Five years ago, when HubSpot co-founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah moved into their first single-room office in Cambridge, MA, the term inbound marketing was virtually unknown. Today, a Google search for inbound marketing yields more than three million results, including links to the book Shah & Halligan co-authored and the 50+ awards HubSpot has received, including #1 Best Place to Work in Boston (2010 and again in 2011), Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Halligan, 2010 and again in 2011), and Shah’s 2011 Top Technology Innovator honor from the Boston Globe.

HubSpot announced the "HubSpot App Marketplace," the world’s first and largest application marketplace for marketing software today, with more than a dozen approved applications being used by more than 1,000 companies representing more than 3,000 application installations.  Already the world’s largest marketing platform with more than 4,900 customers, HubSpot has now enabled the software developer community to build new applications that seamlessly integrate with HubSpot software.  Just like adding a new app to your Android device or iPhone or iPad, now thousands of marketing professionals can install and start using a new application from a third-party developer in just one click - and thousands of them have already done exactly that.

The HubSpot App Marketplace is a showcase of third-party applications that provide marketers with valuable insight and tools across the spectrum of their day-to-day marketing activities, including:

Monday night, HubSpot welcomed customers and Value Added Resellers to celebrate the beginning of HUG at a reception in HubSpot's new office in the Davenport building. The reception, special HubSpot TV episode (watch the archive here!), and networking combined for an amazing evening.

The first annual HubSpot User Group, HUG, has been very well received. So much, in fact, that we needed to book a bigger venue for all our excited customers and partners! With two weeks until the event and more than 300 customer registrants, HubSpot is excited to be able to continue growing registration now that the Tuesday, October 5th one-day conference has been relocated to UMass Boston's Campus Center, featuring a grand ballroom overlooking the water.

Indium Corporation, a HubSpot customer that develops, manufactures and supplies specialty alloys and solder, recently informed us that HubSpot is the recipient of its 2009 Marcom Vendor of the Year award. What an honor!

Everyone can use a HUG!

In the world of online marketing, getting folks together face to face is rare, but allows much deeper interaction and learning.  To continue building community withour customers, HubSpot recently opened registration for the first annual HubSpot User Group taking place in Cambridge, MA on Tuesday, October 5, 2010.