You may have heard of Hubspot Academy but not sure how you can access their courses if you are either unemployed or working for a company without a website.
We’re going to show you how to sign up for Hubspot Academy without a company domain name or email address so that you can access their courses.
If you want to expand your knowledge of sales, inbound marketing and customer service this is the course provider for you.
So let’s take a look at Hubspot Academy and how you can access all the training they have to offer even if you don’t have a company.
What Is Hubspot Academy?
Hubspot Academy is one of the foremost providers of online training for inbound marketing, customer service and sales professionals.
They specialize in singular topic courses, comprehensive certification and bite sized lessons to help people expand their knowledge and grow their business and careers.
Offering dozens of courses they cater for beginners, intermediate learners and advanced professionals with lessons that last 30 minutes to over 3 hours depending on the subject.
The courses are offered in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese.
You can pick the subjects and topics that are most relevant to your business or career goals within marketing, sales or customer service.
It is easy to find the different courses by clicking on the relevant sector and then accessing the drop-down menu which shows all relevant courses.
Each course description tells you what the subject covers, how long the course will last and whether you will receive a certificate at the successful completion of the course.
How To Sign Up For Hubspot Academy Without A Company Email
Many people access the Hubspot Academy courses through their employer or via their own company’s website or an email account.
This is done by entering your company’s domain name into the required fields on Hubspot Academy’s website.
If you don’t have a company email address or if your company doesn’t yet have one it is still possible to sign up for a Hubspot Academy course.
This is because Hubspot does not check the validity of the website on sign up.
In fact, they suggest that if you don’t have access to a company email or domain name that you simply use a placeholder URL in order to complete the registration.
This can be something like testwebsite.org or similar.
This will allow anyone who does not have access to a company email or domain name to still sign up for Hubspot Academy’s online courses using a personal email or placeholder domain name.
Creating A Placeholder URL
To create a URL so that you can access the courses on Hubspot there are a number of ways to do this.
You can create a free website by using a service that offers free web hosting such as Webs.com. You can create a free site address as part of the registration process that will become your free URL.
If after the course you want to keep using the site you can begin building the website and uploading files, or you can leave it as a placeholder URL.
Alternatively you can use a Google account such as Gmail to sign up to Hubspot. This can be a personal email account if you don’t have a company Gmail account.
You can also use Bravenet with which you can create a website that gives you access to 5 GB of storage space for text, image and HTML files.
So there are ways for you to sign up to Hubspot Academy without a company.
What Are The Different Types Of Hubspot Courses?
Now that you know how to gain access to Hubspot Academy there is a multitude of courses that you will be able to choose from. Click here to learn more about Hubspot courses.
Which you choose will depend on your particular field of employment.
It may be that you don’t have access to a company domain or email address because you are unemployed.
You may be looking for a way of improving your skill set by taking on some additional training or upskilling existing knowledge.
The main focus of Hubspot training is in the fields of inbound marketing, sales and customer service.
If you are looking for work and have interest in all three of these areas then it may be worth researching which are the most in demand at the moment.
To increase your chances of employment look for a position where there is the greatest demand and the Hubspot training that you can do to achieve that position.
Online Hubspot Training
When you have decided which area you wish to train in it is time to look in detail at the courses that are available to you.
If you are starting a subject from scratch then you would be advised to look at the beginner courses.
However if it is an area that you are somewhat familiar with then you can look at increasing your knowledge and upskilling with intermediate or even advanced training courses.
Each time you add to your knowledge base you are increasing your chances of employment or promotion.
So it is worth taking and find which are the most suitable for your training needs.
In the digital age you can learn new skills and improve existing ones through online courses from your home, at work or in your free time.
When it comes to getting a new job or promotion this will give you an edge over your competitors.
Hubspot Training
Hubspot concentrates on three main areas of expertise, sales, service and marketing.
They offer some free online courses, but the majority are paid for.
Marketing Hubspot Training
Under the marketing training tab you will find an extensive list of online courses to either get you started or expand your skills in marketing.
In this section you will find courses on automation, contact management, as well as content, email and inbound marketing.
