I know that I have mentioned Frank (my Pug that I bring into the office every day) on this blog a little bit here and there, but here lately I feel like I should be talking more about him since he’s becoming such a fixture around here. Whether he’s sleeping during meetings, chewing on our…
Read MoreThe People That Made BlogWorld Expo 2009 So Freakin’ Awesome
I just rolled in early this morning from Las Vegas where I was spreading the HubPages love at the 2009 BlogWorld Expo, which is basically a huge event (2,500+ attendees) that attracts some of the biggest names in blogging, podcasting, social media and other web stuff. Me and most of the web-geeks who decide to…
Read MoreGoing To BlogWorld 2009 In Las Vegas, Looking To Meet Interesting/Fun/Crazy People
I’m happy to announce that for the second year in a row I’m heading out to Las Vegas to partake in what I think is the greatest social media event that anyone in the industry could go to — BlogWorld 2009. I know that’s saying a lot and coming from a guy who has been around…
Read MoreA Sweet Video Interview From The Search Engine Strategies Conference
It’s been a while since I put on my conference-attending hat and hung out at the Search Engine Strategies down in San Jose. But, just when it had almost left my memory bank forever I got an email saying that a video interview that me and my man Ren Chin of our sister company YieldBuild…
Read MoreHalf a Million Published Hubs!
Today HubPages crossed the milestone of 500,000 hubs. It wasn’t so long ago that I was talking about the 200,000 hub milestone. But what a difference, a year makes. Back then, we were getting 8 million unique visitors a month. Today, we are getting over 14 million. The 500,000th hub in case you were wondering…
Read MoreAn Awesome Note I Found In Our Kitchen This Morning
This morning when I cam into the office, I made a quick stop by the kitchen and when I did a couple of Post-It notes that were stuck on two boxes of tea that were on the counter just happened to grab my attention. As I leaned in closer to take a look at them…
Read MoreAn Awesome Wedding Surprise From The HubNuggets Team!
As with any vacation, it’s never that easy when you’re trying to get back into the swing of things (a.k.a. getting back to the ‘real world’), but lucky for me I was given a little bit of help with the adjusting once I finally came back into work after being gone for my wedding/honeymoon for…
Read MoreFinishing Up My Time At Search Engine Strategies And Giving Away Another Hundred Bucks
Just as I told you all about in the post that I put up last week after my first day at the Search Engine Strategies conference, having some fun and interactive way to get some of the attendees interested in your product is key in getting some value out of these types of events. Now…
Read MoreGiving Away Some Money (and HubPages Tips) at The Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose
I always love going to conferences that have to do with the different things that are part of my work here at HubPages, so when I heard that I was going to have a booth at the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose this week, I was pretty excited. Obviously search is a very…
Read MoreThe Idea Bank Topics That You’ll Never See (The Rejects)
Here at HubPages we not only try to give you the best possible self-publishing platform that the web has to offer, but we also try to offer you world-class writing tools that will help you become the most successful Hubber possible. An example of one of these helpful tools that we offer is the Idea…
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