One of our main jobs here at Simply Zesty is keeping up with trends in the fast moving world that is social media and luckily there are some amazingly talented people out there who write about the subject every day of the week. Most of the blogs in the list are written by people who are thought leaders in the business and you could do worse things with your time than subscribing to their blogs and following their advice that will hopefully help you to market your business online and fully grasp social media.
1.Chrisbrogan.com
Chris Brogan is President of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency, and home of the Inbound Marketing Summit conferences and Inbound Marketing Boot camp educational events. He works with large and mid-sized companies to improve online business communications like marketing and PR through the use of social software, community platforms, and other emerging web and mobile technologies.
2.All Facebook
If you are trying to promote your blog using social media there is a 99% chance that you are going to be spending some time on Facebook. The purpose of the blog is to cover all issues pertaining to Facebook including new applications, general news, and analysis about the future of Facebook. If there is anything new happening on Facebook there is a very good chance that these guys are going to have it covered first.
3. Seth’s Blog
Seth was founder and CEO of Yoyodyne, the industry’s leading interactive direct marketing company, which Yahoo! acquired in late 1998. He holds an MBA from Stanford, and was called “the Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age” by Business Week. His blog is a collection of some of his best ideas and short anecdotes and although it won’t always give you a practical solution it will give you a huge amount to think about and spur you on to greater things. Well worth bookmarking and stopping by during a quiet period of the day to get some excellent insight into marketing from somebody who has been there and done it.
4.Social Media Explorer
This is a one man show of a blog and consulting company all rolled into one and you will consistently find great writing and powerful ideas here from Jason Falls. Jason is also a regular on the conference circuit and has established himself as one of the thought leaders on social media. He also knows the web inside out and has stakes in many succesful web companies
5.Scott Monty
Scott is a marketing and communications professional focused on the digital industry — specifically on social media. His career spans a number of industries such as healthcare, pharma, biotech, travel, automotive, tech, and communications, and includes a wide range of clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Currently on the staff of corporate communications in Ford Motor Company, Scott heads up the social media team and offers some great insight into social media.
Keep an eye on these guys and you will be getting a great insight into some of the main trends in social media and will pick up some great ideas that you can use for your own company.
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Some great information here…I follow Chris Brogan/Seth’s Blog/Scott Monty and I’m off to check out 2 and 4. Thanks for this!
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Found most of the above useful. Darren Rowse that runs ProBlogger.net has some good tips and insights. We tend to follow it.
I would add Andy Sernovitz blog to have the WOM perspective. Other than that the list is good.
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Yes?
Just wondering where the other 5 the URL would imply are… Honest guvnor.
Ah, I see. Well spotted Robin
All good stuff here, I would add Jeremiah Owyang who provides more of a big picture view of the industry. http://www.web-strategist.com/blog
Also I think there are enough blogs posting the same list of influencers, we already know who they are. What about the rookies?
I really like that idea Jorge. I’ll put together a list of the ‘undiscovered’ social media blogs
These are all great resources, I also like http://www.ducttapemarketing.com
I’ll second the vote to make ProBlogger #6 on the list.
Great list here! I’ve been following a few of these guys and am looking forward to checking out the others!
Enjoying the comments…anyone looked at the following…SaraEvansPR or Simon U Ford (EventsListed) . Be curious to see what you think.
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I have to agree with Jorge Barba, Jeremiah Owyang should be on the list http://www.web-strategist.com/blog and in fact I would put him number 1 or number 2 at the very least. Another person to add to list is Charlene Li http://www.charleneli.com/ & Co-auothor of “Groundswell”. Finally, not forgetting Brian Solis – http://www.briansolis.com
Like the idea of not just listing the influencers. Two blogs I’d heartily recommend are Danny Brown – http://dannybrown.me – and The Lost Jacket – http://thelostjacket.com . They’re both serious hitters in social media and Danny does a great job of offering everything in a human voice, while Stuart Foster at The Lost Jacket has some great question starters.
Glad to see I was already following these 5. Enjoyed the list! Checkout http://www.socialmediadj.com for some good entry level things to Social Media