892 Tips you Can Learn From 36 Top Bloggers

31 Aug

1. Darren Rowse

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Who is he?

Darren Rowse is one of the worlds top bloggers. He runs three successful blogs – Digital Photography School, Problogger and Twitip. He cofounded B5Media and co-wrote the Problogger book with Chris Garrett. He is very community focused and regularly engaes with his readers on social media site. He often speaks to business about how they can do the same.

Why he is awesome:

I like Darren because he genuinely loves helping people and connecting with them. He helped me so much in the early stages of my career and has given me so many opportunities. He has so much knowledge and is willing to freely share it. Not many others are willing to do this.

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2. Dave N

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Who is he?

Dave Navarro is amazing. He runs a popular personal development blog, Rock Your Day, and is also a sought after product launch coach and internet marketing consultant. He has created successful information products in both niches during his spare time after his day job. He was also named one of tomorrows star bloggers at North x East and has written for popular blogs such as Ittybiz, Remarkablogger, Copyblogger and Twitip.

Why he is awesome.

I love Dave. He is an awesome writer and really knows his stuff. Despite being incredibly busy, he still manages to engage with his audience and provide a lot of value. I credit a lot of my success to Dave’s advice and help in the early stages of this blog.

He is part of a new breed of ethical marketers and is an advocate of the advance discount list. He changed how a lot of people perceive ebooks – including myself – with How To Launch The **** Out of Your Ebook. If are are launching a product online, you should hire Dave. He has made A LOT of money for many of my friends. I will recommend all of his products without hesitation.

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3. Chris Guillebeau

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Who is he?

Chris blogs at the Art Of Non Conformity about his goal to travel to every country in the world by the time he’s 35. He has a different philosophy to most bloggers – he earns his income solely from his ‘Unconvential Guide’ information products. Has released two successful free ebooks, A Brief Guide To World Domination and 279 days to overnight success. His content is syndicated on many high profile sites and he has a book due for release next year.

Why he is awesome:

I like Chris because he does most things differently. He provides great resources at reasonable prices and has been focusing on creating a real community around his blog. His latest free ebook was my favourite of all his products yet he released it for free and it justifiably went viral.

Chris helped me to fall in love with travel again and I will always be thankful for that.

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4. Leo Babauta

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Who is he?

Leo is the creator and author of the top 100 technorati blog, Zen Habits and founded the popular writing blog, Write to Done. He has written three successful ebooks as well as publishing the Power of Less. He rose to fame quickly because of his prolific guest and paid posting at sites such as Freelance Switch and North x East. He recently launched A List Blogging Bootcamps

Why he is awesome

I love Leo because he focuses on simplicity and providing immense value. He has been an A-List blogger for some time but has waited until now to capitalize on that success. I love how he uncopyrighted his material and how he created a virtaul book tour.

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5. Naomi Dunford

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Who is she?

Naomi Dunford has a brilliant mind. She is a microbusiness marketing consultant who blogs at Ittybiz. She has released products with some of the biggerest names in the industry as well as her own successful range of products. She has recently launched new initiatives such as the Ittybiz 1000, Speakeasy program and free marketing courses.

Why she is awesome:

Naomi rocks because she is real. She’ll swear, she doesn’t hide the low points of running a small business and she’ll tell the world how she got a semi colon tattooed on her back.

Oh, and she is a brilliant marketer. She offers a consulting service where she brainstorms with you to come up with awesome ideas for your business. Just based on a couple of emails and tweets, I can confirm that her advice will make you a lot of money.

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6. Deb NG

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Who is she

Deb is the founder of the popular blog, Freelance Writing Gigs. She has been focusing on transforming this site into a major resource by changing it into a network format and releasing the ebook Beyond Blogging. She was formerly the community manager at Blog Talk Radio and writes on Kommein with David Peralty.

Why she is awesome

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7. Woodward

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Who is she?

Lea created the Location Independent blog with her husband, Jonathan. They founded Kinetiva, a network of progressive online communities. They has released a number of information products including the recently released Location Indepedent business course. Has released a series of travel guides for those wishing to become Location Independent.

Why she is awesome:

Lea is awesome because of all the ideas she comes up with for her blog. She immediately implements them and has made a lot of progress in developing a loyal community. I also admire the amount of work she has managed to get done with a newborn and am really envious of the location independent lifestyle.

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8. Johnny B truant

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Who is he?

Johnny started blogging at The Economy Isn’t Happening. He scored a column on Ittybiz after buying her Online Business School product. He since started blogging at How to be your own VA and has made over $10′000 in three months by offering his services to bloggers. He has recently launched his Zero to Business course.

