This is the post I’ve wanting to talk about for the past six months. It’s taken me at least that long to compile it, organize it, rank, and prepare it, not to mention the hours of personally emailing each blog owner to thank them for their writing, time, and effort.
In a word, this post is a doozy. I hope you’ll agree.
What is the “Power 100?”
So far, the “Power 100″ is an ongoing collection of blogs that I’ve used, recommended, read, and shared since I started my writing journey years ago. You’ll find that they range from blogs on self-publishing to blogs on marketing and entrepreneurship, and each is given a main category they’re listed under. That organization structure is to help me keep things straight, but also to help you find your next favorite site. Just click the Category title to organize the list by category!
As of right now, here are the categories mentioned:
- Self-Publishing – blogs on self-publishing, book creation/marketing, and the general business of writing.
- Writing Process – need help getting that first draft knocked out? This category has everything you’ll need to write better.
- Marketing – general marketing information (may not be necessarily related to books).
- Platforms – we talk a lot about platforms here, so I thought a category specific to building platforms online would be helpful.
- Lifestyle – you’ll see some blogs listed as “Lifestyle” blogs — these are blogs that are just fun to read, offer great wisdom, or are inspirational.
- Productivity – finally, what’s writing worth unless you can do it efficiently. These are the best blogs to help stay productive.
You’ll also notice that these categories are very broad, and very generalized. I’ve organized them according to what I usually get from them, but your mileage will vary. In fact, I’m sure you’ll find much more than just what the category mentions on each blog — they’re on this list for that reason!
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I wanted to collect a listing of the absolute best blog resource I’ve had the pleasure of coming across, but I wanted to make sure it was relevant to you — I tried to include the blogs that helped me through a particular problem, a troubled time, or just a boring day.
Each of these entries represents an entire community of writers, bloggers, and entrepreneurs, and each has its own unique flair and usefulness to me. I hope you’ll take a decent amount of time and subscribe to each, or at least visit them and see for yourself why they made this list!
Thanks to Tom Ewer of Leaving Work Behind
Tom gave me the idea for this post — he recently released a “Top 100” blog list as well, and it was such a great resource for me (a few of the blogs on this list ended up on my own list!) that I knew the self-publishing community needed to have one as well!
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Rank
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Blog
|
Category
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing | Self-Publishing |
| 2 | StoryFix.com | Writing Process |
| 3 | David Gaughran | Self-Publishing |
| 4 | Michael Hyatt | Platforms |
| 5 | The Creative Penn | Self-Publishing |
| 6 | Write to Done | Writing Process |
| 7 | The Write Practice | Writing Process |
| 8 | The Book Designer | Self-Publishing |
| 9 | Social Triggers | Marketing |
| 10 | Live Write Thrive | Self-Publishing |
| 11 | Self-Publishing Team | Self-Publishing |
| 12 | Copyblogger | Marketing |
| 13 | Writer’s Digest | Writing Process |
| 14 | Mens With Pens | Marketing |
| 15 | Publetariat | Self-Publishing |
| 16 | Jane Friedman | Self-Publishing |
| 17 | The Art of Nonconformity | Lifestyle |
| 18 | Novel Publicity | Marketing |
| 19 | Wise, Ink. | Self-Publishing |
| 20 | The Art of Manliness | Lifestyle |
| 21 | Think Traffic | Platforms |
| 22 | ViperChill | Marketing |
| 23 | ProBlogger | Platforms |
| 24 | Advanced Riskology | Lifestyle |
| 25 | Unclutterer | Productivity |
| 26 | Exile Lifestyle | Lifestyle |
| 27 | Get Rich Slowly | Lifestyle |
| 28 | Goins, Writer | Platforms |
| 29 | Happy Momentum | Lifestyle |
| 30 | Paid to Exist | Platforms |
| 31 | Seth Godin | Marketing |
| 32 | The Future of Ink | Platforms |
| 33 | 30 Day Books | Self-Publishing |
| 34 | BiblioCrunch | Self-Publishing |
| 35 | Book Marketing Made Easy | Marketing |
| 36 | Ultimate Book Coach | Self-Publishing |
| 37 | How to Blog A Book | Platforms |
| 38 | Dean Wesley Smith | Self-Publishing |
| 39 | Aliventures | Platforms |
| 40 | Positive Writer | Platforms |
| 41 | The Four-Hour Workweek | Lifestyle |
| 42 | Live Your Legend | Lifestyle |
| 43 | Smart Passive Income | Marketing |
| 44 | Expert Enough | Productivity |
| 45 | Kikolani | Productivity |
| 46 | Grow With Stacy | Productivity |
| 47 | YoungPrePro | Platforms |
| 48 | Firepole Marketing | Marketing |
| 49 | TerribleMinds | Writing Process |
| 50 | The Kill Zone | Writing Process |
| 51 | Rachelle Gardner | Self-Publishing |
| 52 | Mystery Writing Is Murder | Writing Process |
| 53 | Catherine, Caffeinated | Self-Publishing |
| 54 | Author Marketing Experts | Marketing |
| 55 | Lindsay Buroker | Self-Publishing |
| 56 | LitReactor | Writing Process |
| 57 | Nail Your Novel | Self-Publishing |
| 58 | We Grow Media | Platforms |
| 59 | Author Media | Marketing |
| 60 | Memoir Writer’s Journey | Writing Process |
| 61 | Make A Living Writing | Marketing |
| 62 | The Bookshelf Muse | Writing Process |
| 63 | Daily Writing Tips | Writing Process |
| 64 | Pen & Prosper | Marketing |
| 65 | Chris Garrett | Marketing |
| 66 | The Savvy Book Marketer | Marketing |
| 67 | The Sharp Angle | Writing Process |
| 68 | Wordplay | Writing Process |
| 69 | Darla Writes | Writing Process |
| 70 | Get Me Writing | Writing Process |
| 71 | Big Girl Branding | Marketing |
| 72 | Novelists At Work | Marketing |
| 73 | Chris Brogan | Marketing |
| 74 | ConversionXL | Marketing |
| 75 | Daily Blog Tips | Marketing |
| 76 | Productive Flourishing | Productivity |
| 77 | Afford Anything | Lifestyle |
| 78 | Dumb Little Man | Productivity |
| 79 | Life of A Steward | Lifestyle |
| 80 | Life Optimizer | Productivity |
| 81 | Marc and Angel Hack Life | Productivity |
| 82 | Simple Mom | Lifestyle |
| 83 | Starting A Home Business | Platforms |
| 84 | Stepcase Lifehack | Productivity |
| 85 | The Change Blog | Productivity |
| 86 | The Simple Dollar | Lifestyle |
| 87 | Think Simple Now | Lifestyle |
| 88 | Zen Habits | Lifestyle |
| 89 | Shake Off the Grind | Productivity |
| 90 | The Sales Lion | Marketing |
| 91 | The World’s Greatest Book | Self-Publishing |
| 92 | The Writer’s Guide to e-Publishing | Self-Publishing |
| 93 | Cracking the Indie Code | Self-Publishing |
| 94 | Moody Writing | Writing Process |
| 95 | Romance University | Writing Process |
| 96 | The Renegade Writer | Platforms |
| 97 | The Writer’s [Inner] Journey | Writing Process |
| 98 | Entrepreneur’s Journey | Marketing |
| 99 | Escape from Cubicle Nation | Platforms |
| 100 | Famous Bloggers | Platforms |
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