There’s a meme going around, and unlike a virus, this one’s OK to catch. It’s a list of “Z-list” blogs, and I’m supposed to post the list after adding a few more names to it.
The idea, of course, is to create a tidal wave of links for the lesser-trafficked marketing blogs, and I admit that I did visit a couple on this list whose name caught my eye.
Still, I wonder if the whole enterprise wouldn’t be more useful if we all added just one blog to the list – and included some explanation why.
Given my love of Engagement Marketing, I’m adding engagement blogs to the list. Enjoy!
Creative Think
8 Wishes
Movie Marketing Madness
Blog Till You Drop!
Get Shouty!
One Reader at a Time
Critical Fluff
The New PR
Own Your Brand!
OTOInsights
bizandbuzz
Work, in Plain English
Buzz Canuck
New Millenium PR
Pardon My French
Troy Worman’s Blog
The Instigator Blog
AENDirect
Diva Marketing
Marketing Hipster
The Marketing Minute
Dynamic Copywriting
Funny Business
The Frager Factor
Mindblob
Open The Dialogue
Word Sell
Note to CMO
That’s Great Marketing!
Shotgun Marketing Blog
BrandSizzle
bizsolutionsplus
Customers Rock!
Being Peter Kim
Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman’s Blog About Surprise
Billions With Zero Knowledge
Working at Home on the Internet
MapleLeaf 2.0
darrenbarefoot.com
Two Hat Marketing
The Engaging Brand
The Branding Blog
Deep Jive Interests
Content Done Better Blog
Copywriter Underground
Michel Fortin
Mind Valley Labs
Simplenomics
Pearsonified
SEOmoz
Online Marketing Blog
Stundbl
Jason Van Orden
Graywolf
CrapHammer
Drew’s Marketing Minute
Golden Practices
Viaspire
Tell Ten Friends
Flooring the Consumer
Kinetic Ideas
Unconventional Thinking
Buzzoodle
Conversation Agent
The Copywriting Maven
Hee-Haw Marketing
Scott Burkett’s Pothole on the Infobahn
Multi-Cult Classics
Logic + Emotion
Branding & Marketing
Popcorn n Roses
On Influence & Automation
Bullshitobserver
Servant of Chaos
converstations
eSoup
Presentation Zen
Dmitry Linkov
aialone
John Wagner
Nick Rice
CKs Blog
Design Sojourn
Frozen Puck
The Sartorialist
Small Surfaces
Africa Unchained
Perspective
gDiapers
Marketing Nirvana
Bob Sutton
¡Hola! Oi! Hi!
Shut Up and Drink the Kool-Aid!
Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together
Community Guy
Social Media on the fly
Jeremy Latham’s Blog
SMogger Social Media Blog
Masey.com
Converstations
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Thanks for mentioning Buzzoodle and the rest of the z-list. I agree some explanation would be great, but imagine how big it would be then!
Have a great 2007
Buzzoodle Ron(Quote) (Reply)
I agree … an explanation would be good. Would love to know why you chose the 5 you did.
Gavin Heaton(Quote) (Reply)
Thanks for mentioning Flooring The Consumer!
C. B. Whittemore(Quote) (Reply)
Thanks for adding my blog. Appreciate it. You have a great list there.
Vishen(Quote) (Reply)
The Z List has been fun to watch morph – I try hard to keep up with it by watching links that come thru my blog (I still haven’t found out how Women, Art, Life got on the list or who to thank for the wonderful browsing trips it has taken me on). Now that it’s getting so big, it would be nice to have them sorted out a bit, huh? Still, half the pleasure is in the hunt – you just never know what you’ll find! thanks for passing it along.
tammy vitale(Quote) (Reply)
“Never underestimate the power of a small group of dedicated people to change the world. Indeed, it’s all that ever have.”
by Margaret Mead
The Z-list is the embodiment of this quote. Thanks for adding us.
Thanks,
Chris
http://www.msco.com/blog
written by Mark Stevens the author of:
YOUR MARKETING SUCKS
Chris Kieff(Quote) (Reply)
I don’t know if it’s changed the world, but I agree that watching the meme grow and morph is pretty damned interesting, at least from a sociology perspective.
Tom Chandler(Quote) (Reply)