If you’re working in social media marketing and want to keep up to date then blogs are your friends. It can be difficult to find the best ones so here’s a list of really useful blogs you might like to try. If you think something should be added please leave a comment and I’ll update the post.
General
Social Media Examiner
Social Media Examiner, the world’s largest online social media magazine, is designed to help businesses discover how to best use social media tools like Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn to connect with customers, generate more brand awareness and increase sales.
HubSpot Blog
The HubSpot Inbound Internet Marketing blog covers all of inbound marketing – SEO, blogging, social media, lead generation, email marketing, lead nurturing & management, and analytics.
Convince and convert
Every day Jay Baer shares one great thing you need to know about social and content.
QuickSprout
Quick Sprout is a digital marketing and business blog based on the experiences of an entrepreneur, Neil Patel.
Blogging
ProBlogger
Blog tips to help you make money blogging.
DIY Blogger NET
Technology, creativity and marketing for the business brain.
Kikolani
Blog marketing and blogging tips from Kristi Hines
Spice up your blog
The best tips, gadgets, design and SEO for bloggers.
Mari Smith
Online social networking giants like Facebook and Twitter have become mainstream. If you’re a confused and overwhelmed entrepreneur or small business owner, seeking support to figure out how to monetize all these new social media tools and platforms, Mari can help you.
Amy Porterfield
Amy sharse the inside secrets of how to monetise social media with less effort.
HyperArts
The inside track on Facebook – quite a lot of technical stuff if you like that kind of thing!
The Official Facebook Blog
Buffer Blog
A blog about productivity, life hacks, writing, user experience, customer happiness and business.
The Official Twitter Blog
Lewis Howes
How to generate more leads and sales on LinkedIn
The Official LinkedIn Blog
YouTube/Video Marketing
James Wedmore
Video marketing strategies that kick butt (apparently).
The Offical YouTube Blog
The Official Pinterest Blog
A huge hat tip to Andrew K Kirk of Face the Buzz who pulled the original list together to answer a question on Quora. Thanks for letting me embellish it for a blog post! I hope you find this helpful – please leave a comment with further suggestions and I’ll add them to the list. Best wishes, Pooky x


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Written by Pooky Hesmondhalgh
Topics: Blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn, Marketing, Pinterest, Social Media, Twitter