Nominate Your Favorite Social Media Blog for Social Media Examiner’s Top 10 Contest

I’ll nominate someone … Amber Naslund’s Altitude Branding (http://altitudebranding.com/blog). Great thinking on social media, community building, higher level marketing and more. Read it regularly and learn from it, too.

I second Jason Falls’ http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com. His quality vs. filler post ratio is excellent

I nominate Adam Singer’s The Future Buzz: http://thefuturebuzz.com/
Adam writes thorough, provocative posts covering social media, marketing and PR. I find that I bookmark and retweet most of his posts because they provide enormous value.

I vote for http://www.5billionminutes.com/ covers social media, web design, strategy, technology & more.

I’m a fan of @chrisbrogan’s blog found at chrisbrogan.com

I’ll second the nominations for http://www.graymatterminute.com/ : I appreciate Renee’s lively and personable writing style at the end of a long day, and value the hands-on actionable ideas she comes up with for Gray Matter Minute readers.

I’ll nominate Jason Baer’s Convince & Convert blog http://www.convinceandconvert.com/. His Twitter20 series, content on social media strategy and the convergence of social media and other digital marketing channels is great, but what makes Jason’s blog even better is its voice and writing style. He boils concepts down like nobody else can.

I nominate Copyblogger.com, http://www.copyblogger.com/.

Brian Clarke, Sonia Simone, and the rest of the crew stay on top of social media and also offer terrific online copywriting help.

I nominate http://kikolani.com/. Especially her Fetching Friday feature.

I’m too for http://kikolani.com/. Good advice, balanced posts and an extra brand inside the blog: that would be, of course, Fetching Friday.

I nominate http://www.convinceandconvert.com . Jason’s insight on SM is absolutely fantastic. With a great mix of content including his Twitter 20 series, blog posts and video posts, it is a great mix of fantastic content. A must read!

I nominate smashingmagazine.com. They really comeup with these fantastic tips and tricks and they only introduced me to socialmediaexaminer.

I nominate Meryl Evans who has been writing about social media before it was cool for business. Some of it is on her blog (www.meryl.net/section/blog) and some on Web Worker Daily (www.webworkerdaily.com).

Thanks, Jason. And likewise. Off to recommend yours in fact.

I 2nd MrjWells – I nominate http://kikolani.com/. This is a terrific series and very unselfish.

Fetching Friday

So hard to choose only one, because I agree with almost all of the current nominations! I guess my all-time favorite have to be Copyblogger.com, http://www.copyblogger.com/ with Brian and Sonia and the gang. They walk their own talk, and are unbelievably generous with practical, easy-to-understand creative solutions for anyone in business.

I’d love to see you publish a list of ALL nominees with their URLs, as well as the top 10!

I nominate the Advergirl blog, http://leighhouse.typepad.com/ presented by Central Ohio social media expert Leigh Householder specializing in higher education, non-for-profit fundraising, and healthcare – of Ologie (www.ologie.com),

I nominate http://www.mackcollier.com‘s blog. Mack’s been working with companies in the 2.0/SM space for years and deserves a nomination! His blog posts touch on the realities and challenges of companies who are trying to be “social” with their customers. Mack lays everything out practically and utilizes the KISS rule very well. I also nominate Amber’s http://www.altitudebranding.com blog. It is my desktop reference to social media in business . Always thought-provoking, always real.

Although I do enjoy your blog I would have to say that, by far, the number one Social Media blog out there is http://mashable.com. They have so much information on the site and are always coming out with something that is new and interesting, and most importantly, helpful to their followers. @mhillaert

I’ve come to be a huge fan of Jeff Jarvis. While it’s often media as a whole, his insights are often spot on and always get me thinking. http://www.buzzmachine.com/

Gracias, m’dear.

I second Brandon’s nomination for Jason at http://www.jasonkeath.com. Loving his Social Fresh events as well. I will be at the Nashville one.

I’d like to vote for Social Media Blog the blogging forum for the International Social Media Association
http://www.socialmediablog.com/ written by the members of the association themselves.

Thanks Andy. I appreciate your support. Not always as timely as I’d like, but I’m trying!

I second the nomination for Olivier’s The Brand Builder Blog (http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com). It’s a no-nonsense, enterprise-focused approach to social media that dispenses with buzzwords and discusses how to create real and valuable results.

I am nominating http://www.6seconds .org/blog/ for all the hard works in promoting emotional intelligence to the world.

This is such a great blog!

I nominate Bruna Martinuzzi’s excellent blog:
http://www.increaseyoureq.com/blog/

Bruna knows Emotional Intelligence like Michael Phelps knows water, and has just as much control and power in it. Her posts are very well thought-out. But what brings me back for more is that she always finds a way to make her readers see *real ways to apply* the wisdom she brings, such that they can effect real change.

