Top 150 Social Media Marketing Blogs

We just implemented our “influence ranking algorithm”.

So we ran it against the ~1000 ’social media marketing’ blogs we monitor on an ongoing basis (along with tweets, forums, Q&As…).

We will publish the list every other month (please follow our Twitter account : ecairn for early notice).

Below is the top 150 list:
( When compared to the Adage Power 150 reference, remember we zoomed particularly on social media marketing. Plus the list contains only blogs written in English).

Here is an OPML Link, from Matt Shaulis, to the list if you want to import in your reader.

nov-08
1 C Brogan http://www.chrisbrogan.com
2 S Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com
3 S Rubel http://www.micropersuasion.com
4 J Owyang http://www.web-strategist.com/blog
5 D Rowse http://www.problogger.net
6 R Scobleizer http://www.scobleizer.com
7 G Kawasaki http://blog.guykawasaki.com
8 B Solis http://www.briansolis.com
9 Lee Odden http://www.toprankblog.com
10 http://www.lifehacker.com
11 http://www.searchengineland.com
12 T Defren http://www.pr-squared.com
13 D Armano http://darmano.typepad.com
14 M Joel http://www.twistimage.com/blog
15 http://www.venturebeat.com
16 J Jarvis http://www.buzzmachine.com
17 P Kim http://www.beingpeterkim.com
18 D Meerman Scott http://www.webinknow.com
19 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com
20 http://www.mpdailyfix.com
21 V Maltoni http://www.conversationagent.com
22 http://www.doshdosh.com
23 S Holtz http://blog.holtz.com
24 M Collier http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com
25 J Juice http://www.jaffejuice.com
26 http://www.imediaconnection.com
27 B.L Ochman http://www.whatsnextblog.com
28 S Israel http://redcouch.typepad.com
G Livingston http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog
29 http://www.searchenginejournal.com
30 D Scocco http://www.dailyblogtips.com
31 http://www.searchengineguide.com
32 http://www.seomoz.org/blog
33 N Hobson http://www.nevillehobson.com
34 D McLellan http://www.drewsmarketingminute.com
35 S Monty http://www.scottmonty.com
36 G Verdino http://gregverdino.typepad.com
37 J Falls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com
38 http://www.seroundtable.com
39 J Pepper http://pop-pr.blogspot.com
40 Laermer Dugan http://badpitch.blogspot.com
41 M Dickman http://technomarketer.typepad.com
42 McConnell Huba (*) http://www.churchofthecustomer.com
43 S Boyd http://www.stoweboyd.com
44 B Kanter http://beth.typepad.com
45 J Moore http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy
46 http://www.socialmediatoday.com
47 K Huyse http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com
48 R Bhargava http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com
49 T Andrlik http://www.toddand.com
50 A Servonitz http://www.damniwish.com
51 http://www.socialmediaclub.org
52 http://www.grokdotcom.com
53 http://servantofchaos.typepad.com
54 http://prblog.typepad.com/strategic_public_relation
55 http://youngie.prblogs.org
56 http://www.adverblog.com
57 http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak
58 http://www.converstations.com
59 http://adverlab.blogspot.com
60 http://www.ck-blog.com
61 http://blog.futurelab.net
62 http://www.brainsonfire.com/blog
63 http://www.everydotconnects.com
64 http://weblogs.hitwise.com
65 http://blog.basturea.com
66 http://www.propr.ca
67 http://www.publishing2.com
68 http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com
69 http://kdpaine.blogs.com
70 http://www.adliterate.com
71 http://www.adpulp.com
72 http://www.paulgillin.com
73 http://www.marketersstudio.com
74 http://www.craphammer.ca
75 http://tangerinetoad.blogspot.com
76 F Gossieaux http://www.emergencemarketing.com
77 http://www.mynameiskate.ca
78 D Fleet http://www.davefleet.com
79 http://heehawmarketing.typepad.com
80 http://www.prworks.ca
81 http://www.socialtimes.com
82 http://www.communityguy.com
83 http://flooringtheconsumer.blogspot.com
84 http://blog.hubspot.com
85 http://theblogconsultancy.typepad.com
86 http://www.canuckflack.com
87 http://www.conversationalmediamarketing.com
88 http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com
89 http://www.tpemurphy.com/blog
90 http://www.techipedia.com
91 http://lgbusinesssolutions.typepad.com/solutions_to_grow_your_bu
92 http://www.pronetadvertising.com
93 http://www.christopherspenn.com
94 http://www.brendancooper.com
95 http://buzzcanuck.typepad.com/agentwildfire
96 http://www.stuartbruce.biz
97 http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com
98 http://www.noahbrier.com
99 http://www.onedegree.ca
100 http://www.hyku.com/blog
101 http://bloggingmebloggingyou.wordpress.com
102 http://neilperkin.typepad.com
103 http://marketingroi.wordpress.com
104 http://www.jimkukral.com
105 http://ringblog.typepad.com/corporatepr
106 http://blog.startwithalead.com
107 http://www.strumpette.com
108 http://buzzmarketingfortech.blogspot.com
109 http://www.commonsensepr.com
110 http://blog.ogilvypr.com
111 http://ries.typepad.com/ries_blog
112 http://paulisakson.typepad.com/planning
113 http://www.shirky.com
114 http://www.brandflakesforbreakfast.com
115 http://www.sixtysecondview.com
116 http://www.attentionmax.com
117 http://www.beyondmadisonavenue.com
118 http://thebrandbuilder.blogspot.com
119 http://www.socialmediagroup.com
120 http://blogtillyoudrop.wordpress.com
121 http://decker.typepad.com
122 http://www.stickyfigure.com
123 http://www.prconversations.com
124 http://theengagingbrand.typepad.com
125 http://mariosundar.wordpress.com
126 http://www.blogwriteforceos.com
127 http://leighhouse.typepad.com/advergirl
128 http://flacklife.blogspot.com
129 http://www.parmet.net/pr
130 http://www.crackunit.com
131 http://www.transmissionmarketing.ca
132 http://getgood.typepad.com/getgood_strategic_marketi
133 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com
134 http://www.chrisheuer.com
135 http://www.conversationmarketing.com
136 http://makethelogobigger.blogspot.com
137 http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser
138 http://www.gobigalways.com
139 http://www.ageofconversation.com
140 http://forrester.typepad.com/charleneli
141 http://www.customersrock.net
142 http://johnbell.typepad.com
143 http://www.rainierpr.co.uk/blog
144 http://www.nickburcher.com
145 http://www.collaboratemarketing.com
146 http://blog.bitepr.com
147 http://www.ownyourbrand.com
148 http://www.engageinpr.com
149 http://www.doughaslam.com
150 http://www.net-savvy.com/executive
(*) customerevangelist is the same blog- influence should be higher
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59 Responses to “Top 150 Social Media Marketing Blogs”

