The great thing about the internet is that it is full of really smart people sharing great information, all for free. We appreciate that you have decided to read and subscribe to the
HubSpot Internet Marketing Blog
! If you can find some extra time in your week to add more blogs to your reading list, we recommend you consider subscribing to some of these 36 blogs.
36 Awesome Social Media Blogs (In No Certain Order)
1.
Social Media Explorer
-- Jason Falls is constantly pumping out great posts on social media's impact on marketing and public relations.
2.
The Future Buzz
-- Adam Singer takes a clear approach to social media marketing and SEO topics and isn't afraid to take a stance against ideas and tactics he thinks are bad for marketers.
3.
Duct Tape Marketing
-- If you are a small business owner, then Duct Tape is a must read for strategic and tactical advice about leveraging online marketing and social media to grow your business.
4.
Conversation Agent
-- Conversation is a buzz word on the web today, but this blog connects conversation to business goals and demonstrates how it is an important factor in driving business results.
5.
PR Squared
-- If public relations is your core interest, then be sure to check out Todd Defren's blog about the intersection of public relations and digital media.
6.
Web Ink Now
-- Author and speaker, David Meerman Scott shares great theories and real-life examples of social media's impact on marketing as well as easy-to-understand content that is great for non-marketing executives.
7.
SEOmoz Blog
-- If search engine marketing is a top interest for you, then SEOmoz offers a wealth of knowledge with more than 3,000 detailed posts about search engine marketing.
8.
Marketing Pilgrim
-- For a constant blend of online marketing and search news with a side of how-to articles, check out Marketing Pilgrim.
9.
Copyblogger
-- Great blogging is about great writing and story telling. Posts at Copyblogger teach you how to do both of these better.
10.
Six Pixels of Separation
-- Mitch Joel has built a successful marketing agency and shares his knowledge and insight about online marketing as well as industry trends.
11.
TopRank Online Marketing Blog
-- The TopRank blog has a long history of delivering a great blend of search engine and social media marketing information in easily digestible lists and posts.
12.
Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik
-- Looking for information and insight on web analytics? This blog is one of the best resources on the web on this subject.
13.
Logic+Emotion
-- For great visuals of social media's impact on marketing, check out David Armano's blog, which is chock full of great visual thinking.
14.
MarketingProfs Daily Fix
-- While MarketingProfs reserves some of its content for paid members, its Daily Fix blog offers great daily marketing content for free.
15.
Social Business
-- Jennifer Leggio's blog is an expansive resource for emerging trends relating to social media's impact on business.
16.
Beth's Blog
-- If you're a part of the nonprofit community, then Beth Kanter's blog is the resource for you. Kanter has emerged as the authority on leveraging online marketing and social media for nonprofits.
17.
Altitude Branding
-- For thoughtful and honest commentary and advice on social media and conducting business on the web, check out Amber Naslund's blog.
18.
The Social Media Marketing Blog
-- Want perspective on social media from a big company? Check out Scott Monty's blog. Monty leads social media at Ford Motor Company and offers insight on social media marketing as it relates to large brands.
19.
Dave Fleet
-- Dave's blog provides valuable information regarding how social media has an impact on brands and traditional communications functions like public relations and advertising.
20.
Chris Brogan
-- Brogan, a leading social media author and speaker, shares thoughtful and personal content on his blog. He has a huge library of posts, so conduct some searches on topics that you are most interested in.
21.
Brian Solis
-- With a history of long and thoughtful posts on social media, Brian Solis has create a must-read resource for online marketing.
22.
Social Media Examiner
-- With tons of great guest authors and consistent how-to content, Social Media Examiner offers a ton of free advice for marketers across industries.
23.
Convince and Convert
-- Jay Baer provides actionable information about the best ways to use social media to improve reach and convert new customers.
24.
Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang
-- For an analyst's perspective on high-level social media concepts and emerging trends like social CRM, take a minute to check out Jeremiah's blog.
25.
Techipedia
-- From real-time search to Facebook, Tamar Weinberg covers a wide range of social media topics on her blog.
26.
Seth's Blog
-- If you are a marketer, then it is highly likely you have read at least one of Seth Godin's books. Seth's often brief blog posts are great free resources from an expert marketer.
27.
