Digital Marketing Blogs I Love: Psychology, SEO, Data, UX and Other Smart Cookies

Some of my favourite Digital Marketing Blogs

Whilst this list is just a collection of some of my favourite (mostly) work related blogs I hope some of you will find new reading material to peruse whilst supping at your favourite caffeinated beverages. (See also: my favourite digital strategy books)

I’d also love you to recommended me more smart blogs I should add to Pulse.

There’s quite a range here, though my faves tend to be Psychology or Data focussed.

Happy Reading,
Charlie

Psychology Blogs

Nir & Far
Nir spends a lot of time talking about habits, triggers and the effects of emotions on behaviour.
– Nir & Far Site | RSS | Follow @nireyal

Conversion XL
Fantastic, in-depth, resourceful posts (usually with great stats and examples) that give actionable recommendations for improving conversions.
-ConversionXL Blog | RSS | Follow @peeplaja

Psy Blog
A strong blog that takes a look at persuasion, psychology and emotions. Love the explanations of experiments and keeps me questioning everything.
– Psy Blog | RSS | Follow @PsyBlog

The Web Psychologist
Natalie writes well referenced succinct posts that are right up my street. Web Psychology. What isn’t there to love?
– The Web Psychologist Blog | RSS | Follow @NathalieNahai

Analytics & Data Analysis Blogs

Avinash Kaushik
Avinash is THE Google Analytics and webdata guru so far as I am concerned. I would be a lot worse off without tapping into his wisdom.
– Avinash’s Site | RSS | Follow @avinash

Mine That Data – Kevin Hillstrom
A real strong focus on Catalog Marketers & eCommerce, but so much to learn for everybody else from this blog. Understand your target audience segments. Please.
– Mine That Data Site | RSS | Follow @minethatdata

MagiC Bean Lab – Mat Morrison
Super smart social media data analysis and usually pretty charts to accompany insights that aren’t always what you’d expect.
– Magic Bean Lab Site | RSS | Follow @mediaczar

Emerging Spaces
Some fantastic insights from big brands, a real focus on retail and supermarkets lately. Love.
– Emerging Spaces Site | RSS | Follow @EmergingSpaces

Digital Marketing Blogs

The BrandBuilder
He doesn’t just understand Social Media ROI. He wrote THE book on Social Media ROI. Not just all unicorns and rainbows, Olivier can help you understand how to embed social as part of your business.
– The Brandbuilder Blog | RSS | Follow @thebrandbuilder

Brian Solis
A social science take on social media. A lot of brain food comes out of this blog whether you agree or not, it gets you thinking. I like that.
– Brian Solis’ Site | RSS | Follow @briansolis

Social Media Explorer
A more practical and often tactical take on what is going on in the social media world. Plenty of actionable tips.
– Social Media Explorer Site | RSS | Follow @JasonFalls

Smart Insights
Some of the best digital marketing advice I ever got, I got from here. Smart Insights and Dave Chaffey got me through my uni course with flying colours. Thanks. :)
– Smart Insights Blog |RSS | Follow @SmartInsights

Econsultancy
A wealth of well researched news in the digital marketing sphere.
Econsultancy Blog | RSS | Follow @Econsultancy

SEO

SEOMoz
Almost too much great content comes out of SEOMoz, all very “whitehat” and actionable. Whilst it may not always give you the whole picture (spammers are still winning) I love the time saving hacks and community.
– SEOMoz Site | RSS | Follow @SEOMoz

Distilled
Some of the brightest SEO practitioner minds, in one company, who share so many tips… it’s hard not to love these guys.
– Distilled Blog | RSS | Follow @distilled

John Doherty
One of the strongest linkbuilders I know. Busts his balls to share amazing content, regularly and consistently manages to surprise me with new ways of doing things. Great guy to boot.
– John Doherty’s SEO Blog | RSS | Follow @dohertyjf

SEO Gadget
Another SEO company that regularly generates great content with actionable tips and downloads. Learnt a lot about Excel and myself because of this blog. Highly recommended.
– SEOgadget Blog | RSS | Follow @SEOgadget

Writings That Make Me Think About The World Differently

HonestlyReal
Now for something completey different. Paul gets under the skin of public sector data, websites and mobile technology. His writing makes me think about the web in a myriad of different ways. Often political too. Very interesting.
– Paul Clarke – Honestly Real Blog | RSS | Follow @paul_clarke

In Over Your Head
I’ve only really come across this blog recently, but several posts have made me question how much more transparent and engaging I could be online.
– In Over Your Head | RSS | Follow @julien

User Experience & Web Design

The UX Booth
UX Booth for me seems to be leading the way in understanding User Experience and their perspective in design. A great community producing a wealth of ‘mazing content.
– UXBooth Site | RSS | Follow @UXBooth

UX Magazine
Often written in a more personable/fun manner than most of the other UX/Designer blogs I look at. UXmag have great visuals and back up the majoirty of points with great case examples. Awesome.
– UX Magazine Site | RSS | Follow @UXmag

