B
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65%
65% -- share of companies citing traffic and lead generation as top marketing challenge for surveyed companies (2026)
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65%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
HubSpot
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Tier C
http://bernadettecoleman.com/local-business-website-strategies/ ↗
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Get More Customers to Local Business Websites with these Sure-Fire Strategies
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HubSpot
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HubSpot survey cited by secondary blog; original survey details not provided
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surveyed companies: 65% share of companies citing traffic and lead generation as top marketing challenge. Source: HubSpot (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/hubspot-traffic-leads-top-challenge-65
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/hubspot-traffic-leads-top-challenge-65" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>65%</strong> -- share of companies citing traffic and lead generation as top marketing challenge for surveyed companies<br><small>Source: HubSpot (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/hubspot-traffic-leads-top-challenge-65" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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