Top 50 Sales Blogs By Twitter Followers
SalesCrunch is proud to present our second Top 50 Sales Blogs List! Our first SalesCrunch Top 50 Sales Blog 2012 list was compiled last year with HubSpot’s Blog Grader. The tool utilized an algorithm that bases its blog grades on factors such as number of posts, amount of traffic, and post frequency.
Now we are excited to introduce 33 new blogs that were not on the previous list. The blogs below were selected for this Top 50 list based on the number of followers each blogger currently has on Twitter and chosen from hundreds that SalesCrunch regularly follows. We are extremely impressed and would like to recognize each blogger’s success in creating such a wide social media following.It goes without saying that Twitter has become one of the most important social media outlets, as the number of Twitter users has increased by 50% in just the past year alone. Twitter is a quick and efficient method of reaching thousands of followers at once. By regularly posting updates that are relevant and interesting to their followers, these bloggers are able to build their brand, establish a stronger and more loyal following, and develop more potential leads by communicating with people they otherwise would not be able to reach.
Congratulations to all of the impressive bloggers that made it on this list! Their bios are listed below and we encourage you to explore as many of these blogs as you can – we can all take tips from these experts of social media. For all those who wish to increase their own social media reach: start Tweeting!
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1. IB: Ian Brodie (87,668 followers)
“How to Get More Clients in Less Time, Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling”
Ian Brodie has over 16 years of experience in sales and consulting and has sold multi-million dollar consulting engagements across multiple countries and cultures. His blog focuses on the strategy, marketing, and business development practices that enable individuals in professional practices to find and obtain new clients.
2. SalesBlogcast – Sales and Leadership Blog (57,621 followers)
SalesBlogcast.com is an online community where business professionals can network with each other and share best practices. The sales savvy blog is run by Doyle Slayton, a renowned Sales and Leadership Strategist.
3. The Shameless Sales Blog (54,754 followers)
http://sales-blog.industrialego.com/
“Sales Tips & Shameless Advice on Overachieving & Outperforming in Sales”
Shamus Brown is the creator of the Persuasive Selling Skills Audio Program, a self-study skill-building program for sales and business professionals, and he has helped both individuals and businesses significantly improve their sales numbers. On his blog you can find over 300 of his original articles on good selling practices and techniques.
4. Steel on Sales (50,808 followers)
http://davidsteel.typepad.com/my_weblog/
“Fix or Fire” is David Steel’s motto on management. His blog teaches the idea of Sales Motivation and how to get those results you really want by creating an aggressive and efficient sales team.
5. Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Blog (30,804 followers)
Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of numerous best-selling books on sales techniques. His creative yet professional manner of thinking and down-to-business attitude makes his blog posts always entertaining to read. His sales blog is very interactive, with lots of videos and links to other helpful websites.
6. Jeb Blount – Sales Gravy Blog (29,959 followers)
http://salesgravy.com/JebsBlog/
“Sales Professionals are the Elite Athletes of the Business World.”
Sales Gravy, founded by Jeb Blount, is an international online community dedicated to business-to-business sales and professional networking. The blog’s convenient weekly updates give an easy-to-navigate summary of all the new blog posts and Twitter updates for that week.
7. MTD Sales Blog (23,849 followers)
http://www.mtdsalestraining.com/mtdblog
Sean McPheat is one of the UK’s top experts on modern day selling and the founder of MTD Sales Training, which offers comprehensive and effective sales training systems. In his blog he offers tips on how companies can train their salespeople in order to improve their selling skills and ultimately close the sale.
8. Keith Ferrazzi (23,166 followers)
“Business is Human. Relationships Power Growth.”
Keith Ferrazzi has been named a “Global Leader of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum, one of the top “40 Under 40″ business leaders by Crain’s Business, and one of the most creative Americans in Who’s Really Who. His blog provides a way for readers to learn and integrate the mindsets, skill sets, and processes of Ferrazzi’s Accelerated Relationship Development to transform their success.
