Advertising Age – Hosting a variety of marketing and media news topics, this is the place for marketing professionals to find out what’s happening in the advertising industry. This site offers its readers a variety of blogs, columns, global marketing news, marketing news topics related to Hispanic marketing, CMO strategy, and current trends in media including an Entertainment A-List and comprehensive TV reports.

Search Engine Land – Keep up with the break-neck change in search marketing at this site that covers the major search engine news, and provides SEO tips and commentary.

ClickZ – Known as one of the largest databases of marketing news and resources, this site contains thoroughly researched facts and figures as well as tips and advice from some of the top experts in the industry.

Direct Marketing News – Definitely a top contender when it comes to current marketing news, this site also features marketing resources, marketing events, job opportunities in the industry, and more.

MarketingVox – This site will keep you on top of the latest marketing strategies and trends. Find out about the most current research findings in the industry with just a few clicks, and narrow your own topic searches by browsing featured categories.

BtoB – This popular marketing site is a one-stop-shop for business-minded individuals looking to stay abreast in the world of marketing strategy. Learn about the many avenues of marketing–through the social media, events, e-mail, and by direct or search methods. Marketing headlines are updated daily, and other site features include webcasts, a job board, newsletters, and an online directory of marketing products and services.

Marketing Today – This is an excellent place to find marketing advice from experts in the field as well as news and information on search engine marketing, internet marketing, and trade-show marketing. You will also find valuable legal resources, marketing tools, and career opportunity postings.

MarketingPower – Hosted by the American Marketing Association, this site offers a hefty database of marketing news stories, journals, newsletters, and more. It even features a multimedia gallery including both webcasts and podcasts. Find out about important marketing events, utilize the site’s career resources to look for job openings, get answers to your marketing questions from experts in the field, and take part in the AMA’s growing online community by becoming a member.

Alltop – Although Alltop is a one-stop information station for every possible topic you can think of, its impressive marketing section can hold its own. Collected here are stories from some of the most popular websites and blogs on the web. Alltop also features articles from lesser-known sources that they believe are outstanding or noteworthy. The marketing newsfeed is updated every hour, leaving you with fresh material every time you log on.

Marketing Pilgrim – Recognized by Advertising Age as one of the top 10 marketing and media blogs, this site has built a solid reputation for itself as a marketing news powerhouse. Since 2005, it has been home to up-to-date marketing news and reviews, advertising spots for growing businesses, and a wealth of job opportunity postings.

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Bob Gilbreath discusses creating marketing that adds value and is meaningful to consumers.

John Moore discusses how to create buzzworthy companies.

John Jantsch discusses creating a culture that earns referrals.

Andy Sernovitz discusses word of mouth marketing.

Jay Ehret discusses planning your brand.

Christopher S. Penn, host of Marketing Over Coffee discusses whether your business should have a podcast.

Jason Falls on moving the needle with social media marketing.

David Meerman Scott discusses the new rules of marketing and creating a world wide rave.

Rory Sutherland discusses how advertising creates intangible value.

A great short Ignite talk on SEO, including why SEO is not marketing by Conrad Saam.

Simon Sinek discusses focusing on not what you do but why you do it.

Joseph Pine discusses authenticity in marketing.

Dan Ariely discusses understanding our irrational behavior which has important implications in marketing.

Jason Fried discusses marketing by educating.

David Armano from Logic+Emotion discusses personal branding.

In this episode of the Ries Report, Al Ries discusses ladders in the mind.

Seth Godin explains the idea of Tribes.

Seth Godin explains the idea of the Purple Cow.

Josh Burnoff discusses leveraging social media for marketing results.

Sean Moffitt describes the concept of WikiBrands.

Seth Godin gives a talk at Google.

Joseph Jaffe on marketing after the 30 second spot.

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Books From This Article

Introduction to Psychology by Paul Bloom at Yale

Although psychology courses are not required in many undergraduate marketing programs, psychology has tremendous applications in marketing. Understanding motivations, behavior, and how people think are critical to being an effective marketer. Professor Bloom is a tremendous lecturer and I think you will really enjoy his lectures and learn a lot. Full videos of all 20 lectures are available at Academic Earth. The lecture above is one of my favorites and discusses what studies have uncovered about what makes us happy.

