Friday, May 17, 2013

Check Out Today's Posts From the HubSpot Marketing Blog

HubSpot Inbound Marketing Blog

Hi there,

Just sending over your daily roundup of the latest and greatest from HubSpot's Inbound Marketing Blog. We hope something tickles your fancy!

The 10 Cutest Brand Mascots of All Time

By Corey Eridon, May 17, 2013, 4 p.m.

hipmunkThis post is full of gratuitous cuteness. Here's why.

I'm looking into some flights to Ireland (I'm a sufferer of the most debilitating form of wanderlust), and I'm using the flight comparison engine Hipmunk to find a flight.

I used to use a couple other ones, but the Hipmunk chipmunk is just so cute it's paralyzing.

8 Data-Based Tips for Optimizing Your Content on Pinterest and Instagram

By Dan Zarrella, May 17, 2013, 12:30 p.m.

Instagram_PinterestEven though the two most popular social networks to emerge in the past few years (Instagram and Pinterest) revolve around visual content, there isn't much data about what content performs best on these platforms. Because Instagram and Pinterest revolve around visual (not textual) content and their APIs are difficult to access, it can be challenging to research these networks.

Google Launches Dramatic Redesign of Google+, Emphasizing Context and Content Discovery

By Pamela Vaughan, May 17, 2013, 9 a.m.

google+You may have caught wind of some of the announcements coming out of the Google I/O conference over the past couple of days. And while we made some high-level observations here yesterday about how this year's emphasis seems to be on context, there was one announcement we thought deserved more of our attention: the complete redesign of Google+.

Practical Tips for Modern SEO From the Best Minds in Europe

By Kieran Flanagan, May 17, 2013, 3 a.m.

brainThe only certainty in the SEO world -- or, really, the digital marketing world -- is change. And over the past two years, we have seen a whole lot of it. Both Google Panda & Penguin have severely disrupted what works for search marketers, leaving many rather confused about what they should be doing to attract more organic traffic. And not only that; it has left many unsure which best practices may now actually actively harm their organic search strategy.

INBOUND Keynoters Nate Silver and Scott Harrison Named 'Most Creative People in Business'

By Dan Lyons, May 16, 2013, 5 p.m.

fastcocreativeHe became famous by creating a blog; his work is data-driven and based on statistical analysis; and he has disrupted the world of politics by applying science and information to a field where pundits and practitioners traditionally relied on an inefficient and outdated mix of voodoo, superstition, and intuition.