Written on January 7th, 2010 at 12:01 am by Jade Craven
30 Bloggers To Watch in 2010
In this post Jade Craven shares her thoughts on 30 bloggers worth keeping an eye on in the year ahead!
Update: You can now follow all these guys from the one twitter list! Check out Blogger To Watch.
1. Dave Navarro
Dave was featured as one of tomorrows star bloggers in 2008 and has continued to impress in 2009. His tenacity and hard work have helped cement himself as a leading blogger and coach. He has a truly impressive resume with guest posts on Copyblogger, two product reviews here on Problogger and joint ventures with other high profile bloggers.
2009 has been the year where he strategically built up his profile to become a respected member of the blogging community. In 2010, I expect he’ll be leveraging that profile to provide more awesome resources to help bloggers succeed. You can check him out at The Launch Coach and be sure to sign up for his advance discount list and for advanced notice of his More Buyers Every Month training.
More on Dave:
- Review of How to Launch the **** out of Your Ebook
- How 12 Experts Make Money Through Their Blogs (And How You Can Learn Their Secrets)
2. Skellie Wag
Skellie has kept quite for most of 2009. She has focused on her work at Envato and providing the occasional killer resource at Skelliewag. Despite her absence, many bloggers still credit her as one of their favorite bloggers.
I hope we will be seeing a lot more of Skellie in 2010.
More from Skellie:
- The Trust About Creating a High Traffic Blog
- How to Write Posts That Set Stumbleupon on Fire
- Blogging with Audacity
3. Sarah Prout
Sarah Prout runs a boutique publishing company called Sprout Publishing. She creates cool products targeting business, bloggers, social media professionals and entrepreneurs.
She has caused quite the stir in the local social media scene with her blog, Entreprenuerial sparkle. She has built a strong reputation on delivering quality products and being really useful to her twitter followers.
You can check out my review of her Twitter Success Blueprint at Twitip and find out about her new course, Sprout Buzz. I am so keen to learn what awesome projects she’ll be working on next year.
4. Johnny B Truant
Johnny B Truant was rocking it at his humor blog before getting the attention of Naomi Dunford. He offered to be a guinea pig of her Online Business School and started guest posting on Ittybiz about his attempts to build an online business.
He raised his profile quickly with strategic guest posts and free offers. He quickly became a fixture in the blogging community and restructured his online presence so that all posts are hosted at Johnnybtruant.com.
He now makes a considerable income through technology consulting, affiliate commissions and sales of his product Zero to Business. You can check his new venture with Charlie Gilkey at Charlie and Johnny Jam sessions.
I hope he expands his products available in 2010 and that he continues to provide his awesome guest posts.
More from Johnny:
- How One Blogger Made 3k a Month By Helping People – And How He Can Help You
- Six Ways to Make More Money as an Affiliate
- How to Boost Your Business By Developing Bulletproof Trust
5. Leo Babauta
Leo was already widely regarded in the blogosphere, but this year he has shown why he commands so much respect. He has released two new blogs – Mnmlist and Zen Family Habits as well as courses at A List blogging Bootcamps. He has also released the free minimalist theme, the ebook on minimalism and the motivation handbook.
He has done this on top of promoting his book The Power Of Less and maintaining the high caliber of writing at Zen Habits. He shows no signs of stopping in 2010 with rumors of more projects in the works.
More from Leo:
- The Essential Guide To Growing Your Blog On Minimal Time
- 7 Essential Things You Should Be Doing When Your Blog is Still Young
- How Passion Can Transform Your Blog
6. Ali Hale
Ali Hale has made waves in 2009 with her staff blogging, guest posts and subsequent release of her Staff Blogging Ebook. She has set a new standard for high quality guest posts.
She has recently launched her blog at Aliventures where she provides in depth articles and comprehensive product reviews. I believe she will be contributing even more to the blogging community in 2010.
More from Ali:
- Thirteen Steps to Write and Publish A Free Ebook in Thirteen Hours
- The Other Side Of Problogger: Making Money Right From the Start of Your Blogging Career
- Every Blogger Starts From Zero – You Could Be On the A-List Next Year
7. Yaro Starak
Yaro Starak has shown bloggers’ just what they can achieve if they dominate a niche. Yaro started blogging at Entreprenuers Journey and has created a drool-worthy product funnel.
He has released a series of membership sites targeting bloggers at all levels of success including the very successful Blog Mastermind. I’m hoping he releases some new products in 2010 and continues to show bloggers what can be achieved through perseverance and delivering high quality content.
More from Yaro:
- 10 Techniques for Finding Blog Readers
- Don’t Be an Insular Blogger
- Free Blogging Tips Podcast With Darren and Yaro
8. Joanna Penn
Follow @thecreativepenn
Joanna has been the hidden success story of 2010. Her blog, The Creative Penn, has had a lot of success in both the local and international blogging communities. She is developing a strong reputation for providing high quality content and is famous for providing high quality links on twitter.
She shows how rising stars can be useful and gracious. I know her blog is just going to get even better in 2010 and feel honored to be part of that journey.
9. Naomi Dunford
Naomi Dunford is awesome. She has a shaved head, conspires against a duck and likes to swear. She also has one of the freshest blogging voices online.
Her blog, Ittybiz, is one of the best resources on how to market your blog and business. She provides tonnes of free material and affordable courses as well as other courses like Marketing 101, Marketing School, SEO School and Online Business School for her loyal customers. So many of my friends credit her for their inspiration and success. She is fresh from a recent redesign and I can’t wait to see how her site evolves in 2010.
10. Chris Guillebeau
Chris has received a lot of attention with his blog, the Art of Non Conformity. His unique philosophy and compelling writing style propelled him to authority blogger in less than 279 days.
He has released a number of unconventional guides including the Unconventional Guide to the Social Web, Unconventional Guide to Art and Money and partnered with skilled writers to deliver niche products. His full range of products are fantastic.
2010 will see Chris travel to fascinating countries, release more unconventional guides and the publication of his first book.
More from Chris:
11. Mike CJ
Mike has created a name for himself in the blogging niche. He become a Problogger in 2008 thanks to Mikes Life and his two travel blogs.
He stood out with his practical blog posts and fast developed a community around Mikes Life. In 2009, he released his blogging course and twitter guide. In 2010, he has just released Beyond Blogging (cowritten with Nathan Hangen.)
12. Dan Schawbel
Dan Schawbel is a brilliant example of an authority blogger. He has risen to the top of the personal branding niche having released a book, magazine and awards.
In 2009 he expanded the personal branding network with the creation of the Student Branding Blog. His content is syndicated by Forbes, Reuters and Fox Business.
In 2010, I think we will see Dan take niche blogging to a whole new level. I feel privileged to watch it happen.
More from Dan:
5 Ways Blogging Can Make a Difference For You in This Economy
13. Jonathan Fields
Some of you may not know Jonathan. He is a blogger, author and speaker. That’s the simple version. His bio described him as
a giddy dad, husband, New Yorker, multi-time health & fitness industry entrepreneur, recovering S.E.C./mega-firm hedge-fund lawyer, slightly-warped, unusually-stretchy, spiritually-inclined, obsessed with creation, small-biz and online marketing-catalyst, speaker, direct-response copywriter, entrepreneur-coach, yoga-teacher, columnist, author, once-a-decade hook-rug savant, pro-blogger and career renegade™ gone wild.
He wrote a fantastic book called Career Renegade and released a killer report, The Truth About Book Marketing. He’s spent this year helping as many people as possible – whether it be through his speaking events and workshops or the creation of new projects like Tribal author.
It will be fascinating to see what he accomplishes next year.
More from Jonathan:
- 3 High Powered Reader Engagement Tactics
- Are Your Readers Doing What You Want Them to Do?
- Bloggers Without Boundaries: Are the Lines Getting Too Blurred?
14. Marko Saric
Marko has had astonishing success during 2009. He marked a year at How To Make My Blog and successfully launched his Twitter Marketing ebook. He earns a consistent income through his Thesis theme reviews and blog consulting. He did a fantastic presentation about how to build a better blog at a recent meetup in London.
I hope 2010 brings more products and presentations because he brings a lot to the blogging community.
More from Marko:
- Get Inspiration From Blog Comments When Writing Your Next Post
- Create a Media Kit to Attract Advertisers to Your Blog
15. Charlie Gilkey
Charlie Gilkey is many bloggers secret weapon. He is a business and productivity coach that writes at Productive Flourishing.
He recently launched Email Triage and has joined with Johnny B Truant to produce monthly Jam Sessions.
He will be released more affordable products in 2010, as well as helping more bloggers kick arse. I cant wait to see what he and his clients achieve.
16. Robb Sutton
Robb has impressed many with the success of Mountain Biking 198. He has received over $100′000 in review products which he spoke about in his book Ramped Reviews . He now works on his network while blogging about his journey to success at Robb Sutton. You can check out his comprehensive free ebook, Ramped Blogging, while there.