Search Engine Land
-- Long-time search engine marketing resource Search Engine Land provides expert advice on search marketing.
28.
ProBlogger
-- For those interested in improving their blog, ProBlogger discusses all of the strategies and tactics needed to become a successful blogger.
29.
CenterNetworks
-- Looking to discover the cool stuff before everyone else? CenterNetworks shares information about social software startups as well and other online news and marketing information.
30.
Peter Shankman
-- Boring is not a word to describe Peter. For social media insight with a shot of personality, Peter's blog is a must read.
31.
Louis Gray
-- Looking for geeky and early adopter social media information? Louis has all of the information you need.
32.
Groundswell
-- This is the blog that has continued the education that was started in the book Groundswell. It contains important information for marketing departments looking to better understand social media from
Groundswell
author Josh Bernoff.
33.
Presentation Zen
-- Storytelling is critically important in social media. Garr Reynolds' blog demonstrates how to tell compelling stories online and offline.
34.
Bad Pitch Blog
-- The Bad Pitch Blog points out mistakes other marketers have made so that you won't make them, too! You'll find some important perspective in these posts.
35.
The Measurement Standard
-- Measuring results is important to all marketers. KD Paine is one of the best.
36.
Andy Lark
-- Lark is Dell's vice president of global marketing and communications and offers commentary on social media and marketing leadership.
37.
B2BBloggers
-- Jeremy Victor maintains an excellent blog here covering a variety of topics in B2B marketing and sales, including how to create a great presence as a business and encourage engagement.
Do you already subscribe to some of these blogs? Which are your favorites?
Nicole Branigan 10:11 AM on May 18, 2010
This is great! Added them all to my Google Reader account, thanks for the tip(s)
Davina K. Brewer 10:18 AM on May 18, 2010
Great list, glad to know I'm reading the "right" stuff.. plus I love finding blogs I hadn't yet discovered. Much appreciated.
Would also recommend reading some of the other, less known blogs... so much good stuff out there. FWIW.
Jon-Mikel Bailey 10:41 AM on May 18, 2010
Another one that is a bit off the radar but has great down to earth info is http://marketingroadhouse.com/
Kate Brodock 11:44 AM on May 18, 2010
Oh, great list guys! Many good ones I already read, and several new ones I look forward to checking out.
Two good one's I might add: http://onemann.blogspot.com and http://blog.blisspr.com (also, for the B2B crowd http://www.b2bvoices.com)
Kate
Jay Baer 12:02 PM on May 18, 2010
Thanks Hubspot! Delighted to be on this list. Tons of great stuff here.
Jen Wright 12:19 PM on May 18, 2010
Thank you amazing list many good blogs to read , Jen
David Johnson 12:44 PM on May 18, 2010
You forgot one: http://www.relationship-economy.com
Its in favorite blog on Social Media, period!
scottrkelly 1:02 PM on May 18, 2010
Thanks for the list, I'm familiar with some, but am eager to check some of the others out.
Scott R Kelly|Opportunity Facilitator
http://scottrkelly.com
Emily 1:17 PM on May 18, 2010
Thanks for the list! This is great!
Amber Naslund 1:19 PM on May 18, 2010
Hey Hubspot crew! Thanks a million for including me on a dense list of social media awesome. Appreciate being in some great company, and I even found a few new ones to check out. Cheers. :)
CSSReX 1:23 PM on May 18, 2010
Thanks for this nice list! I am subscriber of 10 out of them, checking rest :)
Vincent Leleux 1:44 PM on May 18, 2010
That's awesome, I know half of them which I am subcsribed to, but I am very excited to discover and read the others.
Thank you so much.
Tim Ware 1:53 PM on May 18, 2010
I might also recommend the HyperArts Blog, where we focus on helping people with Static FBML, Facebook's mark-up language, with tutorials etc. But a great list here, for sure!
Ryan VanDenabeele 2:00 PM on May 18, 2010
I like most of these. You forgot probably the biggest. Mashable.com
Mike Stelzner 2:00 PM on May 18, 2010
Great list. Thanks for listing SocialMediaExaminer.com
Sunshine 2:07 PM on May 18, 2010
I'd also suggest B.L. Ochman's blog: http://www.whatsnextblog.com/
Jonathan Saar 2:23 PM on May 18, 2010
One more to add
Mack Collier
http://mackcollier.com/
Great list! Thanks Hubspot folks
Jethro Jean-Baptiste 2:48 PM on May 18, 2010
Thank you for these blogs. They are very helpful. Check out SalesFuel. improve your sales prospecting and marketing.
