A New Generation Marketer

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.