Top 10 Social Media Blogs, The 2013 Winners!

Are you looking for some good blogs to read? Look no further!

Our fifth-annual social media blog contest generated over 750 nominations.

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 10 blogs that need to be at the top of your reading list.

#1: Social Fresh

Social Fresh, the brainchild of Jason Keath, provides quality social media content from a community of bloggers.

social fresh1 — Social Fresh is an excellent blog with an engaging editorial calendar.

#2: Boom Social

Boom Social, where Kim Garst regularly shares useful and practical information that’s easy to read and understand.

#3: Jeff Bullas

Jeff Bullas consistently provides quality content that generates good conversations on the topic of social media.

jeff bullas1 — Jeff Bullas provides information that is actionable, easy to read and very shareable.

#4: Danny Brown

Danny Brown provides excellent articles and thoughtful opinion pieces on social media marketing.

#5: Heidi Cohen

Heidi Cohen consistently publishes useful content focused on blogging and social media.

heidi cohen blog — Heidi Cohen provides useful content for marketers.

#6: Jon Loomer

Jon Loomer writes excellent in-depth articles about Facebook marketing.

jon loomer blog — Jon Loomer's blog provides so much depth of content about Facebook that it's almost like a Facebook wiki.

#7: Lighthouse Insights

Lighthouse Insights is the brainchild of Prasant Naidu with a focus on social media in India.

lighthouse insights blog — Lighthouse Insights has a very strong community with solid interaction.

#8: Razor Social

Razor Social, founded by Ian Cleary, is a useful resource for social media tools with a good community where they motivate people to share their content.

razor social1 — Razor Social has a style that invites you to participate in their community.

#9: Pushing Social

Pushing Social, founded by Stanford Smith, teaches readers how to use social media.

pushing social blog — Pushing Social is a good blog for learning more about blogging for business and other social media skills.

#10: 60 Second Marketer

60 Second Marketer, founded by Jamie Turner, shows marketers how to use social media.

60 second marketer blog — 60 Second Marketer publishes helpful articles about social media marketing.

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. Please link back to this page.

A special thanks to our judges: Gini Dietrich (co-author of Marketing in the Round, founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich), Marcus Sheridan (co-owner of River Pools, founder of The Sales Lion) and Michael Stelzner (author of Launch, CEO of Social Media Examiner and host of the Social Media Marketing podcast).

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