Psychology 156 – Human Emotion by Dacher Keltner from UC Berkeley

This course focuses on the science of human emotion and discusses topics like rationality and the role of emotion in decision making. Professor Keltner is also a tremendous lecturer, one of the best I’ve ever listened to.

Psych 160 Social Psychology by Dacher Keltner from UC Berkeley

This course looks at how people behave in social situations and discusses topics like social pressure. Marketers who understand how social influences can affect our behavior can apply this knowledge to marketing campaigns when appropriate. Some of the lectures in this series are missing, but there are several other social psychology lecture courses available online.

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders from Stanford

This is an ongoing lecture series at Stanford that features a successful entrepreneur each week to share advice and lessons about starting and growing their business. Many of the talks discuss how they were able to grow their customers, since no startup can survive without customers. Here is a page with the talks that focus on sales and marketing.

Inbound Marketing University from Hubspot

This is a series of online marketing webinars from marketing thought leaders like Avinash Kaushik, Chris Brogan, David Meerman Scott, and Gary Vaynerchuk. These 16 “classes” cover a wide range of online marketing topics like email marketing, SEO, marketing analytics, viral marketing, and social media. You can also take a multiple choice test after viewing the classes and earn an inbound marketing certification that comes with a nice badge that you can put on your website.

SEOMoz Whiteboard Friday

If you would like to learn about how search engines work and how you can use search engine optimization to increase the relevance and importance of your website in the eyes of search engines, check out these series of videos. Rand Fishkin, the CEO of SEO software company SEOMOz, gives a short whiteboard presentation each week that lasts about 10 minutes (sometimes he is replaced by sidekick Danny Dover). There have been over 100 of these presentations, which you can view here.

The Ries Report

This series of video presentations by authors Al and Laura Ries discusses topics in branding and brand positioning. Al Ries is a marketing legend, as author of the classic marketing book Positioning, and presents some great concepts that can lead to marketing success.

Do you know of any lectures or presentations that you would like to recommend? Please add them to the comments.

Here is the complete list of authors:

