5 Great Internet Marketing Blogs You Shouldn’t Miss

There’s a lot of noise out there – especially in the Internet Marketing space.

Having a blog is nothing special. The novelty wore out 7-8 years ago.

Still, some people are consistently putting out resourceful and well-written content.

I keep up with a lot of blogs myself – about 60-70 of them. That doesn’t mean I read every post, but I subscribe, scan and read what looks worthy.

A handful of these blogs stand out. They’ve got the “magic” happening – that combination of style, voice, insight and timeliness that keeps us coming back.

1) Conversation Marketing

Ian Lurie of Portent Interactive has been blogging at ConversationMarketing.com for a while now. The archives go back to 2003 – yikes! In 2003 I was still in college entertaining the idea that I’d be a fiction writer.

Ian has a way of telling it like it is without taking himself too seriously – while providing actionable information based on actual experience. He’s been through the trenches in Internet Marketing. I’d take his advice to the bank.

4 must-read posts at ConversationMarketing.com:

• 11 Internet Marketing Skills That Must Be Second Nature
• Dynamic Keyword Insertion For Landing Pages
• In Marketing, There Are No Guarantees
• An SEO Workflow that Works

2) Search Engine People

I admit I’m a new reader to Search Engine People, but I’ve been impressed with every. single. post. Ruud Hein’s interviews with Internet Marketing gurus are top notch – his questions are well-prepared and get right at the meat of things.

They bring in a lot of great guest posters and create stellar content on a regular basis. Bottom line: subscribe, read often.

4 must-read posts at SearchEnginePeople.com:

• Ruud Questions: Rae Hoffman aka Sugarrae
• The Cheapskate’s Guide to Usability (guest post by Dr. Pete of User Effect)
• Ruud Questions: Kim Krause Berg
• 9 Things You MUST Know Before You Start Any Conversion Rate Optimization (guest post by Khalid Saleh)

3) User Effect

I first encountered Dr. Pete at SEOmoz – the community I credit with first turning me on to SEO and being open enough to let a n00b get involved without flaming him too much.

Pete’s writing style is conversational, and he often laces his posts with laugh-out-loud humor. Combine that with the fact that this guy knows usability, and this blog is a must read in my opinion.

4 must-read posts at UserEffect.com:

• Ask Dr. Pete: What Is Usability
• 25-point Website Usability Checklist
• Measuring Usability: The Basics
• Search Without SERPs: The Future of SEO? (SEMMY Winner)

4) Seer Interactive

Wil Reynold’s is a smart dude. He’s got a smart team. And they share lots of actionable information.

I’m a relatively new reader to the Seer Interactive blog, but I’ve been consistently impressed with the content they’re pumping out on a regular basis – always actionable, detailed and fluff-free.

4 must-read posts at SeerInteractive.com:

• How Being Pet Friendly became a Link Building Opportunity
• The Positives and Negatives of Sharing Everything You Know About A Subject
• How Accurate is Google’s Traffic Estimator?
• 25+ Sites Giving Keyword Data for Free & How To Use It To Drive SEO Success

5) Outspoken Media

Rae Hoffman (aka Sugarrae), Rhea Drysdale and Lisa Barone started Outspoken Media in 2008.  Since then they’ve been consistently cranking out great, in-your-face content that demands action and takes no prisoners.

I’m not sure how Lisa Barone does it, frankly – not only does she write 2-3 kick-ass posts per week at Outspoken Media, but she just landed a gig writing 3 times per week at the SmallBizTrends.com blog (which has almost 100,000 subscribers). Give this girl her propers.

4 must-read posts at OutspokenMedia.com:

• Small Business SEO: How To Launch That Web Site
• Why You Need An Editorial Calendar For Your Blog
• How To Easily Create Your Own URL Shortener With WordPress
• It’s Not the Recession, You Just Suck