Top 50 List

By Evan Carmichael • February 14th, 2012

1) TopRank http://www.toprankblog.com  - TopRank Online Marketing is a digital marketing agency founded by Lee Odden and Susan Misukanis that helps companies increase sales, brand visibility online and develop better customer engagement. We specialize in content based customer acquisition and relationship programs that emphasize social media marketing, search engine optimization and email marketing.  Companies hire us for [...]

  1) Mashable http://mashable.com - Mashable (Mashable Inc.) is an American news website and Internet news blog founded by Pete Cashmore. The website’s primary focus is social media news, but also covers news and developments in mobile, entertainment, online video, business, web development, technology, memes and gadgets. Mashable was launched by Pete Cashmore from his home in [...]

The world of search has changed dramatically over the past year. Google introduced its Panda update which killed off a lot of websites. Social signals are playing a more important role in your rankings and how fast your website loads is also becoming more important. What’s going to happen in 2012? Here are the top [...]

Looking to kick-start your marketing efforts for 2012? Here are 50 of the brightest minds in the world sharing their thoughts on what it takes to succeed in marketing your products and services. Use some of your holiday downtime to check these blogs out and put your 2012 marketing plan together. If you want to sell more next year [...]

Productivity is known as the ratio of what is produced to what is required to produce it. Have you ever felt like it takes you so much more to produce something than others? No matter what your business, productivity is one of the key ingredients to making it a success. It gives you an edge [...]

  Social media is not just about setting up a page for your company on Facebook, or creating a personal profile on LinkedIn. Social media is reshaping business as usual, and determining new ways of reaching out to consumers that were never possible before. The marketing and advertising industry has already been turned on its [...]

Anyone who has ever run a business knows one thing – the most important resource you have at your disposal are the people around you. That is why getting your human resources strategy right is so crucial to business success. The following Top 50 Human Resources Blogs of 2011 can help you do just that. [...]

Starting anything is never easy, especially when there is a lot on the line. That is the situation most new entrepreneurs find themselves in. They throw all of their energy, time and resources into developing a new idea that they hope will find its feet in the market. But you can do more than hope! [...]

If green is the new black then social entrepreneurship is the hottest rising trend, but it is a trend that seems here to stay. Indeed, the realization that making a profit can also have a positive impact on the communities in which businesses operate is solidifying in the marketplace. As consumers become more socially and green-aware, [...]

It’s something we have all probably experienced at some point or another in our lives, but while some manage to get out on top,  others struggle knee deep in it. What is it? Debt. But if you find yourself drowning in debt, rest assured that there are ways to get out of it! The following [...]