While I can suggest 365 blogs culling different lists of mine, I’m not going to suggest any.
For the better part of 18 months, AriWriter has tried to share with you best practices in social media and online marketing. Focus in on the word social. A big part of that involves you. You are the reason I write. If you don’t read what I and other guest authors contribute, what’s the point?
So, this blog post is about you. I implore you to add a comment below. I ask you to suggest one blog, and one blog only, in your comment. You can list it by itself, but you will gain brownie points with other readers by sharing why you are listing it. Use your social networks to alert others about this post, asking them to share their ideas.
As time permits, I will peruse the comments and copy and paste those blogs into this post. It is my hope that between now and an unknown date in the future there will be 365 blogs listed in sequential order below.
Who wants to start?
Linked to the person, not the blog name:
1. Tom Slatin
2. Chris Brogan
3. Liz Hover
4. Jim Connolly
5. Alisa Bowman
6. Amber Naslund
7. David Thorne
8. Robin Sampson
9. Tom Salemi
10. Bernie DeKoven
11. Alaina Frederick
12. Chris Garrett
13. Alex Frasier
14. Danny Brown
15. Jason Falls
16. Eren McKay
17. Stoney deGeyter
18. Gabe Young
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I’d love it if you mentioned my blog, as I dedicate all of my time, effort, and a small part of my income to it. I hope that others will read it, and at the very least, appreciate it for what it’s worth.
http://www.tomslatin.com/
Thomas
Ok, I guess I’ll have to start. Which leaves me with a lot of choices, but I’ll go with the obvious:
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/
Why? Because it’s just easy and useful to listen to him. And he is one of the most polite people I ever met on the web. Make a good comment and you’ll pretty sure get an answer.
I’m going to suggest my own blog.
Diary of a Web Gal serves a purpose similar to yours. I write about the social web, online branding and web design. I also have a plain English newbie’s guide to using Twitter.
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So many blogs and people behind them; which to mention here???
Well, @jimconnolly is a great place to start. He has three blogs – so take your pick:
http://www.theideasblog.com
http://jimsmarketingblog.com
http://www.thetechnewsblog.com
Why? Valuealbe insight in tech, business and ideas for bloggers – great feedback – engaging, transparent, supporting and helpful – Jim is the real deal, extremely knowledgable and he’s here to serve and help people that have a desire to make things happen.
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Alisa Bowman’s blog: Project Happily Ever After is phenomenal! Marriage, sex, family – She’s co-written/ghost written 6 NY Times bestsellers, she’s a fantastic, funny, REAL, raw writer. The premise of this blog (and the book she’s writing) is that she was plotting her husband’s death when she decided, instead, to make it a project to fix her marriage. I highly recommend.
http://www.projecthappilyeverafter.com/my-blog/
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By far one of my favorites: Amber Naslund’s altitudebranding.com. Not only does she have a great writing style, her nuts-and-bolts approach to social media is fresh air.
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Absolutely fantastic idea, Ari – kudos to you for raising it.
My suggestion would be David Thorne’s “27b/6″ – http://www.27bslash6.com/
From the landing page to the blog (when you click on the 27b/6 icon in the logo), it’s a hilarious assault on the senses from a true Australian gem. If I could only read one blog for the rest of my life, this would be it.
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I’m going to jump on the shameless self-promotion train and promote the Biz Blog on Newburyport Business (I have no idea if there’s a link there, being a self-promoter and not a technical person).
Although it is also hyperlocal, I always read Tom Salemi’s Newbuyport Posts.
It can’t be all work, there needs to be some play. I haven’t seen someone address play better than Bernie DeKoven
http://www.deepfun.com/
I suggest http://dinkerandgiggles.com/ because it’s about encouraging families with real advice and touches of humor. Love that blog.
All the best,
Eren
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Hi Ari,
I just devoted a blog post to my recommended choice of Darren Rowse of ProBlogger. You may peruse the reasons why here:
http://quoteflections.blogspot.com/2009/11/365-blogs-you-should-read-today.html
Thanks for the challenge and best wishes.
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I’d like to suggest Blogussion. They cover blogging tips and tricks, including marketing, social media, and SEO. Any blogger that visits this site will find very useful information that will help them boost their blogging and site to the next level. Also, it is built on Thesis and provides a great inspiration to the many ways Thesis can be customized.
http://www.blogussion.com/
~ Kristi
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Danny Brown does a great job of truly exemplifying the social side of social media. I have watched his blog climb the AdAge 150 charts for a while now (while mine flounders but I guess I should be following Danny’s ‘system, huh?) http://www.dannybrown.me.
Great idea Ari.
Hi,
Good list of blogs, I prefer Mashable and Blogussion along with many other. I have not only learned a lot from these blogs but I am also taking up the same blogging style on my different blogs. I am trying to build a great list of learning resources for blogging and development and yes the web design too.
- J.
Web Design Company
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Hmm, looks like a rather surprising amout of people recommended themselves and as much as I would like to do that I’m not going to, I’ll let someone else do that if they wish.
My one suggestion would be Jason Fall’s Social Media Explorer because it’s chock full of great insights and he’s also a pretty decent guy from what I’ve experienced via Twitter and online interactions.
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I’m so honored to be recommended! I can’t wait till the list is complete then I’ll have a new blog to read everyday!
I’d love to recommend two sites – One not because she recommended be but because of her time and dedication to making each post of hers full of resources and care.
Eren Mckay – Embracing Home http://embracinghome.com
Every post of hers includes amazing printable features, hope, inspiration, and crafty fun!
My second is because she is an amazing person and I’m thankful everyday that God crossed our paths – no matter how how strained the relationship may be at times I’m honored to know her.
LaTara Ham-Ying – Mom Unplugged http://momunplugged.com
She reviews some great books and almost every week I’m somehow surprised that what she has written was something that I was thinking or going through at that time. It’s great to see life through her eyes of faith.
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Embracing Home is awesome and Eren is all about reaching out and being as nice as nice can be Great PICK
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This is a really great list. Kudos for sharing!
Being an SEO & marketing guy, I like these websites
http://www.polepositionmarketing.com/
http://www.seobythesea.com/
http://www.dailyseotip.com/
http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/
http://www.technosailor.org/
I would recommend http://freebloghelp.com
The blog is very helpful, and I think it should be part of the list.
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