9. Paul Castain’s Sales Playbook (18,894 followers)
“Sales tips for the aspiring rock star.”
Between his unrestrained commentary and enthusiastic personality, this master of sales has a way of immediately grabbing your attention in each and every one of his blog posts. Paul Castain has over 25 years of experience in sales and sales leadership and offers all-around advice in his blog on how to become more successful both in your professional career and personal life.
10. Sales Training Advice (17,422 followers)
http://www.salestrainingadvice.com
“Where Sales Trainers and Selling Experts share advice, tips, and techniques on how to become a sales champion!”
Salestrainingadvice.com offers the expertise of a wide group of leading professionals in sales and sales training on how to tackle the toughest obstacles and challenges of selling.
11. Social Media & Sales Strategy Podcast and Blog by Shane Gibson (16,614 followers)
“Social Media and Sales Strategy”
Primarily a sales speaker, trainer and coach, Shane Gibson blogs about his sales experiences, and shares podcasts as well as some interviews, tips and articles. The blog includes helpful archives dating all the way back to 2005.
12. Hiring Salespeople Blog (16,069 followers)
http://www.salesforceassessments.com/blog/
“Sales Success Starts Here.”
Brian Jeffery is the co-founder and president of Salesforce Assessments. His short and simple blog posts offer helpful tips and key factors to keep in mind during the hiring process, made better by his retelling of past experiences to demonstrate the good and the bad practices of hiring.
13. The Sales Blog (15,979 followers)
“Adventures in the New Art of Sales and Sales Management”
S. Anthony Iannarino’s goal is to make posts actionable for the reader, with topics ranging from sales and selling, sales management, the sales process, what it takes to succeed, and what he believes to be an effective sales philosophy and belief system that leads to success in sales, with occasional posts on relevant technology.
14. Cindy King (15,305 followers)
“Social media & cross-communication for international businesses.”
An expert in international business development, Cindy King offers readers advice on how to create a thriving international company and effectively overcome the challenges of selling to customers around the world.
15. SHiFT! TURN PROSPECTS INTO CUSTOMERS By Harnessing Trigger Events (14,714 followers)
“Turn Prospects into Customers”
This blog is written by Craig Elias, the creator of Trigger Event Selling. The company focuses on identifying the “”selling triggers”" that enable you to take advantage of perfect timing to capture the customer at exactly the right moment and close the sale.
16. Sell, Sell, Sell! (13,841 followers)
http://sellsellsell.salesnexus.com/
“Helping You Navigate your Road to Success”
A blog by the founder and CEO of SalesNexus.com, Craig Klein. It provides advice and insight on sales teams, sales management, web-based CRM and email marketing to thousands of business owners, sales executives and marketers. Other topics include prospecting, sales training, small business, lead management and search marketing.
17. The Science and Art of Selling (13,301 followers)
“Helping salespeople reach their goals faster.”
Alen Majer has a true passion for sales, with over 20 years of experience in international sales and business development. As a global thought leader he passes along his expertise in attracting and obtaining customers, effectively managing the selling process, and overcoming pitfalls. His blog even has a section of quick and easy-to-understand sales tip videos.
18. Create Business Growth (9,867 followers)
http://createbusinessgrowth.com/
Create Business Growth covers a wide array of topics to help you grow your business online and offline. Each month’s blog posts have a specific theme, with a focus on small businesses and Internet-based companies.
19. Medical Sales Recruiter (9,765 followers)
http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/
Peggy McKee is the “Medical Sales Recruiter” on this blog, and her writing focuses specifically on how to succeed in the medical sales industry. In addition to blog posts the site contains a variety of videos in which she gives advice on breaking into the field.
20. Neuromarketing (8,743 followers)
http://www.neurosciencemarketing.com/blog
“Where Brain Science and Marketing Meet.”