  1. Peter Kim Says:

    Hey! Would love to hear more about your algorithm…I’m a big fan of measurement. Any chance of learning more about your approach?

  2. Ryan Stephens Says:

    Very interesting list. Judging from the names at the top it appears to be pretty valid. I am looking forward to familiarzing myself with some of the other social blogs towards the middle-bottom of the list, and hopefully my blog will show up on this radar in the not-so-distant feature.

    Thanks for sharing this very comprehensive list!

    Best Wishes!

  3. Lee Hopkins Says:

    Interesting list. Some weren’t surprises, but some blogs I thought would be there aren’t. B&T rated Paull Young, Laurel Papworth and myself as influential here in Australia, but only Paull seems to be on this list.

    See http://activemagazine.smedia.com.au/ActiveMagazine/getBook.asp?Path=BTN/2008/10/07&ReaderStyle=DefaultPP&BookCollection=BTN
    …and click to page 36

    I’m interested, like Peter, to know your algorithm.

    Cheers!

  4. ecairn Says:

    @ Peter, our approach is quite simple.
    1- we focus on building comprehensive lists using a relevance formula that mix topic and topology relevance.

    As soon as you get 50ish blogs that represent your target, the system learns and propose relevant blogs. To give you an idea, we have build a list of 4000+ blogs on Food, 400+ on Wine, 600+ on Computing Security in a few days. My favorite is a list of 200+ blogs on Premier League soccer ;-)

    2- we count interconnections within the list (blogroll and direct connections) and derive an influence score.

    The algorithm is still in beta and we’re improving it as we speak. We’re also doing research on community relevance (not topic relevance - patent pending) that we will introduce step by step in the coming months.

    @ Ryan, thanks for the feedback and good luck!