There are also courses in lead generation, reporting and performance, SEO, social media and web design.
As you can see that spans a very wide range of topics and nothing is left uncovered.
Exploring each sub-section you will find different aspects of the topic explored with a mixture of short courses and longer courses which are certified on completion.
For someone who is opening an online business there is a short 4 hour introductory course as well as how to create the right content for your business.
More in depth courses such as inbound marketing optimization are spread over 7 lessons which leads to a certificate on successful completion.
Sales Hubspot Training
For those in sales there are just as many learning opportunities with Hubspot. The areas focused on are contact management, inbound sales and sales enablement.
The courses covered in this area include important subjects such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for those who collect or process personal data.
There are also inbound sales courses which are comprehensive and last over 3 hours.
Hubspot training will give you all the information you need to understand sales or to expand your knowledge of this area of business.
These courses will give you a head start if you are looking for a job in sales and help you progress your career through newly acquired skills.
As the world of sales is constantly evolving these Hubspot courses will keep you up to date with all the latest trends and selling techniques.
These are helpful for those who use their websites for selling as well as those who work in sales for medium to large companies.
Service Hubspot Training
Customer service Hubspot training includes contact management, and inbound service.
These courses can be extremely useful for those who wish to set up their own online business but also so for those who are interested in working with customer service.
You can take one of their new courses such as in service hub software which will lead to a qualification via Hubspot’s certification.
This is helpful for customer service agents and managers to create a frictionless customer service experience.
With the inbound service courses you can learn how to accelerate growth with the flywheel business model.
Or how to set up a customer portal which allows clients to communicate with the support team.
With all of these amazing courses available from Hubspot you will be able to access all you need to learn about sales, inbound marketing and customer service.
And you don’t need a company address to do it.
Multiple Users
It is possible for multiple users to have access to one account.
However, each user must have their own email address, and each must have their own permissions on the account.
Each individual user must also submit their own exercises and tests for assessment.
If a practical exercise has been completed by one user then it must also be completed by anyone else who wishes to pass any certification for the course.
Swapping Certifications From Old Email Address To New Email Address
If you find that after setting up your email account with Hubspot that you need to move your certifications, that is something you can do if you have access to both email addresses.
This might not always be the case. For example, you may have completed your Hubspot Academy training with a former employer and received all your certifications to your work email account.
If you subsequently leave that employment you will no longer be able to access the email account and so not be able to transfer your certifications over.
In this situation you can contact Hubspot support for more information.
For those who have access to both email accounts the process of swapping certifications from the old to new email address is relatively straightforward.
Transferring Your Certificates To A New Email
All your certificates including those that are in progress will be transferred to your new email account by following the steps below:
- Click your account name in your Hubspot account, it’s in the top right hand corner. Now click Hubspot Academy.
- Select the My Team tab and here you will be able to view all the users of the account and their certification statuses.
- Find your existing email address and select the Manage Certificates menu. Now click Transfer certificates to a new email address.
- A dialog box will appear. Enter the new email address and select Transfer.
- Take the opportunity to review the certificates that will be transferred to make sure they are all correct. The select, Yes, transfer.
- You will be taken to the My Team tab and a message will appear telling you that an email with a link has been sent to your new email address. Click the link to confirm. This will finish the transfer.
- Go to your new email inbox and open the email which deals with your transfer of certificates. If it’s not there, check your spam or junk folder.
- When you find the email click on Confirm email address.
- You will again be sent back to the My Team tab in Hubspot Academy. The certificates will now be shown as associated with your new email address.
However, the new email address has to be associated with a user in a Hubspot account.
For example if you are using a Solutions Partner account some certifications cannot be transferred to a non-partner account.
Final Thoughts
As we have seen it is not necessary to have either a company or a work email address in order to sign up for Hubspot Academy.
The courses that they offer are available to anyone who has a website or a personal email account.
It is also possible for multiple users to have access to one Hubspot account, although each will need their own email address.
We hope you have found this guide to how to sign up to Hubspot Academy with a company helpful and wish you luck with your training.
