Hunter Nelson

Hunter is the founder and president of Tortoise and Hare Software, a digital marketing agency for the technology sector and other lead generation oriented businesses. Hunter has more than 10 years’ experience building web applications and crafting digital strategies for companies ranging from scrappy startups to Fortune 50 household names. When not on the clock, you'll find him spending time with his family and pups, relaxing on the beach, or playing competitive online video games. See for more.

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LinkedIn Ads Rolls Out New JavaScript Event Based Conversion Tracking

By Hunter Nelson | July 13, 2021

I was poking around in a couple of LinkedIn Ad accounts today, while working on some campaigns and got a notification that there was a change to conversion tracking behaviors. I popped on over to the conversion tracking and noticed that there was a new option to enable event based conversion tracking via a JavaScript…

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3 Key Elements Of A Successful Sales And Marketing Transformation

By Hunter Nelson | May 17, 2021

Generating a steady stream of leads and growing annual revenues at a rate that satisfies you, your investors, and your employees can be a significant challenge. It requires transforming your organization into a sales and marketing company as much as it does providing the product or service that your selling. I’ve worked in various capacities…

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The PRESTO Landing Page Copywriting Framework

By Hunter Nelson | May 10, 2021

Creating a landing page that converts can be a challenge. There’s a lot that goes into it, but one of the most important aspects of that is the copywriting. It would be a significant challenge to create a landing page that converts that uses 0 copy and only design, but it would be much more…

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How To Measure Your Social Media Performance With Google Analytics

By Hunter Nelson | April 27, 2021

Measuring social media performance can be tricky. Most of the interactions happen on a 3rd party platform, which means you are at the mercy of the reporting provided and integrations available from the platforms in question, in this case social media websites. Getting a complete picture of what’s happening in terms of lead generation and…

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The SaaS Startup’s Blogging Guide

By Hunter Nelson | April 16, 2021

Blogging is a critical element of success for SaaS companies, especially new ones with little brand recognition and no sustainable source of traffic to their website. Building organic traffic and using it to bring in new subscribers, free trails, and leads is a long term play that is a front loaded investment, with a deferred…

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What Is The Meaning Of RevOps In SaaS?

By Hunter Nelson | April 8, 2021

You may have heard the word RevOps a time or two at this point, but what does it actually mean? Well, in my opinion, it’s just a fancy way to redefine what used to be the marketing function, back into a cross concern team that spans the full customer lifecycle. Once upon a time, marketing…

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Why You Should Keep Your SaaS Installed On A Subdomain

By Hunter Nelson | March 29, 2021

More than a few SaaS founders start out with a technical background, looking to parlay their coding skills into a product and build a business off it. Their surplus of coding ability and lack of practical business sense can sometimes lure them into a trap though, and that trap is attaching their marketing website to…

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How Much Can I Spend On Google Ads?

By Hunter Nelson | January 17, 2021

One of the first questions I get when talking about google ads is how much is a click? It’s a fair question, but asking it is the wrong way to think about advertising via Google Ads. This is an expense focused question and the whole purpose of engaging a Google Ads management agency or getting…

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Why You Shouldn’t Use Thank You Pages For Conversion Tracking

By Hunter Nelson | December 14, 2020

Tracking conversions is one of the most important things to do as you strive to achieve your marketing goals. In recent years, a growing number of companies are turning to their thank you pages to determine their conversions. While this tracking method is easy to execute, it’s actually one of the worst ways to gauge…

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How To Market A Tech Startup

By Hunter Nelson | November 30, 2020

Wondering how to market a tech startup? If your like me, you’re connected to the technology world and news and see countless stories, social media posts, and other such claims of tech startup success. Maybe you have some skills that pay the bills in your day job, or maybe you’re just a hungry entrepreneur looking…