Updates

Seth commented on the blog today!  Yay!  I verified that it was actually him, so no worries.  It’s the post before this if you want to check it out.  Have a look at the why me?  page because I’ve edited the references so that you know who they are now.

Michael Jensen of SoloSEO was kind enough to donate 6 months of their service to add to the prize pool.  Thanks Michael!

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#1 Mike Volpe on 03.28.08 at 5:02 pm

Brandon - I commend your efforts. I am sure a lot of people are just sending in a resume and hoping that will work.

But, if you REALLY want this to work, I think you need to do more. The key to getting Seth’s attention is to build something remarkable. Is this website remarkable? In the past 15 days I think all you ahve done is put up a simple about me page and posted about people donating prizes. Let’s turn this website/blog into something remarkable. Let’s share more with Seth about why you really would be a great intern.

One idea… pick a bunch of companies or products you find interesting and think about some new ways to market thier products. Post 3-5 ideas for one company per day. The application deadline is April 2… coming soon!

OK, now for your first assignment (if you choose to accept it). Take a look at our company website (www.HubSpot.com) and then write a post on your blog about great 5 ideas on how to market our company. As a reward for your effrots, I will donate one 6 month subscription to HubSpot Basic (value $1500) for the winner of your drawing.

I am happy to answer questions if you want to email/call/Facebook/Twitter me.

Good luck!

#2 Brandon on 03.30.08 at 3:42 pm

Mike,

Thanks for the great input! I totally agree that this site in and of itself is nothing remarkable. It’s funny that you mention profiling companies and saying what I admire and/or what I’d do differently. In my rough application I had started doing something similar but for some reason I didn’t feel that I should put it up online (kind of stupid in retrospect!).

I will definitely take your assignment. I’ll be writing that in the next few hours hopefully and will let you know what I have up.

Thanks so much for donating the great prize as well, that’s extremely generous of you and your company.

#3 Yifei Zhang on 04.01.08 at 1:02 am

Howdy Brandon, I’m happy to meet another blog application for the internship. Best of luck with everything, and, hopefully, see you there. :)

Best,
Yifei

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