I nominate Jefff Bullas http://jeffbullas.com/ as a quality social media reporter website of statistics and relevant ‘social media’ facts and figures to help businesses keep abreast of the changes and how businesses are using social media effectively in their niche market.

I’ll second Methodical Madness. The reviews of Twitter applications have been really helpful and they have an interesting take on social media trends.

I´ll nominate Methodical Madness, http://blog.theduffyagency.com/
Interesting and educational posts on trends in social media

I nominate Chris Brogan blog :http://www.chrisbrogan.com/ because it is Community and Social Media. Chris is original, entrepreneurial and has a great community spirit. His ideas and thoughts are challenging and thought provoking.

For me it boils down to who delivered the most valuable content that helped me most, who i learnt the most from, results from implementing what i learned from that person…

how many times i visit the site does not matter because sometimes we’re all just following sites because they’re up there on the AList, but it doesnt mean that the person has delivered on value.

im deciding between Mashable .and Copyblogger, Mashable i’m on alot purely because of all the sites that link in and RT’s. Digg, Stumble etc where as copyblogger im on alot less however each time im on copyblogger im there for hours, reading and digging through the archives,

i have learnt so much from copyblogger that looking at my business today, about 20-30% of my business is a result from applying what ive learnt. Also the site is one of few that doesn’t waste to much time and focus on design template.

I Vote For Brian Clark of http://www.copyblogger.com/

I’m also going to vote for Jason Falls’ http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com. He’s been one of my top social media resources for the past couple of years.

hey Twitter is social media…DUH!!! i gotta back up my fellow Aussie can’t forget about him! I nominate Darren Rowse not for Problogger.net but for http://www.twitip.com/

Darren gets kudos because of the social community that he has developed, every site that he has is not all the same following, he has the ability to ummmm its like hes a cameleon 1 moment hes problogger, the next hes blogging about tweeting about blogging, and then snap flash! he’s adding value to that 300k+ following, sometimes he can be abit American and sometimes he’s good ol Aussie Aussie oi oi!

Darren always focuses on building the social community putting efforts into turning his usual rss subscribers into loyal social networks in his Forums. Many readers turning into social authorities from giving value in his successful forums, the most recent being ProBlogger.Community ( http://www.problogger.com ) with almost 5,500paying members with a ratio of Active Members close to 2000, thats pretty Social If You Ask Me!!

I nominate The Blog of Shani Sammons http://shanisammons.wordpress.com/Oriented towards the promotion of bands but applicable to almost any social media marketing campaign Shani’s new blog addresses the heart and soul of what it takes to engage fans (customers, readers) in a way I have not found elsewhere. In my studies of social media marketing I have found it’s all about delivering value and Shani’s approach is through personal interaction and authenticity rather than flashy gimmicks. I think she has done a great job with the duo Sugarland as well as her own blog. Sugarland fan site: http://culturej.am/arRw

I nominate Olivier Blanchard’s TheBrandBuilder blog (again.) It’s a wealth of information on social media marketing, program development and everyone’s favorite new topic: *real* social media ROI, without the BS, without the excuses, without the whining of why we can’t measure or provide data on this or that. His micro-site at http://smroi.net contains the same content, but narrowly focused on just the topic of social media ROI. He created that so that it would be easy for visitors to find the information on that topic and educate themselves, which is just one more way he tries to help people. A lot of folks have told me that they appreciate his work and me pointing them toward it because it taught them so much. http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com/

I second the nomination for Olivier Blanchard*. He has a great branding blog and makes a point of addressing the measuring of Social Media. I learn a lot when reading & listening to Olivier.* Because I cannot nominate my other 2 favorites Ann Handley & David Meerman Scott!

wow what a list, I love Ambers, http://altitudebranding.com/blog, Jason’s http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com and Olivier’s http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com But think that…

http://www.socialmediatoday.com probably does that best job of aggregating all of these great writers in one place..

Tough to pick one but I’ll go with Copyblogger http://www.copyblogger.com/. They have great content, post frequently, have tons of reader involvement. Don’t know about the blog’s ranking–but it has to be up there with the biggest and best.

I picked Copyblogger over other sites because it doesn’t just list a ton of links and catapult me into cyberspace to face the new social media monsters on my own. Copyblogger gives practical information with commentary to help me make sense of what is going on in the world of social media.

Mary E. Ulrich

I nominate http://www.copyblogger.com/...

I nominate up and coming http://www.simplyzesty.com/ why: great content, super initiatives and loads of fun

I’ll have to go with http://mashable.com/ I look forward to their Facebook fan page posts all day long. They are very consistent with bringing cool tips and tools for managing your brand online using social media.

My nomination goes to Cherri Ward for Words from Willow wwwwordsfromwillow.blogspot.com. Cherri is a great writer, anyone can easily relate to what she is writing about, and be apart of it! Cherri writes from the heart! Julie