Which are your top content marketing blogs?
This is a question that I am often asked.
It can be difficult to keep up with the latest developments in content marketing. Smart marketers and business leaders keep up to date with the most recent content marketing trends and tips by reading top content marketing blogs daily.
Why? Companies that blog generate 6x more revenue than companies that don’t. Consistent weekly content is a better way to generate leads. On average, our clients experience 138% growth in traffic and leads year-over-year and a 7x Content marketing ROI.
We’re curating the most recent content marketing news from the top content marketing blogs. There are many blogs and media sites that I visit, as well as a lot of great B2B marketing blog sites. But this is the list I use to find my top content marketing blogs every day. You should, too.
This list includes everything, from online publishers to marketing technology tools to non-profit associations to startup founder blogs to other digital marketing agencies to research organisations and independent content marketing consultants.
To give you an idea of what they publish, I have also included some top articles from each site according to one my favorite content marketing tools.
If I have missed anyone, please let me and others know by commenting below.
These are the Top 20 Content Marketing Blogs That You Must Read Every Day
Content Marketing InstituteMarketingProfsHubspotMarketing Insider GroupOrbit MediaMarTechMozCopybloggerDigidayeMarketerMarketingSherpaDivvyHQAnn Handley’s BlogOptimizelyContent StrategistBuzzsumoTeleverdeOptin MonsterSemrushSmartBrief on Marketing
1. Content Marketing Institute (@CMIContent), – Everything you need to know about Content Marketing. This is the resource you should choose. CMI’s amazing team knows how to make it happen. CMI doesn’t just talk the talking, they actually walk the walk with amazing conversions, focus upon subscriptions, and even a print magazine. What was the best article in 2017? Stephanie Stahl – 100+ Content Marketing Trends & Predictions for Success 2022
2. MarketingProfs (@MarketingProfs – This is the amazing Chief Content Officer @AnnHandley. She covers the most recent trends and thought leadership in marketing. These are the sites to share and read if you can only choose two. What was the best article from the past year? Five Steps to Prepare For First-Party Data by Jonathan Moran
3. Hubspot (@Hubspot), – The best resource for inbound marketers. Hubspot is a great example of content marketing that you can emulate from the beginning. The best article of the year What Social Media Channels Have the Best ROI? Caroline Forsey, New Data + Expert Tips
4. Marketing Insider Group (@MKTGInsiders). We are actually the fourth most-read content marketing blog, according to Rock Content. I’m not too confident. You can decide for yourself. Google Makes it Official: Content Marketing is Now the #1 Ranking Factor. How to make a Content Calendar That You Will Actually Use. Why Social Media Isn’t Enough To Drive Business Growth. The Link Between SEO and PR. How can you leverage it. 9 examples of Ebooks that Convert like Crazy.
5. Andy Crestodina, Orbit Media’s founder and friend, is an absolute must-read! Every post they publish is a treasure trove of insights, stats, and actionable items. Top post of the year: How to Design a Blog: The 13 Best Practices from the Top 100+ Marketing blogs. Pure gold!
6. MarTech provides content and experiences that will educate, engage, and support professionals working in the intersection of technology and marketing. The best article of the past year: Marketing ROI: Getting back at basics. That one is great!
7. Moz (@Moz), the industry’s leading doctors and wizards offer their top advice, research, how tos and insights in order to help you improve your SEO and online marketing skills. The 22 smartest Google SEO tips for 2022 is the best article of the past year.
8. Copyblogger (@Copyblogger). “Copyblogger was founded in January 2006 to teach people how to create great online content. Copyblogger is not just a collection of corporate crap that fills up a company website. Valuable information that attracts and drives traffic to your website, and builds your company.” 7 Steps to Writing a Great Blog Post [2022] By Sonia Simone
9. Digiday (@Digiday), Provides news, analysis and insight to keep up with the latest trends in media and marketing. Their top post of the year was Facebook’s collection of people’s data, even when they are deleted.
10. eMarketer (@eMarketer), is a great resource for stats for marketers. Their top article for the past year was TikTok surpassing YouTube in US
11. MarketingSherpa (@MarketingSherpa), provides blogs and research reports on marketing. Their top article for the past year was Marketing 101: What’s digital marketing?
12. DivvyHQ (DivvyHQ), is a content marketing platform that allows you to plan, create, share, and analyze your content across your enterprise. We use them at MIG to manage all of our clients’ content! Their most popular post of the year was How to Increase Your Site Authority With Every Piece Of Content You Add by Brody Dorland, their co-founder.
13. Ann Handley’s blog (@AnnHandley). Ann Handley, a wonderful writer and digital marketing pioneer, is a Wall Street Journal best-selling Author who inspires people to create marketing that customers love. This will ignite real results for your company. Public Speaking for Introverts (and Those Who Forget how to be around people) is her best post from the past twelve months.
14. Optimizely: Creating digital experiences that transform companies requires data-driven decisions, constant experimentation, and constant innovation. Optimizely Digital Experience Platform can help you unlock your digital potential. Their blog supports content management and digital experience management. Their most popular post of the past year was “The smart CMO’s guide for building a marketing analytics tool-stack”.
15. This blog, Content Strategist, is a collection of content marketing tips and advice from one of the first content tech platforms. Their top article is Brand Voice Study – Should Your Content be Authoritative or Agreeable
16. Buzzsumo Blog is amazing in that they have their own platform to provide content marketing insights such as this post from last year: The Top 100 Marketing Professionals You Should Follow Right Now. I am grateful to them for providing me with the tools to locate each site’s best content.
17. Televerde, a multi-channel sales, marketing, and customer service organization, delivers revenue as a services, pipeline, customer experience expertise, and revenue as a result. Televerde has the best-in class technology and a human touch. It also has an operating model that can adapt to changing market conditions. Their top article is How a strong B2B brand purpose wins customers (and hearts)
18.Optin Monster wrote about my favorite topic in content marketing: Conversion! Here’s one of their most popular content marketing posts: How To Write a Great Headline that Drives Clicks Step by Step
19. Semrush is another tool that we use at MIG. I use it every day to check on the search results and rankings of our clients so that we can give them the best content. This is Semrush’s top-performing organic content for the past year. It’s called The Anatomy Of Top-Performing Organic Content in 2020.
20. SmartBrief on Marketing is a great resource for finding the most recent news on content marketing from the internet. Their most popular piece of content is Top Career Advice From Marketing Leaders
Are there any of your top resources that I missed? Is one of your top resources missing from the list? Let me know what you think in the comments!
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By: Michael Brenner
Title: Top 20 Content Marketing Blogs You Should Read Every Day
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Published Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000
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