Roger Dooley takes a unique approach on sales blogging by narrowing in on the link between neuroscience and marketing, showing how it affects business and customer’s choices when purchasing a product. Dooley is a practicing consultant and entrepreneur and helps companies utilize neuromarketing and social media to their best advantage.
21. The Sales Management Minute (8,316 followers)
http://www.salesarchitects.net/salesminute.php
“What made you UNIQUE yesterday, makes you a COMMODITY today, and EXTINCT tomorrow, unless you ADAPT to change.™”
Sales management strategist and talent management expert, Lee B. Salz shares advice for sales leaders on how to generate explosive results…consistently.
22. Booked Solid University (7,787 followers)
http://www.bookyourselfsolid.com/blog
Michael Port, best-selling author of Book Yourself Solid, blogs on how to increase your sales through effective marketing tactics and using the resources you have in the most efficient manner. His blog includes original articles as well as his radio and TV interviews.
23. Keith Rosen’s Executive Sales Coaching Blog (7,576 followers)
http://blog.profitbuilders.com/
Keith Rosen is an award-winning author, trainer, and columnist. He has helped over half of the Fortune 1000 companies with his training and coaching programs. In his blog he offers advice on managing and coaching in order to help individuals and businesses reach their full sales potential.
24. The Executive Sales Coach (7,576 followers)
http://www.allbusiness.com/3780395-1.html
“Champions of Small Business.”
AllBusiness.com provides articles and resources for small businesses that aid in creating and sustaining a successful company.
25. Quick Sales Tips (7,529 followers)
http://www.quicksalestips.com/
The Quick Sales Tips blog contains short and simple posts on how to improve the effectiveness of your sales efforts, conveniently organized by the type of sales or sales technique.
26. Selling to Big Companies (7,527 followers)
http://sellingtobigcompanies.blogs.com/selling/
Jill Konrath is an author, speaker, leading sales strategist, and B2B sales expert. She shares her stories and experiences on her blog, and also posts many interesting interviews with other leading sales experts.
27. Engaging Selling Solutions (6,840 followers)
http://www.engageselling.com/blog/
“Sell More and Work Less.”
This enlightening blog is written by Colleen Francis, a successful sales professional for over 20 years and founder of Engage Selling Solutions. She shares lessons from her personal and professional life and shows how to apply them to your business in order to increase sales.
28. N2Grwoth Blog – Where CEOs Come to Grow (6,009 followers)
“Where CEOs Come to Grow.”
N2Growth provides services for CEO coaching, leadership development, and branding consulting. The company’s blog, run by Chief Strategy Officer of N2Growth and top CEO coach Mike Myatt, focuses on improvement of leadership and management skills.
29. Brian Vellmure’s CRM Strategies Blog (5,588 followers)
http://freecrmstrategies.wordpress.com/
“Modern Day Secrets for Increasing Profitability through CRM and Social CRM Initiatives”
Brian Vellmure’s blog on CRM strategies is intended to help organizations increase value by leveraging a combination of best practices with cutting edge innovation to create competitive advantage.
30. Sales Lead Insights: B2B Marketing Blog (5,505 followers)
http://www.sales-lead-insights.com/
“A B2B Lead Generation, Marketing & Sales Blog”
Sales Lead Insights offers advice and recommendations on lead generation and how to turn those leads into sales. It frequently includes interviews with helpful marketing advice from top sales experts.
31. Wendy Weiss (5,171 followers)
“The Queen of Cold Calling”
Wendy Weiss educates her readers on how to make successful cold calls and land the sale. Her blog posts, frequently in the form of short podcasts, aim to give confidence to salespeople and qualm the fears often associated with cold calling.
32. Persuasive (4,952 followers)
http://www.persuasive.net/blog/
“The Fastest Way to Learn Persuasive Communication”
AJ Kumar writes compelling blog posts that teach readers how to be persuasive sellers and get what they want out of customers. His tips even narrow in on the simple yet often over-looked factors of a sales pitch, such as body language and choice of wording.
