DUCT TAPE MARKETING in “TOP 5 BLOGS”

IN A RECENT ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN PRWEB…Duct Tape Marketing placed in the “TOP 5 BLOGS” that Marketing Executives read!!!  Congratulations to our own John Jantsch!

MENG Survey Reveals the Top 20 Marketing Blogs That Marketing Executives Read

Seth Godin’s Blog and Mashable Top the List, With Godin’s Blog Also Named “Favorite,” “Most Valuable,” and “Most Enjoyable to Read”

Old Saybrook, CT (PRWEB) January 12, 2010 — Though there were a number of “Best of Blogs” lists offered by a variety of blogging connoisseurs to close out 2009, the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) (http://www.mengonline.com/visitors) chose to survey their nearly 2,000 executive marketing members to determine which marketing blogs, written by non-MENG members for objectivity, were actually being read by marketing executives.

Seth Godin’s blog, (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/) well-known and respected in the executive marketing community, was the most-read blog capturing 59% of the member responses. It also garnered 34% of the vote for “favorite marketing blog,” 24% of the vote for “most valuable marketing content,” and 35% of the vote for “most enjoyable marketing blog to read,” leading all three categories.

With 38% of MENG members reading Mashable (http://mashable.com/), it ranks as the second most-popular marketing blog, followed with a tie for third place by blogs penned by Chris Brogan (http://www.chrisbrogan.com/) (30%) and Guy Kawasaki(“How to Change the World (http://blog.guykawasaki.com/)”) (30%), and a tie for fifth place by Tom Peters (http://www.tompeters.com/) (20%) and John Jantsch (Duct Tape Marketing (http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/)) (20%).

Each of these aforementioned blogs, along with the following 10 top blogs, received votes in all three of the coveted categories: “favorite marketing blog,” “most valuable marketing content,” and “most enjoyable marketing blog to read.”

They include:

• David Armano’s Logic + Emotion (http://darmano.typepad.com/)

• Mack Collier’s The Viral Garden (http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/)

• Steve Hall’s AdRANTs (http://www.adrants.com/)

• Joseph Jaffe’s Jaffe Juice (http://www.jaffejuice.com/)

• John Moore’s Brand Autopsy (http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/)

• Jeremiah Owyang’s Web Strategy (http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/)

• Shelly Palmer’s MediaBytes (http://www.shellypalmermedia.com/)

• David Meerman Scott’s Web Ink Now (http://www.webinknow.com/)

• Brian Solis’s BrianSolis.com (http://www.briansolis.com/), Defining the Convergence of Media + Influence

• Denise Lee Yohn’s Brand as Business Bites (http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/brand-as-business-bites)

Other Top 20 marketing-focused blogs being read by MENG members, but not listed above include:

• Andy Beal’s Marketing Pilgrim (http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/)

• Valeria Maltoni’s Conversation Agent (http://www.conversationagent.com/)

• Ben McConnell & Jackie Huba’s Church of the Customer (http://www.churchofthecustomer.com/)

• Avinash Kaushik’s Occam’s Razor (http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/)

MENG plans to repeat this study periodically and add marketing blogs that members deem particularly insightful and valuable to them as executives.

About MENG:

The Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) is the premiere international community of executive-level marketers who share their passion and expertise to ensure each member’s success. This not-for-profit organization of nearly 2,000 members fosters career and personal success across virtually all industries and marketing specialties by providing networking opportunities and the ability to share knowledge and best practices. Members must have reached at least the VP level in their organization. Eighty four percent of members have Fortune 500 experience and 70% have earned graduate degrees, the majority of which are from top-20 business schools. To learn more about MENG, post executive level marketing positions, or to access MENG’s database of marketing executives, speakers and consultants, visit www.MENGonline.com. MENG can also be found on Twitter atwww.Twitter.com/MENGonline.

Contact Information CHRIS FAUST FastLane on behalf of MENG http://www.MENGonline.com 973.226.4379

PRESS RELEASE: Certified Duct Tape Marketing Coaches Announced

Jeff Bishop Elevated to Certified Duct Tape Marketing Coach

Jeff Bishop was recently elevated to the level of Certified Duct Tape Marketing Coach. This award was presented at the annual gathering of the Duct Tape Marketing Coach Network in Boulder, Co. this October.

John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing and founder of the Duct Tape Marketing organization developed the certified level of Duct Tape Marketing Coaching accreditation to acknowledge those coaches that placed a heavy emphasis on the success factors of the Duct Tape Marketing System. Coaches in the network were required to demonstrate successful client results, including marketing plans, marketing materials and testimonials obtained through installing the Duct Tape Marketing System.

Jeff remarked, “I’m proud to be recognized with such an outstanding group and would like to thank John Jantsch, the Duct Tape Marketing organization and acknowledge the other ten coaches that achieved this level:  Troy Braithwaite, Scott Campbell, Joe Costantino, Bill Doerr, Fiona Friesen, Adrianne Machina, Cidnee Stephen, Michael Thompson, Joe Dager, and Liz Walker.”

He continued, “The Duct Tape Marketing system allows business owners to create and build their very own marketing system complimented by a coaching system that has proven effective with small businesses for over 20 years. The system is perfect for those who already own a business, but want to make it soar. It’s also designed for those who want to start a business but don’t know how to get it off the ground.   This system will help entrepreneurs build the perfect business establishing a proven marketing system to their growing company.  Why reinvent the wheel?  Take a proven process, a package of tools, a trained coach and run with it.”

About Duct Tape Marketing: Duct Tape Marketing is a unique turnkey small business marketing system created by award-winning small business marketing expert John Jantsch. Visit Blog, a Forbes favorite for small business.

Hotel Boulderado

While recently, attending the Duct Tape Marketing Coaches Gathering in Boulder CO at the Hotel Boulderado–beautiful, classic, intimate hotel–our group went for a hike at the base of  the Rocky Mountains!  FUN! FUN! FUN!  BEAUTIFUL!

What’s this have to do with marketing?  I was reminded as we hiked, the importance of keeping your eyes on the trail, and there are many trails that could have gotten us to the top of the mountain, but stay on the trail you selected,  remain focused, and you will arrive at the top of whatever mountain you are climbing!