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title: Karen Rubin | Product Manager |
description: Karen is a product manager in Boston.
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# Karen Rubin's Ramblings

## [Be a Scheduling Super Hero](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/113542/Be-a-Scheduling-Super-Hero)

## [I Have a Top 1% Most Viewed Profile on Linked In....Really? ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/113365/I-Have-a-Top-1-Most-Viewed-Profile-on-Linked-In-Really)

## [Telling Your Story & Self Deprecation](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/113357/Telling-Your-Story-Self-Deprecation)

## [Talking and Thinking About Blogging](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/112915/Talking-and-Thinking-About-Blogging)

## [Day 10: Still Silent Over Here](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/65209/Day-10-Still-Silent-Over-Here)

## [Day 5: Starting to Get Frustrated](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/64650/Day-5-Starting-to-Get-Frustrated)

## [Day 4: Feeling Sort of Human](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/64426/Day-4-Feeling-Sort-of-Human)

## [Day 2: Forget Talking, I Miss FOOD!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/64240/Day-2-Forget-Talking-I-Miss-FOOD)

## [Day 1: Surgery Complete - The Experiment Begins](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/64082/Day-1-Surgery-Complete-The-Experiment-Begins)

## [14 Days of Radio Silence](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/63916/14-Days-of-Radio-Silence)

## [Are Google AdWords too Expensive?](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/56042/Are-Google-AdWords-too-Expensive)

## [What's Your Strength and Who Can Fill Your Weaknesses? ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/54629/What-s-Your-Strength-and-Who-Can-Fill-Your-Weaknesses)

## [The Role of Email Marketing in an Inbound Marketing World](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/52748/The-Role-of-Email-Marketing-in-an-Inbound-Marketing-World)

## [Juggling Product Priorities](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/47802/Juggling-Product-Priorities)

## [96 Hours in London - Day 16](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/47020/96-Hours-in-London-Day-16)

## [96 Hours in London - Day 15](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/47019/96-Hours-in-London-Day-15)

## [96 Hours in London - Day 14](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/46847/96-Hours-in-London-Day-14)

## [96 Hours in London - Day 13](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/46750/96-Hours-in-London-Day-13)

## [96 Hours in London - Day 12](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/46688/96-Hours-in-London-Day-12)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 11](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/46108/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-11)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 10](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45990/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-10)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 9](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45883/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-9)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 8](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45766/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-8)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 7](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45685/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-7)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 6](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45535/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-6)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 5](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45426/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-5)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 4](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45193/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-4)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 3](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45010/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-3)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 2](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45009/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-2)

## [Driving Ireland - One Travelers Thoughts - Day 1](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/45008/Driving-Ireland-One-Travelers-Thoughts-Day-1)

## [Working From Home - Love It or Hate It? ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/41682/Working-From-Home-Love-It-or-Hate-It)

## [Should I Move to a Video Blog?](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/29389/Should-I-Move-to-a-Video-Blog)

## [Photography: Getting Back Into It](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/28250/Photography-Getting-Back-Into-It)

## [Testing Software & Kitten Photos](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/28180/Testing-Software-Kitten-Photos)

## [Beating the Little Hater - Woah, 2 posts in 2 days!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/27298/Beating-the-Little-Hater-Woah-2-posts-in-2-days)

## [Business Cards are Useless](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/27261/Business-Cards-are-Useless)

## [How Lack of Transparency Lost Ann Taylor a Customer](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/26348/How-Lack-of-Transparency-Lost-Ann-Taylor-a-Customer)

## [You don't HAVE to take off your clothes.....](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/24069/You-don-t-HAVE-to-take-off-your-clothes)

## [A Video Camera + A Good Cause = 1.7 Million Views](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/23971/A-Video-Camera-A-Good-Cause-1-7-Million-Views)

## [If the White House Can Do It....You Can Too!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/23704/If-the-White-House-Can-Do-It-You-Can-Too)

## [Hanging with Arianna Huffington](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/23622/Hanging-with-Arianna-Huffington)

## [Seinfeld, Usability & Parking Garages](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/23180/Seinfeld-Usability-Parking-Garages)

## [Passion Sells](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/22709/Passion-Sells)

## [Look before you leap & think before you Tweet!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/22248/Look-before-you-leap-think-before-you-Tweet)

## [Watch the Marketing Sherpa B2B Marketing Summit LIVE on HubSpot.tv](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/21807/Watch-the-Marketing-Sherpa-B2B-Marketing-Summit-LIVE-on-HubSpot-tv)

## [Mud Makes Everything Dirtier](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/21519/Mud-Makes-Everything-Dirtier)

## [LOL - Do you like it in the can? ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/21466/LOL-Do-you-like-it-in-the-can)