  5. ecairn Says:

    @ Lee, I checked our list - which again represent OUR view, and may be biaised.
    Your blog is 174, Laurel’s one is 309. May be we should publish the top 1000 ?
    (our own score will be so low that it wouldn’t be good press for us)

  6. Lolly Says:

    Hi there,

    Thanks for organising the list - I am thrilled to be part of that list! Would be really nice to know what kind of algorithm you use… we’re currently having a big debate in the office on how to measure influence…

  7. C.B. Whittemore Says:

    What a fascinating list and cross-section of marketing blogs! I like the social marketing angle and look forward to seeing the algorithm and concept evolve. Thank you for including Flooring The Consumer.

  8. Connie Reece Says:

    I’m honored to be included on this list at #63, and really pleased that I’ve had the opportunity to meet quite a few of these bloggers in person. Like everyone else, I’d like to know more about the algorithm. Thanks for the work you are doing on this and your willingness to interact in the comments.

  9. Jessica Gottlieb Says:

    Now I’ll fill up my reader.

    It’s good to know who is considered a leader, not necessarily to emulate, but becuase my niche can start feeling narrow and I forget there are bloggers who don’t have a potty mouth.

  10. Chris Miller Says:

    Bizarre question, but can you dump the RSS for these also so we could make a nice folder in our readers? That was be a great tool

  11. Brian Clark Says:

    Copyblogger is all about social media marketing (we just happen to advocate actually selling stuff) and is #4 on AdAge…

    But doesn’t make this list at all? Wow.

  12. Daniel Richard Says:

    Goodness! Looks like there’s more blogs to read today. :)

  13. tyler Says:

    i’m surprised mashable.com didn’t make the list. i know they’re not “how to use social media for marketing purposes” but their influence on social media is undeniable. right? am i missing something?

  14. Lee Odden Says:

    Thank you for including toprankblog in the list! Also, for putting the list together - it’s a great resource. We’ll put together a Custom Google search engine using these sites.

    BTW, you have us listed as “TopRanked”. Could you change that to our name or my name? TopRank Online Marketing or Lee Odden.

    Thanks again!

  15. Beth Kanter Says:

    I’m thrilled, shocked, and floored to be on the list at #44 — feels good that someone who writes about social change and nonprofits is on this list. A shout out others who write about this — Connie Reece and Canuckflack.

  16. ecairn Says:

    @Brian, we know copyblogger, we’ve a similar list on blogging and you’re close to the top. we tried to focus on “social media marketing” for this list; on the other end, we have problogger in the list. We’ll correct that.

    @tyler, same comment, our perception is that mashable is “general 2.0″ more than “social media marketing”, we left venturebeat more to get a reference versus the adage list. we’ll try to be better next time.

    @Lee we will fix it. Thanks

    @ all, thanks for your comments. again this is beta and we are striving to improve the list. your comments help us a lot.

  17. Becky Carroll Says:

    Thank you very much for pulling this together, and I am thrilled that Customers Rock! appears on it at 141. :) Could you please update the blog’s address to be http://www.customersrock.net, as I moved from the wordpress.com domain a few months ago.

    Thank you, and I look forward to hearing more about this.

    You rock!

  18. chrisbrogan Says:

    I didn’t read everything above me. Just glanced, but I have to tell you that I want to know more about the way it computes. I’m thrilled to be #1, and thanks.

    But tell me what makes you decide this? How?

  19. Doug Haslam Says:

    Wow, honored to be on the list (#149 with a bullet!) On a personal note, it is gratifying to see the blog listed. My Twitter stream gets more attention, deservedly so, but it’s all part of the package.

    What I like best about these lists is not rankings or pecking order, but finding new blogs to read and people to get ideas from

  20. Jake Matthews Says:

    very neat. how about the top 200 or 300?

  21. Kami Huyse Says:

    Interesting. The interconnectedness of the blogs is an interesting take. Are you looking at any other part of the social footprint? Is it completely link based?

    I love Lifehacker, but is it Social Media Marketing?

  22. tyler Says:

    ecairn - that makes sense, now. it’s a great list, though - thanks for pulling it together!

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  24. MariaD Says:

    Thank you for your tool. Looks like people play several “games” with it:

    - “Find yourself on the list” - which some people can’t, not being in the top 150. Maybe when you write the front end to it (which I assume you will at some point?) you can allow people to type in their blog and get a ranking, no matter how low, together with the list, and if their blog’s not on the list yet, send your bot to it

    - “Compare to other lists and discuss algorithms” - I don’t know how the front end to this may look like, unless you want to make your algorithm transparent partially and have people add suggestions to it. Many people are curious about your algorithm, it seems. I know I am!

    - “Make a list for my pet blogging topic, please” - are you going to invite people to make those “initial fifty” lists somehow for their suggested topics, to initiate other lists?

