Getting to be a finalist in awards like the Crunchies just isn't possible without a little self promotion, so here is a list of the top reasons I would like you to nominate HubSpot for the 2008 Crunchies in the "Best Enterprise" category. It takes 15 seconds and does not require any registration at all.
- We built the free SEO tool - http://Website.Grader.com/ - it has evaluated over 500,000 websites.
- We've been in TechCrunch once before. Actually, twice. And Guy Kawasaki likes us too.
- Robert Scoble says "Marketers are going to love HubSpot"
- During 2008, HubSpot has grown from about 200 customers to nearly 1,000 customers.
- There are over 1,400 fans of HubSpot on Facebook.
- We like to make funny videos. Lots of them. The first one has over 30,000 views last time I checked.
- HubSpot has a proven business model - our customers pay between $250 and $500 per month for our software - unlike companies like Twitter that are still trying to find a business model.
- We give away tons of free info and marketing tips on our marketing blog, which has over 8,000 subscribers, is in the AdAge Power 150 and the Technorati Top 10K.
- In May 2008, HubSpot raised $12m in additional capital from Matrix Partners, giving us more than enough cash to last through the current economic downturn.
- People rave about HubSpot.
- We have the first and only live weekly marketing video podcast. (You can subscribe in iTunes to see old episodes.)
- We build the free press release marketing tool - http://PressRelease.Grader.com/ - it has evaluated over 50,000 press releases.
- We built Twitter Grader - http://Twitter.Grader.com/ - it has evaluated over 500,000 twitter profiles.
- We like to play foosball.
- Working at HubSpot is different than working at Digg.
- Tons of HubSpotters are on Twitter, and our @grader account is one of the top 100 profiles on Twitter.
- We do lots of free marketing webinars. Our last one attracted 5,000 people.
- We have built a LinkedIn marketing group with over 14,000 members.
- We had a fun second birthday party for our company (see birthday pics).
- If you nominate HubSpot for the Crunchies in the "Best Enterprise" category, you'll make me happy!