He shows how people can apply practical business schools to the blogosphere and what you can achieve when you don’t doubt yourself. He does done multiple guest posts and podcasts this year and I look forward to hearing about his future projects.
More from Robb:
- How To Treat Your Blog Like a Business
- How Getting an F On Your School Paper Makes You a Better Blogger
17. Gary Vaynerchuk
What can I say that hasn’t already been said? He crushed it during 2009.
He launched Vaynermedia, a business specializing in building brand equity. He signed a 7 figure book deal with Harper Studio and released his best-selling Crush it. He has had many high profile press mentions and television appearances.
Gary has given many bloggers something something to aspire to. Knowing him, he’ll give us even more next year.
18. Chris Brogan
Chris has accomplished so much this year. His book, Trust Agents, became a New York Times bestseller. He touched a lot of people with his overnight success video series and grew his blog to almost 40′000 subscribers. I’ve had trouble with keeping up with all he’s accomplished this year because he has done so darn much. He works incredibly hard to ensure that his work helps as many of us as possible.
Judging by his business wishlist, he will be achieving so much more in 2010.
19. Michael Martine
Remarkablogger has been a good friend this year and it has been a pleasure to watch his site grow. On top of his blogging and coaching duties, he helps market the Headway wordpress theme. This theme has really impressed a lot of my designer friends, and I know they have great plans for it.
Michael is definitely someone to watch in 2010. I just hope that, despite his success and accomplishments, he’ll always be the awesome guy I’ve come to respect.
20. Lea Woodward
Lea and her husband, Jonathan, have shown that you don’t need to stay in one place to rock the blogosphere. They have taken one blog, Location Independent, and developed an entire community around it.
The expanded the blog to create a network – using the birth of their daughter Mali as motivation for Location Independent Parents. She also expanded to develop a series of Location Independent guides.
2010 will see them expand their product range as well as develop the Location Independent community. If you are aspiring to blog while traveling, they are a must read.
21. David Risley
David is now a fixture in the blogging community. He tells it like it is at his DavidRisley.com blog and makes 6 figures a year from his PC Mech blog and products such as the Blog Masters Club.
He has taught us so much this year and will continue to do so during 2010. It will be interesting to see what new projects he comes up with.
More from David:
22. Glen Allsopp
Glen Allsopp has a resume that would make many established bloggers envious. He has guest posted at many high profile blogs and is a successful staff blogger. He launched Cloud Living to much acclaim and has followed that up with another killer ebook - Reality Switch. I’ve loved learning about Glens story, both at PluginID and Viperchill.
More from Glen:
- You’re Losing Your Subscribers: How To Get Them Back
- How To Find Your Passion
- Analysis of StumbleUpons Top 50 Stumbles
I’m confident that his business will skyrocket in 2010 – especially with his $1 million case study.
23. Laura Roeder
Many bloggers owe a lot of their success to Laura Roeder. She has shown how you can leverage social media effectively and how to market with class. Her blog, and business, boomed in 2009. She released a paid version of The Dash, launched her Creating Fame course and developed that into the Creating Fame Classroom (and more like Backstage pass to Twitter).
I hope she continues to create more brilliant information products in the new year and that she continues to provide so much value to the community.
More from Laura:
How to Make Deals with Bigshots in Less Than 10 Minutes
24. DM Scott
DM Scott isn’t the sorta guy you normally see on these lists. I met him at a Social Media Masterclass and was blown away by his blogging knowledge. He has written two successful books – World Wide Rave and The New Rules of Marketing and PR. He has released many killer free ebooks and blogs at Web Ink Now.
He is someone you should get to know if you want to learn how to get world wide attention using social media. He knows his stuff and I’m sure he’ll be providing high quality content beyond 2010.
25. Darren Rowse
Darren already rocks the blogging community. He has a top 100 technorati blog, is one of the co-founders of b5 media and is the inspiration for many leading bloggers.
He took things to a completely new level in 2009. He launched Problogger.com, a personal blog as well as 31 days to become a better blogger Workbook.
I’ve heard that he has amazing things planned for his other blogs and can’t wait to see how he develops Twitip and Digital Photography School.
26. Collis Ta’eed
Collis Ta’eed is many bloggers’ worst nightmare. I don’t want to know how much money I’ve spent on market places like Theme Forest and Graphic River.
Envato has grown so much this year. They have launched many new marketplaces, blogs and tutorial sites. They have cemented themselves in the creative communities.I’m really excited to see how Envato will develop next year. I hope that I can somehow even be part of it.
Also valuable are the E-books that Collis is part of from Rockable Press – how to be a Rockstar Wordpress designer and how to be a Rockstar Freelancer.
More from Collis:
27. James Chartrand
2009 has certainly been a busy year for James. When he isn’t pumping out content on Men with Pens, he is actively commenting or connecting to the community via twitter.
2010 will be for interesting for James after the recent revelation that he is, actually, a she. James is still one of the best ‘blokes’ I know, but this story has really set the blogosphere on fire. It will be very interesting to see how it unfolds in the new year. Will she release a book? Will mainstream press pick up the story? I don’t care – as long as she continues to bring class to the blogosphere.
Also co-authored by James is the Unlimited Freelancer e-book.
28. Caroline Middlebrook
Caroline Middlebrook was one of the star bloggers during 2008 but has slowed things down this year to work on her software project. Her income has been consistent despite only spending only one hour a week.
Caroline will be launching her software project later this month. It will be interesting to see how her blog and project evolves in 2010.
More on Caroline:
29. Adam Baker
Adam shows that you don’t need to be a metablogger to be successful. He has indirectly taught me, and many others, so much about engaging your community. He writes at Man Vs Debt and has spent most of 2009 traveling/working in Australia and New Zealand.
Adam celebrated the 6 month anniversary of Man Vs Debt with a fantastic article about how NOT to suck at blogging. I’m genuinely excited to see how he develops the blog over the next 12 months.
More on Adam:
30. Sonia Simone
As the senior editor at Copyblogger, Sonia has the finger on the pulse of the blogosphere. She shows how you can make writing informative and fun. She’s joint ventured on many awesome products this year including Freelance X Factor and Marketing For Nice People. She recently launched the Remarkable Marketing Blueprint – something I’m still annoyed I missed out on.
If you want to excel at content marketing, Sonia can help you. I’m sure she’ll be providing many opportunities to do so during 2010.
Who would go on your list?
These are the people that made it onto my radar this year, but I know there are many fabulous bloggers I haven’t met yet.
Share who you think are the bloggers to watch and why. Some of them may be featured in future Problogger posts.
Disclaimer: While there are affiliate links in this post, none of them are mine.
176 Responses to “30 Bloggers To Watch in 2010” - Add Yours
ephman
January 7th, 2010 12:53 am
can’t believe ephman didn’t make the list. next year right? http://www.ephman.com (insert your shameless self promotion here).
Tom Smith @ Studentspayless
January 7th, 2010 12:55 am
Darren you missed me out ; ) haha just joking, hopefully it will be me in 2011 more realisticly as my blog is new. Will be interested to monitor these up and coming bloggers to see how successfull 2010 is for all of them. Good luck everyone!
http://www.studentspayless.com
Paul Cunningham
January 7th, 2010 12:56 am
I absolutely agree with #8, Joanna is a great example of someone who is hitting all the right buttons with her blogging and social networking.
Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income blog is also hitting great strides if you ask me.
http://www.smartpassiveincome.com
Provamsi @ India365
January 7th, 2010 12:56 am
Finally you are out with list of 30 cool bloggers,
I was actually surprises to see your name in the list. To be frank, Yaro and you are the only bloggers I know till date.
Bjorn | iCan't Internet
January 7th, 2010 12:57 am
Always good to get some new people and blogs to follow! I was already following a few of them, but some are brand new to me, and will be checked upon with pleasure!
For the readers who are not yet fullfilled with this list of 30 great bloggers, you can always follow me too! ;-)
Ben Vernon
January 7th, 2010 12:57 am
I’m not going to make a silly joke like the first two commenters did ;-) I would just love to be in the top 2000 by next year let alone 20
Rhys
January 7th, 2010 12:59 am
View good names on the list. As always, the list is subjective, and it’s pretty much associated with blogging niche. :)
Also, the pics look REALLY odd in this article!
Sandy Dempsey
January 7th, 2010 1:01 am
Great post. I only knew about 50% of the individuals listed. I am excited to read and learn from the other 50%.
I have been on learn almost a year and have learned so much.I left my corporate job in November 2009 and I will be expanding and growing my blog in 2010, as well as, launching a new blog bases on all I have learned this year.
Happy New Year!
@SandyDFromNJ
Marcos Lemos (@hordones)
January 7th, 2010 1:05 am
That list is very good.
I read most of them.
I have a blog about Blogs, in portuguese, especially for use Blogger and Wordpress. And I read every day the ProBlogger.