Usabilla
Was recommended this site recently and have found it to be rather useful. Certainly worth a look for your usability and conversion rate needs.
– Usabilla Site | RSS | Follow @usabilla

Smashing Magazine
Personally I love smashing mag for its typography and usability sections. But there is so much awesome there you can’t dismiss much of their stuff (although for me responsive needs to shush for a bit).
– Smashing Mag Site | RSS | Follow @smashingmag

Six Revisions
Has loads of resources and actionable tips for people who need to cheat at design (yup, I shouldn’t be allowed crayons – let alone photoshop).
– Six Revisions Site | RSS | Follow @sixrevisions

About the Author

charliesaidthat Hi I’m Charlie, a digital marketer at Transmute, I have an interest in social media, SEO and understanding consumer behaviour to make a definitive difference to the businesses I work with. Feed me Cha Siu Bao. Find me on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Google+ | Linkedin | or just Email Me

http://www.marketingtechblog.com Douglas Karr

Fantastic list, I hope we can make your next list with the Marketing Tech Blog!
- http://charliesaidthat.com/digital charliesaidthat
  
  Thanks Douglas, I will certainly have a look and keep in touch. :)
  
  What other blogs are influencing you?
  - http://www.marketingtechblog.com Douglas Karr
    
    Marketing Pilgrim does a great job at aggregating the latest news that marketers may wish to know about. I also love Social Media Examiner and Social Media Explorer. Jay Baer is another friend and guru. And Mari Smith!
    - http://charliesaidthat.com/digital charliesaidthat
      
      Thanks Douglas. Some treats there. :)
http://www.scubadviser.com Jackie Hutchings

Excellent list – all in one place… lots of new ones to explore … I think I’ll have to clip you to Evernote :-)
- http://charliesaidthat.com/digital charliesaidthat
  
  Hurrah! you’ll enjoy several of these Jackie. I should imagine the Psychology ones will really get you going. Lots of content around habits! :))
  
  Which other blogs should I be reading?
  - http://www.scubadviser.com Jackie Hutchings
    
    Mine!!! Especially since I’ve had the itinerary for Queensland!!!!! Seriously though, I read Seth Godin’s blog every day – he’s a genius.
    http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
    - http://charliesaidthat.com/digital charliesaidthat
      
      I do like Seth Godin, although… I found after reading some of his books he gets way too samey.
    - http://twitter.com/harshvdutta harsh vardhan dutta
      
      Another one worth noting is markigence.com/blog
http://www.scubadviser.com Jackie Hutchings

Nir & Far is proving to be invaluable. Great piece posted yesterday about how people change habits.
AdMMM

Of all the “Best Of” lists that I’ve come across, I have to thank you for going to the trouble of including links to follow these blog authors on Twitter! Kudos.
- http://charliesaidthat.com/digital charliesaidthat
  
  Thanks Sir. Do try to add value… now must try and get back into the swing of things and get writing again.
http://twitter.com/BrewSEO BrewSEO

You just made my life infinitely more useful (and somewhat more time-consumed.)
http://twitter.com/PeterJThomson Peter Thomson

The number of these that I already follow is like some sort of “interest graph” personality profile. Excellent list!
- http://charliesaidthat.com/digital charliesaidthat
  
  Thanks Peter. Would love some recommendations from you. Who did I miss?
http://www.dmic.asia Dr Mathew McDougall

Hi Charlie

Wanted to highlight “Digital Marketing Inner Circle” as a blog that focuses on Chinese (and broadly Asian) digital marketing efforts. This is an English language blog that may help Western marketers know more about this unique digital marketing landscape. Here is the URL for convenience:

http://www.dmic.asia

Cheers Matt
http://twitter.com/stepanfarkas Stepan Farkas

Great list Charlie, thanks for posting this. Btw how do you manage to read them all? I struggle sometimes these days, I have a creeping feeling that I’m drowning in information. I want to read every article that interests me but sometimes it results only in many open tabs in the browser…
- http://charliesaidthat.com/digital charliesaidthat
  
  Hey Stephan,
  
  I highly recommend that you set up an account with an RSS reader, something like flipboard, reeder, pulse or something similar.
  
  I find that I can dip in and out of reading articles that interest me on the tube, or down time over a coffee.
  - http://twitter.com/stepanfarkas Stepan Farkas
    
    Hey Charlie,
    
    thanks for the advice! heading to set up my reeder right now.
Kristy Papay

I am looking to thought leaders in Digital Marketing to follow on twitter and this list was very helpful! THANKS
SneakyMedia

Great list mate, seems you’re popping up all over my feeds!
- http://charliesaidthat.com/digital charliesaidthat
  
  Cheers. Come chat on Twitter. :)
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http://twitter.com/ChariseStevens Charise Stevens

Charlie you’re the best! I’ve been trying to find a list of folks for analytics and SEO. Very helpful!
Rachael

Some really useful links here. Thanks a lot!
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Great tips and info, thanks for sharing

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