There are some blogs that are very on target for what we are doing with dbTwang (a focused social network with a freemium/recurring subscription element to it).
They are the ones I read regularly - not skimming but setting time aside to read them properly.
Kissmetrics
They offer a service for analyzing visitor data and have a blog that is very informative on the topic of metrics for e-commerce and conversion driven businesses.
http://blog.kissmetrics.com
Startup CFO
Mark McLeod is a CFO for hire and he took the time a couple of months ago to have a Skype conversation with me. He is informed and experienced and generous with sharing. He also initiated a Startup CFO community on Ning.
http://startupcfo.ca/
Andrew Chen
Andrew is obsessive on the topic of freemium and has published many rich posts on this and related areas. One of which includes a spreadsheet for modeling conversions, user acquisition costs and life time values.
http://andrewchenblog.com
Dave McClure
Dave is an entrepreneur, VC rep for very early stage investments and is also metric obsessed. He rules supreme with his "How to give a VC a Hard On" presentation! I met Dave in San Francisco recently and he took the time to listen and feedback to me.
http://500hats.typepad.com
The Startup
This European site covers (as you would expect!) EU based startups.
http://www.thestartup.eu
Sean Ellis
Startup Marketing is his baby and he speaks from a background of having taken 7 VC backed businesses to market.
http://startup-marketing.com
Venture Voice
This is the single podcast I always listen to. Frequency is irratic and the lenght (at an hour usually) is longer than usual yet the style of conversation is great to listen to and the stuff you can learn from the entrepreneurs Greg Galant talks to is worth it.
http://www.venturevoice.com/
Hope some of those are of interest.
keith
v.good
thanks for sharing.
Posted by: neil c | May 16, 2009 at 08:38
welcome Neil.
Posted by: keith bohanna | May 16, 2009 at 08:43