At Apollo Media, we strive to bring you the best advice on building your blog, optimizing your content and connecting with your audience and fellow bloggers. While we are confident that our work is beneficial to both seasoned and beginning bloggers, we owe a lot to our mentors online, namely the outstanding blogs featured here.

So to give credit where credit is due, in no particular order, we thought we would come up with a list of some of our favorite sources for blogging tips, SEO advice and writing skills:

Copyblogger – Copywriting Blog

The brainchild of Brian Clark, CopyBlogger is a prime source for tips on effective writing skills for marketing, advertising and blogging. Centered on content development, branding and maximizing creativity, CopyBlogger’s diverse collection of articles is always great food for thought that inspires critical thinking about your own work.

Problogger – How to Be a Professional Blogger Blog

Led by the enormously successful blogger Darren Rowse, Problogger features exciting and helpful content that focuses on monetizing your blog and harnessing the power of social media. An interesting feature of Problogger is its weekly video posts which provide another element of interactivity to the mix and articulate the blog’s open, direct and practical manner of offering advice.

Seomoz Blog – Search Marketing Blog

With a focus on developments and events within the internet marketing industry, Seomoz follows the trends, tools and people that are taking the professional blogosphere by storm. With an extensive roster of contributors, Seomoz offers a great variety of content that is often witty, useful and engaging for both professional marketers and novices just getting to know the scene.

John Chow – How to Make Money Online Blog

A self-made internet celebrity, Chow’s blog is a sensational source for tips on monetizing your blog, driving droves of traffic your way and connecting with your readership. With an intense focus on utilizing internet advertising campaigns, contests and link building, John Chow’s blog is an inspirational success story.

Seth Godin’s Blog – Branding Blog

A popular voice in the internet marketing world, Seth Godin is an expert on small business marketing and uses clever real world examples in his writing. Godin’s Blog is topical, helpful and always in tune with fluctuations in the blogosphere.

Any Wired – Working Online Blog

Any Wired is a relatively new site that offers great advice for working on the web, including tips on managing your digital office, maximizing your productivity and interviews with prominent bloggers. This is a great source for learning how web professionals organize and find meaningful work.

Daily Blog Tips – How to Blog Blog

Just as the title suggests, this is a great source for daily suggestions on developing content, placing advertisements and finding innovative ways of promoting your blog. With its clean, accessible design and informative lists, DBT is one of the more accessible blogging guides out there.

Andy Beard - Niche Marketing Blog

Andy’s blog focuses on marketing strategies that are beneficial for your specific niche and offers plenty of advice for using affiliate programs, Wordpress and social media. With nearly 3800 subscribers, Andy Beard’s opinions and strategies have gained tremendous traction in the blogosphere.

ShoeMoney – Online Marketing Blog

A great source for industry news and tips on finding affiliate programs for advertising. ShoeMoney keeps bloggers up-to-date on developments in web technologies and monetization methods.

Instigator Blog – Small Business Online Blog

A great blog for small or startup businesses looking to implement social media and blogging into their work. With many of the articles focusing on launching startups to building social media empires, Instigator Blog is an authoritative source that openly and honestly follows the sharp learning curve associated with professional blogging.

We hope this list has been a comprehensive introduction to some of the fantastic marketing blogs out there and we encourage you to continue exploring the web in search of sharp advice and winning strategies. If you find something that we haven’t yet come across, be sure to let us know.

Oh, and be sure to keep Apollo Media on your coaching roster as well. Good Luck and happy blogging!