Useful And Unique Sites

In the digital marketing space, you have to read and learn a lot, otherwise your skills will get dated and have a short shelf life.  I enjoy reading content from all of these sources and turn to them for learning and information.

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Google Analytics

Google Tag Manager

  • Simo Ahava has a tremendous site and is a fantastic resource for learning about Google Tag Manager. When I was learning Google Tag Manager and experimenting, I found his Weather Data post and Fun With Google Tag Manager Part 1 and Part 2 to be very illuminating.

Internet Marketing

  • SEER Interactive’s blog has some great content about a lot of things – analytics, marketing, SEO, PPC, Content. I find a lot of their blog posts to be very useful.
  • Moz is a company that’s well-regarded in the digital space, and they have a lot of content and are pretty authoritative; it’s hard to go wrong with what they publish.
  • ConversionXL’s blog is another good resource which pushes testing, and focusing on the ultimate online goal – conversions.
  • Marketing Charts is a great resource for gathering useful information about anything!

SEO

  • SEO Book’s blog is mostly about SEO, but also has lots of good resources and content for marketers, analytics, and designers.

Email

Research, Trends, News

  • Baymard conducts research and discusses trends on large e-commerce sites. Fantastic research and always shareable.  Be sure to check out their Form Field Usability study and Limitations When Designing For Mobile.
  • Smashing Magazine has a lot of inspiring tutorials, not necessarily about marketing or analytics, but about web development and is a site I read constantly.
  • Tuts+ puts out some fun projects and tutorials that help expand skillsets, such as code, photography, web design, business and more.
  • A List Apart is mostly for designers, however, they have some useful content for marketers and analytics alike