Recommended Blogs

Blogs

Blogs are a great place for infor­ma­tion and get­ting to know peo­ple. They are one of my favorite places to learn and get involved. I spend quite a bit going through blogs and find­ing infor­ma­tion. I tweet daily posts that I find use­ful and I want to share with oth­ers. Here is a list of blogs that usu­ally have good qual­ity posts and are very help­ful to mar­ket­ing and busi­ness in general.

Sug­ges­tions always welcome!

About Free­lance Writ­ing
A great blog and resource for free­lance writ­ers out there. Anne Way­man is super nice and help­ful. Her blog also posts great links to job oppor­tu­ni­ties for free­lance writ­ers. Very infor­ma­tive and a must have resource for free­lance writ­ers.
www.aboutfreelancewriting.com

Angela Booth’s Writ­ing Blog
Sum­mary: I stum­bled across Angela Booth and I like her style alot. You can read more about what I think her here on my post. But if your pur­su­ing writ­ing, she has some extremely valu­able tips on writ­ing here. She has other blogs as well.
www.angelabooth.biz

Ask Earl About Give­aways
I’m sure every­one has come across give­aways in your emails. These are great for grow­ing lists when you are involved in them. As well as get­ting some awe­some con­tent for free.That’s what this blog is all about. Give­aways are pretty pop­u­lar today for the win win sit­u­a­tion they cre­ate. And this blog announces any new give­aways. Be sure to read the “How Do Give­aways Work” page.
askearlabout.com/GiveAways

Blog­cast FM
More or less a pod­cast blog, this one has reg­u­lar audio inter­views with peo­ple in the online mar­ket­ing and blog­ging indus­try. Great con­tent and infor­ma­tion directly from the sources them­selves. Good stuff.
blogcastfm.com

Blog­ging Teacher
An infor­ma­tive blog about blog­ging run by a very cool guy. I tend to enjoy his posts sim­ply because of how well he writes and the views he takes on things. Great resource for blog­gers and then some.
www.bloggingteacher.com

Blog­gu­sion
I stum­bled upon this blog through a tweet not too long ago and it’s chock full of use­ful blog­ging infor­ma­tion as well as a good writ­ing style. Plus the blog theme is real easy on the eyes.
www.blogussion.com

Chris Bro­gan
Chris is a well known name in the social mar­ket­ing world, and also known for his engag­ing speeches. His blog is full of tons of use­ful infor­ma­tion about social mar­ket­ing as well as mar­ket­ing and busi­ness in gen­eral. Good stuff here.
chrisbrogan.com

Copy­blog­ger
This is one of the first sites I came across on my search for writ­ing infor­ma­tion. It’s also one of the most pop­u­lar. They post quite often, and it’s almost always enlight­en­ing one way or another. I’ve had quite a few “ah ha!” moments.
www.copyblogger.com

Daily Blog Tips
Not only is this blog great for get­ting writ­ing tips, but it cov­ers other ele­ments of run­ning a blog. Such as cus­tomiza­tion, soft­ware, and mon­e­ti­za­tion to name a few. Well worth the sign up for this one if your a blog­ger.
www.dailyblogtips.com

Daily Writ­ing Tips
I guess you could call this the “sis­ter site” to Daily Blog Tips. Instead of blog­ging, this blog is about writ­ing. Specif­i­cally gram­mar and writ­ing styles and what­not. Really great blog for those aspir­ing writ­ers out there.
www.dailywritingtips.com

Dan Zarella
A sci­en­tific approach to mar­ket­ing. Lots of results data and num­ber crunch­ing here. Not my per­sonal style but extremely inter­est­ing and valu­able.
danzarrella.com

Dumb Lit­tle Man
Just like it says: “Tips for Life”. I find this one pretty inter­est­ing. I’ve found some infor­ma­tion here I hadn’t expected before. This blog is great for learn­ing how to bal­ance you life, espe­cially for peo­ple run­ning a busi­ness
www.dumblittleman.com

Ethan Lana­gan
I met Ethan a few months back. He started his MLM career offline and has recently brought his skills to the online world. His blog is all about the net­work mar­ket­ing lifestyle. How to obtain it and how to live it. Plus he’s a nice guy too!
ethanlanagan.com