In my list, I put my own blog, because there are not many blogs about this in portuguese. And I do this very well.
http://www.ferramentasblog.com/
And, other one is Dicas Blogger, from Juliana Sardinha, in portuguese too. She is the best and the biggest.
http://www.dicasblogger.com.br/
Guna @StartupBooster
January 7th, 2010 1:06 am
I am hoping to be on your list for 2010! Carving out the niche and am implementing my plans.
This is a good list of bloggers for me to follow as well. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I look forward to learning from all of them; then using their best strategies on my blog!
-Guna
http://www.startupbooster.com
Todd - Home Construction Improvement
January 7th, 2010 1:06 am
Thanks for sharing a great list. There are several on the list that I’ve yet to hear about….I plan on checking their sites out. Maybe one year you’ll include some of us small niche folks! :)
Khürt Williams
January 7th, 2010 1:07 am
These appear to be blogger who blog about blogging or marketing etc. No technical blogs made the cut?
Lexi Rodrigo
January 7th, 2010 1:09 am
Thanks for the list, Jade. II’m already reading with most of the people on this list – good to know I’m learning from those who are getting things right.
One thing, though, the pictures are all stretched. Would great if you could correct that. Thanks!
Premium Themes Directory
January 7th, 2010 1:28 am
Great list of wellknows blogger, 5 of theme i always visit, Such as the” Marko Saric. “. I like his twitter marketing book!
Lewis Howes
January 7th, 2010 1:29 am
A lot of these individuals are top quality bloggers for sure! Some individuals I have not heard of before, but this gives me the confidence to start checking out their sites even more often now. Great stuff!
Jason @ forty2fifty.com
January 7th, 2010 1:33 am
Great list and an inspirational list. I can’t wait to check out the few I haven’t seen before.
Thanks for the great leads on some quality sites.
George
January 7th, 2010 1:37 am
Great list. I am already following some of them, but I’ll check the others out. Others I like are Tim Sanders, Dan Pink and John Chow.
TheSecretLifeOfKat
January 7th, 2010 1:37 am
I love the list, but you might want to run the post through spell check. There are quite a few spelling errors. I’m not trying to be picky, but it’s kind of distracting. And I’m only on blogger #5. A couple links are also incorrect (they’re giving 404’s).
Great content though.
Ali Hale
January 7th, 2010 1:40 am
Jade, what an incredible list! There’s only one obvious missing person… *you*. ;-) (Seriously, I’m hoping to see you hit the success you deserve in 2010).
Thanks so much for including me … I’m gonna have to really do some hard work and hard thinking this year to live up to my place on the list. I’ve got a few products in the works, though, and some Cunning Plans.
I’ll definitely be checking out a few of these names who I’d not come across before… you must’ve put a heck of a lot of work into this post. Thanks for doing it!
Sudeep
January 7th, 2010 1:42 am
Wohh thanks a lot for the list of blogger to watch and follow and understand. Being very new to Blogging I am always out learning new things from different blogger.This list remains a god send gift for me to learn.
Thanks a lot Dareen
Kelly Watson
January 7th, 2010 1:42 am
I would add Mark Silver of Heart of Business (http://www.heartofbusiness.com/). Like many of the bloggers on your list, he’s revolutionizing the way people use marketing and social media to spread their message.
I’ve also been enjoying Cath Duncan of MineYourResources.com. I’ve learned a ton of helpful life and work tips from following her blog … she too has a fresh perspective.
Jeffrey Morgan
January 7th, 2010 1:43 am
Thanks Jade ……… you just couldn’t make that list 31 could you ? …………… I’m never going to get a chance to play in the tall weeds with the big dogs !
Hey …….. wait a minute, who is Jade Craven anyway ?
Jenny
January 7th, 2010 1:45 am
I feel like this post should have been titled, “Blogger who have already made it and you are already watching if you know anything about blogging” or “Brand new to blogging? You should be reading these blogs”
Dean Holmes
January 7th, 2010 1:47 am
I realize that this list is strong, and I follow many of them. I also follow you and subscribe to your program to make me a better Blogger. I refer your work to clients as well and Tweet about you.
I will continue to strive to make this list, and believe I will next year, but what a tough crowd.
A Nomination would be http://simonmainwaring.com/blog (Client and Friend for disclosure) who really has some great content, ideas and thoughts as well as the background of experience (Toyota Prius, Nike, etc…) to back it up.
Thanks for the list.
Dean Holmes
Gary Arndt
January 7th, 2010 1:55 am
Yawn. Yet another post on a meta-blogging site about how there is nothing else in the world other than marketing, blogging, and business.
I can’t believe that there is not a single blogger who writes about politics, sports, travel, family issues, history, science, food, relationships, etc. You know, the subjects that the vast majority of people read about.
This really is the weak spot in the meta-blog niche. There is more to the world then blogging about blogging.
janelle lee
January 7th, 2010 2:03 am
Anne Jackson is a little outside of your “niche” as a faith-based (but not preachy, Jesus on her shoulder) blogger. She has one of the most widely read faith blogs due to her discussion on “shhh…don’t say that in church” topics like sex addiction, bi-polar (which she has and writes on) but most importantly she’s traveled the world raising money for charities – and is somewhere above $350k in the last two years.
This year her two big trips are to Moldova/Moscow to help rescue trafficked girls and get them in safe houses (and tell their stories, to raise money for the safe houses) and in June/July she is cycling cross country (San Diego to Myrtle Beach) to raise money for the water charity Blood Water Mission.
She also is a published author – one book with Zondervan that came from her blog’s reach and engagement (Zondervan is a Harper imprint) and her next two are with Thomas Nelson which I think is the sixth largest publishing company? Anyway, she gets to write and travel and speak full time, so somehow her blogging has led into her making enough money to do that (and to help a bunch of other people along the way).
Her blog is FlowerDust.net
Twankers UK
January 7th, 2010 2:04 am
Hi, your net may not have been cast across the Atlantic, but new and making a big splash (after only a few days) is Twankers in the UK. Purposely set up to provide awards to UK organisations and personalities who…well, quite simply #FAIL across the social web in 2010. So much time, effort and money is being wasted by “dodgy” agencies that there needs to be somewhere to tell the world about them. Hence http://twankers.co.uk was set up. Please have look…maybe offer your opinion or cast your vote. By the way, @DMSCOTT nice tie!
Vishal Sanjay
January 7th, 2010 2:07 am
In a few years you’ll see me on the list, i’m sure i’m gonna be there. Any how this was a wonderful list Jade. Wish you a happy and prosperous new year.
http://dumblittleblogger.blogspot.com/
notes from a stylist
January 7th, 2010 2:12 am
interesting list – shall take a peek and see what i can learn
Marko Saric
January 7th, 2010 2:12 am
Oh wow thanks for including me along all these great bloggers Jade! I appreciate your support and hopefully I will be able to release more products and do more presentations in 2010!
Buildership
January 7th, 2010 2:14 am
Inspired choices! Venessa Miemis (@VenessaMiemis) has an exceptional blog on social media trends that deserves inclusion on your next list- http://www.EmergentByDesign.com .
Dave Doolin
January 7th, 2010 2:15 am
This is a great list! I know and follow about half of these folks, so I’ll be checking out the rest.
Robb Sutton
January 7th, 2010 2:35 am
Cool! Thanks Jade for including me amongst those names!
@Gary Arndt
Dig deeper man. If you look at the list…most of those (me included…sports as you mentioned in your comment) have blogs in other niches that are successful. Just because many of them have blogs about blogging…that doesn’t mean that is there only blog.
Ron Pereira
January 7th, 2010 2:38 am
I’d add shoemoney.com. Sometimes it makes me laugh… sometimes it makes me wonder what kind of drugs Shoe is on…. but mostly it teaches me how succeed on the web.
se7en
January 7th, 2010 2:40 am
Oh wow!!! Now this is cool!!! I just told my mother-in-law we couldn’t have dinner with her tonight (hehe!!!) – It is the wednesday night thing (groan). But I have such a good excuse I am going to be winding my through all the links in this post!!!
John Paul Aguiar
January 7th, 2010 2:41 am
Great List.. Now my goal is to be on the 2011 list :)
Mike CJ
January 7th, 2010 2:45 am
Surprised, honoured and very grateful. I hope I can live up to this…
Mike Skel
January 7th, 2010 2:49 am
Thank you for the list! I did not know many of them. I think I would start following them now.
Nate @ Practical Manliness
January 7th, 2010 2:50 am
I would recommend Brett from http://artofmanliness.com/.
He did quite a bit in 2009 (book launch, hundreds of thousands of monthly visits, etc.), and I don’t expect him to slow down.
Great list!
Faisal Khan
January 7th, 2010 2:54 am
I commend the author for doing a lot of background hard work in coming up with this list. There are plenty of bloggers here whose work can be explored to gain insight on how to become a successful blogger oneself.
Blogercise
January 7th, 2010 3:08 am
Too much emphasis on people who run blogs about blogging? How about a follow up post with 30 bloggers who blog about “real” stuff?
