I made the list...the Junta Top 42 Content Marketing Blogs list that is
What a nice serendipity to find Conversational Media Marketing made the Junta42 Top 42 Content Marketing Blogs list... and at what is truly my lucky number, 13.
What's most exciting (and kind of perplexing, though I'm not knocking it... darn grateful in fact) is that I ranked higher up the list than a number of much more notable people, including Seth Godin!
Apparently, that's because the selection criteria is different for this list than most.
According to the Web site, the Top 42 list selected based on five specific criteria:
- The number of posts in the five most recent posts prior to and including March 31, 2008, that pertained to a content marketing topic.
- Substantiveness of Posts. Here we worked to weed out posts that fell short of adding value to the collective body of knowledge about content marketing. For example, blogs that simply linked to other blogs or articles without adding new information, perspectives or ideas to the commentary received lower scores than did blogs that consistently delivered unique ideas, thoughtful insights, deep coverage, rich media and the like - you know, high-value content - to the community.
- Regularity of Posts. Here we looked at the frequency of posts throughout the month of March. Those posting on 3 or more days per week (12 or more days throughout March) received the highest number of points.
- Google PageRank. All blogs were checked on the same day to record Google PageRank.
- Junta42 Member Ratings. Blogs ranked on our previous Top 42 list received points for their position and their Hitch! popularity. Blogs that were newcomers to our list received a first-round quality score instead.
The Top Five Blogs Include:
- Copyblogger, from writer and entrepreneur Brian Clark
- Online Marketing Blog, from LeeOdden, CEO of TopRank Online Marketing.
- PR2.0, from Brian Solis, principal of Future Works.
- ContentMarketingToday, from content marketing strategist Newt Barrett.
- Marketing Interactions, from Ardath Albee, founder of her eponymous marketing agency.
Also included in the list are people I have heavy duty admiration for:
- Valeria Maltoni, Conversation Agent
- David Meerman Scott, WebInk Now
- BL Ochmann, What's Next Blog
- Paul Gillan
- Paul Dunay, Buzz Marketing for Technology
- Jeremiah, Owyang, Web Strategist
- Mack Collier, The Viral Garden and
- MarketingProfs, The Daily Fix
Actually, there's not a blogger on the list I don't hold in high esteem.
So, I'm marking this day down as a good one and find myself very grateful to be a business blogger... whether I make any lists or not.
PS: See press release
