Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes
Here is a list of five blogs from leaders in various industries and professions such as marketing, publishing and software. The list represents only a fraction of the CEOs that are passing on their knowledge, experience, insights and commentary on new and emerging issues affecting their business or industry. Each one is an interesting read. If you are not in the field of the particular leader, I insist you still read through their recent posts. Cross-disciplinary knowledge is a good way to round out your business reading, providing you with new frames of reference.
Seth Godin writes the most popular marketing blog in the world. He has authored over ten best selling books, holds an MBA from Stanford University, is the Founder and former CEO of Yoyodyne (Sold to Yahoo! in 1998), Founder of Squidoo.com (A fast growing recommendation site) and is a world-renowned speaker (Recently named one of the top 21 speakers of the 21st Century by Successful Meetings Magazine).
While the blog does present a clear focus on marketing, communications and brand development leaders can benefit from his acute insight into fostering ideas, creating sustainable publicity, emerging marketing trends and effective market communication methods.
Recent Posts: Why Ask Why? and What Every Marketer Can Learn From Grucho Marx
As the Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Nelson Publishers, the world’s largest Christian publishing company in the world and the seventh largest trade book publisher in the U.S. Michael Hyatt is a leader.
The blog covers a variety of topics with staple subjects of leadership, productivity and publishing. He has also included an ongoing list of resources that he uses such as software applications, videos and books.
Recent Posts: 7 Ways To Build Your Online Platform From Scratch, Using Email Templates To Say “No” With Grace and So You Can’t Seem To Land An Agent-Now What?
Craig Newmark is the founder and current Customer Service Representative of Craiglist, which need no introduction. Craiglist has over 6 billion pageviews per month, is present in 450 cities over the world, operates with a staff of 23 and generates millions in annual revenue.
Craig is involved in a number of community efforts and is particularly interested in public diplomacy, peace in the Middle East and new forms of journalism.
The blog covers a number of topics including U.S. communications policies, economic commentary and his latest charity efforts.
Recent Posts: FCC Launches Reboot Site and The DonorChoose Challenge.
Sun Microsystems is a Silicon Valley landmark that provides network computing infrastructure solutions including computer systems, software, storage and services. Its core brands include the Java technology platform, the Solaris operating system, MySQL, StorageTek and the UltraSPARC processor and Jonathan Schwartz is its leader.
As one of the first Fortune 500 CEO bloggers Jonathan’s blog embodies many of the qualities of the products produced by Sun such as openness and communication.
Recent Posts: Java Script Running App Stores and Sun’s Cloud
A global financier and philanthropist, George Soros is the founder and chairman of a network of foundations that promote, among other things, the creation of open, democratic societies based upon the rule of law, market economies, transparent and accountable governance, freedom of the press, and respect for human rights.
George Soros blog is a compilation of articles and essays about open society, financial reform and philanthropy.
Recent Posts: Three Steps To Financial Reform and One Way To Stop Bear Raids