There must be some successes out there? The entire “make money blogging” industry is surely not built on hot air? How about rounding up 30 blogs from the community forum and showing us what readers have achieved? :)
Sudeep
January 7th, 2010 3:10 am
I’d add Bud Hennekes (sp?) from aboundlessworld.com, and myself. ;) Great list though. Truly.
cynthia bailey md
January 7th, 2010 3:40 am
Your list of bloggers is an extraordinary ‘mentoring’ resource for for me as a new blogger and social media newbie. I looked over a number of the links and they are right on. Lot’s to learn. Thanks.
Mike Wilton
January 7th, 2010 3:40 am
I must say that the start of the new year is always great because so many bloggers do posts like this. I’m always looking for interesting people to bulk up my feed reader and from what I read here there are definitely a handful of new bloggers I might start reading. Now I just have to find a few moments in my day to check them all out. lol
Tim Brownson
January 7th, 2010 3:47 am
Would love to have seen more bloggers I have never heard of and it seems a tad redundant mentioning Darren as being one to watch to people reading his blog ;-)
My faves that are missing:
Nick Cernis at PutThingsOff.com – Funny as hell, clever and thought provoking, but doesn’t post nearly enough and doesn’t even call it a blog anymore!
Bob Poole at PoolesWaterCooler.com – Seth Godin for people that don’t want to read Seth Godin
Tracy O’Connor at IHateMyMessageBoard.com – Very funny, will post on anything and is completely irreverent
Bill Giruzzi at TheConversationIsGrowing.com – A new blogger who is truly a unique thinker. If he can get his SEO act together he could be very big.
Arijit Das - @GoogleTasks
January 7th, 2010 3:54 am
I love Yaro Starak’s Writings and read his ebooks!! He really have a friendly contents and an inspiration to the other Users.
There is another blogger named Daniel Scocco of Online Profits, whose writings i really prefer to read.
A Best Wishes to all the Bloggers & Darren a Happy New Year 2010. :)
-Arijit
hery yustana
January 7th, 2010 3:58 am
i cant say anything more than ‘WHATTA LIST!’ incredible posting. thumbs up
Are Morch
January 7th, 2010 4:04 am
Finally a watch list that counts… I will have all these on my radar, and every time they pass I will do a thorough investigations.. All their movement will be reported and passed on to the proper audience.. These people will not pass me without me knowing..
‘Blog Warriors will not pass without providing value… Not on My Watch’..
.. for some reason Chris Brogan got this into my head..
Cheers.. Are
Naveen Kumar Sanagala
January 7th, 2010 4:14 am
Absolutely its a great analysis and I completely agree with you on this. The 30 bloggers who are in this list will definitely act like guiding lights for blogging world. I have to bookmark this post.
Stan
January 7th, 2010 4:29 am
It’s a off topic but I just clicked through to Jade Craven’s website and I see the blog is about “Blogging and Social Media Tips” and right at the top there is an article with a title “My First Ebook Is Up: The Guest Post Mini Guide”.
Anyone else finds it somewhat amusing that there is now tons of blogs on such topics and everyone is launching e-books like mad? Are there so many experts now out there?
With all this I am loosing trust towards information on such websites. Too many of you are now trying to make money with communicating the same info.
Camil
January 7th, 2010 5:31 am
I didn’t see myself on this list *grin*
Being on the cutting edge is a key part of being a Modern Guru; Read my post, ‘The best 3 FREE tools for MODERN INTERNET MARKETING GURUS’ at my blog; http://www.camilturcotte.com
I’ll build you a website for cost. Like 40$
Ms. Freeman
January 7th, 2010 5:31 am
The Smart Passive Income Blog is anoher one that should definitely be on this list. It is the chronicle of a family mans trimph over unemployment and how he is making a living online through passive streams of income.
http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/
Seth W
January 7th, 2010 5:32 am
Nice list. I find some of the bloggers much more authoritative then others but its a nice list. Thanks jade.
Accumulator of desired abundance
January 7th, 2010 5:39 am
My favorite is Darren Rowse, Yaro Starak has an astonishing blog with very useful content.
I will check the blogs of Dave Navarro and David Risley, they look very interesting.
Thanks for writting this list.
Steve C
January 7th, 2010 5:42 am
I think Pat Flynn (smartpassiveincome.com) is worth keeping an eye on. He’s doing everything right, it seems.
Also going to keep my eye on the BetterLearningBetterEarning.com blog…
I have a vested interest in that blogger doing well!
Thanks for the list. Added a few feeds to my reader because of it!
ZK @ Web Marketing Blog
January 7th, 2010 5:46 am
Few name in this list are new to me and I would love to see their work and thoughts as well.
Make Money Online Affiliate
January 7th, 2010 6:10 am
It is a great inspiration post and this should be shared with other people who says that there is no hope in blogging but how come this amazing blogger and doing it continuously.
I pretty much know many of this blogger and they are amazing as person and as business man.
Thanks
Michael Hyatt
January 7th, 2010 6:15 am
Awesome list. Thanks. I had heard of about a third of them and read them regularly.
Love your blog, by the way!
SATISH
January 7th, 2010 6:16 am
I would love to see Daniel Scocco making to this list. He has launched Marketing and Online Business training program and blogs at DailyBlogTips.com – The blog was nominated under the “Best Web Development Blog” category in the 2007 Weblog Awards, and currently it is ranked among the 500 most popular blogs in the world (according to Technorati) and among the 100 most popular marketing blogs in the world (according to AdvertisingAge).
Adriana @ My Online Business Journey
January 7th, 2010 6:31 am
Lynn Terry of http://www.clicknewz.com is at the top of my list: she always puts out excellent information, and replies to just about every comment on her blog.
We Fly Spitfires
January 7th, 2010 6:51 am
I’m not on the list!? Travesty! :)
Jackie Lee
January 7th, 2010 6:56 am
Thanks for the list, I was not familiar with quite a few of them. I look forward to checking them out this year. While I’m by no means an A list blogger I’m certainly growing a fanatical tribe. :) You gotta start somewhere!
Nathan Hangen
January 7th, 2010 7:12 am
Looks like I need to work harder…good thing I love to do so :)
This Mama Works It!
January 7th, 2010 7:25 am
This is such a great list. I just spent some time on the Man vs. Debt blog and wow what an awesome blog. That is the first I have heard of him. But I am very new to this blogging community. But I am having a blast so far.
I don’t have anyone to add just yet I am still blog surfing around. But again thanks. I have learned a huge amount from your posts over the the last couple weeks.
James | Cogroll.com
January 7th, 2010 7:27 am
30 great picks there Jade. It will be interesting to see how familiar the list is at the end of 2010.
The blogging world is moving a lot faster than most standard industries. As such, the amount if change in a single year can be vast! I’m certain we will see some new bloggers make their name this year.
Michael Martine
January 7th, 2010 7:32 am
I would say Nathan Hangen and Elizabeth Potts-Weinstein should go on this list, too.
I was planning on turning into a total asshole in 2010, but I guess now I can’t do that, Jade, or you’ll be disappointed. ;-)
Michael Martine
January 7th, 2010 7:43 am
Actually, let me jump in here again and say that Jade herself should be on this list, but of course she’s far too humble to put herself on it. No “tall poppies”, right Jade?
Anybody else agree with me on this one? Jade is a blogger to watch out for in 2010 and make no mistake.
Coree Silvera
January 7th, 2010 7:56 am
These are all excellent bloggers and I follow most already. David Risley is one of my favorites for his down to earth and helpful posts.
I’d have to agree with Jenny though…the list is more “Bloggers who have already made it and you are already watching if you know anything about blogging”…Like I said, they are all great, but what about some names that are not so well known and have inspired you?
I tried to do that with when I picked 20 women for the best marketing & social media blogs for my own article. I hope it encourages other women entrepreneurs and helps spread the word for those who need it as well as those big names that you just can’t live without.
If you’d like to check it out: http://www.marketlikeachick.com/chicks-pick-20-best-marketing-and-social-media-blogs-by-women/
jordan
January 7th, 2010 8:33 am
Ben Heckenmod might deserve a spot . he has a site on modding games and case which is pretty cool
Nick
January 7th, 2010 8:37 am
Thanks for the list, Jade. 8 of them i always visit. I would love to see Jeremy Schoemaker to this list.
S Ahsan
January 7th, 2010 8:38 am
This is an amazing list! i am hoping to make it in 2010 :)
Jade Craven
January 7th, 2010 8:45 am
You know what Michael? This list was originally 40. Nathan and other cool people were on that list. But I got tired, incredibly tired, towards the end of last year and figured I’d spend some time this year promoting the awesome people I cut from that draft.
I hope I become ‘one to watch’. Its not so much a case of tall poppies – rather, the circumstances that made the last 6 months difficult still exist.
Satish –
Daniel Scocco was actually on my longer version. He is awesome and brilliant on so many levels and I hope to be able to join Online Profits. But posts like this are incredible hard to compile.
