Blogs to #FollowFriday
As so many people on my Twitter feed are involved with #FollowFriday, I tend to tune out more and more. There are only so many people I can manage to follow, and right now I am probably following most of them. So taking the suggestion of a few people who have written about implementing a new #FollowFriday for blogs, I am following suit.
I find that learning from experts and leaders in the industry are excellent ways to gain great knowledge. I am an avid learner and try to learn about as much as I can every day. I rely on my Google Reader subscriptions to provide me with the cutting edge research, case studies, and blog articles to keep me informed. I am currently subscribed to 27 blogs and sites, but have a few that I rely on on a daily basis to give me relevant, new information on the marketing, internet, high-tech and social media worlds.
Here are my top 7 blogs that act as my Internet marketing, blogging and social media bibles:
1. Problogger is my favorite resource for blogging tips and tricks. He is an inspiration to me because he runs a full blogging business and the purpose is to help other bloggers become as good as him.
2. Write to Done is similar to Problogger with the tips and ideas they give, but they write with a flare that I like.
3. The Next Web great innovative Internet technologies and developments.
4. Mashable provides excellent social media case studies, new programs, etc.
5. TechCrunch blogs about high tech gadgets and businesses on a daily basis of which to keep track.
6. Hubspot writes on best inbound marketing techniques, webinar overviews, cartoons, video blogs, and much more. I love their diversified blog style and they always provide something new and interesting to read.
7. SEOMoz is a great resource for both beginner and advanced SEOs. I am a beginner and find most of their posts easy-to-understand and informative. I end up printing off lots of their posts so that I can read into them further to help me optimize the SEO on my own site.
Another one that is a bit unrelated but nonetheless interesting and cool is Popular Science. They are always writing on new technologies, inventions, technology adoptions, etc. Some topics I have found particularly cool are NASA developments, MIT technology creations, genetics, and Google Earth case studies.
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Terrific. An article that discusses social media tools of the trade and maybe even more valuable, how they should be applied to the learner's daily life. Hence the term, "Feed" I suppose. This article has a coherent thesis statement and it’s followed with lucid answers to every question it asks. Kristin: she's clear-cut, to the point and never pretentious. Ah, blog nirvana!
Wow thanks for your great review and praise! It is always a pleasure, Scott. I appreciate all your comments and dedicated readership.
Hi Kristen,
I am uploading a new animation this month on “YouTube”. It has the potential to hit 1 million views!, I was wondering what I could do to maximise traffic, email subscribers and sales from the success of the animation?…
Thanks
David
David, I would say promote it on social media and if people comment on the video, be sure to interact with them. Other than that, I do not have too much experiencing with promoting videos on YouTube. You may want to contact @SteveGarfield, a video wiz!
Thank you for your post. I have just subscribed to your blog. I watched your video on pro-blog as I have told Martin, my blog is quite different from most blogs in my niche. I don't expect any comments on some of my posts, yet I am contacted via e-mail to reassure me that people are reading and enjoying it. __Again thank you.____Always Bumby
You are welcome. And thank you for subscribing, it is much appreciated! It is always good to hear feedback from my readers, it definitely keeps you going.
Hey,
Thanks for sharing this information. I'm always trying to compare interests of different people to mine and I use the comparison to improve myself. I think its also important to always look out for new methods, processes and procedures in how to blog. I find that the best person who helps me in this area is the same number 1 blogger in your list 'ProBlogger'.
Keep it up
I do quite the same actually. Problogger is an excellent source. Thanks for the comment!
Terrific career above once again. Thanks;)