The W list: aka women who blog

One of the reason Anna, Heather and I started "The Podcast Sisters" was the fact that we wanted to encourage those of us, and especially women, who are not so comfortable with technology to venture into the world of Web 2.0 and new media to grow your business, based on our own journeys and experiences.

Yesterday I came a across a blog post from Valeria Maltoni the author of the Conversation Agent  who has started a “W list” - a list of women who write great blogs.

I posted about the list over at Biz Growth News and referenced a list that had been compiled in 2006 of women bloggers in Ireland created by Mary Gilmartin prior to the 2007 Irish Blog Awards.

So here is the list as it currently stands - and of course I had to add Kate one of our "Podcast Sisters" listeners whose blog we featured recently and Claire and Heidi who have both been recent guests at "The Podcast Sisters".

Come on "Podcast Sisters" listeners - if you are a woman who has a great blog or know a woman with a great blog, leave a message in our comments with the name of the female blogger and the URL of their blog. Or if you prefer, send us an email. We will update the master list at the end of the month. We can't wait to hear from you and add you to our growing list of women who author great blogs!

You know how great blogging has been to help you express your personal brand - so enough of being shy - make August the month for shameless self promotion! And of course lets also share a little link love!

For the meantime, here is the list as it stands today:

• advergirl Leigh Householder
• Back in Skinny Jeans by Stephanie Quilao
• BlogWrite for CEOs Debbie Weil
• Biz Growth News by Krishna De
• Brand Sizzle Anne Simons
• Branding & Marketing Chris Brown
• CK’s Blog CK (Christina Kerley)
• Communication Overtones Kami Huyse
• Conscious Business by Anne Libby
• Conversation Agent Valeria Maltoni
• Corporate PR Elizabeth Albrycht
• Customers Rock! Becky Carroll
• Deborah Schultz by Deborah Schultz
• Diva Marketing Blog Toby Bloomberg
• Email Marketing Best Practices Tamara Gielen
• eSoup by Sharon Sarmiento
• Flooring The Consumer CB Whittemore
• Forrester’s Marketing Blog Shar, Charlene, Chloe, Christine Elana, Laura and Lisa
• Get Fresh Minds by Katie Konrath
• Get Shouty by Katie Chatfield
• Inspired Business Growth by Wendy Piersall
• Kinetic Ideas Wendy Maynard
• Learned on Women by Andrea Learned
• Liz Strauss at Successful Blog by Liz Strauss
• Lorelle on WordPress by Lorelle VanFossen
• Manage to Change by Ann Michael
• Management Craft by Lisa Haneberg
• Marketing Roadmaps Susan Getgood
• Moda di Magno by Lori Magno
• Modite by Rebecca Thorman
• Narrative Assets by Karen Hegman
• Presto Vivace Blog Alice Marshall
• Productivity Goal by Carolyn Manning
• Spare Change Nedra Kline Weinreich
• Talk It Up Heidi Miller
• Tech Kitten by Trisha Miller
• The Copywriting Maven Roberta Rosenberg
• The Blog Angel by Claire Raikes
• The Engaging Brand by Anna Farmery
• The Floozy Blog by Kate Coote
• The Origin of Brands Laura Ries 
• The Podcast Sisters by Krishna De, Anna Farmery and Heather Gorringe
• Wealth Strategy Secrets by Nicola Cairncross
• What’s Next Blog B L Ochman
• Widows Quest A L Farmery
• Wiggly Wigglers by Heather Gorringe

Comments

[Louise Manning]

I listen to all the shows and have enjoyed blogging, writing e-articles and using lots of the tips from The Podcast Sisters about social media.

[Krishna De]

@ Louise - thanks for stepping up and sharing your blog with us. We will be sure to add you to our round up of the W list at the end of August.

[anne]

Hi Krishna:

thanks so much for adding me to the list, it's a good reminder of the great women bloggers who are out there, and an introduction to those of whom I was not aware.

cheers.

[Toby]

Hi Krishna - Appreciate being included your list of talented women who are blogging. Loved the list of Irish women bloggers. Great reminder that the world spins smaller every second and thru social media so easy to connect.

[Krishna De]

@Toby - you are more than welcome. Valeria started a great list and look forward to seeing it grow in the weeks ahead and finding more great blogs to read.

[Jennifer]

Hi Krishna,

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of this great list. Here's a bit of shameless self promotion!

http://www.laughingliondesign.net/blog - this is my blog of Photoshop tips and tutorials and design resources.

thanks again.

[Krishna De]

@Jennifer - we'll certainly add you to the list at the end of the month when we do a round up. Thanks for stopping by.

[Kate]

Hi Krishna,
Thanks for adding me to this list, it's great to be included. I'm going to put my feelers out for some more New Zealand based Women Bloggers, a call to kiwis! Another thought - wouldn't it be great to get a "kiwi wiki" going?!

[C.B. Whittemore]

Krishna, thank you for adding to this list and continuing this wonderful conversation. As Toby says, it's amazing to see how connected we are despite oceans and distance.

[Tracee Sioux]

Looks like they've accidentally forgotten to add So Sioux Me to the list. It's a blog to empower girls and it's written by Tracee Sioux, a woman. Also, BlogFabulous, written by Tracee Sioux for b5media, should rank up there on The W List.

Tracee Sioux
Empower Your Self
Empower Your Daughter
http://www.sosiouxme.com

BlogFabulous
http://www.blogfabulous.com