@stevec –
I discovered Pat Flynn yesterday. He seems really cool – honest, fun and willing to share his knowledge. Thanks for pointing it out in the comments, as its a blog worth sharing.
@stan
I understand your concern. I actually made that product, which is available for just $10, because many of the people on this list encouraged me to create products. It made me feel very uncomfortable to do so but I did learn so much from the process. I agree though, it does seem a bit icky.
Tim Brownson –
I agree. I was just thinking about the people I interact with on twitter. We both hang in the same crowd and know most pf the people on this list. And thats cool, its redundant for us. But there are a lot of people who haven’t heard of some of these names or needed some reminding.
I put Darren on there because I think he deserves it. He has done SO many changes and I know he’s going to rock it this year. I thought he deserved the props :-)
Blogercise –
Actually, many people in this list make money in other fields.
- David Risely has a technology blog
- Johanna Penn writes about publishing and writing
- Robb Sutton writes about mountain biking.
I did focus on how they could help other bloggers where possible. Perhaps you could suggest some names you think stand out?
To those that pointed out the formatting issues –
I take full responsibility. I wasn’t aware this was going to go up and was planning to do a final proof after Darren had added affiliate links. I am fixing these now and I apologize for any typos and incorrect links.
PJ Morales
January 7th, 2010 8:46 am
Nothing against the bloggers on the list – most are good/very good, in a “round up the usual suspects” sort of way, but this is one of the most poorly written posts I’ve ever read on Problogger. It’s not just the spelling errors, which a previous commenter pointed out, but rather the entire post reads like some hurried, slapdash excuse to post something. When one considers the old saying, “Consider the source,” well, …
Michael G. Hurston
January 7th, 2010 8:51 am
Nice list, gives me a few new people to look at – seems like the main criteria was blogs that are focused around making money and not necessarily popular blogs that people read for enjoyment. I think there are at least a few blogs out there that have a solid user base with a lot of influence that don’t necessarily focus on blogging for dollars.
Eric C
January 7th, 2010 8:59 am
I like the idea of a post like this. It gives you a scope of the field, who is important and what not.
Gotta say though, I disagree with the title. These are 30 bloggers on blogging to watch. I can easily think of fifty bloggers who are more important than all but a handful of these bloggers, because they are in more popular fields.
Comes down to it, and your comment above hints at it, the blogs on blogging community is a bit insular.
Ali Hale
January 7th, 2010 9:07 am
Just wanted to add, I think the title of the list summed it up well – these are people who look set to do some big new stuff in 2010 (I actually think Daniel Scocco is pretty much there; he’s got a membership course, what more couldya want? ;-))
Although Darren is one of my favourite bloggers and I would never dream of criticising him, it’s only recently that he’s launched products (the excellent 31DBBB ebook and the DPS ebooks) and the membership forum … I imagine one of the reasons Jade’s put him on the list is because he seems to be really making the most of his position.
Obviously, no list of this type can ever be definitive – but it’s a great starting point for finding some new names. And it’s not “the 30 best bloggers”, it’s 30 people who Jade hopes are going to go interesting places in 2010.
I’ll try to live up to that hope…!
(Also, I don’t generally blog about blogging or business; I write about personal developmenty stuff on my own blog, and I write for a couple of health/diet blogs, a few self-improvement ones, and one on environmental issues.)
Samantha J
January 7th, 2010 9:16 am
That’s a good list and some good ones in the comments, too. I’d throw in Tom Kuhlmann’s blog. http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/
Last I looked he had almost 50,000 subscribers. It’s a niche blog, but he always has practical tips. He’s also one of the most accessible people in the elearning industry.
Ian Harris
January 7th, 2010 9:52 am
Most disappointed that The Blowfly was not included. He slaves away over a hot keyboard each week trying to give Australians something to console themselves with regarding the state of politics in a supposedly ‘lucky country’.
Are insects eligible?
Greg Taylor
January 7th, 2010 9:53 am
Great list of resources! I think for music photography the Todd Owyound (www.ishootshows.com) and Chris Owyoung (www.onelouderphoto.com) lead the pack.
Thanks!
PinoyBlogTips
January 7th, 2010 10:04 am
You got nice list there Jade! Though we all know that there are really more great bloggers around and im sure more will come out this year ;)
Ari Herzog
January 7th, 2010 10:05 am
Awesome list of people and their blogs. I enjoyed seeing oodles of people I never heard of, which says a lot as I try to get around the web. Just added several to a Twitter list, and several more to a limbo RSS folder. I’ll be visiting them. Thanks for sharing!
Jay Philips
January 7th, 2010 10:08 am
I feel so left out :-(
I really like Matthew Heusser’s blog, which is called Creative Chaos
http://xndev.blogspot.com/
Pop Sift
January 7th, 2010 10:27 am
Don’t forget me… but seriously, keep an eye out for this web site… I’m going to unveil a 99.9% unhackable solution for WordPress very soon…
http://www.WPStatic.com
Jade Craven
January 7th, 2010 10:41 am
Ali Hale said it well.
These are the people who made it onto my radar last year. Obviously, I have a very small business/blogging focus. However, I thought that as this is a blog on blogging that it would be useful to see other people within the niche that you may not have heard of.
Ari –
So glad you posted. I do admire a lot of things that you’ve done over the past year. Your comment really meant a lot.
Greg – thanks for sharing those two sites! They may make the follow up post. I have to check everything out first and make sure there aren’t too many sites ;)
Ian – will send your site to a couple of friends who are into politics :-) Remember, there will be a follow up post.
Eric C – I agree with you about the title, in retrospect. However I did include people from other fields – personal finance, mountain biking. But, as said, these are the people that I know really well and that I have the confidence to say will accomplish great things this year.
PJ.
I’m sorry it disappointed you. I did fix the spelling errors. It was a confusing post to write. I tried to keep it brief while providing detail. I can understand why it feels slapdash but it wasn’t intentional. A lot of work went into the post. I’m interested though – what do you mean by consider the source?
Michael G – I would love to see your suggestions on other cool sites. I didn’t feel I had enough knowledge to comment on those to watch in other niches. I focus a lot on travel/small business/ blogging. I’m planning to write a follow up post with suggestions so would love to hear them.
Tim Brownson
January 7th, 2010 10:48 am
@ Jade – Just in case there was any confusion, I didn’t mean the list was redundant, just Darrens entry as we are already all here reading him!
Jade Craven
January 7th, 2010 10:50 am
Coree, thanks for your thoughtful comment and link. I thought that many people in this list weren’t as well known as others.
I also wanted to link to people I knew are friendly, authentic and really engaging. People that give back to the community. A lot of people on this list really helped me last year, hence why I linked to them.
Do comment again with any people you want me to highlight in a follow up post. I’m checking out your post now. What I found cool with yours is that a lot of the people I know of, but haven’t checked out as much yet. Thanks for the reminder! :-)
I also want to point out I am trying to fix the pictures but can’t figure out whats wrong. They are uploaded correctly so will be poking around behind the scenes trying to figure out the issue. My apologies.
Paul Cunningham
January 7th, 2010 10:50 am
I don’t know why people think there are too many “blogging bloggers” on the list, only a handful like Darren are focussed on blogging, most blog about very different topics.
And Darren is not a redundant entry as some people will only discover his blog via this post as it gets Tweeted around etc (yes, there are people out there who have never heard of Darren Rowse ;-)
Darren Rowse
January 7th, 2010 10:57 am
Ultimately lists like these are always going to be debated in terms of who should and shouldn’t be on the list – whether the list is too narrow or broad etc.
I guess all I’d encourage people to do is to take it for what it is – a list of people that Jade’s looking at with interest for 2010 and to suggest their own watch list in comments.
Jade Craven
January 7th, 2010 10:58 am
Thanks for clarifying, Tim.
It was a mad rush this morning – I woke up, saw this post was up and tried to fix the errors (including the images – still cant figure that out) I may have confused a lot of your comments. I agree to a point however, as Ali pointed out, he has made a lot of changes over the past few months. He has released ebooks on both blogs, expanded DPS, introduced a forum. While it seems unnecessary to point out on his blog, I felt it was right.
I appreciate your feedback though. I do see your point. This is my first time compiling such a list for someone elses blog and I did what my guy told me too.
Paul – thanks for your comment. I’m kind of surprised too but I guess the information I provided focused more on their blogging achievements. I can’t please everyone so I can only hope that some people find value.
Charlie Gilkey
January 7th, 2010 11:31 am
I’m honored to be on this list, Jade. Thank you.
I find the critique about all of us being bloggers who write about blogging a bit odd. Nor are we people who write just about making money online.
People talk about what they do. We are bloggers – so we write about blogging. But the majority of us write about blogging secondarily.
I’m wondering how many of the readers commenting about the over-emphasis of metabloggers actually clicked through?
Ah well – now I’m off to read more from the people I didn’t know.