Famous Blog­gers
This is a multi-authored blog about blog­ging and every other aspect as well. Not only is this blog infor­ma­tive but there have been sev­eral times I’ve been spurred into action by what I read. The posts are hit in miss some­times but it’s well worth the sub­scrip­tion.
www.famousbloggers.net

Feint
A nice lit­tle blog that per­tains to pro­duc­tiv­ity and lifestyle. It’s great for the fel­low entre­pre­neur. But the main rea­son I like this blog is because I find myself either tak­ing new ideas away from posts or nod­ding my head in agree­ment with the con­tent. Good stuff.
feint.me

Free­lance Writ­ing
I came across this blog in one of my searches online about free­lance writ­ing. It’s run by Monika Mundell and her posts are really good. She also has two authors that write some very enter­tain­ing and infor­ma­tive posts. It’s all great to read, and has awe­some tips.
www.thewritersmanifesto.com

Free­lance Writ­ing Jobs Net­work
Not only is it just one blog full of use­ful infor­ma­tion but sev­eral. There is tons of infor­ma­tion for writ­ers and even mar­ket­ing. Lots of infor­ma­tion. Take your time so you don’t end up with infor­ma­tion over­load!
www.freelancewritinggigs.com

Freestyle Mind
This blog is run by Oscar Del Ben and it basi­cally cov­ers every­thing he has done in his work­ing online. It gets into a lot of per­sonal devel­op­ment issues. Great con­tent deliv­ered with a nice warm voice in the text.
www.freestylemind.com

Gil Pizano’s Blog
Some­thing I recently stum­bled upon and I’m glad I did. This blog has some sound advice and con­tent for per­sonal and busi­ness devel­op­ment. It’s a great read too and enjoy­able. Good stuff.
gilpizano.com

Illu­mi­nated Mind
This is a great blog for per­sonal development.The one thing that makes this blog stick out though is that it looks at things a lit­tle dif­fer­ently than most blogs like this. A great blog for ideas and look­ing at things in a dif­fer­ent light.
www.illuminatedmind.net/

Inspired Home Office
A nifty lit­tle site about orga­ni­za­tion and pro­duc­tiv­ity. It’s sim­ple design makes things easy to read and reflects the mes­sage. Great infor­ma­tion about being more pro­duc­tive in life and busi­ness.
www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/blog

Inter­net Tun­nel
This blog is by a guy I know and work with a bit by the name of Keith Dean. His blog touches on a lot of sub­jects of online mar­ket­ing and social net­work­ing. He’s a blast to work with and is a lot of fun too. His tweets are hilar­i­ous.
internet-tunnel.com

Itty­Biz
A refresh­ing blog about busi­ness and mar­ket­ing. The great thing about this one is the posts are for­ward and in your face. It’s a nice change and com­pletely unique. Warn­ing: watch for strong lan­guage, but it’s all good fun.
ittybiz.com

Jonathan Fields
A blog about life as an entre­pre­neur. Both in play and work. The cool thing about this blog is his posts are very easy to read and moti­va­tional. I always get a kick (both enjoy­ment and some­times in the rear) out of read­ing this blog.
www.jonathanfields.com/blog

Katie Freil­ing
This is one of the best sources for mar­ket­ing. Katie is smart in her mar­ket­ing advice. She doesn’t update too often but you can expect some gold nuggets when she does. She does well on video too.
katiefreiling.com/

Law of Attrac­tion Diva
Although not updated as much as most blogs, this blog has some great con­tent. It cov­ers a lot of per­sonal devel­op­ment and using social sites for you and your busi­ness.
lawofattractiondiva.com

Men With Pens
This blog is pretty witty (that sounds funny) and it’s full of great infor­ma­tion. From web­site design, writ­ing, and even using word­press. They have a very active com­mu­nity and even a book about free­lanc­ing.
menwithpens.ca

MLM Lead­er­ship Course
This has some qual­ity posts about lead­er­ship. Which is pretty impor­tant to mar­keters, espe­cially those that are using attrac­tion mar­ket­ing. Plus they have a nice lit­tle video course as well.
www.mlmleadershipcourse.com

Observed
Run by Doug Stern, Observed is a blog that has a lot of busi­ness writ­ing knowl­edge. The great thing about this is the knowl­edge is some­times pulled from unex­pected sources. Great stuff and a great guy.
www.doug-stern.com/blog/