33. The Un-Sales Manager – Sales Management 2.0 (4,895 followers)
Sales Management 2.0 is an online community where professionals can network and learn from each other. The blog provides articles on leadership, management, and also includes an archive of podcasts from guest speakers.
34. Whale Hunters Wisdom (4,551 followers)
http://blog.thewhalehunters.com/
“Bigger Deals Bigger Customers”
The Whale Hunters is a company that coaches small businesses on navigating the sea of bigger clients, or “whales.” The frequent blog posts provide free advice on the process of executing a sale with large companies and corporations.
35. Selling to Consumers Blog (4,321 followers)
http://blog.sellingtoconsumers.com/
“Sales Training, Management, Marketing & All Things Business”
Skip Anderson is a leading expert in consumer sales and uses entertaining anecdotes to instruct readers on how to employ simple common-sense tactics to significantly improve your company’s sales numbers.
36. Fill the Funnel (4,282 followers)
“Web Tools for Sales Makers”
Fill the Funnel is a company that helps sales leaders, managers and salesmakers with the selection and implementation of Sales Web Tools and the training necessary in order for your team to benefit quickly. The blog is run by Miles Austin, a leading expert on Web Tools for sales.
37. Business Sales Coach for Introverts and Shy (4,068 followers)
http://prostrategies.com/wordpress
“Business and Life Tips for Introverts and Shy”
Advice given by Business Sales Coach Pat Weber on how introverted people can still be successful and establish the important relationships they need to be successful in business.
38. The Pipeline (3,875 followers)
http://www.sellbetter.ca/blog/
Blogger Tibor Shanto is the founder of Renbor Sales Solutions Inc., a service company that helps businesses deliver results rather than just complete tasks. He gives advice to readers on how to succeed in every step of the selling process and also includes many guest posts from sales experts.
39. Sharon Drew Morgen (3,873 followers)
“Visionary. NY Times Best Seller. Developer of Buying Facilitation”
Morgan educates on the sales paradigm that focuses on helping buyers manage their behind-the-scenes, non-need related issues necessary to get the internal buy-in they need to make a purchase. With posts four times a week, her site covers everything from lead generation, digital selling, social media, and her own programs and training.
40. Online Marketing Management Business Strategy (3,769 followers)
http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/
“Emerging Media Strategic Planning, Web Analytics, Change Management Leadership, Business Speaker”
David Dalka is an expert on digital business strategist and search engine optimization and social media. His blog includes articles on social media marketing and how to use it effectively to increase overall awareness of your business.
41. B2B Lead Generation Blog (3,764 followers)
http://blog.startwithalead.com/weblog/
This blog is run by four professionals at MECLABS, a research and consulting company that uses a scientific approach to financial optimization. The blog’s website includes a roundtable forum with over 8000 professional users. B2B Lead Generation also offers frequent free webinars in a wide variety of sales topics, such as how to generate leads through social media.
42. Ideals to Deals (3,741 followers)
http://ideas2deals.typepad.com
“The Innovation of Small Business and Entrepreneurship”
Ideas to Deals is a blog catered to entrepreneurs. Blogger Michael Bower writes about the keys to establishing a successful small business and brings in guest bloggers to educate on how to sustain that business.
43. The Customer Is Not Always Right (3,619 followers)
(The Customer is) Not Always Right is a blog based on the book by A.J. Adams called Not Always Right: Hilarious and Horrific Tales of Customers Gone Wrong. Both the book and the blog contain entertaining quotes submitted by readers and sales professionals showing that the customer is NOT, in fact, always in the right.
44. The Growth Guy (3,226 followers)
http://verneharnish.typepad.com/growthguy/
This blog provides weekly insights from Verne Harnish, with articles, trends, and best practices for growing leaders of growing companies. He is the founder of the Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (YEO) and the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs (ACE).