    - “Custom Google search using a top X list for Y topic” - sounds promising, if a bit dangerous for producing bottlenecks.

  25. bg Says:

    Happy to be on any list. (Except for government watch lists.) Thanks for the include.

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  27. Sue Says:

    This is an excellent list, but I would suggest that it is a “social media marketing” list, not a “social marketing” list. “Social marketing is the application of marketing technologies developed in the commercial sector to the solution of social problems where the bottom line is behavior change.” [Alan Andreasen, Marketing Social Change]. It is important that we remember the difference and respect the existing field while moving forward with new tools available through social media.

  28. Allen Says:

    Sue - I would argue this is just a haphazard list of blogs - when did lifehacker or searchengineland become social marketing blogs (or social media marketing). Scoble isn’t a social marketer, he’s a tech blogger - there’s a difference. I could easily argue at least 50% of the list don’t belong there.

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  30. Lisa Says:

    Not bad, a good tool that helps us to gain traffics

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  32. Brendan Cooper Says:

    OK, nice list, but I think we really do need more insight into your measurement system here. It’s pretty easy to compile a list of 4000+ blogs on Food, 400+ on Wine, 600+ on Computing Security, etc. It seems you’ve got some sort of automation going down etc, which is cool, but if it isn’t proprietary then how about telling us how you’re doing this? Would be very interesting.

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    here is another Social Bookmarking Website for yours.

    URL: http://www.submyt.com

  34. Adam Singer Says:

    nice, although your algorithm definitely is missing some big ones

  35. ecairn Says:

    @adam,
    We’d be happy to know which ones are missing.

  36. Geoff Livingston Says:

    We wouldn’t mind throwing the Buzz Bin (www.livingstonbuzz.com) into the mix.

  37. ecairn Says:

    @Geoff, you touch on our first corner case ;-). You’re actually 29nd on the list and I will correct it.
    Normally we’re tracking at the “highest level” and here we were tracking your /blog url . I need to investigate.

    Sorry for that.

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  40. Krishna De Says:

    Thanks for compiling the list. I see you have included blogs outside of the US and wondered how Bizgrowthnews.com which covers social media would rank in your algorithm?

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    @Krishna - Sent you an email

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    We just published an answer to your questions in a new post:

    http://blog.ecairn.com/2008/11/11/answering-your-questions-on-top-150-social-marketing-blogs/

    Thanking you all for your great comments

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  46. Mike Wagner Says:

    Honored to have made the list…just barely.

    It is a fascinating world of social connections. I’m glad to be a fellow learner with you and your team at eCairn’s.

    Let me know how I might help or encourage you.

    Keep creating…a brand worth raving about,
    Mike

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  50. Francois Gossieaux Says:

    Thank you so much for putting the list together. I am honored to have my blog at #76. If you want to add my name to it that would be great as I am the sole writer on the blog.
    Thank you! Francois

  51. Sandeep Arora Says:

    Awesome list. Will save me (and everyone ) a lot of time.

    You missed out
    http://www.Bokardo.com
    http://www.viperchill.com (reputation management)

    Sandeep

  52. Jac Star Says:

    Interesting list, and good to know I’m reading some of the right people. :)

    Though I wouldn’t be surprised to see a new name on there in next couple of lists - Danny Brown is fast making a name for himself where it counts.

    http://dannybrown.me

    Look forward to seeing updates, make sure I’m following who I should be :)

    J.

  53. Hellekin O. Wolf Says:

    The OPML file contains errors.

    25. Jaffe Juice feed is at http://www.jaffejuice.com/atom.xml
    60. CK’s Blog feed is at http://www.ck-blog.com/cks_blog/atom.xml

    131. Transmission Marketing feed is invalid (should set character set to UTF-8 and validate the feed!)
    134. Chris Heuer’s feed is missing (404, too bad for him)

    I wonder how invalid feeds can make it to this list. Maybe clients just don’t bother validating the feeds. Oh, so far so good: if they don’t make it straight, we can provide shitty blogging software, after all, only the content matters (as opposed to data).

    Nice work though. Thank you eCairn.

  54. ecairn Says:

    @Hellekin, Thanks for your comment.

    We (eCairn) just built the list :-). I’ll send a note to Matt for the OPML fixes.
    By the way, you may consider reading all these blogs… and many more using our social media marketing application.

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  57. Dave Peck Says:

    Wow great list! Now just to get my blog to make the top 150!

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