Why he is awesome:

I’m drawn to Johnny because he actually makes technology fun. He frequently guest posts at the leading blog and is working hard at learning as much as possible from his fledgling business. I admire Johnny for what he has done and believe that he will be a huge success in other niches.

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9. Marko Saric

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Who is he?

Marko is the blogger behind How to Make My Blog. He quickly attracted a readership of over 1000 subscribers with his detailed and comprehensive articles. He has started making over $1000 a month with his tutorials on using the Thesis Theme and his recently released ebook, Twitter Marketing.

Why he is awesome?

Maro is awespome because he doesn’t hide behind his data. If he does something awesome, he’ll share the story. He will also take you inside the statistics, tell you exactly what you did and then give you tips to apply to your own blog. Here are just some of my favourites:

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10. Ali Hale

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Who is she?

Ali Hale shot to fame after releasing her Staff Blogging Course in 2009. She has had staff writing positions at Diet blog, pick the brain, The Change Blog and Dumb Little Man. She is impressing bloggers everywhere with her high quality guest posts and her launch of her Aliventures blog.

Why she is awesome?

Ali is brilliant because she is showing how you can increase your presence online without doing anything shady. She consistantly writes brilliant content and is considered by many to be a rising star in many blogosphere niches. She is also extremely kind and humble.

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11. Michael Martine

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Who is he?

Michael Martine is the blogger and consultant that writes at Remarkablogger. He recently quit his job due to his successful blogging ventures which include the launches of blogging lawyers and Wordpress SEO Secrets. He is really knowledgable and has recently joined the faculty of Project Mojave.

Why he is awesome:

Michael is awesome because he knows so much and is genuinely helpful. He loves the web and marketing and that passion really shines through. He is also a bit of a geek.

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12. Glen Allsopp

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Who is he?

Glen Allsop is the blogger behind PluginID. He is a prolific guest poster and has recently released the ebook Cloud Living. He spent a year in South Africa, doing internet marketing, and has changed his life in the process.

Why he is awesome

Glen is awesome because of the amount of effort he put into his career. He shows what you can accomplish with a lot of hard work. There was a time where his guest posts were popping up everywhere. I really admire his outlook on life and love reading the quality articles on his blog.

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13. Jonathan Mead

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Who is he?

Jonathan Mead is the author of the popular personal finance blog, Illuminated mind. HE has regularly contributed to Zen Habits and his work has been featured on sites such as Write to Done. He recently released the ebook Reclaim Your Dreams and is on the faculty at Project Mojave.

Why is he awesome?

I love Jonathan because he isso committed to his personal development journey. He is willing to share what he has learnt even if it means sharing uncomfortable information. I really believe Jonathan will be one of the top bloggers before too long.

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14. Liz Strauss

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Who is she?

Liz Strauss is the founder of Successful Blog and SOBCon. She is a social web strategist and community builder who helps businesses and individuals understand the culture of the social web.

Why she is awesome

Liz is awesome because of the community she has created around her blog. I have learnt so much by just watching how she draws people together and interacts with others. I consider it an honour to have been able to learn from her blog.

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15. DM Scott

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Who is he:

DM Scott is the acclaimed authot of World Wide Rave and The New Rules of Marketing and PR. He has written other books, included 7 free ebooks, which you can read about at his blog Web Ink Now. He is a famous speaker, consultant and consistantly provides a lot of value to his readers.

Why he is awesome:

As soon as I read World Wide Rave, I knew DM Scott was different. I checked out his blog and was just blown away. This guy doesn’t pretend to understand authentic marketing – he gets and practices it.

He has continued to add quality content to the blogosphere and has become someone that I’ve come to really admire. He is the type of person I want to be and I believe that he is someone that all bloggers can learn from.

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16. Chris Brogan

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Who is he?

Chris has a highly popular blog at Chrisbrogan.com, but his reach extends far beyond the web. He is co-author of Trust Agents, president of New Marketing Labs and a sought after speaker. Plus he runs the Inbound Marketing Summit events with CrossTech Media.

Why he is awesome:

I love Chris because he really practices what he preaches. He is geniunely committed to helping as many people as he can and has continued to provide value to many facets of the blogosphere.

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17. James Chartrand

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Who is he?

James Chartrand is a copywriting, branding and online marketing expert and manager of the Men With Pens team. He is co-author of The Unlimited Freelancer. He was a featured blogger at CopyBlogger and teaches about business branding and copywriting at Solo Practice University.

Why he is awesome

James is brilliant because he just appears to be everywhere. He writes brilliant posts on his blog. He comments on a wide range of blogs. He also guest posts, releases products and runs a business. I wish I had the knowledge and skills that he had.