Per­for­manc­ing
Yes, it’s another blog ded­i­cated to the world of blog­ging suc­cess­fully. But the more I hang out at this blog the more I like it. It gives sound advice and has a ton of resources for any blog­gers out there. A good read and highly sug­gested to have in your RSS if you are a blog­ger.
performancing.com/

Problog­ger
This is an awe­some blog about, well, blog­ging. Blog­ging is pretty impor­tant for cred­i­bil­ity and rep­u­ta­tion of any busi­ness. And this is great place to learn about blog­ging. That have tons of infor­ma­tion includ­ing a book a 31 day course for build­ing a bet­ter blog, which was very cool.
www.problogger.net

Props Blog Dot Com
A great blog about the resources we run into every day as mar­keters. This blog has some sound advice any kind of mar­keter, plus it’s a good read
propsblog.com

Ritu B. Pant
A blog I’ve been keep­ing an eye lately since I met Ritu in a Twit­ter group. Good mar­ket­ing and social con­tent here. Plus Ritu is a real nice guy.
ritubpant.com

Rock Your Day
The first post I read here really struck a chord. And I’ve been watch­ing this blog ever since. It’s about man­age­ment and pro­duc­tiv­ity. And about mak­ing each day rock. He doesn’t post often, but they are really good when he does.
www.rockyourday.com

Seth’s Blog
Just about every­one has heard of Seth Godin, and his most recent work, Tribes. This is his blog. It’s very inter­est­ing. And enlight­en­ing at times. Just give it a look you’ll see what I mean.
sethgodin.typepad.com

Social Media Exam­iner
In a way this blog is more of a tool for the fast mov­ing online world we live in. Social media is a big thing right now and this blog is great for find­ing out what works and what doesn’t and what works really well. Easy on the eyes and enter­tain­ing too.
www.socialmediaexaminer.com

Suc­cess­fool
This is a pod­cast blog. Which is pretty cool for those that like to lis­ten and learn. The pod­casts are about mar­ket­ing and build­ing your online busi­ness. Great posts and a very clever name when you find out what it means.
successfool.com

The Melvin Blog
This blog is writ­ten by Melvin Dichoso. He lives in the Philip­pines. There are times when you can tell eng­lish is his sec­ond lan­guage, but that is def­i­nitely not a bad thing. Melvin still deliv­ers some really great con­tent with inter­est­ing points of views. I’ve enjoyed quite a few of his posts. Be sure to check out the about page, cool story there.
www.melvinblog.com

The Savvy Free­lancer
I quite enjoy this blog not just from the great con­tent, but because of the extremely friendly peo­ple. I’ve learned a lot and have had a lot of inter­ac­tion here.
www.thesavvyfreelancer.com

Tum­ble­moose
A nice blog from a fel­low writer. It’s run by Goerge Angus and he shares a great pas­sion for writ­ing and books and that shows in his posts. Very well writ­ten and a great read and an awe­some per­son­al­ity. (If your won­der­ing about the name, check out his about page)
tumblemoose.com/

Twit­ter Virtue
A new but very inter­est­ing blog about Twit­ter. It’s run by Jens P. Berget (who is pretty darn awe­some btw) and is basi­cally all about Twit­ter. But I like this blog because he talks about using Twit­ter in ways most peo­ple don’t talk about. Good read and unique con­tent.
twittervirtue.com

Web Worker Daily
This blog has an inter­est­ing fre­quency for their posts. It’s usu­ally updated with sev­eral posts at time, with a few days in between. But that’s due to hav­ing sev­eral writ­ers on the team. Despite the fre­quency though, I’ve found some really help­ful and insight­ful infor­ma­tion here about work­ing on the web. Includ­ing soft­ware reviews and tips for work­ing from home.
webworkerdaily.com

The Word­Press Chick
If your using word­press for your blog (you are, aren’t you?) this is a great blog for learn­ing about word­press. On top of that it also offers ser­vices for set­ting up blogs if you don’t want to do it your­self. I haven’t used this ser­vice myself, so I can’t say if it’s worth it or not, but it’s some­thing look into. Oth­er­wise some great con­tent here to get the most out of word­press.
thewordpresschick.com

Zen Habits
This blog is run by Leo Babauta who is a pro blog­ger and just recently released How I got 100k Sub­scribers in Two Years. Which is amaz­ing btw. But his blog is really about pro­duc­tiv­ity and the things you can do make your life more stream­lined. Very cool posts and easy to read.
zenhabits.net