The Spin Sucks #FollowFriday Recommendations for 2013By Gini Dietrich

It’s a week of fun-filled blog posts!

We started the week with the summer fiction reading list (I’m reading Light Between Oceans now and it’s pretty good), then Lindsay Bell-Wheeler announced the top 10 guest bloggers of the first half of the year.

Now we present the #FollowFriday recommendations for 2013, as of last Friday.

If you are so inclined, we’ve also created a Feedly subscription to all of the blogs and a Twitter list so you can follow everyone’s feeds.

I hope my Canadian friends had a very happy Canada Day and my American friends had a very happy Fourth. Me? I’m off to the pool with my nieces to continue evening out my really bad cycling tan.

#FollowFriday Recommendations for 2013 (So Far)

  1. Starting the year out right, Amy Vernon (my wife) shows us what it’s like to really be the bacon queen.
  2. See how Sam Fiorella is getting by with co-authoring a book with Danny Brown.
  3. Find out why Nick Kellet is the king of lists and what he wants you to do about it.
  4. Discover why I think Jon-Mikel Bailey is one of my most crazy (but completely lovable) friends.
  5. Check out some of the very cool things John Trader is doing at his company.
  6. Ask Elissa Freeman why she carries around so many snacks in her bag.
  7. Learn who Brian Vickery cheers for during football season.
  8. Ask DJ Waldow who is favorite writer is and learn more about his email marketing prowess.
  9. Read the comments to see how hilarious Laura Petrolino truly is and learn about her flying pig obsession.
  10. On an International Women’s Day post, learn more about the amazing women I get to work with every day.
  11. Get to know Dwayne Alicie who went back to school so he could join this crazy communications world we’re in.
  12. Learn more about Alaska big game guide Amber-Lee Dibble.
  13. One of our Top Ten guest bloggers of 2013, Erica Moss is more than just eyeglasses-obsessed.
  14. He got me to sing on camera (in a group, at the back) and threatens to make me do the same at Social Brand Forum in October. Presenting Chuck Kent.
  15. The mom of ultra-talented daughters and lover of theater, Liz Reusswig is a gem.
  16. A new addition to Visualy, Joe Cardillo created an infographic of beer vs. blogging…without being asked!
  17. In honor of her birthday, Aimee West was highlighted for her social media and web work at East Lansing Food Co-Op.
  18. A former client and all-around good guy, Brian Tudor has a love for all things comics.
  19. Otherwise known as Big Green Pen, Paula Kiger gives back to her community by leading book club at the women’s penitentiary.
  20. The great giver of delicious macaroons, Eden Spodek is a wife, mother to two boys, blogger, and PR pro.
  21. A Second City graduate, Rob Biesenbach is a comedian, speaker, communicator, and actor.
  22. A Canadian native, Sherrilynne Starkie has lived in several countries and backpacked through even more.
  23. You know her as Word Ninja, Amanda Eastep is also a travel blogger and writer.

And not to be left behind, while I was celebrating my 10 year anniversary in Paris with Mr. D, Jay Dolan and Chuck Kent created #FollowFriday posts not to be missed.

Don’t forget…an easy way to follow everyone is both on the Feedly subscription to all of the blogs and on a Twitter list.

Gini Dietrich

Gini Dietrich is the founder, CEO, and author of Spin Sucks, host of the Spin Sucks podcast, and author of Spin Sucks (the book). She is the creator of the PESO Model and has crafted a certification for it in partnership with Syracuse University. She has run and grown an agency for the past 15 years. She is co-author of Marketing in the Round, co-host of Inside PR, and co-host of The Agency Leadership podcast.

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