Posted by Ellie Mirman on Fri, Jul 09, 2010 @ 09:15 AM
Turns out zombies make terrible temps. The good news, though, is that with inbound marketing you can generate tons of qualified leads so you can don't need to hire any zombie temps. The other interesting news is that regular makeup can turn any marketer into a decent zombie.
Check out the video below to see our zombie temp in action. (And catch my cameo at the end, acting totally disgusted with our zombie temp.)
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Fri, Sep 25, 2009 @ 07:31 AM
Last night I finally made it out to my first DartBoston Pokin' Holes event and I was on a panel of three critiquing Launch Into Boston.
Overall, it was a great experience - met some great people and got to talk about a really interesting business. Full video is below, but here are the basics:
DartBoston: DartBoston is a community of young entrepreneurs and professionals in the Boston area.
Pokin' Holes: DartBoston holds a live weekly video podcast and event called "Pokin' Holes" that evaluates and provides feedback to young entrepreneurs starting new ventures.
Launch Into Boston: This week we evaluated Launch Into Boston, a service for recent college graduates and young professionals to transition into life in Boston.
Panelists: Jason Evanish, Neha Patadia, and myself, and moderated by DartBoston's Cort Johnson
Big thanks to Cort and DartBoston for inviting me to join the panel. It was a great time and I'm sure I'll be back!
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Thu, Sep 03, 2009 @ 10:23 AM
Sup dawg, I heard you like The Office, so I put The Office in your office so you can play The Office in your office.
The [Marketing] Office: How @HubSpot Learned Twitter ("The Office" Spoof)
Credits
Director, Producer and Film Editor: Rebecca Corliss (@repcor)
Cast
Mike "Michael Scott" Volpe (@mvolpe)
Dan "Dwight" Zarrella (@danzarrella)
Rick "Jim" Burnes (@rickburnes)
Ellie "Pam" Mirman (@ellieeille)
Karen "Angela" Rubin (@karenrubin)
Prashant "Oscar" Kaw (@prashantkaw)
Dan Tyre (as himself)
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 @ 08:00 AM
Yesterday I did a presentation on How to Promote an Event with Inbound Marketing for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Social Media Marketing conference. Since I'm here in Massachusetts, and the event was out in Texas, I did the presentation via a live webinar and recorded the session.
Here is the full presentation video, plus the slides below. Enjoy!
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Wed, Feb 25, 2009 @ 12:59 PM
Scott Kirsner of the Boston Globe came by our offices to talk to Brian Halligan, HubSpot CEO, to talk about how people can find a job (in or out of a recession, really).
In short: use blogs and social media to build your personal brand and expertise online so that companies find you and know who you are before you even send in a resume.
Watch the video:
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Sun, Feb 22, 2009 @ 11:28 AM
It's been a crazy week for us over at HubSpot - and I swear this time it's crazier than usual.
HubSpot 1K Customers Celebration
First up, we had our HubSpot 1K Customers Party, at which we had probably 200 HubSpot employees, customers, friends, and family join us in our new office to celebrate our 1,000 customer base.
We had HubSpot TV live, SWAG and temporary tattoo stations, tarot readings, foosball, RockBand, and, of course, food and drinks. It was a rockin' time, as the photos will illustrate.
MC Hammer Visits HubSpot TV
And the very next day, just to top the biggest company party ever, we had a surprise visit from - are you ready for this - MC HAMMER. Yup, he just happened to be in town and decided to visit our little ol' internet marketing startup.
Really, what happened was another twitter success story. He tweeted that he was in Boston, a number of HubSpotters responded, saying he should stop by... and he did! As my fellow HubSpotter, Rebecca Corliss, said, twitter really does level the networking playing field. Could you ever imagine our little software company getting a celebrity like that to come to our office?
View a short clip from his visit to HubSpot TV:
World Wide Rave Video
Now, just to top it all off, today David Meerman Scott posted a new video that features over 100 people who have created World Wide Raves (triggering people to spread their ideas and share their stories for free). Watch carefully for my cameo at about 1:12 (right after John Hodgman). David was very nice to even credit me in his post - thanks David!
P.S. - David's new book, World Wide Rave is pretty awesome (I got an advance copy - thanks again, David!) and it officially comes out at the beginning of March, though online sales have already begun.
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Fri, Jan 30, 2009 @ 09:25 AM
If you haven't yet, go check out the tragic story of Bronto and his diet coke castle - made out of, yep, you guessed it, Diet Coke cans drunk by myself and Rebecca Corliss. We are both Diet Coke addicts and... silly people.
But Bronto's folks are just as silly. Here's DJ Waldow & friends' video response to the whole story:
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 @ 07:51 AM
Happy Holidays everyone! Enjoy!
Posted by Ellie Mirman on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 @ 11:54 AM
I'm not one of the people who was outraged by Facebook's redesign, but I can't help but love this video.