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18. Mark Hayward

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Who is he?

Mark is a blogger and entreprenuer who lives in the Caribbean on Culebra Island where he owns the Palmetto Guesthouse. He previously blogged at at MyTropicalEscape and was a frequest guest and paid poster on many leading sites. He created Train for Humanity which is a non profit that raised awarenes using social media. He now blogs at Mark-Hayward.com

Why he is awesome

Mark is so geniunely helpful and is so inspiring. I have been following his career for about a year and have really admired his integrity and work ethic. I recommend you check him out if you want a bit of inspiration.

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19. Chris Garrett

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Who is he?

Chris Garrett is a blogger and freelancer who writes at ChrisG.com. He co-authored the Problogger book with Darren Rowse and runs the popular Authority Blogger forum.

Why he is awesome

Chris Garrett writes brilliant articles about blogging and social media. He freely shares his knowledge and, like many others on this list, is a bit of a geek. I think he is someone that many people can learn from and recommend that you hire him if you can afford it.

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20. Skellie

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Who is she?

Skellie is an amazing woman who has accomplished a lot during her blogging career. She ran Anywired and Skelliewag as well as being a staff writer for Problogger, Daily Writing Tips and North x East. She stopped her staff writing to manages websites receiving 12 million+ page views monthly for Envato. Recently, she has combined her two blogs and has launched Blog Mechanics. She has also consulted with bloggers, start-ups and successful entrepreneurs

Why she is awesome:

Skellie was one of my early influencers. Her articles are engaging and beautifully written. She was audacious and achieved a lot of success in a relatively short period of time. I have tried to learn from her success and apply the lessons to my own blog.

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21. Daniel Scocco

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Who is he?

Daniel is the brainsbehind the Daily network which consists of Daily Blog Tips, Daily Bits and Daily Writing Tips. e also created the popular e-course called Online Profits.

Why he is awesome:

Daniel is brilliant because he is very knowledgable and consistently puts out great information. He has helped many of my friends by giving them writing work on one of his blogs or giving them a guest post opportunity. I would love to be able to work with him eventually.

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22. Collis Ta’eed

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Who is he?

Collis is a brilliant success story. He founded Envato, a website for creatives. He created digital goods marketplaces like flashden and themeforest; built a group of blogs at Tuts+, including a paid option; and created Rockable Press for his ebook ventures. You can catch him blogging at the Netsetter

Why he is awesome:

I love Collis because most of my friends know about one of Envatos sites. They have used Themeforest, or have gotten information from Freelance Switch. They also believe in supporting the freelancers. One of my goals is to write for one of their blogs.

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23. Alex Fayle

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Who is he?

Alex Fayle is the creator of the blog Someday Syndrome. He rose to success quite quickly and has since expanded into offering coaching and information products. His latest book is Someday My Ship Will Come In.

Why he is awesome

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24. Tim Brownson

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Who is he?

Tim Brownson is a certified life coach who blogs at A Daring Adventure. He is also a NLP Master Practitioner and certified hypnotherapist. He released a book, Stress is For Suckers, and is co-authoring a book called How To Be Rich and Happy.

Why he is awesome

I became a huge fan of Tim after seeing his youtube channel. I was drawn to his information because he sounded like one of the doctors in Doctor Who and made complex information easy to understand. I love his writing style and his humour. His blog is a fascinating read.

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25. Tim Ferriss

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Who is he?

Tim Ferriss is the #1 best selling author of the book The Four Hour Work Week and has a blog of the same name. He is a speaker, consultant, entrepreneur and has packed so much adventure into his life.

Why he is awesome

I don’t agree with everything Tim has done, but he is a huge inspiration. He shows what you can achieve if you think differently and really put your mind to it. I find myself constantly going to his blog and watching his keynotes because there is so much you can learn from him.

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26. Mary Jaksch

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Who is she?

Mary is a zen master, psychotherapist and author. Mary blogs about practical inspiration at Good Life Zen and currently edits Write to Done. You can read about how she got that job in a post on Copyblogger. She wrote the free ebook Overcome Anything and run virtual zen retreats. Her latest project has been helping Leo Babauta with the A-List Blogging Bootcamps. Why she is awesome

Why she is awesome

I loved reading about Mary’s blogging adventures. It showed what you can achieve with a lot of hard work and when you look out for opportunities. She is an extraordinary person and one worth following.

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27. Sonia Simone

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Who is she?

Sonia Simone blogs at Remarkable communication and is the senior editor at Copyblogger. She describers herself as the marketer for those who hate marketing and a relationship counsellor for business.

