Jon

Coram Deo —— Christ is King ————— Husband, Dad, learner, leader, HubSpot OG. Solutions Architect. Sales, Marketing & RevOps consultant. 2x founder.

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

There is nothing as good, as a good question.

I’m starting thread of good questions I find.

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

Whenever I'm in the USA, I am shocked by how many 'churches' have giant rainbow flags hanging outside of them.

It's like a sign of conquered territory.

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

This one thing explains way more in our culture politically, culturally, and ecclesiologically (“with regard to the church”) than anyone probably wants to admit:

Until a man (in particular) has kids, he isn’t as emotionally tied to the future of society at a visceral level.

When a man has kids, it does something to his energy and produces a desperation to use his strength to ensure a better societal and ecclesiological future for his children and grandchildren to inherit.

[Rep. Keith Self @RepKeithSelf]

The Kill Switch was pitched to Congress as a way to stop drunk driving—but its real-world implications are far more troubling.

No government should have the authority to remotely control a vehicle you paid for, or turn it into a tool for surveillance.

Stop the overreach. Kill the Kill Switch.

[Kevin Dahlstrom @Camp4]

💰 The most fun I ever had negotiating a salary:

Years ago, I hired a guy—I’ll call him J—to a junior marketing role. He was a bike mechanic with no relevant experience, but he had an engineer’s mind and was funny as heck.

I asked J to call me to discuss compensation…

When he called, I could tell he was nervous. This was a big deal for J—his wife had just given birth to their first child.

I asked J what salary he thought was fair. He had prepared for this question:

“Well, to leave my current career and support my family I’d need to make…

$50,000.”

I could tell J knew that number was a stretch for someone with no experience in an entry level position (this was ~2008).

I paused for a few seconds before responding. Then I said:

“J, I don’t think I can pay $50,000 for this role. I’m making a bet on you and we’re going to have to train you. Can I make a counter offer?”

J responded eagerly: “I completely understand. I really want this job so I’ll take whatever you can offer.”

Then I said, “How about $60,000?”

Confused silence.

After a few seconds, J said, voice cracking, “You have no idea how much this means to me.”

😭

J turned out to be a great hire and within three years he was making six figures.

I’m pretty sure he would have taken a bullet for me.

Here’s my point:

When it comes to people—especially those with high potential—don’t bargain shop.

You’ll only be negotiating against yourself.

It’s not just about being generous, it’s good business. The ROI on good people, properly motivated, is tenfold.

[Zach Homol @zachhomol_]

Brotha, get involved in a small group of homies who are ambitious with multiple interests

It sounds “hard” to find these people but they 1000% exist

Hang out & talk about life, business, family, mindset, Jesus, relational health, etc.

@schober222 @MikeSchiff_ @mikeddonatelli & others do this multiple times per month

Read books & read fiction
Get offline for full days (start with a few hours each day no screens) as you can!

I believe this is the antidote… community, quality conversations, time away from screens

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

@AdamLaneSmith The focus on me vs us.

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

@DavidFischer The Gospel of John

[Adam Lane Smith | The Attachment Specialist @AdamLaneSmith]

Divorce is not normal.

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

@DoctorOfLoveJr @HumbleFlow Here is a quick overview - https://t.co/6AJ0NQlvIW

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

@brian_t_muldoon @HumbleFlow Yes. A lot are in the mid Atlantic region (PA, NY, OH, VA) most under the Mennonite, Amish, Church if the Brethren denominations

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

Politics are important, but listen to me: Politics cannot fix what politics did not break.

And Mankind was broken long before any political system.

Only a return to Jesus Christ who can reach inside the chests of men and give them new and living hearts of love, worship, and humility can save any person, any family, and any society.

Christ is the only way out of the chaos.

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

@ScottPresler The republicans don't want a future different than our current trajectory. They are complicit with the democrats and the deep state.

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

@anthonysramblin I have a similar opinion

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

Is there some type of cloud outage? Spotify, Instagram, Threads and some other apps are all down on my phone. X, LinkedIn, SMS are all working.

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

I've spent the majority of the last two years helping our clients with sales to finance handoff processes. Integrations with Maxio, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, ChargeOver and more. If you have one of those integrations set up for your contract or subscription management, the new Contract object from HubSpot is a game changer for companies looking to manage their contracts and subscriptions in HubSpot.

The contract object allows you to
- Manage subscriptions from HubSpot
- Create & update contracts from a HubSpot quote
- See your invoices, payments, and credit memos in HubSpot
- Give your Sales and CS teams a great view into current contracts, future/planned upgrades, downgrades etc.

If you are frustrated with your current subscription management platform, lets talk about how we can move you to the HubSpot contracts object.

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

Most companies skip straight to Step 5. That’s why their tech stack is a mess.

Elon Musk’s 5-step engineering process doesn’t just apply to rockets. It applies to every broken RevOps system I’ve ever seen.

Here it is:
1.Make requirements less dumb — Question every rule. If you can’t name the person who owns it, it’s probably outdated.
2.Delete the part or process — Kill unnecessary steps before you do anything else. If you aren’t adding back at least 10%, you didn’t delete enough.
3.Simplify — Only then do you streamline what’s left.
4.Accelerate — Speed up what’s necessary and simplified.
5.Automate — Last. Always last.

The mistake I see constantly: companies automate in month one.

They build workflows on top of broken processes.
They integrate tools that shouldn’t exist.
They optimize chaos — and wonder why nothing works.

You don’t earn step 5 until you’ve done steps 1–4.
What’s a process in your stack that should be deleted before it’s ever automated?

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

@CliftonSellers Yes.

[Jon @TheJonMartin]

What is with the weird highlighting on my ipad when typing with an external keyboard that creates all kinds of weird issue.

@apple it sucks.