Salesmen are the dreaded enemy of dinner time and door bells, but making a career in sales doesn’t have to condemn you to being the dreaded enemy. Learn top tips from expert salespeople across the world with these blogs. Train yourself in the latest sales techniques and see what works for the experts. It’s all here in this top 100 list of awesome sales blogs.

Personal Sales Blogs
1. Heavy Hitter Sales Blog – If you’re sick of your sales strategy bunting when it should be hitting home runs, this blog will supercharge your sales game, all while offering practical sales advice for these tough economic times.
2. Garth’s World – Utilizing more humor than most sites, Garth’s world nests all of its advice in blog form, with funny narratives that culminate in practical suggestions.
3. Anthony Cole’s Sales Java Blog – Nearly overflowing with advice, this site offers a number of sales methods broken up by sales type and sales chronology, and also offers tips on how being unique is the best thing you can do in sales.
4. Jonathan Farrington’s Blog – While many sites emphasize the importance of Twitter to sales, few have in-depth articles on how to more influentially tweet, as well as other quirky tips, such as pitching your idea to a bigwig…in the elevator.
5. Alen Majer’s Blog – This site offers tips for presentations, selling your personality, and even the history of American sales culture.
6. Dave Stein’s Blog – All about sales leadership, this site offers interviews, tips, and tricks for improving ineffective sales, hiring the right salespeople, and much more.
7. Hunting Big Sales With Tom Searcy – This site offers tips on what not to do (combining martinis and jet lag while networking), social media incorporation, and riveting podcasts.
8. Kahle Way Sales Blog – Whether you want to improve your professional life or your personal life, the Kahle Way has you covered.
9. Ben Bradley at benbradley.net – It’s all about quick advice here, with tips for dealing with a recession, how to use Twitter, and the efficiency of using Quizno’s as an office treat for workers.
10. Journal of a Sales Professional – Offering a view into the blogger’s “adventures in sales and marketing automation,” this site offers views on sales certification, automatic referral generation, and even how to train a salesperson.
11. Verne Harnish, the “Growth Guy” – This site is all about Verne, offering links to his business-growing blog, weekly insight, informative columns and best practices.

