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9 Aug 2003

I used to read the Business Thinker’s Trends Digest religiously every week. The author read seemingly hundreds of business publications each week and wrote summaries of some of the most interesting articles. Then the author moved the Digest to be part of her PR firm’s Web site, then stopped maintaining it regularly (it was last updated in March). Combined with a lack of an RSS feed, and I simply don’t keep track of it any more.

I’ve been looking for a decent blog that links to business news and trends, and haven’t found much. I came across A Penny For… today, and its interesting, but I want more. Up2Speed looks promising. Anyone know of some good business and marketing blogs?

Adam Kalsey
August 9, 2003 11:24 PM

Fast Company has a blog. http://blog.fastcompany.com/ And I know that another major business publication has a blog in the works. I forgot to ask the person who told me about it if it was a secret, so I can't say which publication yet. What business blogs do you read?

Didier Hilhorst
August 10, 2003 3:19 AM

I think bBlog: The sales, marketing and business weblog | XPLANE is a pretty nice blog. Their updates are getting a bit less frequent, nevertheless it's still a nice resource (linkdump). Have a look at http://xplane.com/bblog/.

Didier Hilhorst
August 10, 2003 3:34 AM

another one: http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/

Buzz Bruggeman
August 10, 2003 5:06 AM

Take a look at: http://www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2003/000166.html Well written, great stuff, focused on VC, but worth reading.

john
August 10, 2003 2:12 PM

Kalsey, a little more 'marketing' than 'business' related, but here are a few recommendations in addition to Up2Speed: http://www.danavan.net/weblog/blogger.html http://debbieweil.com/ http://webvoice.blogspot.com/ http://www.mediasavvy.com/ http://ad.antville.org/ http://websense.blogspot.com/ http://www.hypergene.net/blog/weblog.php http://www.digitaldesignworks.com/weblog/theories.html http://poelog.blogspot.com/ http://www.searchengineblog.com/ http://www.advertisingday.com/ enjoy...

Adam Kalsey
August 11, 2003 1:38 PM

WDFM is also good, but they don't have an RSS feed. http://wdfm.com/current.html

Martin
August 11, 2003 3:30 PM

For Blogs relating to IT, check out http://blogs.ittoolbox.com.

Chris Vance
August 12, 2003 1:20 PM

The BostonWorks.com HR blog (http://bostonworks.boston.com/blog/hr/) has a short entry on corporate blogging which quotes from a Boston Globe article (archived article costs money to read): http://bostonworks.boston.com/blog/hr/2003_06_01_hr_blog.shtml#105637792141173320

jack
August 13, 2003 8:30 AM

Here's a few worth checking: http://www.corante.com/ http://www.richardgiles.net/blog/ http://noweurope.com/ http://www.iskela.com/flowoftime/

Rick Bruner
August 23, 2003 4:19 PM

I maintain a bit list of business blogs here: http://www.up2speed.com/archives/2003/07/18/business_weblogs_the_big_list/

Americanlifestyle
September 17, 2003 10:32 AM

Another: http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/businessblogs/

Justin Hitt
October 8, 2003 10:30 PM

I'm covering executive relationships as it pertains to sales, marketing, and service components of business; http://iunctura.com/weblog (RSS available)

Alun John
October 31, 2003 1:13 PM

Take a look at this blog: http://www.marketingtom.com It is dedicated to Internet Marketing and occasional articles on general marketing and blogging.

Ed Sykes
March 12, 2005 7:44 PM

I cover trends in employee motivation, customer service, and communication skills as it pertains to company productivity.

gavan
March 10, 2006 7:26 AM

For surfers who want to follow UK specific marketing news I find www.themarketingblog.com not bad

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