Michael Mallory 3:07 PM on May 18, 2010
Thanks! This is what it's all about!
Jenny 3:23 PM on May 18, 2010
I took the liberty of creating a Google Reader Bundle of all the blogs mentioned here. If you use Google Reader, feel free to visit the Bundle and subscribe.
http://www.google.com/reader/bundle/user/04079547430877150081/bundle/Social%20Media%20and%20Marketing%20101
Thanks Hubspot!
Lee Odden 3:45 PM on May 18, 2010
Nice list. What would be useful is a OPML file. :)
Michelle Carvill 4:48 PM on May 18, 2010
As an avid blogger myself - I do follow a number of these blogs - however, one i think you've missed is http://www.doshdosh.com - when I started following his blog a couple of years ago now - I learned a lot. He seems to have dropped off Twitter at the mo - but the site is still there. Indepth, detailed and very informative. Whilst I value some of Seth's posts many focus on philosophical messages - still useful reminders - but for practical hands on how to knowledge - then the Doshdosh blog was the one that originally inspired me.
Mandi 6:58 PM on May 18, 2010
Thanks for this, good to see more than the usual suspects. I always recommend your blog in my top 10, great balance between practical, inspiring and amusing.
Jon Mehlman 7:11 PM on May 18, 2010
You guys ARE the gold standard. The amount of useful and actionable information you provide is above and beyond. Thank you!
Craig Evans 8:10 PM on May 18, 2010
Surprised to see that Danny Brown isn't on here. He came top for social media and branding on the PostRank blog list for 2009, and won the Hive Award for Best Social Media Blog at this year's SxSW Festival. Seems a bit of an oversight on Hubspot's behalf?
Danny Brown
Woody M. Collins 8:14 PM on May 18, 2010
Seth Godin
Dagmar Bleasdale 12:49 AM on May 19, 2010
Thanks to my success with my blog, Dagmar's momsense, and the fact that I have 5,000 Twitter followers, I'm now also working as a social media consultant. Thank you so much for this list! It will help my job immensely.
Best,
Dagmar
http://DagmarBleasdale.com
HowToPlaza 6:01 AM on May 19, 2010
Ah! Another one of those lists :-). But I'm really a great fan of most of the links mentioned here.
~~ Sarah ~~
Monique Hodgkinson 7:54 AM on May 19, 2010
There are some interesting sites listed above. Some that I am already familiar with, some not. I feel that it is important to spend time each week keeping up with what's happening in the industry. This is a list that I've bookmarked to refer back to.
orangesplaash 11:18 AM on May 19, 2010
Thanks for sharing this great list. Some of the blogs are a real discovery!
Internet Marketing Expert 2:13 PM on May 19, 2010
really good list - thanks for the detailed info
helpin 10:36 PM on May 19, 2010
How about mashable,venturebeat 's blogs?They are not in this list?
Susan K Becker 10:13 AM on May 20, 2010
Favorites: Have subscribed to Presentation Zen for years and recommend it to clients for focused, enduring content (exceptional). Duct Tape Marketing consistently offers practical and generous help. Thanks to your list, I've subscribed to Conversation Agent and Logic+Emotion. Thanks!
Gabriel Carrejo 5:38 PM on May 20, 2010
Great list but it is not complete if it doesn't include Britopian.com
Paul Castain 6:56 PM on May 24, 2010
What a fantastic list. Adding these to my Google Reader!
Respectfully,
Paul Castain
Oxzen 3:18 AM on May 25, 2010
THis is a list that I've bookmarked to refer back to.Really good list.
Andy 6:35 AM on May 27, 2010
Hats off to the compiler of this list. This is an inspiration to fellow bloggers--to strive to become better contributors of new information and make our readers feel their time was best spent reading our blogs.
Robert 6:54 PM on June 08, 2010
Awesome list, trying to read them all is time suicide though...pick two that apply and tackle as a good tech intake practice. Great stuff.