Caught in a meme cross-fire

Boy oh boy was I delighted to be nominated for the Thinking Blogger Award by two bloggers I highly respect. Mark Goren and David Reich both nominated this blog (memes are hard to track). First off, if you have not read their blogs you need to. These guys not only get it, but they are both great marketing storytellers.

The origin of this award goes back to Ilka Yoldas' "Five blogs that make me think" post. Since then it's criss-crossed the web and finally landed here.

To hold up my part of the bargain, here are five blogs that make me think every day. (Note that I may catch somebody here in the cross-fire as well.)

• David Arnamo - Logic + Emotion - David has quickly risen to blog stardom through excellent writing and thinking. His use of diagrams and illustrations make difficult concepts easy to understand.
• Iain Tait - CrackUnit - I've mentioned Iain before, but I really love how he writes and how he tells the story.
• David Berkowitz - Inside the Marketing Studio - David writes an amazing blog and has a unique take on the search industry and how it impacts marketing.
• Becky Carroll - Customers Rock! - Becky's posts are always engaging and informative. She's a must read for marketing folks.
• Paul McEnany - HeeHaw Marketing - Paul has a very authentic voice and he tells it how it is. If you're looking for somebody nods along with the same-old-same-old this blog is not for you.

Those are my five. There are many other blogs that I follow that make me think, but as far as I can tell they've been nominated before. Check em out.

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Comments

[Mark Goren]

Well deserved, Matt. As are the five you point to as well. Keep up the good work.

[David Reich]

Good choices, Matt. There's one on your list that I don't know, and I'll be checking it out.

[Paul McEnany]

Hey thanks, man! The memes are back! :)

[Matt Dickman]

Paul -- Yes they are! It's funny, the first meme I was tagged in was just a couple weeks and now I've been tagged in five more.

[Lori Magno]

Congrats Matty!

[C.B. Whittemore]

Well done, Matt! And, thank you!

[Matt Dickman]

Lori -- You are so sweet! Thank you.

C.B. -- Thanks for the comment, I really appreciate it.

[Toby]

Matt - Great list and you top it off well! Thanks for the kind words and link love.

[Matt Dickman]

Toby -- You are such an inspiration to bloggers in this space; always connecting and promoting others. You deserve it!

[Ryan Karpeles]

Thanks for the link love, Matt. This thing has really taken the marketing-sphere by storm. It's all over the place!

Great list indeed, and you most certainly deserve this award. Mazel tov (congrats) :)

[Matt Dickman]

Ryan -- Many thanks. These memes take on a life of their own.

[David Berkowitz]

Thanks, Matt! Quite the honor, and an unexpected one at that - I'll follow up on my part shortly as I dig out of a few things here. - David

[Valeria Maltoni]

Thank you for the link love, Matt. Another meme to get everyone buzzing ;-)

[Matt Dickman]

David -- You definitely deserve it. Follow up when you have time.

Valeria -- Memes are good sparks to conversation as well as uncovering new bloggers.