
• Ability to save a session so you don't lose work

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• [I feel] they could expand the lessons to more real-world examples and ideas to take the learning further
• [I believe] the ability to go back on a question in the exam would be nice
• New courses that go more in depth on a certain topic, with homework and ideas to try

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• Copying and pasting can be clunky
• Sometimes the instructions are not accurate
• For some Microsoft tools, it requires you to create a temporary account, which takes some time and is time-consuming
• Have to remember to save or you will lose your environment
• May not be the most user-friendly to initially start

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The platform is free, nothing to renew

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For HubSpot Academy's usability, I rate it a 9 because it is very simple and easy to use. HubSpot Academy is very user friendly. You can pick a category like "email marketing" then you will have an intro video, follow up detail videos, practice quizzes, interactive practices, and some sections have a certification quiz at the end. It is very easy to navigate sections. The only reason I rate the usability a 9 instead of a 10 is because sometimes HubSpot Academy does not register the interactive practices.

Incentivized

HubSpot Academy is great for training on the HubSpot CRM. Like stated in pervious questions, it is very simple and easy to use. It is the best way to train for using HubSpot because there are videos and practices for every topic like email marketing, workflows, etc. I personally think HubSpot is much more user friendly than Salesforce. However, we do use both and like both for different reasons but I think HubSpot is simpler to use.

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I think Udemy is really superior as a platform, people create super high quality courses that get employees up to speed in days. The platform has a web and mobile app and has taking notes functionality that can be exported

Incentivized

• Removed the training burden from managers to allow them to use the time elsewhere (2-8 hours)
• Provided more standard and robust training to new hires, allowing for more consistent customer experience

Incentivized

• I think it has a positive impact in having a platform to train employees
• I don't think the cost might be worth it given that the content is super dry

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