Adam Crowe, Adrian Ho, Aki Spicer, Alex Henault, Amy Jussel, Andrew Odom, Andy Nulman, Andy Sernovitz, Andy Whitlock, Angela Maiers, Ann Handley, Anna Farmery, Armando Alves, Arun Rajagopal, Asi Sharabi, Becky Carroll, Becky McCray, Bernie Scheffler, Bill Gammell, Bob Carlton, Bob LeDrew, Brad Shorr, Bradley Spitzer, Brandon Murphy, Branislav Peric, Brent Dixon, Brett Macfarlane, Brian Reich, C.C. Chapman, Cam Beck, Casper Willer, Cathleen Rittereiser, Cathryn Hrudicka, Cedric Giorgi, Charles Sipe, Chris Kieff, Chris Cree, Chris Wilson, Christina Kerley (CK), C.B. Whittemore, Clay Parker Jones, Chris Brown, Colin McKay, Connie Bensen, Connie Reece, Cord Silverstein, Corentin Monot, Craig Wilson, Daniel Honigman, Dan Goldstein, Dan Schawbel, Dana VanDen Heuvel, Dan Sitter, Daria Radota Rasmussen, Darren Herman, Darryl Patterson, Dave Davison, Dave Origano, David Armano, David Bausola, David Berkowitz, David Brazeal, David Koopmans, David Meerman Scott, David Petherick, David Reich, David Weinfeld, David Zinger, Deanna Gernert, Deborah Brown, Dennis Price, Derrick Kwa, Dino Demopoulos, Doug Haslam, Doug Meacham, Doug Mitchell, Douglas Hanna, Douglas Karr, Drew McLellan, Duane Brown, Dustin Jacobsen, Dylan Viner, Ed Brenegar, Ed Cotton, Efrain Mendicuti, Ellen Weber, Emily Reed, Eric Peterson, Eric Nehrlich, Ernie Mosteller, Faris Yakob, Fernanda Romano, Francis Anderson, G. Kofi Annan, Gareth Kay, Gary Cohen, Gaurav Mishra, Gavin Heaton, Geert Desager, George Jenkins, G.L. Hoffman, Gianandrea Facchini, Gordon Whitehead, Graham Hill, Greg Verdino, Gretel Going & Kathryn Fleming, Hillel Cooperman, Hugh Weber, J. Erik Potter, J.C. Hutchins, James Gordon-Macintosh, Jamey Shiels, Jasmin Tragas, Jason Oke, Jay Ehret, Jeanne Dininni, Jeff De Cagna, Jeff Gwynne, Jeff Noble, Jeff Wallace, Jennifer Warwick, Jenny Meade, Jeremy Fuksa, Jeremy Heilpern, Jeremy Middleton, Jeroen Verkroost, Jessica Hagy, Joanna Young, Joe Pulizzi, Joe Talbott, John Herrington, John Jantsch, John Moore, John Rosen, John Todor, Jon Burg, Jon Swanson, Jonathan Trenn, Jordan Behan, Julie Fleischer, Justin Flowers, Justin Foster, Karl Turley, Kate Trgovac, Katie Chatfield, Katie Konrath, Kenny Lauer, Keri Willenborg, Kevin Jessop, Kris Hoet, Krishna De, Kristin Gorski, Laura Fitton, Laurence Helene Borei, Lewis Green, Lois Kelly, Lori Magno, Louise Barnes-Johnston, Louise Mangan, Louise Manning, Luc Debaisieux, Marcus Brown, Mario Vellandi, Mark Blair, Mark Earls, Mark Goren, Mark Hancock, Mark Lewis, Mark McGuinness, Mark McSpadden, Matt Dickman, Matt J. McDonald, Matt Moore, Michael Hawkins, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Michelle Lamar, Mike Arauz, Mike McAllen, Mike Sansone, Mitch Joel, Monica Wright, Nathan Gilliatt, Nathan Snell, Neil Perkin, Nettie Hartsock, Nick Rice, Oleksandr Skorokhod, Ozgur Alaz, Paul Chaney, Paul Hebert, Paul Isakson, Paul Marobella, Paul McEnany, Paul Tedesco, Paul Williams, Pet Campbell, Pete Deutschman, Peter Corbett, Phil Gerbyshak, Phil Lewis, Phil Soden, Piet Wulleman, Rachel Steiner, Sreeraj Menon, Reginald Adkins, Richard Huntington, Rishi Desai, Beeker Northam, Rob Mortimer, Robert Hruzek, Roberta Rosenberg, Robyn McMaster, Roger von Oech, Rohit Bhargava, Ron Shevlin, Ryan Barrett, Ryan Karpeles, Ryan Rasmussen, Sam Huleatt, Sandy Renshaw, Scott Goodson, Scott Monty, Scott Townsend, Scott White, Sean Howard, Sean Scott, Seni Thomas, Seth Gaffney, Shama Hyder, Sheila Scarborough, Sheryl Steadman, Simon Payn, Sonia Simone, Spike Jones, Stanley Johnson, Stephen Collins, Stephen Cribbett, Stephen Landau, Stephen Smith, Steve Bannister, Steve Hardy, Steve Portigal, Steve Roesler, Steven Verbruggen, Steve Woodruff, Sue Edworthy, Susan Bird, Susan Gunelius, Susan Heywood, Tammy Lenski, Terrell Meek, Thomas Clifford, Thomas Knoll, Tiffany Kenyon, Tim Brunelle, Tim Buesing, Tim Connor, Tim Jackson, Tim Longhurst, Tim Mannveille, Tim Tyler, Timothy Johnson, Tinu Abayomi-Paul, Toby Bloomberg, Todd Andrlik, Troy Rutter, Troy Worman, Uwe Hook, Valeria Maltoni, Vandana Ahuja, Vanessa DiMauro, Veronique Rabuteau, Wayne Buckhanan, William Azaroff, Yves Van Landeghem

Seth Godin doesn’t think podcasts are that great because you can’t browse 300 in minutes with an RSS feeder, but I am a big fan of podcasts because you can’t read a blog while you are stuck in traffic. Studies have shown that the least happiest part of the day is during our commute to work. Make yourself happier and smarter by listening to some of these top marketing podcasts.

Here are my updated rankings for the best marketing podcasts for 2008.

#9 Across the Sound

#8 Marketing Voices

#7 The Brand Show

#6 The Hook

#5 Duct-Tape Marketing

#4 Brand Fast-Trackers

#3 BeanCast

#2 Marketing Over Coffee

#1 Podtini

Other Good Business Podcasts:
APM Marketplace
HBR Ideacast
The Cranky Middle Manager
Wall street Journal This Morning
Time Business Podcasts
Business Week Cover Stories
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Knowledge at Wharton

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