HubPages Blueprint
HubNominon - The Story Of Hubpages - About The Staff
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 The Men And Women Behind The Phenominon
Picture by: InspirePub This is a luncheon with a fellow HubPages Author known as Inspirepub. Read more on this hub: HubPages office and new members of the Team You can click any underlined word on this page or any page on the site to get more information on topics. If the person’s name is in bold type you can click that as well to visit their HubPage profile (even if it is not underlined)
When HubPages started out it was this unknown site built by three netrepeneurs that had a dream of starting their own business, while also generating a platform for writers to generate money with their writing. They never dreamed it would become what it has today, the Hubnominon! Today the site is being run by Five people in a San Francisco office. This humbled quintet (5 people) running the whole show are extraordinary in their mission and ambition to bring the best service ever devised. They even "stay after work" to answer forum posts, help members with problems and work tirelessly to improve the service. These are the people that make HubPages what it is and this site is just getting better and better. The thing I love about the founders and current staff of this site are that they are not afraid to talk to you. This site has a very personal feel to it not corporate like Squidoo where the big wigs are impossible to talk to let alone share your ideas with. HubPages is the phenomenon it is because these people are not just running the company, they are active Hubbers themselves! They love it as much as you do so when they make a decision on a new feature or develop a benefit, you can rest assured they know exactly where your coming from, what you need, what would help your mission- because your mission is also theirs!
Ryan Hupfer – Marketing Director – and… “Communicator of Awesomeness” To give you a bit on each player in the quintet, Let's start out with the man who calls himself "The Communicator of Awesomeness". This guy, Ryan Hupfer the Marketing director and creative genius behind the Hub Mob concept, has an extraordinary ability to put together fun ways to engage the writers to write as a team. Ryan just released this great video where you can actually see the inside of the hubpages office... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ggHZE5tC8U And you can see that they are a fun group... The Hub Mob concept is based on another concept Ryan and others saw going on in other sites. Ryan adapted it using HubPages by creating a “sticky post” topic for it in the “Hubbers Hangout” section of the forum. He utilizes the HubPages “request” feature to put the topic of the week which he selects in part by taking in suggestions on the forum. Everyone is to click a link in the forum thread to go to the request page to answer the request. Hub Authors write a hub on the topic then discuss it in the forum. The genius of this whole concept is it is designed to bring Google SEO notoriety through a group effort and popularity of a topic. Take a look at the HubMob for this week already in progress: HubMob Ryan continues to innovate things like this and is currently working on a “Milestone program” which will motivate authors using other authors accomplishments and the authors own ambitions to reach said milestones and get put on the list. Click the underlined words to read the interactive forum conversation. If your not yet a HubPages Author click that and you’ll be lead to a sign in page or you can click here to sign up, it literally takes about 60 seconds, and its free. I’m not sure where he’s going with this yet, its still in the air, but several Hub Authors have suggested things like a “hall of fame” page and to have this added to the newsletter that comes out weekly. The great thing about this site is often when they get a great idea for a feature they will run it by the HubPages Authors first in the forum to get feedback. We are all pretty integrated into the site’s growth and when you have a good idea to share they do listen. Some Links to Ryan’s work: o Ryan’s HubPages Blogs (and other authors)
Maddie Ruud – HubPages Community Director Maddie Ruud is the new community director of HubPages. Before she was the director of communication between Hubbers in areas like the forum and problem solving liaison between the Hubbers and the other vital parts of the staff (i.e. when a problem occurs that is program related she can forward your request, concern, etc.. to them for you), she was/is also an avid Hubber.
Maddie has cracked the code on how to generate money with the HubPages tools and assets (available to every Hubber) and has become an example of greatness on HubPages. To protect her privacy I will not divulge any personal details here however I implore you to visit her HubPages account and read through her many hubs to see how a money generating hub looks, how its formatted, how short it is, and how it makes use of the monetization tools.
Maddie is often found in the forums interacting with the community and works tirelessly as well to improve the HubPages environment, and community. One thing that Maddie brings to HubPages is her diplomatic communication skills and great listening skills. I would write more about her but you can find out everything you need in both the forums and in her HubPages account. She's an asset to the HubPages team and Community.
Some Links to Maddie’s Work: More to come…(site under construction)
HubPages Background Links I will add to this as I go along. If you’re a HubPages Author and have a background hub on HubPages staff in particular in full or in part let me know and I’ll add your link here. HubPages History – By SunSeven Everything you ever wanted to know about HubPages – a Hub by Darkside
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