Blogs
Reading other blogs can be a great source of inspiration and has inspired a great many of my posts. Plus occasionally I get tagged in MeMe’s! Example.

Twitter
Links that have been shared by people I follow on Twitter have inspired a few of my blog posts and have even helped me at work. Example.

Newspapers / Magazines
Articles that attract my attention sometimes inspire my blog posts. They don’t even happen to be about social media or PR, often it’s just a case of commenting on an article from a PR point of view. Example.

Out of nowhere
I find that many of my best ideas come to me when I least expect them. A lot of my ideas have come to me when I’ve been lying in bed, trying to get to sleep and have had to get up to scrawl them down on a piece of paper. Example.

PR people
At least one of my posts has been inspired through creative blogger outreach. Example.

I tag Chris Norton, Richard Millington and Stephen Davies.

This got me thinking. What are the world’s top PR blogs? So jumping on the band wagon slightly I’ve produced a list of the top PR blogs according to the AdAge Power 150. It’s by no means perfect since it only features blogs on AdAge with PR, Public Relations or Relations in the title, but I think it’s a decent indicator nonetheless.

If your PR blog is missing please comment and let me know. If you haven’t added your blog to the AdAge Power 150 yet you can do so by clicking here.

PR Rank….AA Rank………… Blog Name……………………Country …………AA Score

1. ………….38…………………PR 2.0……………………………..US…………………….91
2. ………….43…………………PR Squared……………………..US…………………….89
3. ………….57…………………A shel of my former self.…….US……………………..83
4. ………….89…………………POP! PR Jots…………………….US…………………….72
5. …………111………………..Strategic PR……………………..US…………………….68
6. …………113……………….PR Blogger………………………..UK…………………….68
7. …………126……………….Pro PR……………………………..CANADA…………….66
8. …………201……………….Young PR…………………………AUSTRALIA…………….58
9. ………..204………………..PRNewser…………………………US……………………..58
10. ………..211…………………PR Communications…………US……………………..57
11. ………..222………………..A PR Guy’s Musings…………….UK…………………….55
12. ………..236………………..PR meets the WWW…………..US…………………….55
13. ………..253………………..Common Sense PR…………….CANADA………….53
14. ………..260………………..Corporate PR……………………US…………………….52
15. ………..263………………..PR Works…………………………..CANADA…………..52
16. ………..268………………..Naked PR………………………….US…………………….52
17. ………..296………………..KDPaine’s PR……………………..US……………………..49
18. ………..313………………..Hispanic Marketing & PR……..US…………………….48
19. ………..324……………….Wadds’ tech pr blog……………UK……………………47
20. ………..331……………….Drew B’s take on tech PR……..UK…………………..46
21. ………..345……………….Corporate Engagement………AUSTRALIA……….45
22. .,………346……………….Brendan Cooper…………………UK…………………..45
23. ………..350……………….Tech PR Gems……………………..US………………….45
24. ………..352……………….PRoactive………………………….US………………….45
25. ………..355………………Simonsays…………………………..UK………………….44
26. ………..357……………….Beyond PR………………………….UK………………….44
27. ………..366……………….Observations of PR…………….US……………………43
28. ………..375……………….Online PR Thoughts…………………US……………….43
29. ………..376……………….Valley PR Blog……………………..US………………….43
30. ………..405……………….Media Relations Blog…………….US………………….41
31. ………..424……………….PR Disasters………………………….AUSTRALIA………39
32. ………..428……………….PR Meets Marketing………………US…………………..39
33. ………..450……………….Into PR……………………………….US…………………….37
34. ………..468……………….Wired PR Works…………………..US……………………36
35. ………..478……………….Student PR Blog……………………CANADA…………..35
36. ………..486……………….PRos in Training……………………….US………………….35
37. ………..490……………….IndiaPRBlog!…………………………INDIA………………35
38. ………..492……………….Profitable Business Edge 2……..US……………………35
39. ………..498……………….The New PR……………………………CANADA…………34
40. ………..500……………….Shiny Red…………………………………UK………………….34
41. ………..507……………….A view on PR…………………………US………………….34
42. ………..515……………….Alan Weinkrantz PR………………..US………………….33
43. ………..529……………….PR Talk………………………………….US………………….33
44. ………..530……………….Engage in PR……………………….US……………………33
45. ………..539……………….New Millennium PR………………….US………………..32
46. ………..544……………….Pudding Relations………………….UK………………….32
47. ………..545……………….Morgan McLintic on PR……………US………………….32
48. ………..556……………….Mutually Inclusive PR………………CANADA………….31
49. ………..575……………….All Things PR………………………….UK…………………..30
50. ………..594……………….Youngblood PR & Marketing……CANADA………..29
51. ………..602……………….PR Voice………………………………..UK………………….28
52. ………..624……………….PR. Differently…………………………US………………….27
53. ………..630……………….Launch PR……………………………….US………………..26
54. ………..631……………….Tech for PR……………………………..US………………….26
55. ………..661……………….10 Yetis PR Blog……………………..UK…………………..23
56. ………..666……………….Blinn PR Report………………………US…………………..23
57. ………..684……………….Mosnar Communications…………US………………….22
58. ………..693……………….First Person PR……………………….US……………………21
59. ………..697……………….PRwordSmith…………………………..UK…………………21
60. ………..699……………….EducationPR……………………………US………………….21
61. ………..713……………….From PR to Eternity………………….UK………………….19
62. ………..715……………….HighVizPR………………………………..US…………………19
63. ………..718……………….PowerUp………………………………….US………………..19

The top blogs by country:

Australia: Young PR
Canada: Pro PR
India: IndiaPRBlog!
UK: PR Blogger
US: PR 2.0

The top UK blogs:
1. PR Blogger
2. A PR Guy’s Musings
3. Wadds’ tech pr blog
4. Drew B’s take on tech PR
5. Brendan Cooper, Your friendly PR Social Media Planner
6. Simonsays
7. Beyond PR
8. Shiny Red
9. Pudding Relations
10. All Things PR
11. PR Voice
12. 10 Yetis PR Blog
13. PRwordSmith
14. From PR to Eternity

Gradually I immersed myself into the ‘Twittersphere’ and started following other PR people and entering into conversations. I thought it was interesting but I certainly had no idea that it would further my career.

After just ten days of twittering I was contacted by Stephen Waddington of Rainier PR and invited to attend an interview the following week. A few days later I had a second interview over the phone and now today I have been offered a job with the company. I start next month and cannot wait. It’s been my dream for quite some time to work in technology public relations, so to work for one of the top 10 tech PR companies in the UK is unbelievable! Plus I got a mention on their blog to boot.

Directly through twittering I have also acquired twenty-one followers or contacts. This means that I have gained a new contact for every day I have spent microblogging. Indirectly I look set to gain many, many more contacts in the form of my new work colleagues.

Not bad for a website I didn’t see the point of.