Build Up to Corporate and International Clientele Blogs
12. Idea Sellers – This site specializes in new ways of looking at opportunities (witness one of his latest updates, “Thank God for This Economic Crisis”), and also helps sales people see the bigger picture of how the littlest actions affect their sales.
13. The Accidental Negotiator – It’s all about international wisdom here, with tips from France, Japan, and the Middle East.
14. Selling to Big Companies – This blog helps you develop your sales pipeline, outsell the recession, and (of course) use social networking to sell, sell, sell.
15. Heavy Hitter Sales Wisdom – This site offers articles as well as excerpts from the book of the same name, giving you a good mixture of sales tips to bring you’re A game to your sales life.
16. Heavy Hitter Selling – The website for the “prequel” to the previous book, this site lets you view the intro for the book, as well as read more informative articles and excerpts.
17. Sales Force One – How can you “think and sell presidentially” if you haven’t taken a ride in Sales Force One? True to its word, this site offers a mixture of advice, surveys, and general ideas to use new media to foster sales growth.
18. Cindy King – If you need more international clients, you need Cindy King. She helps turn cross-cultural communication into an art.
Tips and Tricks Blogs from Experienced Salespeople
19. Selling for Life – This site mixes often-amusing tales of life (such a mouse visiting the office) with ways of tweaking your old sales concepts (such as telling the would-be-client what you can do for them) into more natural ones (such as crafting your conversation to match their body language).
20. Better Closer – This no-frills site lets you access several updates at a time, helping you use social networking to motivate your sales team, develop leads, and market your business.
21. Seth Godin’s Blog – This quirky site has info on differentiating from business strangers and business friends, permission marketing, the nature of free services, and much more.
22. Sales By 5 – This picture-heavy site helps with your motivation, methods, and sales techniques themselves, focusing on money-saving practical advice (such as how much you might save on direct mail by “Tweeting” advertisements).
23. Steve’s blog… the art & science of the Q-Selling ‘correct questions’ technique in making major sales – Like the name says, this site is all about sales management, sales training, and sales motivation.
24. Sales Pro Insider – This quirky site offers a medley of sales tips, such as how shutting down your life can power it up, building an “e-reputation,” and being “frank about thanks.”
25. The Sales Wars – This site is all about blunt advice (Why did you lose your job? “You either sucked or you were unlucky”), with a focus on getting noticed in an economy that’s bringing in more resumes than ever.
26. The Selling Sherpa – The blogger brings over two decades of experience to the table, and it shows. He offers daily tips focusing on key sales concepts such as dealing with pressure, obtaining info, and how sometimes an “analog” notebook beats the pants offer your PC notebook.
27. The Funnelholic – While “funnelholic” may actually make you think of your old frat buddy Frank, this site’s specialty is for those who “live and work at the top of the b2b funnel,” offering advice on leads, marketing, online media, and more.
28. Diva Sales Tips – This women-centric sales blog offers training, humor, and practical tips for selling like a true diva.
29. Score More Sales – This offers tips on branding, conferencing, and other tips to get you out of your rut.
30. The Salesopedia Blog – This site has tips for sales-helping technology, building loyalty, and how to phrase the perfect question to clients.
31. Skip Anderson’s Selling to Consumers Blog – This site provides humor as well as insight, offering ways of avoiding sales-cliché sleaziness as well as responses to that dreaded customer response, “We’re just not sure.”
32. Engaged Selling Solutions – This site offers book reviews, motivational tips, and practical ideas (such as 7 ways to get your customers to call you back).
33. Shane Gibson’s Closing Bigger Sales Blog and Podcast – The emphasis here is practical advice, such as guerilla social media marketing, and how to replace printed business wisdom with business blogging.
34. Sieze This Day – With advice doled out in small chunks, this site helps you with marketing, network no-no’s, and making social media more personal.
35. The Sales Force Blog – This site comes right out of the gate with amazing tips for time management, prospect profiling, and how to absolve yourself of the sins of a bad sales presentation.
36. The Pipeline – As the name implies, this site is all about building your sales pipeline, utilizing emotional intelligence, sales listening, and time management.
37. Sales Loudmouth – As professional as the salesmen it targets, this site emphasizes relevance, recognition, and courage in your own sales sphere.
38. Pro Sales Guide – This well-organized site lets you immediately access thorough lists of sales training tips, planning tips, and even the 32 worst things you can do in the world of sales.
39. Inside Sales Expert Blog – This site helps you define what sales operations are, whether remote inside sales teams are a good thing, and how to “spin selling” for the recession.
40. SymVolli – With a motto of “Don’t survive…thrive,” this site uses podcasts, down-to-earth advice, and B2B tips to build your sales into the new millennium.
41. Art Sobczak’s Telesales Blog – This site offers info on telesales, prospecting, marketing, and more, and should be checked out ASAP.
42. New Sales Economy Blog – This site emphasizes video links to offer tips on motivation, social media, and creating small business demand for your services.
43. Build a Sales Machine – This site offers tricks for building your pipeline, using the latest B2B data, and thoughts on sales leadership.
44. Pricing On Purpose – This informal, often humorous blog offers surveys of wisdom from around the web, as well as the blogger’s own two cents.
45. Sales Excellence – This site offers humorous advice on what NOT to do with customer, as well as achieving sales velocity and thorough book reviews. And did I mention the top-notch podcast?
46. Ad Sales Blog – This site promises “news, ideas, and strategies to help you sell,” and it delivers, offering a great mixture of digital and print sales tips and tricks.

