Resources

Media Outlets

Want to keep up with the latest in the marketing industry? Check out these large publications.

• Marketing Profs
• Sparksheet
• Adweek
• MediaPost
• iMedia Connection
• eMarketer
• Business Insider
• DM News
• Marketing Vox
• Media Bistro
• Marketing Sherpa – their case studies are great.
• IAB Smartbrief
• ClickZ
• Marketing Charts
• Mashable
• Social Media Today
• AdAge
• Social Media Examiner

Paid Subscriptions

To access premium information from the following they charge a subscription fee.

• BI Intelligence
• ClickZ Academy
• comScore
• Compete
• Econsultancy
• eMarketer
• Experian Hitwise
• Forrester
• Gartner
• GigaOM
• Marketing Profs
• Marketing Sherpa
• Moz
• Nielsen

Individual Blogs

These are the blogs of seasoned professionals, some marketing, others marketing related. Some are inspirational, some just flat out entertaining, but all of them offer a little insight and some very useful tips.

• Seth Godin
• Bernadette Jiwa
• Steven Pressfield
• Chris Brogan
• Copy Hackers
• Christopher S Penn
• John Jantsch’s Duct Tape Marketing – Good blog with a great resources page for small businesses who are looking for easy to use tools.
• The Whole Brain Group Blog
• Moz SEO
• KISSmetrics – Serial entrepreneur Neil Patel’s blog is great for tips on content marketing.
• Copyblogger – Content marketing blog.

Newsletters

• Duct Tape Marketing – The newsletter by Duct Tape Marketing’s John Jantsch has great resources articles and tools.
• Marketing Sherpa – I love Marketing Sherpa and their case studies. Really inspirational.
• Sparksheet – Sparksheet emails you less frequently but make up for it in quality. Very good reads about important marketing topics.
• Fast.co – Fast.co is just fun. They have different sections such as Design, Create, etc.
• Marketoonist – Tom Fishburne’s cartoons about marketing are spot on. Always good for a break time laugh.
• Seth Godin – Hailed by everyone as AWESOME, Seth Godin gives you daily thoughts on life and marketing.
• The Story of Telling – Godin’s protege Bernadette Jiwa gives you tips to create a brand through story and experience.
• Steven Pressfield – The Legend of Baggar Vance author delivers lessons on writing and story. Sign up for First Look Access, the newsletter. Highly recommended.
• Copy Hackers – Joanna is funny and informative when it comes to writing copy for everything from webpages to business blogging.
• Almost Timely News by Christopher S Penn – Chris Penn delivers marketing news as well as job listings, and tips.