Joseph
January 7th, 2010 12:27 pm
This guy’s pretty good: http://www.obsessedwithconformity.com
Marcos
January 7th, 2010 1:47 pm
These guys
http://www.rageish.com
they’re brand new, a blog similar to Mashable, and they deliver incredible content.
Sherice Jacob
January 7th, 2010 2:14 pm
All of my online friends are on here – but I’m not! Just wait, I’ll be back in 2011 ;)
Slimeface
January 7th, 2010 2:42 pm
Wil Wheaton would be my pick…. a forerunner and still around after all these blog long years. :)
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/
Randy Mejias
January 7th, 2010 3:10 pm
Pretty cool list.
I’m still totally new to blogging and haven’t heard of any of these people. Thanks for giving me some reading material. :)
Maybe next year I’ll be on this list, not that it’s much of a maybe, we all know I will be.
Thanks for the post!
Walter
January 7th, 2010 4:59 pm
Excellent list, full of helpful links. I am looking at your site more and more often – great work constantly!
Travel Blogs
January 7th, 2010 6:55 pm
Impressive List. Bloggers are the future.
visit bandung
January 7th, 2010 7:00 pm
I thank you very much for this article.
Now I have more gurus in blogging.
I usually follow only this site and Copyblogger. Other sites are only occasional.
These people I presume are very persistent in their field. And I’m confident that they would share their knowledge and give us the ‘holy grail’ of blogging or blog marketing.
Keep on monitoring
Tresna
E.T. Barton
January 7th, 2010 8:05 pm
Hey Darren,
I have to say, I’m shocked you’re so low on the list. I tell everyone about you… I call you my “Blogging Guru.” In fact, I’ve been following Yaro because of you, and I think you’re way better.
Windsor S.
January 7th, 2010 8:09 pm
A little bit of my opinion. I thought this article is about “new” bloggers to watch out this 2010 and also will cover a wide range and not only western bloggers.
Eva Herold
January 7th, 2010 8:14 pm
@ Gary Arndt
Right you are. But: Look at American Arena if you’re interested in sports, and at Sex Minuten Deutschland täglich if you want to follwow Germany’s moves. Best,
Eva Herold
Paul O'Mahony (Cork)
January 7th, 2010 8:23 pm
Wonderful. Thank you very much. You give a great service and plenty of stuff to educate me.
Pity your list is so US focussed. Perhaps you’d produce another post about blogs from Europe.
My blog will never make your list I suppose. It breaks one of the key rules: focus on one area and do that splendidly. Mine majors on Mental Health (especially Depression), poetry, Irish politics, food and my daughter who’s 4 (who’s the person for whom the blog is written). Maybe you could do a list of those who could be great if only they followed the rules.
It’s the people who comment here that I’ll be checking out… (Forgive me I couldn’t resist that cleverness.)
My good friends Chris Brogan, Joanna the Penn & MikeCJ are good. So if all the others are that good, I have plenty of good stuff to discover and link with.
Who would I recommend your watch in 2010? Roger Overall (Twitter @rogeroverall) is a documentary photographer working out of Cork Ireland. In 2009 he realised what he has to do to become a major force. http://www.rogeroverall.net/blog/
He’d be my new voice…
Jade Craven
January 7th, 2010 8:36 pm
I admit there was a western bias in my post. You do have to understand me perspective. I had to choose people that I knew and trusted well enough to recommend.
It can be really hard to find a balance. When a list like this is posted, people comment about something that wasn’t represented. This could be niche, gender, country.
The only thing that I can suggest is that, if you feel people/groups are being ignored, you create your own list. If you link to it here, it may be featured in a future post.
Paul – I actually have a mental illness and am interested in blogs about that subject. I wanted to create a list that appealed to the core audience, that is, bloggers. I’m glad some of your friends are included. But, most of the people on this list are also my friends too.
E.T –
this post wasn’t based on some kind of ranking system, lol. It was just arranged according to what got done first.
@everyone.
Honestly? A lot of the blogs I read and the people I interact with are really obscure. My best mate documented his work on his thesis: bill.journee.org. That was fascinating. Si Dawson has fascinating posts about self improvement – http://sidawson.org/. I
get it. You’re feeling slighted because something you love didn’t get the attention it deserves. Thats why I’ve been reiterating my point: create your own list. Get involved in your community.
The people above? The belong the the communities I’m in. Theres the copyblogger crowd, the creatives, the Aussies, the digital nomads. They inspire me as I’m sure you feel inspired by your favourites.
I hope this explains my motives a bit more :-)
David Morson
January 7th, 2010 8:50 pm
Its a nice post. In fact I was searching for the top bloggers and their success stories and you have given me the exactly right stuff which I was searching for to get some help in my blogging of zameen.com
Muzi Mohale | Travelwires.com
January 7th, 2010 9:09 pm
For me, these guys are going to shake the blogsphere in 2010…
Alex + Seth from http://www.blogussion.com
Jean from http://www.catswhoblog.com/
Henri from http://www.wakeupcloud.com
Michael from http://www.incomediary.com
Joanna Penn
January 7th, 2010 9:19 pm
Thanks so much Jade for including me on the list – and to Paul for the shoutout! Some of the names on the list are people I include as my online mentors so it’s very exciting to be on the list too! Yaro Starak started me on the road and the others are definitely great reading! I’m reading this snowed into the UK, hoping to make it back to Oz later for some sun and warmth.
Happy New Year all!
Rebecca
January 7th, 2010 9:52 pm
lots of blogging about blogging.
like rappers rapping about hip hop. Gets a bit monotonous.
PWEI.
Karl Foxley
January 7th, 2010 10:02 pm
A few of these I know but I now have some extra blogs to go and check out.
Regards,
Karl
scheng1
January 7th, 2010 10:27 pm
Good examples for all out of us who are struggling in the first year of blogging.
Maven
January 7th, 2010 10:29 pm
I’m putting a relationship blogger on the list that everyone should watch for. Jax from F*cking in Brooklyn has the freshest voice and most talent I’ve seen in along time.
http://jackfrombkln.blogspot.com/
Elias
January 7th, 2010 11:07 pm
Hi
This is a really nice list, most of them are my favourite but i’d like to make a chalenge to you and to everyone else that reads problogger.
What i’d like to see is a list like this but to those that don’t write in english because i understand that to become a great blogger it’s almost impossible not to write in english but i’m also proud of my native language so i write in portuguese as anyone can see if they visit my site.
Jason Starin
January 7th, 2010 11:30 pm
Great list thank you. I appreciate the sub lists.
I’ll have to admit some of these folks I’ll agree are popular, but I just don’t like how they spout about themselves so much. I won’t name names.
I like HOCKEYDINO, http://www.hockeydino.com and I know he’ll make your list someday. Instense Auburn too.
You need to make the list too..DUH
Sarah Mitchell
January 7th, 2010 11:40 pm
Mitch Joel has a great blog called Six Pixels of Separation.
http://www.twistimage.com/blog/
He writes about the digital world – social media, marketing, personal branding. Mitch’s posts are full of practical advice and astute observation about what’s going on in the digital marketing space.
Well worth a read.
Jesse Muhammad
January 7th, 2010 11:59 pm
Brother Jesse Blog was the 2009 Black Weblog Awards Blog of the Year – worth taking a look at.
http://jessemuhammad.blogs.finalcall.com
–@BrotherJesse
Annabel
January 8th, 2010 12:13 am
This is a great list, and very helpful for a new Blogger like myself. The sheer volume of blogging advice out there can seem quite overwhelming, but I find myself returning to this site again and again to seek advice and the opinion of other bloggers. I’ll be making my way through these links in between blogging over the next few days, to seek inspiration.
Is there anywhere where you can compare the number of site hits you are getting – against data for other blogs with similar content? I am so blown away by the number of hits I’m getting but have no idea if I’m achieving or surpassing any kind of benchmark? I’d be really grateful for any advice. Also are there any sites where you can ask for critique on your Blog from people who will give an honest and helpful opinion. Have tried tweeting a request but had nothing back.
Thanks so much,
Annabel
Archan Mehta
January 8th, 2010 12:17 am
Thanks for your post, Jade. I have browsed through the commentary section. It seems like a lot of people out there are upset, frustrated, disappointed, etc. People who lose out get emotional, to be sure, and those who lose are sometimes jealous or even resentful of those who are perceived to be winners. Well, better luck next time, folks, I hope those who have lost this time around win the next time. Anything’s possible, so be patient.
We are all winners, after all, no need to take it personally. Try to be objective and keep your chin up. My best wishes are always with you. I pray that those who feel like outcasts (shall we say?) will feel included the next time you produce a list. I want to take this opportunity to recommend Henri (a Swede who lives in Spain with his girlfriend) for his excellent blog, WakeUpCloud. I hope I have not erred here. You guys can check it out. Henri has made remarkable strides in his career and personal life from a bored poker champion to a fun-loving blogger. I have gained remarkable insights from reading his blog. Henri is a sure winner in my book.
