Over the last few years many social news sites have popped up like Mixx, Digg, and Newsvine that are the premier places for popular news and information. There are great sites for small business information like BizSugar.com and Business Week Small Business but there is another one you might not be aware of and that is the Inbound Marketing News Site from Hubspot.com.
For those of you not familiar with Hubspot, it is a fantastic tool that essentially owns the “Inbound Marketing” space and the name InboundMarketing.com. Their main product is their Hubspot Inbound Marketing System but they are also known for their free tools like Web Site Grader and Twitter Grader and most recently have provided a FREE inbound marketing certification that is comprised of 16 hours of video and a test that is challenging. If you are doing marketing in any capacity for your business, you need to check out the coursework. I have been doing this a while and still the advanced analytics and search engine classes taught me a few new tricks that I really appreciated.
The news site you see in the picture above is yet another great source of articles, news and information that helps your small business. On the other side of things you can contribute your own articles to help drive inbound traffic and establish yourself as a thought leader. I find these types of niche sites along with Bizsugar.com to have more value and drive traffic from people that might actually buy your product.
Google+Web.com is now offering forums designed to support small businesses in cities throughout the US. Learn more about these forums here: http://Businessforum.web.com/
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