Ellie Mirman's Startup Marketing Blog

I love this joke from comedian Mike Birbiglia:

Topics: family

I've been meaning to write about this for a while, and what better time than just after a great trip to Miami for a marketing conference. I think traditionally marketers are seen as outgoing, social people who can strike up great conversations with whomever they meet. That is not me. I'm the shy girl at the party, who might hang out by the food table in the hopes of striking up a conversation about vegetable dips with an unsuspecting hungry guest.

Topics: social media, events

There's nothing like a great conference to really get lots of thoughts and ideas jumping around in your head, just waiting for a blog post to flush them out. Yesterday I drove down to Randolph, MA for Geek Girl Camp Boston to talk to women about how to use inbound marketing and, specifically, Facebook, for business and afterwards I was so energized with blog post ideas about marketing and Facebook and social media newbies.

Topics: facebook, marketing, events, books

Next week, I'll be heading out to Randolph, MA for Geek Girl Camp Boston to speak on How to Use Facebook for Business.

Topics: facebook, events

Topics: work life, social media, video, branding, job search, blogging

Topics: social media, blogging

It's been a crazy week for us over at HubSpot - and I swear this time it's crazier than usual.

Topics: fun world of marketing, social media, video, events, books, twitter

Avocado, Mozzarella, and Tomato Salad

Topics: food

Topics: marketing, fun world of marketing, work life, comedy, video, seo

Zucchinis, zucchinis, and more zucchinis! These dishes turned out quite well - but how could they not? I pretty much love all the ingredients, and, surprise surprise, when you put them together they're also delicious!

Topics: food