It’s the end of the month and I’d to do a quick wrap up of the top articles I think you can apply to your business and marketing. Lots of information on mobile and mobile commerce this week!

COLOR

Have you heard about Color? It’s the latest mobile social software app and it’s taking off like wildfire. Read the latest: http://www.webpronews.com/color-next-big-thing-or-just-overblown-hype-2011-03

Blogging Mistakes

Blogging is such a huge part of marketing for small businesses, learn what are the most common mistakes and how to avoid them: http://www.inc.com/guides/201103/7-blogging-mistakes-that-small-businesses-make.html?partner=newsletter_Success

Top Industries of 2011

What are the cutting edge industries for 2011? I bet you’d be surprised, but one of them is “e-commerce” -http://www.inc.com/ss/6-top-performing-industries-for-2011?partner=newsletter_Success

Mobile Commerce

Learn more about overcoming the barriers of selling via mobile – http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/7285-mobile-commerce-25-essential-tips

Top Facebook Business Pages

Looking for inspiration for your Facebook page? Check out the top 48 Facebook Business pages: http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/2667-48-Facebook-Pages-for-Businesses-

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I thought I’d take a break from writing about ecommerce and marketing and focus on some amazing folks who are blogging and sharing ideas.

Each of these bloggers have a unique blogging style that produces an inspirational feeling to their audience. They are dedicated to their readers and prove they listen by responding to questions and concerns each week. They impress me again and again with their topics and insight, and how much they share of their personal life. I’ll continue to look forward to reading their posts every week!

Chris Guillebeau is a world traveler and has set an impressive goal to set foot in every country in the world by the time he is 35. Right now the count is 125 countries, not too shabby! Chris’ blog is built upon of his world travels as well as offering advice and insight to being a freelancer. I interviewed Chris earlier this year and how he’s used social media to communicate his blog and business - Check out his blog and you’ll be inspired to live a life that’s unconventional!

Erica Douglass is now “retired” after selling her web hosting business at the age of 26. Erica composes blog posts each week about business advice, her challenges having Celiac disease, as well as her goals for new businesses that she’s launching this year. She’s very candid about how she’s achieving her goals and shares the steps and secrets of how she works her way to making $10,000 from her writing.

A very inspirational person, I always find that after reading some of Erica’s posts, that I can take her ideas and apply them to my business. I really enjoy how she communicates with her readers and maintains that she’s an every day type of person that can be successful and so can you. Most of it is hard work, persistence, and a winning attitude.

Snack Girl is Lisa Cain, a snacker who has a Ph.D., a published author and a mother of 2. She’s fascinated with snack food and is great at debunking what we might find as “healthy” at first, but if you read the fine print, looks are deceiving!

Every week Lisa either shares a snack that she feels is a healthy alternative to a fatty snack, shares her own challenges with weight, or shares her reader successes with weight loss and how they accomplished it. What impresses me is after reading Snack Girl for a few months is that I’m evaluate my snacking and readinb labels much more than before. Snack Girl is great about reminding us how many teaspoons of sugar are in a Slushie versus fruit juice and how that can affect us over a period of time. I notice that I’m making better decisions when I purchase drinks or snacks and have been influenced to even bake more of my own snacks, so I know what ingredients are being added!

Do you have a favorite blogger you read weekly or monthly? Who would you like to share?

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