Marketing for More Sales Blogs
47. Smart Marketing with Customer Loyalty – This site serves as a sort of portal of a number of internal sales blogs, offering you the latest advice at the top and a hip-deep archive of advice at the bottom.
48. Duct Tape Marketing – This site offers thought-provoking editorials, as well as links to advice from around the web, making this an amazing all-purpose site.
49. The Growth Guy – If you want to grow your company and/or yourself, look no further than this site. This blog combines advice from others as well as anecdotes from “The Growth Guy,” so you can stay on top of sales advice with just one site.
50. TrustedAdvisor Associates – This site has tips on behaviors to avoid, making mistrust a thing of the past, and taking the shortest route to sales.
51. Highly Contagious Marketing – If you’d like your marketing to spread like the plague (or at least the swine flu), this site has info on marketing funnels, charged products vs. free products, and focusing on prospects that “get you.”
52. Sales and Marketing Blog – This site cuts to the chase, offering you winning sales questions, tips on how to gauge your product’s value, and the effective use of sales technology.
Managerial and Executive Sales Blogs
53. The Sales Force Blog – A site “dedicated to CEOs, Executives, and Sales Professionals,” it offers tips on time management, profiling, referrals, and much more.
54. Beyond the Boardroom – You don’t need a four-leaf clover with this Ireland-based consultancy that offers tips on customer service, business blogging, and the very future of professional sales.
55. Sales and Sales Management Blog – This site specializes in offering new ways of looking at sales, such as getting introductions instead of referrals, the tactical use of freebies, and what rapport really means.
56. The Rainmaker Maker – Despite the name, this site often poses thoughtful questions to managers, such as whether or not a potential rainmaker would see the person as a manager or just a mark, and whether having a truly gifted rainmaker might tilt the balance of power in the company.
57. Dave Kurlan – Understanding the Sales Force – This site is for sales managers, offering tips on what to tell salespeople in this economy, why corporate training fails, and even how many individuals are in sales that shouldn’t be.
58. Total Sales Manager – This site does things a little differently, such as converting military lessons into sales guides, incorporating the goal-setting advice of Tiger Woods, and much more.
59. Sales Management Today – This picture-filled, easy-to-read site offers advice on sales management, what to do when sales are down, and gauging the effectiveness of sales coaching.
60. The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource – This site offers tips on revenue growth strategies, the role of social media, and even the importance of frequent blog updates.
61. Sales & the City – This site helps you stay committed to goals, recruit better, and how to measure sales effectiveness in our down economy.
62. Managing Salespeople – Another site with an emphasis on practical advice, this page offers tips on scoring free press releases, the role of the sales manager, and how to gauge the customer-friendliness of your sales staff.

Lead Generating Blogs
63. Insights Into Cold Calling – As you might expect from the name, this site is all about cold calling, and the 21st-century tricks you can use to spice up the 20th-century cold calling techniques.
64. Dig It – This oft-update site offers practical advice on networking, sales hooks, cold calls, and much more.
65. B2B Lead Generation Blog – All about B2B, this blog helps you out with “lead generation, sales leads, and marketing for the complex sale.”
66. Wendy Weiss The Queen of Cold Calling – This site is all about cold calling, offers podcasts, products, and recommendations for warming up the coldest of calls.
Online Sales Blogs
67. The Virtual Handshake – Helping with “opening doors and close deals online,” this amusing site mixes pictures, poetry, web comics, and plain advice on using the internet to enhance your business model.
68. Sales 2.0 – This site is chock full of amusing sales anecdotes that help figure out what to do—and what not to do—for sales marketing, sales media, and sales sanity.
69. “Cold Calling 2.0″ Ebook and Success Kit – For just $27, you can have this comprehensive kit (including guides, tools, templates, and lead recommendations) to help bring your sales strategy into the 21st century.
70. Sellsellsell – This site gives you quick, easy access to podcasts, Ebooks, and articles helping you to…well…sell, sell, sell.
71. Fill the Funnel … view from the street – This site promises “web tools for sales makers” and delivers, offering advice on getting the domain name you want, sales-friendly iPhone applications, and how the web can help you stop cold-calling altogether.
72. S&MM Standoff – This site offers tips on integrating Facebook into your business (or perhaps vice versa), as well as perfecting your sales hooks and avoiding deadly sales pitfalls.
73. Sales Management 2.0 – With a more personal touch, this blog counsels its advice in the (mis)adventures of its blogger host, with amusing tales that always tell you why you shouldn’t do something.
Sales Motivation and Coaching Blogs
74. The Sales Hunter’s Sales Motivation Blog – In this blog, the Sales Hunter offers tips for cold calling, negotiation, and just plain keeping your motivation high.
75. Increase Sales Coach – This site is all about offering you quick references for better sales, such as “3 core principles to increase sales” and “6 seconds to win in sales.”
76. Sales Job Interview Questions & Sales Interview Tips – Just like it sounds, this site is all about bringing you to the front of the pack for sales jobs, with advice on the interview, your resume, and assorted tips and tricks.
77. Startup Sales Mentor – This site offers podcasts and frequent Twitter roundups, helping you stay on top of the world of start-up sales.
78. Keith Rosen’s Executive Sales Coaching Blog on Selling, Leadership, Management – This site offers sample interview questions to help you recruit the best, how to actually get back the buyers that say they’ll be back, and many other practical tips.
Sales News and Fun Stuff
79. Sales Bloggers Union – This site offers an Ebook at the best price (free), as well tips on sales management, technology, and motivation.
80. Top Sales Blog – This site brings your salesmanship into the 21st century, with tips on recruiting, qualifying, and the recognition of top sales people.
81. Alltop – This is a great portal site to other sales blogs. Quickly scan the newest posts from dozens of blogs, and read only what you want to.
82. CloserQ Sales/Business Blog – This site is structured as an ongoing Q and A session, wherein you write your sales stumpers to them and listen to thorough answers by an amazing sales group.
83. Pebblestorm – This site offers visual business plans, sales videos, and sales book recommendations.
84. The Sales Blog – This site’s specialty is “Weekend Reading,” which takes sales articles and breaks them into a series of “money quotes,” and invites you to comment on them.
85. Sales Machine – In between posts about sales negotiations and sales messages are compilations of the world’s funniest auto ads and world’s sexist beer ads, making this sight as spicy as it is insightful.
86. SalesJournal.com – This site offers advice on the best data services, effective cold calling techniques, and how cultural differences should (and shouldn’t) affect a sales force evaluation.
87. The Passive Pipeline – This site has info on the software, books, and general info to build your sales trickle into a sales overflow.
88. The Customer Collective – This slick, sleek site offers interviews, Live Event links, and much more to put you in touch with the customer collective.
89. QBS: Question Based Selling – This site offers practical info, such as selling your intangible services and navigating the 401(k) blues.
90. SalesResources.com – This site intends to be your one-stop shop for sales resources, offering articles, videos, jobs, a newsletter, and much more.
91. Church of the Customer Blog – This site features info on recession-era marketing, creative use of keywords, and how to have fun with advertisement.
92. Shift – The primary focus of this site is what NOT to do, offering detailed (and often funny) tales of sales woes.
Sales Start-Ups, Small Business and Training Blogs
93. StartUpNation – If you’re starting a business, start here. They have tips on marketing, trendsetting, and franchise organization.
94. The Entrepreneurial Sales Blog – This site offers top tips, thoughts for the day, and podcasts so that you can get the commissions and sales that you deserve.
95. The Presenters’ Blog – This site is all about building your public-speaking skills, from word choice to body language to calming your nerves.
96. Professional Sales Training – Offering skills, techniques, and even scripts, this site will enhance every aspect of your sales.
97. From The Heart Sales Training Blog – Helping to combat the image of sales people as untrustworthy, this site is all about leading from the heart to make your sales approach a little more human.
98. Professional Outside Sales – This site offers unique advice, such as the benefits of increasing your sales staff during lean economic times, the importance of good office chairs, and how to avoid business cards that are “crap.”
99. Fearless Selling – This small-business friendly site offers tips on competing against bigger companies, the pitfalls of persuasion, and what not to do if you want to keep a sale.
100. SmarTrack – Designed exclusively for small businesses, this site offers coaching, start-up help, marketing help, and more.