Whys he is awesome:

I like Simone because she makes marketing friendly. She consistently produces compelling articles and has taught me so much about developing relationships with clients. I hope to get to know her better over the next year.

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28. Christine O’Kelly

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Who is she?

Christine escaped the cubicle and blogged about her adventures at Self Made Chick. She authored a successful ebook about freelancing and reduced her blogging activities to focus on other online opportunities. She now runs the businesses SEO Content solutions, Online PR News and Online Visitibility toolbox.

Why she is awesome

I love Christine because she is authentic. She spoke honestly about her experiences and as a result, created a loyal following. Her ebook is one of the best I’ve read and I’ve learnt SO much from her many detailed blog posts. I hope to become friends with her.

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29. Nick Cernis

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Who is he?

Nick is a web developer and blogger who writes at Put Things Off. His blog delivers many of the leads to Goburo, a company he runs with a partner. He has gotten a lot of attention after developing an iphone app for his blog as well as releasing Toodoolist.

Why he is awesome:

Nick really intrigues me. He has a fascinating mind and a beautifully designed blog. I’ve been following his career for some time and he has made a lot of progress in a short amount of time. His ideas are really worth reading.

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30. David Risley

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Who is he?

David Risely is the 6 figure blogger behind PC Mech. After his massive success on that site, he decided to teach what he had learned to others through his blog David Risely.com. He has since expanded into information products with the membership site Blog Masters Club ande-course 30 Day Money.

Why he is awesome

David is brilliant because he made his income outside of the MMO niche. As a result, the information he gives is very useful and applicable to many of his readers. He constantly gives out useful nuggets and it has been an honor to just observe him.

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31. Jeff Chandler

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Who is he?

Jeff Chandler currently operates a Wordpress enthusiast community called WordPress Tavern as well as hosting the podcast WordPress Weekly. Prior to that, he wrote for sites like Performancing.com as well as producing their ‘Perfcast.’

Why he is awesome

I’ve been watched Jeff Chandlers career for some time and genuinely admire him. He is passionate about his work and has tried hard, and succeeded, to build a strong community. He is keen to share his knowledge and support the wordpress project.

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32. Shai Coggins

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Who is she?

Shai Coggins was one of the co-founders of b5 Media. She wrote for About.com, a New York Times company, and currently blogs at Just Make Money Online and her Studio notes blog.

Why she is awesome

I’ve had the priviledge of meeting Shai and she is just as lovely in real life as she is in person. She is passionate about life, and her craft, and has worked so hard to develop communities around her sites. She also managed to keep writing through difficult personal circumstances and despite her many commitments.

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33. Wendy Piersall

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Who is she?

Wendy started blogging at Emoms at Home, which she developed into a blog network. After winning a ticket to Elite Retreat, she transformed her blog into the Sparkplugging Network. She has created Sparkplug U.

Why she is awesome:

Wendy is cool because she has accomplished so much. She has constantly reinvented her site and tries to help as many people as possible. She has also sacrificed extra income to ensure that she only endorses quality products.

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34. Caroline Middlebrook

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Who is she?

She rose to fame after doing the Thirty Day Challenge in 2007 and has expanded her online business by adding a blog, two information products and is now embarking on the software project. She is known for her honesty when writing about her internet marketing experiences. She blogs at Caroline-middlebrook.com and previously wrote at Life Should Feel Good.

Why she is awesome

Caroline has maintained her brutal honesty throughout the whole process. This has caused criticism during the hard times, but it showed people the amount of real work that goes into creating a business. She shared the results of her experiments – something that others don’t do, and always tried to find the balance between free and paid products.

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35. Havi Brooks

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Who is she?

Havi Brooks is a habits educator that blogs at The Fluent Self. She focuses on destuckification and biggification – two products that many entrepreneurs face. She offers consulting, a membership site and many information products targeting web professions. Her assistant is a duck named Selma.

Why she is awesome

I just love Selma. Seriously, I love Havi because she is such a beautiful person. Her blog reads like poetry and I know that she has her readers best interests at heart. I think she is the hidden gem of the blogosphere.

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36. Steven Snell

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Who is he?

Steven Snell is the popular blogger behind Traffikd, Designm.ag and Vandelay Design. He was a frequent staff blogger at Freelance Switch, Freelance Folder, PureBlogging and Daily Blog Tips, among many others. He also consults and has created a number of niche design sites.

Why is he awesome?

Steven is amazing because of the sheer amount of work he has put into his career. I used to see his guest posts everywhere and would often reach about a new site or initiative he was launching. He is a must follow for designers and creatives.

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