Inbound Marketing Certified Professional – I got it!

In June, the Inbound Marketing University, lead by Hubspot, create a serie of classes (see below) about multiple facets of Inbound Marketing.My favorite ones were:

Viral Marketing and World Wide Raves (GF301)
Advanced SEO Tactics: On Beyond Keyword Research (GF401)

According to Twitter #IMU, there was over 5000 students, 1000 took the exam and about 500 passed. The one who passed received an official badge like this:

Thanks to Rebecca at Hubspot for making this a great success!

Here is the list of classes and professors:

Class 1: How to Blog Effectively for Business (GF101)
Professors: Ann Handley and Mack Collier, MarketingProfs

Class 2: SEO Crash Course to Get Found (GF102)
Professor: Lee Odden, TopRank Online Marketing

Class 3: Social Media and Building Community (GF201)
Professor: Chris Brogan, New Marketing Labs

Class 4: Successful Business Uses for Facebook and LinkedIn (GF202)
Professor: Elyse Tager, Silicon Valley American Marketing Association

Class 5: Viral Marketing and World Wide Raves (GF301)
Professor: David Meerman Scott, author of New Rules of Marketing & PR and
World Wide Rave

Class 6: Advanced SEO Tactics: On Beyond Keyword Research (GF401)
Professor: Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz

Class 7: Calls to Action and Landing Page Best Practices (CV101)
Professor: Jeanne Hopkins, MECLABS, Marketing Experiments

Class 8: Inbound Lead Nurturing (CV201)
Professor: Brian Carroll, MECLABS, InTouch

Class 9: Successful Email Marketing (CV301)
Professor: Eric Groves, Constant Contact

Class 10: Analyzing Inbound Marketing (AZ401)
Professor: Marshall Sponder, Monster.com, Web Analytics Association for Social Media

Review Session: Inbound Marketing Exam Review
Professor: Mike Volpe, HubSpot

Tags: blog, call to action, email, facebook, hubspot, imu, Inbound Marketing, lead nurturing, linkedin, pr, seo, Social Media