• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Social Media Examiner

Your Guide to the Marketing Jungle

  • 🔥 Free Newsletter
  • 🎙️ Podcasts
    • Social Media Marketing Podcast
    • Social Media Marketing Talk Show
    • Marketing Agency Show
    • Our YouTube Channel
  • 🗓️ Social Media Marketing World
  • đź’ˇ Society
  • 🎯 Partner With Us
    • Podcast Sponsorship
    • Email Sponsorship
      • Email Newsletter
      • Dedicated Email Blast
    • Event Sponsorship
      • Social Media Marketing World
  • đź‘‹ About Us
    • Marketing Events
  • Search
  • Social Media Marketing WorldImprove your strategy, find your next big marketing idea...DISCOVER WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING

    Finalists: Top 10 Social Media Blogs 2017

    by Lisa D. Jenkins / January 30, 2017

    social media case studiesWe received hundreds of nominations for our eighth-annual Top 10 Social Media Blogs contest!

    Below is the list of 20 finalists, including some well-known favorites and new blogs for our judges to consider.

    The Judges

    Our judges include Heidi Cohen (chief content officer of Actionable Marketing Guide), Marcus Sheridan (founder of The Sales Lion), and Sonia Simone (founding partner and chief content officer of Copyblogger).

    heidi cohen marcus sheridan sonia simone

    Read on to find out if your favorite social media blog is a finalist.

    Finalists: Top 10 Social Media Blogs 2017 by Lisa D. Jenkins on Social Media Examiner.
    Finalists: Top 10 Social Media Blogs 2017 by Lisa D. Jenkins on Social Media Examiner.

    • AgoraPulse
    • Authentic Storytelling
    • Buffer Social
    • CinchShare Blog
    • Dustn.tv
    • Firebelly
    • Jenn's Trends
    • Katie Lance
    • Katie Wagner Social Media
    • LinkedIn for Business
    • Mike Gingerich
    • Molly Marshall Marketing
    • Peg Fitzpatrick
    • Social Media Blog by Carmen Lascu
    • Social Media Revolver
    • Socially Sorted
    • Spider Working
    • Sue B. Zimmerman
    • The Social Media Hat
    • Top Dog Social Media

    How We’ll Pick the Winners

    1. Initial qualification: A blog must have a strong social media focus, must have been nominated multiple times by multiple individuals and must be regularly updated. If someone nominated more than one blog, only the first nomination was counted.

    2. Final winner selection:

    • Quality of posts: Our judges will examine and score the quality of posts on each blog. Educational and discussion-spurring posts are more valuable than self-promoting posts. This is the most important criterion.
    • Frequency of posts: Blogs that feature multiple posts per week will score higher. This is a sign of the blogger’s commitment to blogging.
    • Reader involvement: Blogs that have regular comments from readers are another sign of a healthy blog. In addition, the number of nominations for a specific blog play a part in this.
    • Blog ranking: The number of other blogs that link to the nominated blog shows the value of the content. We’ll use accepted third-party blog ranking systems for this portion of the score.

    Congratulations to the finalists! We’ll announce the winners here soon!

    What do you think about these blogs? Leave your comments below.

    Finalists: Top 10 Social Media Blogs 2017 by Lisa D. Jenkins on Social Media Examiner.
    Finalists: Top 10 Social Media Blogs 2017 by Lisa D. Jenkins on Social Media Examiner.

    Tags: Blogging

    About the authorLisa D. Jenkins

    Lisa D. Jenkins is the director of editorial at Social Media Examiner. Her expertise in social media comes from years of serving destination organizations and businesses in the travel and tourism industry.
    Other posts by Lisa D. Jenkins »

    Get Social Media Examiner’s Future Articles in Your Inbox!

    Get our latest articles delivered to your email inbox and get the FREE Social Media Marketing Industry Report (37 pages, 50+ charts)!

    Industry Report Cover

    Worth Exploring:

    Facebook

    Marketing Help Explore More →

    Instagram

    Marketing Help Explore More →

    YouTube

    Marketing Help Explore More →

    Linkedin

    Marketing Help Explore More →

    Web3

    Next Frontier Explore More →

    Social Media Marketing Industry Report

    Get Free Report →

    Social Marketing Trends

    The data you've been missing!

    Need a new plan? Discover how marketers plan to change their social activities in the 15th annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report. It reveals what marketers have planned for their social activities, content marketing, and more! Get this free report now and never miss another great article from us. Join more than 400,000 marketers!

    Enter your email to get
    our free report:


    Footer

    Your Guide to the Marketing Jungle
    Copyright © 2023 Social Media Examiner®
    All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy.

    Helpful Links

    • About us
    • Our content via email
    • Our podcasts
    • Our YouTube channel
    • Our live show
    • Our industry report
    • Sponsorship opportunities
    • RSS
    • Accessibility