45. Score More Sales (3,180 followers)
“Training for Results”
Lori Richardson is the Founder and CEO of Score More Sales, a sales strategy organization that helps businesses of all sizes. Her share her insight and knowledge gained from years of experience in sales, with topics ranging from sales training to entrepreneurship.
46. Dan Waldschmidt – Edge of Explosion (3,122 followers)
“At the Edge of Explosion”
The blog claims to be “A mindset. A way of interacting with the world. A way of life.” Dan Waldschmidt definitely adds some personality to his insights on selling and business. He tackles the topics other blogs are afraid to touch, shares his own from-the-trenches accounts, and gives extreme yet invaluable advice and tips to help drive explosive sales.
47. New Sales Economy Blog (2,998 followers)
“Sales Strategy for the Web 2.0 World”
Chad Levitt is the author of the New Sales Economy blog that focuses on how Sales 2.0, social media, and inbound marketing can be used as a sales strategy for the Web 2.0 world. The site contains informative interviews with leaders and innovators in the fields of sales, CRM, personal branding, marketing, social networking and blogging, and shares with you how to use Sales 2.0 & social media to your advantage.
48. Art Sobczak’s Telesales Blog (2,801 followers)
“How-to Tips, processes, and rants on prospecting, telesales, ALL sales, and more!”
Art Sobczak is President of Business by Phone, Inc. and an expert in phone sales. He uses his past experiences to educate his blog readers on how to avoid common mistakes of cold calling and how to be successful in the telesales industry.
49. Strategy Stew (2,787 followers)
“Practical Marketing Strategies for Small Business”
Ivana Taylor gives advice on all the different components in the “stew” of marketing. She educates readers of her blog on how small businesses can keep up with the fast changing modern marketing environment. Ivana is the creator or DIYMarketers.com, an online publication that explains the short cuts small businesses can use to reach their marketing objectives on a budget.
50. Sales Operations Blog (2,780 followers)
Marci Reynolds is a blogger, author, and Sales & Service Operations Expert. Her blog covers a wide variety of sales topics, such as sales strategy, training, CRM, and data management.
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Nice list! Lots of good blogs I’ve never read here :)
We are thrilled at Score More Sales to be a part of this list – congrats to those on it and those who invest their time to read some of them.
- Lori
@scoremoresales
I love great sales ideas, and you’ve compiled an amazing list. I know many of the sites including Score More Sales, but you’ve given me some additional ones to check out.
Be sure to check out Eric Lofholm’s blog. He’s an expert in Sales Scripting.
http://www.saleschampion.com/eric-lofholm/blog/
And since you ranked your list by Twitter followers, Eric has 17,199.
https://twitter.com/#!/ericlofholm
Thanks for sharing Allie!
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Hey guys, this is a great list. We added a few from here to our big list of blogs that we were missing – thank you.
We hope that our sales blog can make the list next time. http://blog.marketo.com Thanks!
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How does my company blog enter consideration for your next ranking of sales blogs? Our blog is located on our home page: http://www.salesbenchmarkindex.com We produce original sales effectiveness content 365 days of the year.
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Hi Vince,
Thanks for reaching out to us. We have added your blog to our list, however we don’t have an ETA for the next ranking yet. We will keep you posted. Thank you.
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Allie,
Great post here. Even over a year later getting comments. I was about to ask if my company’s blog could be included, and then I saw a comment from Vince already asking the same thing! So instead, I’ll just ask, when’s the next update to this list? I’m a newbie to my company but have learned so much through our blog and the blogs that we’ve linked to and from. I’d love to retweet the updated list (@MakingTheNumber) or post it on our site. If you do another post, will there be different categories, like sales operations blogs, inside sales blogs, sales process blogs, lead generation blogs, etc? Anyway, thanks again. This really has been a tremendous resource for someone looking to find many thought leaders/angles on sales.
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Good list… very useful for us. Lots of good blogs we were missing. Love this list. thank u
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