The usual suspects you have included are great too and I feel happy for all of them. Ali Hale was predictable on account of her brilliance and Charlie’s philosophical speculations moved us.
Leo I have been reading for quite some time. David Risley gets my vote because of his friendly tone and his baby girl looks like an angel (cutie pie). Chris Brogan and Yaro are a pleasure to read. I have also found quite a few others too…forward and helpful in answering your questions and have been surprised by their sense of professionalism. What a great group of people: you have my undivided attention as a reader and my support. And for those who felt bad, don’t lose heart. I am rooting for you too! Cheers.
Joe Wilson
January 8th, 2010 12:22 am
Great list! Many I have heard of.. many I haven’t. I can’t wait to read their blogs.
A few on my personal list are:
Josh Spaudling – http://ez-onlinemoney.com/blog/
Mark Mason – http://www.masonworld.com
Michelle Adams – http://www.michelle-adams.com/
And of course I read my own blog, over and over — I really love the way I write! Witty yet charming — and lets not forget modest — lol
Jacqueline Carly
January 8th, 2010 12:34 am
Great people on the list, but too many are either already well known or mostly blog about blogging. Where is the spice? the new? the diversity?
Pascal
January 8th, 2010 12:44 am
It is a cool list. All of them in list deservers for it. I can see many of them list participated in all blogging communities and comment, twitter discussions. So they worked hard for their blogs and getting this position.
Pam
January 8th, 2010 12:49 am
Great list, most of which I have not heard of yet. I will be jumping in and checking each and every one out. Thanks.
Matches Malone
January 8th, 2010 12:53 am
I didn’t make the list? I’m outraged!!! :)
(closed captioned for the smiley impaired)
Didn’t see any names on the list that would render the whole list invalid, so, I accept your nominees as they stand. Don’t know that I’d have any of the same names on my list, as my niches are wildly different than yours….
Matches Malone
January 8th, 2010 12:55 am
I didn’t make the list? I’m outraged!!! :)
(closed captioned for the smiley impaired)
Didn’t see any names on the list that would render the whole list invalid, so, I accept your nominees as they stand. Don’t know that I’d have any of the same names on my list, as my niches are wildly different than yours….
Take 2. Got a posting error, but don’t know why :(
Matches Malone
January 8th, 2010 12:56 am
Fascinating. I apologize for the double comment post, and suspect Darren will do the right thing at some point….
Nezine
January 8th, 2010 2:19 am
This is just what I needed! Last weeking I was googling for a list like this so here it is now.
The List is very impressive. Thanks a lot!
Brian Kevin Johnston
January 8th, 2010 2:36 am
Dear Darren- Thanks for the list….I wonder if your readers have noticed how powerful this list is? I wonder how many readers) will actually take action?
You might find yourself agreeing that there is a reason 3% of the worlds population hold 97% of its wealth…
Best, Brian-
Bim
January 8th, 2010 4:12 am
Great. I’ll look out for them. I have no idea who any of these lot are. Would be good if you make a twitter and add them to it. Let us know what the list is called and I’ll follow.
Liz
January 8th, 2010 5:02 am
I think these lists would be more helpful if you categorized people according to type of blog they write. Some people use their blogs to educate, others are pure self-promotion, some to entertain & engage, others to test out their writing skills/book ideas.
It be great to see one list for personal blogs, another for media/social media, marketing, business/finance, and other topics. Granted this is more involved that putting together an overall list of 30 blogs but what you’d create is a deeper list that would be more valuable because people could focus on topics that most interest them.
I guess if this list had a focus it would be that the personalities of these writers distinctly & originally color the blog(s) they produce.
Robby G
January 8th, 2010 7:23 am
Getting a mention here is like getting a sure way to climbing mount everast of the blogging world in 2010. Great list, and hope to be on it hopefully by 2011. Cheers to all and lots of luck to all the bloggers this year!
Natalie
January 8th, 2010 8:03 am
Agree this is a great list and congrats to Sarah @Sprout and Chris Guillebeau and Leo who I follow closely and love their style.
Also it would be great to get a list outside of the US for sure as there are many talented bloggers out there writing incredible content for so many niches.
Keep it coming people and keep being passionate about what you do.
Jade Craven
January 8th, 2010 9:10 am
Liz:
Thanks for your thoughtful comment. There will actually be a second version of this list based on what is suggested in here and it will be organized around the topics they talk about. If there are any bloggers you want to suggest, let me know.
Natalie:
A lot of these people are outside of the US. Mike CJ lives, um, on an island somewhere. There are a few Aussies, a couple of UK people. I’ll admit there is a western slant but, as I’ve said before, if you feel something hasn’t been covered create your own post. I’ll link to it in the follow up :-)
Robby G,
You know what? Most of the people on this list got there because they are super friendly and helpful. Just try to provide a LOT of value this year and the blogosphere will notice. Trust me.
Pascal, you’re right. So many people on this list have worked hard. I mean, I asked Dave Navarro for help the other day. I ended up calling him on his cell as he drove home from work because that was the only time he had free. It was a fun call actually :P
Joe,
Thanks for your recommendations! Much appreciated!
Sarah Mitchell,
Thanks for pointing out that blog. I’ve heard of him yet have never read it. I’ve, er, been too distracted by the fact that I cant seem to buy his book locally and don’t want to get addicted.
Elias,
Thanks for your suggestion.
I admit – I don’t read any blogs that aren’t in english. 2009 was so busy that I just didn’t have the time to check out any. If you made your own list, I’d link to it in the follow up post :-)
Rebecca,
As Charlie pointed out above most of these blogs aren’t primarily focused on blogger. A number are marketing and social media related. I just focused in my commentary about how they can help bloggers.
I’ll follow up on the other comments after breakfast :-) I would like to thank those that provided constructive criticism – its hard creating a list like this and try to cater to everyone.
ehomepreneur
January 8th, 2010 1:36 pm
Thanks Jade for the list. May I suggest you make every link to the bloggers’ site with “Open link in a new window” in your target setting. This will be easier for us to navigate otherwise everytime I clicked on the link, it overwrite the current page and I’ve to click back and forth to access the page.
Thank you.
Nathan
January 8th, 2010 1:38 pm
@ehomepreneur – just hold ctrl when you open the link. Will open new tab.
ehomepreneur
January 8th, 2010 1:54 pm
Ah… that’s a nice tip, Nathan. Thanks a lot, now it’s so much easier and faster to navigate. I can finish the 30 bloggers in no time.
Nathan
January 8th, 2010 1:57 pm
You bet :)
Steven Ducat
January 8th, 2010 2:37 pm
+1 Gary Vaynerchuk
+1 Chris Brogan
Elias
January 8th, 2010 8:47 pm
Hi
Thanks for the tip but the fact is, i’m not in the niche of blogging wich is the top subject on this list. I’m blogging mainly about photoshop but to basic learners.
Ao i’m not in the positon to make a list of this kind, although i could it wouldn’t be a “trusted” list like yours.
Has you’ve sais several times, this is a list of people you trust and know and i’m glad you say that because it only makes it be more delicious.
But , as i like to chalenge people, i like to chalenge myself too, so i’ll leave you here my own chalenge to this year, i’ll start blogging about blogging, following the rules i can find on this top 30 list and perhaps i can be part of this list next year as one of the foreigners top bloggers to watch .
Waht do you think of this?
Kenney
January 8th, 2010 9:47 pm
Another great post…I followed all of them with my “Powrblogger” twitter account…Thanx…As for a great blogger not on the list is that kid from the UK…Michael Dunlop…
Reza@Blogging Guide
January 8th, 2010 9:51 pm
Why I’m not in the list? Hahaha just kidding!
dianna
January 8th, 2010 10:06 pm
Thanks for posting this article. I have definitely bookmarked the bloggers on your list. Hopefully, I can incorporate some of their strategies on my site http://www.finallyfreetobeme.com.
Louise Edgerton
January 8th, 2010 10:37 pm
This list is nothing but a big clique. Dave, Naomi, Michael Martine, James, the entire CopyBlogger crew? Clique.Why didn’t you just call it “Friends of Brian Clark?”
I also have to wonder about a list containing James Chartrand a blogger who lied about gender bias in order to save her butt and look the hero after her partner got fed up and left the team. She’s the Pied Piper of the blogosphere and I’m happy not to count myself among the rats who are blindly following her tune.
Amanda
January 9th, 2010 5:35 am
Thanks for the excellent post. I enjoyed checking out each of these bloggers and ended up following a few on Twitter, too. I included it in our Week In Review post today:
http://themeanestmom.blogspot.com/2010/01/needy_08.html
Laura Cococcia
January 9th, 2010 5:35 am
Awesome list – many of these I already read – and found a few new gems on this list for me to check out. Thanks so much!
Amanda
January 9th, 2010 5:35 am
Thanks for the excellent post. I enjoyed checking out each of these bloggers and ended up following a few on Twitter, too. I included it in our Week In Review post today:
http://blog.upspringbaby.com/2010/01/08/week-in-review-friday-january-8-2009/
Caleb
January 9th, 2010 7:25 am
There is only one blogger missing…guess who??
