HubSpot email open rate metrics are inaccurate and hard to interpret
HubSpot Sales Hub email open rate reporting is opaque — the numbers shown do not reflect a clear methodology, making it difficult to evaluate whether a campaign is performing. Marketers relying on this data are making optimization decisions on unreliable signals. The lack of transparency in how open rates are calculated compounds the problem.
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