Junta42 Names Top Content Marketing Blogs from a Record
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-8/18/08
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT CONTENT MARKETING: JUNTA42 NAMES TOP
BLOGS FROM AMONG RECORD 172 SITES
Copyblogger Still Number One; Everything Else Is Up
for Grabs
New York, NY (August 18, 2008)-The word is out: once the
purview of a select group of marketing junkies, customized, branded
content is now recognized as one of the most effective ways for
businesses to attract and retain loyal customers. But as
experts everywhere take to the blogosphere to offer their insights
on marketing, a new group of marketing thought leaders is leading
the discussion about the revolution that is content
marketing.
Today, custom content marketplace and educational resource
Junta42 announced latest release of the Top 42 Content Marketing
Blogs, selected from among the nearly 200 blogs that specialize in
the field. Reviewed by Junta42's team of custom-content
experts, the list includes some of the best-known marketing blogs,
as well as up-and-comers that are reshaping and reinvigorating the
content marketing conversation.
"The secret is out. Valuable, relevant and compelling
information is a game changer, and the blogosphere is talking about
it," said Joe Pulizzi, founder and chief content officer of
Junta42. "Nearly every day, a new blog emerges that adds
to the story. Technologies come, evolve and enable the discussion,
but a companies' ability to deliver consistent, quality information
to customers and prospects in the present and future of
marketing."
The newly released list offers updated rankings from those named
in the May 2008 Junta42 Top 42 Content Marketing Blogs list, now
172 blogs (up from 118 last quarter). The complete Top 42 Content
Marketing Blogs is available at /community/top-42-content-markeitng-blogs.aspx.
The Top 42 Content Marketing Blogs stood out for their
commitment to covering the issues at the heart of content
marketing. Unlike other top blog lists that focus on solely traffic
and popularity, the Junta42 Top 42 list reviews each blog
individually on the basis of the following: 1) Relation to the
field of content marketing, 2) Reader Value, 3) Junta42 Member
Rank, 4) Regularity and 5) Google page rank.
The Top Five Blogs Include:
- Copyblogger, from writer and entrepreneur Brian
Clark.
- Buzz Marketing for Technology, from marketing expert
Paul Dunay.
- Post Advertising, from Jeremy Greenfield and the team
at brand storyteller Story Worldwide.
- Web Ink Now, from David Meerman Scott, author of the
bestselling The New Rules of Marketing and PR.
- No Man Is an Iland, from independent Web publisher and
journalist Mark Brownlow.
For complete information on the selection criteria, go to http://www.junta42.com/community/top-42-content-marketing-blogs.aspx
For all of the latest news on anything and everything content
marketing, visit Junta42 at www.junta42.com. To
learn more about marketer-content provider matching service
Junta42 Vendor Matching Service or to sign up,
click here.
About Junta42 and Junta42 Match
Junta42 is the leading media site dedicated to
everything content marketing and custom publishing. Presented as a
business bookmarking vehicle, the site is dedicated to marketing
professionals who want to attract customers through valuable and
relevant content creation and distribution.
Junta42 also offers Junta42 Vendor
Matching Service, the only buyer/seller matching site for
the custom publishing & content marketing industry (now valued
at over $56 billion). The service is an audited directory of custom
publishing providers, and gives marketing, agency and association
professionals the ability to match their project-a custom magazine,
newsletter, content Web site, video series, etc.-to the exact
qualifications of a custom publisher, content agency, writer or
other content provider. Matching services are conducted
online, allowing for ease and anonymity. Junta42 is a division of
Z Squared Media,
LLC.
