Top 10 Social Media Blogs: The 2012 Winners!
Our third-annual social media blog contest generated nearly 600 nominations (almost twice as many as last year’s contest).
Our panel of social media experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing the quality of their content, the frequency of posts and reader involvement (among other things).
With that in mind, here are ten blogs that need to be at the top of your reading list.
#1: Social Mouths
Social Mouths, the brainchild of Francisco Rosales, provides deep and honest looks at social media marketing and trends that impact our industry.
The site contains detailed posts with real-world examples, and addresses new and difficult topics.
#2: ViralBlog
ViralBlog provides a daily stream of social media trends and inspiration through case studies and other interesting articles.
The site has excellent content with useful tips and advice.
#3: Jeff Bullas
Jeff Bullas takes a close look at how businesses can get found online through social media.
The site has excellent content with solid social media insights.
#4: Hubze
Hubze has built an audience by focusing on social media trends and tips on social media marketing tactics.
The site contains a nice variety of media, including articles and podcasts.
#5: The Sales Lion
The Sales Lion from Marcus Sheridan is a blog that seeks to build community around inbound marketing, blogging, business and life.
The site fosters strong community with great participation through comments.
#6: Pushing Social
Pushing Social from Stanford Smith provides practical blogging tips and resources from a fresh perspective.
The site contains creative, informative and readable posts with deeper-than-average advice.
#7: Heidi Cohen
Heidi Cohen provides intelligent insights on social media tactics and trends, all while making the complex simple.
The site contains comprehensive and thoughtful content.
#8: MarketingTech Blog
MarketingTech blog provides a technology-focused approach to new media marketing.
The site covers a variety of topics and media, including radio and video.
#9: Likeable Media
Likeable Media keeps readers current on industry trends and new tools while also providing strategies and tactics for using Facebook and social media marketing.
The site contains very current information on new tools and platforms.
#10: SplashMedia
SplashMedia provides interesting takes on strategy, tips and trends, while their SplashCasts offer some great success stories.
The site features great use of a video show as well as diverse postings with good in-depth content.
Congratulations to the winners! Be sure to check out these amazing blogs.
The badge of distinction: If you’re a winner, you can post the image you see here on your blog and please link back to this page.
A special thanks to our judges: Andy Sernovitz (author, Word of Mouth Marketing and CEO, SocialMedia.org), Rick Calvert (CEO, BlogWorld) and Michael Stelzner (author, Launch and CEO, Social Media Examiner).
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