What blogs do you follow? What’s your number one blog read? Where do you learn the most or get the most inspiration? Why do you follow that/those blog(s) over others?

I love the Simple Dollar, it deals with the same topic as my blog, saving money, and Trent does a great job. I also get stuff from Digital Photography School 

I follow several blogs since they all add something to the mix. It doesn’t get much better than Problogger and Copyblogger, and agree with @sbush about Seth Godin. Always straight from the shoulder and on point.

In another thread here on SME, I mentioned I have a number of blogs that I keep an eye on by having them bookmarked and review periodically.

However, one that I do have sent to my inbox is SME’s own John Jantsch‘s Duct Tape Marketing.

John’s blog is hyper-information, full of helpful suggestions and easy to read.

@johnjantsch

@deairby

@warrenveach I agree, that’s a great blog!

@sbush  I have been meaning to check out Seth’s blog, he’s awesome.

I have gotten into the habit of following FamousBloggers.net. They have a lot of variations on all kinds of articles. And, they’ve introduced me to a number of different bloggers through their community news.

To learn more about the how-to’s of blogging, I’m following Pushing Social. The writing is crisp and clear, yet playful at the same time. Unlike other blogs, the tone of Stanford’s blog makes it seem as if we’re out for coffee having a conversation.

I follow blogs by 4 or 5 professional organizers in other states just to see what they’re doing. Plus my guilty pleasure is reading The Pioneer Woman Cooks cooking blog. She loves food, takes spectacular photos, and the way she writes about the recipes makes them intriguing enough to try. (I’ve tried several with great results!)

Thanks Charlotte for the shout out.  I look forward to sitting down with you and having a cup of coffee some day!

I try to visit blogs outside of the blogging niche.  This way I don’t contribute to the echo chamber   My list includes:

TheSalesLion.com QuickSprout.comMixergy.com

Charlotte, thanks for the link Pushing Social, I’ve signed up for the newsletter and am working through the 7 minute ebook @charlottewood

I feel kind of funny saying this, but I know my blog is chock full of great social media information, so I would have to suggest it.  The Social Media Badass

I also read Mashable every single days because it is not only a source of great information, but it is also a place to find tips and tricks on just about anything having to do with social media.

I hope that mentioning my own blog is not too commercial, but I generally receive extremely positive feedback on it, so I offered it up here.

Hello Dea,

My list of blogs that i follow to learn something new everyday is quite bigger. But here are the top ones, which are on top place of my list….

1- CopyBlogger ( To learn about copywriting and content marketing )

2- Problogger    (To know the best way route to choose to be a problogger soon)

3- Quicksprout ( To Know more about  SEO and marketing thing )

4- Mashable (Because Of Social Media Fever)

5- michaelhyatt (Learn Something inspiration)

6- contentmarketinginstitute blog ( To know more about content marketing)

7- SocialMediaexaminer ( Social Media)
And many more……. 

@deairby @sbush

Thank you all for these great suggestions.  I only wish there were more time in the day to read everything.  Hopefully, one day, my blog and writing skills can rise to the top too.

A must read for small business owners and business start-ups: http://blog.asmartbear.com/ by Jason Cohen. Very sharp, insightful, and to the point posts.

There’s also http://www.growmap.com/ by Gail Gardner for small business owners trying to grow their businesses especially via the Internet. Her posts are very thorough and informative.

And I’m surprised that http://www.chrisbrogan.com/  isn’t on here- if you are involved with social media then it’s important to keep tabs on this site. 

thanks for the tip for Chris Brogan, I really enjoyed him and hope to learn more @adamgottlieb

Kirsten, thanks for that tip! I MUST do that, too. @mspseudolus

I like “Smartbrief for Entrepreneurs”.  Gives alot of advice on having your oown business

Love Socialmediaexaminer!

Lots of great information on Nolan Burris and Mike Marchev.  They just have websites, but they are great!

Problogger, copyblogger and of course socialmediaexaminer.com. How bout YouTube…is this not a blog? Facebook? Twitter? Blogging can be useful for information as well as social interaction. So I try to make all these a part of my day in some form or fashion.

http://kikolani.com/

Kristi is immensely knowledgeable, and has been doing this stuff for *years*, since before it was cool. I suspect she will be one of these “overnight” successes here pretty soon. She also has a photo blog. Look for it.

@deairby While I read about 30 social media blogs, I really focus time on blogs outside of my industry, too. I think it helps me to stay creative and think new ideas.

No one mentioned http://alltop.com/ so I will. It’s a great list of blogs organized by categories. It’s my go-to place for finding new reading materials.

Thanks for the tips everyone! I look forward to spending a lot of time reading some of these Hopefully I will have my own suggestions to add to the list shortly! 

Thanks for your reply. Where or should I say how, do I find heidi cohens posts?