Jade
January 9th, 2010 8:23 am
Louise -
I didn’t realise that until after copyblogger tweeted it. Dave, Johnny, Ali have only guest posted there a few times. Honestly? I’ve only recently started reading it. I don’t know that much about what goes on there in terms of content.
I know Naomi is friends with him because of the content I read on Ittybiz. Other than that? Didn’t pay that much attention.
I understand your concern though.
I also don’t blindly follow tunes. Melinda, from Superwahm, counts James as one of her friends. I was confused when he came out with her real gender but Mel assured me James was ok and could be trusted. Thats enough for me
:-)
Elias –
This is a blog about blogging. I did offer to link to any lists people create.
However, you can do what I did and offer to a guest post on an authority blog.
Louise
January 9th, 2010 9:04 am
Jade, I’m confused. If you don’t know much about these bloggers or their content, what is your basis for including them on your list? One would assume you read them often and know what they’re up to in order to make your decision. I’m not saying that to be disrespectful, just that it doesn’t make much sense to post a list of bloggers to watch out for without knowing enough about their content.
For the commenters who are saying they’re now following all these bloggers on Twitter, don’t you want to get to know them first? It doesn’t make sense to follow someone without reading their tweets and their blog posts to see if you mesh. There’s a lot of blind following of the leaders here.
Vikas Rathi
January 9th, 2010 9:40 am
Thanks Jade. I can say all informative. I am becoming a fan of your blog. I would like to visit you again and again.
Jade Craven
January 9th, 2010 10:52 am
Louise –
I know about everyone on this list, and their blogs. I didn’t start reading Copyblogger until recently.
Usually when I go out to study a blogger – as I have done with most of the people in this list – I study their archives. I read any related interviews with them. I check them out on twitter and then I make the financial commitment off buying their products.
Now, many of these people are prolific guest posters. When writing this post I didn’t realized that there were so many copyblogger people.
However, there is a reason people are offered a guest posting slot on Copyblogger. Its because they are awesome.
There was a slight bias with this post. I tried to focus on people who were familiar to the Problogger community. In the section where I said ‘More from ___’ I linked to posts in the Problogger archives :-)
Paul O'Mahony (Cork)
January 9th, 2010 7:29 pm
It’s normal to be critical of the list and the list maker. Humans like to practise their critical skills.
Justify, justify, justify – I love the call on Jade to defend her choices. Spunky, sparky stuff.
I’m about to write a blogpost recommending the Best Books Ever Written on Depression – an area I have extensive experience of. Wouldn’t I love to attract as many comments as Jade has critics.
The problem is: there is too much good stuff. If only there were fewer good bloggers, I’d have a chance of catching up with the stars. I’d like to suggest that the best thing to do is read with random abandon. It’s the blog you stumble (sorry for pun) upon, that hits you from left field, that’s the gem you treasure and pass on to unsuspecting friends.
Here’s one I found abandoned on the side of the road, neglected and under appreciated, needing attention…
http://omaniblog.blogs.ie/2010/01/09/the-trouble-with-twitter/
Marcus Sheridan, The Sales Lion
January 10th, 2010 5:48 am
This was great Jade, as it helped me with 2 things:
1. Now I have a great list of bloggers to learn from
2. I’d like to be on this list within 2 years myself.
So thanks for your research and keep it up!
Shannon Bishop
January 10th, 2010 9:01 am
Darren you missed me too. Im a internet Marketer who has gone Blogging. I like blogging and I fell I can help thousands but blogging than with internet marketing. Thanks guys:
http://www.shannonbishop.net
Good Luck in 2010 Everybody!
Bachir
January 11th, 2010 12:00 am
Funny that this girl is named Sarah Prout. “Prout” means “Fart” in French.
M.A. Romero
January 11th, 2010 6:53 am
I believe you should re-title this post to Bloggers who Blog about Blogging
Real Bloggers who blog about real things such as travel, politics, entertainment, music, news etc. and are authorities in these areas are notably absent.
Here is Time’s Top 25 List for 2009:
Top Blogs
1. Talking Points Memo
2. The Huffington Post
3. Lifehacker
4. Metafilter
5. The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan
6. Freakonomics
7. BoingBoing
8. Got2BeGreen
9. Zen Habits
10. The Conscience of a Liberal: Paul Krugman
11. Crooks and Liars
12. Generación Y
13. Mashable
14. Slashfood
15. Official Google Blog
16. synthesis
17. bleat
18. /Film
19. Seth Godin’s Blog
20. Deadspin: Sports News without Access, Favor, or Discretion
21. Dooce
22. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
23. Said the Gramophone
24. Detention Slip
25. Bad Astronomy
Tony M
January 11th, 2010 1:25 pm
Interesting point from the comment above mine. I follow a few bloggers who blog about fitness marketing and copywriting. Definitely worth a mention are:
Michael Fortin
Chris McCombs
Mashable
Cats Who Blog
Jens P. Berget
January 11th, 2010 4:52 pm
I think that Jan Geronimo is a one to watch for 2010.
His blog at Writing To Exhale is awesome
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Jon | Adventures of the Fearless
January 12th, 2010 2:22 am
Good list of people there
beverly hunt
January 12th, 2010 4:51 am
thanks for filling us in on the latest rock stars of successful blogs about blogging!
Peter
January 12th, 2010 7:31 am
My name links to my list of 50 personal finance bloggers to watch in 2010.
lani
January 13th, 2010 8:17 pm
will check the blogs of Dave Navarro and Michael Martine, they look very interesting.
Thanks for writting this list.
Michael
January 13th, 2010 9:37 pm
Kenny Forder – He runs an awesome real estate blog called Homes of the Rich
Melanie
January 14th, 2010 1:24 am
Well, for obvious reasons, I think my own blog is pretty good. What I like about my blog (and what I like about the blogs I tend to follow) is that I don’t address any ONE issue. I talk about all the things I face, in my own frank (and often irreverent) style. Parenting, career, love, politics, everything. I think that while the strategies are to market yourself in a single topic, what people forget is that everyone goes through all of these different areas of life and dialogues about those things helps us realize we’re not alone.
Mommy Wants Vodka is a blog I really love, even if at times she feels like she might be trying a little bit too hard. However, 99% of the time she makes me giggle, if not laugh right out loud!
Husam Sarris
January 14th, 2010 7:09 am
Awesome!
I’m going to follow all of them up! I’m new to blogging, and I will sure learn from the bloggers in this list.
Thanks a million, and a happy 2010 :)
DEVI SOULJUICE
January 23rd, 2010 4:11 pm
great post!!! INSPIRING MOTIVATING and ALLURING….. count me in! blogosphere here i come
Jeff Korhan
January 24th, 2010 8:38 am
Some new names here that I’m looking forward to checking out. Thanks for not rehashing the same old.
However, there is one blogger on this list that has made 9 posts in the last 4 months. Most bloggers would consider that light for the month of January alone.
You would think one would have to actually blog to be considered a top blogger.
Joel
January 24th, 2010 11:13 pm
Oh, I was shock to read Darren was only in the 25th. He should be in the number one. Anyways Darren You’re second to none in my list. hehehe
Sebastien
January 24th, 2010 11:53 pm
I am shocked that I didn’t make it on this list… Oh well, I guess next year… I am at 700,000 visitors/month on my iPhone blog (http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com), and my goal for 2010 is to get 1.5 M/month. Sounds crazy? I’ll prove you it’s not!
Suraj
January 26th, 2010 1:24 pm
Nice list I hope some of the above commentators will appear in 2011 list.
Rahul Malik
January 27th, 2010 4:59 am
Would love to have my name in that list too…some day…. :D
Diane Meyer
February 1st, 2010 12:31 am
One blog I know for sure should be on the list is from @markwschaeffer….”Grow”. He is a super talented writer and chooses to blog on varied subjects. Always connects and all cannot help but comment.
Sathiamoorthy
February 1st, 2010 3:27 am
I would like to see my blog there in that list in near future
http://www.sathiamoorthy.com
Shouvik Basak
February 22nd, 2010 5:49 am
Let me add a great blog to this list: Rajesh Setty’s http://www.lifebeyondcode.com
Gary Smith
March 2nd, 2010 12:37 pm
This is why I keep coming back to this site because its the best.
Ann Krebber
March 23rd, 2010 6:35 pm
Hi Darren,
As a new blogger, I will follow all of them depend on the relation between their topic and mine, By the way, I don’t see shoemoney.com here.
Dan Fitchette
March 27th, 2010 7:35 pm
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Antoony
April 5th, 2010 10:31 am
From 30 bloggers above, I only have known Yaro and Darren. I also do not find Daniel (http://www.dailyblogtips.com) here. I like DBT because I find its daily tips (exactly like its name) are very easily understood and practiced. Recommended for http://www.dailyblogtips.com
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