The judges:
- Douglas Karr (author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies and founder of the Marketing Technology blog)
- Nichole Kelly (author of How to Measure Social Media and CEO of Social Media Explorer)
- Pat Flynn (founder of Smart Passive Income).
- Lee Odden (author of Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing and CEO of TopRank Online Marketing)
- Denise Wakeman (founder of The Blog Squad™)
- Neal Schaffer (author of three books, including Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing).
Discover the top social media blogs of 2015: here are 10 social media blogs to put at the top of your reading list.
Winners 2015
#1: Buffer Social
Buffer Social,
which has one of the best curated blogs in the social media space,
provides well-researched, comprehensive content that’s useful for all
levels of social media marketers.
Buffer Social offers the best tools and strategies to keep you up to date on social media.
#2: Grow
Grow by
Mark W. Schaefer flips content marketing on its head. His superb
content consists of thoughtful experiences, which are devoid of ego and
designed to help other businesses find success.
Grow your company, reputation, customers, impact and profits. Grow yourself.
#3: Jon Loomer
Jon Loomer‘s core
approach to content rocks. He shares fantastic, in-depth articles
focused on Facebook that include experiments, real-life examples and
supportive graphics.
Jon Loomer’s blog is enthusiastic, helpful, detailed and well-illustrated.
#4: Convince & Convert
Convince & Convert‘s Jay
Baer continues to raise the bar for seasoned marketers. This
established thought leader creates consistent, quality content.
Convince & Convert takes your social media and content marketing from good to outstanding.
#5: Rebekah Radice
Rebekah Radice has
a beautifully laid out blog that’s easy to read. She is a strong writer
who provides in-depth advice for novice to intermediate marketers.
Rebekah Radice helps you maximize the potential of your social media.
#6: Socially Sorted
Socially Sorted‘s Donna Moritz shares solid content with thought-provoking and curiosity-driven headlines, along with great visuals.
Socially Sorted shows how to get more reach, referrals and results with visual social media and content strategy.
#7: RazorSocial
RazorSocial, published by
Ian Cleary, has tons of detailed articles for businesses. Plus, Ian’s
stellar software tool reviews include his favorite features, as well as
step-by-step instructions on how to use them.
RazorSocial’s useful content is delivered with no-nonsense, practical, actionable, step-by-step instructions.
#8: Jenn’s Trends
Jenn’s Trends,
by Jenn Herman, shares quality content while narrowing in on her niche:
Instagram for businesses. Jenn’s tips are helpful for novice to
advanced marketers.
Jenn’s Trends has an engaging style that is easy to digest.
#9: Simply Measured
Simply Measured has well-written content, which includes outstanding data and hands-on reporting of actual case studies.
The content found on Simply Measured benefits any social media marketer.
#10: SocialBro
SocialBro provides quality posts on seldom-discussed topics. There are lots of gems of great advice on this blog.
SocialBro’s blog shares the latest social media product news, insights, tips and features.
Winners 2014
#1: Jon Loomer
Jon Loomer
consistently delivers long-form articles, videos and detailed
educational content that share an impressive depth of Facebook marketing
knowledge.
Jon Loomer’s blog is enthusiastic, helpful, detailed and well-illustrated.
#2: RazorSocial
RazorSocial explores social media tools and technology with well-illustrated, detailed posts written by Ian Cleary.
RazorSocial’s useful content is delivered with no-nonsense, practical, actionable, step-by-step instructions.
#3: Socialmouths
Socialmouths,
authored by Francisco Rosales, gives readers down-to-earth social media
advice that can be applied to practical and tactical uses.
Socialmouths publishes how-to articles with examples and case studies.
#4: Post Planner
Post Planner provides a witty yet intelligent and actionable collection of easily consumable Facebook marketing posts.
Post Planner’s well-formatted and easy-to-read posts include useful examples and images.
#5: Dustn.tv
Dustn.tv‘s Dustin W. Stout shows readers how to become better social media storytellers.
Dustn.tv shares excellent case studies and how-to articles.
#6: Danny Brown
Danny Brown publishes timely, informative and in-depth marketing advice and SlideShare decks.
Danny Brown’s easy-to-read blog posts are smart and thoroughly cited with third-party links.
#7: Boom Social
On
Boom Social, Kim Garst provides conversational posts, advice and case studies on social media marketing.
The content on Boom Social is easy to read and speaks directly to the reader.
#8: Jenn’s Trends
Jenn’s Trends is where Jenn Herman uses simple, concise language to deliver personal perspectives on social media trends.
Jenn’s Trends has an engaging style that is easy to digest.
#9: Top Dog Social Media
Top Dog Social Media, the blogging home of Melonie Dodaro, focuses on what’s happening in social media.
Top Dog Social Media publishes tips in Q&A format and a mix of personal and professional posts.
#10: Simply Measured
Simply Measured focuses on trends and measurement in the social media space.
The content on Simply Measured benefits any social media marketer.
Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in
international business development and then built her own international business from scratch by using social business networking.
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