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Tony Karrer and I launched the B2B Marketing Zone (aka, The BMZ) on July 1 (see New Hub Site Focuses on B2B Marketing Intelligence ). Since that time, it's been steadily growing in traffic and subscribers. The site has also been gradually adding the very best sources of content on B2B Marketing. Here's the list of the sources that represent the Top 40+ B2B Marketing blogs: B2B Sales and Marketing Wondering Out Loud Junta 42 FYIndOut Anything Goes Marketing Beyond B2B Web Strategy Content Marketing Today B2B Marketing Zone Posts Marketing-Gimbal B2B Marketing Savvy B2B Conversations Now WebMarketCentral B2B Lead Generation Blog Modern B2B Marketing Smart Marketing B2B Lead Blog B2B Marketing Blog Smashmouth Marketing grow - Practical Marketing Solutions Buzz Marketing for Technology Measurable Marketing B2B Content Marketing Market2Lead Reputation to Revenue PR Meets Marketing Fearless Competito...

There's been a lot of activity since the B2B Marketing Zone (BMZ) officially launched two weeks ago. Traffic continues to grow and the number of featured bloggers has doubled. Awareness has been expanded through posts from prominent b2b bloggers like  Ardath Albee and Cece Salomon-Lee . Also this morning, Rebel Brown (who's got one of the best blogger names anywhere) posted an informative interview with me and Tony Karre r, the technical and creative guru behind the site and the underlying Browse My Stuff technology platform. Her post provides more details about the purpose, goals and future plans for the BMZ site. If you're looking for one place to find all of the best b2b marketing and PR content—filtered, aggregated and neatly packaged—or you'd like to contribute content, check out the B2B Marketing Zone . ***** Contact Mike Bannan: mike@digitalrdm.com

A new B2B marketing community site, B2B Marketing Zone officially launched today. Conceptually the site is a bit like Social Media Today and other targeted content portals, though it's the first (that I'm aware of at least) focused specifically on providing information for B2B marketers. Hosted by community organizer (I mean that in a good way) Tony Karre r using his Browse My Stuff technology, B2B Marketing Zone features content from rockstar B2B bloggers like Brian Carroll , Paul Dunay and Newt Barrett . Additional bloggers meeting the high standards for the community will be added over time. The home page displays the latest and most popular content, with the ability to drill down into specific topic areas such as social media, email marketing, analytics and YouTube. The site is designed to make it easy for visitors to navigate to specific content, and drives traffic for member bloggers. With this launch, B2B Marketing Zone joins a small but growing number of sites...

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It may seem a little odd to see an article about the best WordPress-related posts on a Blogger blog, but for various reasons the WordPress platform inspires a sort of geeky passion that Google's blogging platform just doesn't. For example, I've never seen a post about "why your blog shouldn't be on WordPress"—though Dharmesh Shah vilified BlogSpot.com with such a piece. So, to help educate WordPress newbies and more experienced hands alike, here are a sampling of the best articles and posts written about WordPress tactics and tools in the last year. 7 Tips When Using WordPress As CMS by Rubiqube Blogger Adrian Diaconescu follows up on his earlier WordPress CMS tutorial with this list of helpful tips for SEO, navigation and design. 11 Top WordPress Plugins Every Blog Should Have by Yoast tweaking websites Internet strategist Joost de Valk details some of his favorite plugins for functions like feed management ( FeedBurner ), rearranging pages ( ...

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Blogs are one of six broad types of social media. This post will discuss how PR and marketing professionals can use blogs (even if you don't write your own) to increase brand awareness and credibility; the next will discuss all of the other tools of social media. Blogs are a big deal; they are mainstream and competing with traditional media. There are a lot of them— Technorati tracks more than 15 million active blogs , and although the rate of growth has slowed, there are still thousands of new blogs started each day. Blogs help with SEO , whether you have your own or are generating links to your website from others. More than 60% of U.S. Internet users, and more 70% globally, have read a blog within the past 12 months. And blogs have become a key source of information for executive decision makers. The first step in developing a blog strategy is understanding the landscape of blogs in your industry. You can search for relevant blogs using keywords pertaining to your busin...

The flipside of the ten P's of blogging previously covered here are the attributes or characteristics that should be avoided in creating a successful business blog. Like the seven deadly sins in Christianity, these vices can relegate a blogger to the underworld of the blogosphere though the judgment of readers. Gluttony: Avoid the "it's all about ME!" syndrome in blogging, where every post is about ME, MY company, or MY product or service. It's perfectly acceptable to write a personal post on occasion, or selectively bring up one's product or service in highly pertinent posts. But if one's own company and its offerings are the only topics of coverage, the end result will be a (very boring) piece of extended marketing collateral, rather than an effective blog that enhances organizational recognition and credibility. Greed: Everyone has to eat, so there's nothing wrong with generating income from a blog—providing it's done ethically. Including s...