Top 10 Social Media Blogs
July 13th 2009 8:00 AM
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Social marketing is a powerful way to build strong relationships with the online community, manage your brand, and drive traffic to your website. It can be tricky to learn because of how quickly strategies, tools, and the field changes. It takes a combination of lots of practice, and keeping up to date through lots of reading.
Here are 10 of the Top Social Marketing Blogs I have encountered:
1. Mashable
The leading blog on social media and web 2.0 news, strategies, and reviews that should be read by everyone interested in these areas.
2. Tech Crunch
The place to learn about emerging and existing web products and companies making large waves on the internet.
3. Britopian
Michael Brito’s popular blog covering several aspects of social media, with lots of information about enterprise social media optimization which I find interesting.
4. Socialmedia.biz
Social and Web 2.0 news, tools, trends, and resources since 2007, this has quickly grown into a popular social blog.
5. Rotor Blog
Maris Dagis provides over 100 000 monthly readers with details about Web 2.0 startups, social networks, and online communications news and reviews.
6. Chris Brogan
Chris provides a unique and valuable social take on his blog from years of implementing social, web, and mobile strategies for businesses.
7. PR 2.0
One of the most popular social blogs on the web, with a focus on how to use Web 2.0 and social media to manage your brand and public relations.
8. Influential Marketing Blog
While not updated every day, the quality of posts on this blog are quite unique and insightful. They come from Rohit Bhargava, senior VP of Ogilvy 360 Digital Influence.
9. Social Media Explorer
Authored by Jason Falls, SME shares his insights into the social web from a rich background in social brand management.
10. Social Marketing
Michelle MacPhearson’s blog about social and web 2.0 topics.
Keeping informed on the latest social strategies and news is important since change happens so quickly in this field. The above listed blogs will help you stay up to date and gain a deep understanding of social marketing.
What social marketing blogs do you visit most often? Which ones deserve to be on this list?