## [Call me lazy!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/21044/Call-me-lazy)

## [HubSpot TV's One Year Anniversary Special!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/20457/HubSpot-TV-s-One-Year-Anniversary-Special)

## [I'll Be At PodCamp this Weekend, Will You?](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/20311/I-ll-Be-At-PodCamp-this-Weekend-Will-You)

## [WTF ESPN?!?!?](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/20347/WTF-ESPN)

## [Free Beer and Food @ HubSpot.tv This Friday!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/20310/Free-Beer-and-Food-HubSpot-tv-This-Friday)

## [Petting The Ladder - #AKittenForKaren](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/20145/Petting-The-Ladder-AKittenForKaren)

## [#aKittenforKaren - Help Me Get A Kitten!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/20113/aKittenforKaren-Help-Me-Get-A-Kitten)

## [An Ad That Embarrassed Even Me! ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/19955/An-Ad-That-Embarrassed-Even-Me)

## [Create Fun Videos by Bribing Your Co-Workers With Pizza!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/19835/Create-Fun-Videos-by-Bribing-Your-Co-Workers-With-Pizza)

## [Should Google Be Regulated? ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/19383/Should-Google-Be-Regulated)

## [HubSpot's Newest Music Video - Baby Got Leads!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/19404/HubSpot-s-Newest-Music-Video-Baby-Got-Leads)

## [3 Great Things & An Agency That Understands](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/19206/3-Great-Things-An-Agency-That-Understands)

## [Explaining that Interweb Thing](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/19015/Explaining-that-Interweb-Thing)

## [I've Been Training for HubSpot.tv Since 1991](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/18984/I-ve-Been-Training-for-HubSpot-tv-Since-1991)

## [Does Burger King's "Mind Blowing 7-incher" Go Too Far? ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/18768/Does-Burger-King-s-Mind-Blowing-7-incher-Go-Too-Far)

## [A Really Good Job](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/18698/A-Really-Good-Job)

## [5 Tips to Getting Followed On Twitter (by me) ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/18421/5-Tips-to-Getting-Followed-On-Twitter-by-me)

## [Polo Ralph Lauren Just Doesn't Get It](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/18465/Polo-Ralph-Lauren-Just-Doesn-t-Get-It)

## [How to Use Online Video for Inbound Marketing](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/18403/How-to-Use-Online-Video-for-Inbound-Marketing)

## [Why You Shouldn't Raise Kids in Rural Connecticut ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/18001/Why-You-Shouldn-t-Raise-Kids-in-Rural-Connecticut)

## [Nationwide Must Have Read My Blog!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/17705/Nationwide-Must-Have-Read-My-Blog)

## [Newspapers Should Innovate NOT Beg](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/17646/Newspapers-Should-Innovate-NOT-Beg)

## [Interviewing a Sock Puppet](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/17536/Interviewing-a-Sock-Puppet)

## [Chrome is Just Delicious!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/17390/Chrome-is-Just-Delicious)

## [Twitters Growth Hockey Stick](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/17015/Twitters-Growth-Hockey-Stick)

## [3 Industries That Need to Meet the Internet](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/16872/3-Industries-That-Need-to-Meet-the-Internet)

## [Blogging Basics - Writing Often and Dirty Increases Traffic](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/16672/Blogging-Basics-Writing-Often-and-Dirty-Increases-Traffic)

## [Come to HubSpot for HubSpot.TV!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/16659/Come-to-HubSpot-for-HubSpot-TV)

## [Girls in Tech - Recap](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/16523/Girls-in-Tech-Recap)

## [Girls in Tech - Using Social Media in your Organization](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/15780/Girls-in-Tech-Using-Social-Media-in-your-Organization)

## [Launching My First Marketing Campaign](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/15858/Launching-My-First-Marketing-Campaign)

## [I MADE THE FIRST PAGE OF GOOGLE!!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/15605/I-MADE-THE-FIRST-PAGE-OF-GOOGLE)

## [Social Media Spending Growth](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/15567/Social-Media-Spending-Growth)

## [WOO HOO! Google Found Me!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/14975/WOO-HOO-Google-Found-Me)

## [Is a Single Online Worldwide Village Possible? ](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/14862/Is-a-Single-Online-Worldwide-Village-Possible)

## [MITX Digital Combine](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/14602/MITX-Digital-Combine)

## [I might be a narcissist, and you might be too!](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/13786/I-might-be-a-narcissist-and-you-might-be-too)

## [Set up your Google Profile Today](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/13780/Set-up-your-Google-Profile-Today)

## [Interviews and the Importance of Research](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/13338/Interviews-and-the-Importance-of-Research)

## [Design doesn't matter, except when it does....](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/13501/Design-doesn-t-matter-except-when-it-does)

## [Personal Branding 101](https://karen-rubin.hs-sites.com/blog/bid/13319/Personal-Branding-101)

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