Become a fierce salesperson and have a brand new bag of tricks to improve your sales skills from reading the blogs that make the best salespeople the best. Next thing you know, you’ll be starting your own expert sales blog to help beginners or veterans looking for a fresh perspective just like yourself.

Hiring a contractor can be expensive. With monthly bills climbing and income shrinking, the “do it yourself” movement has gained momentum. Below are the best 100 blogs for home improvement that provide inspiration, design ideas, advice, and much more from those just starting out or those that have a lifetime of experience.

Best Blogs for Home Improvement Inspiration

Read these blogs for ideas on how to get started, continue, or finish a home improvement project.

1. Rate My Space: This comprehensive site allows visitors to upload photos of their home improvement projects, have them rated, rate others, or even watch makeovers in progress. You can view spaces by most recent, top rated, or most viewed.

2. Houseblogs.net: A community of bloggers post everything on home improvement, from design to the finished product. Read a ton of established blogs or start your own.

3. DIY Job: The blog gathers posts from loads of other DIY blogs and lists them here. View a video, read an entry, or even write a story of your own.

4. BBC Homes: Get a ton of inspiring ideas from home builders in the United Kingdom. You can also get advice on safety and which tool goes with which project.

5. Enon Hall: This is a historic home that was built in 1762 and is in the process of restoration. Follow the journey, read more about this historic home, or view the stunning “before gallery.”

6. Boston Home Improvement Blog: Melanie Zoltan blogs about cool products that make your home run better and more efficient. Recent entries dealt with housing trends, reel lawn mowers, and consignment shops.

7. DIY Loft Conversion: Anyone looking for inspiration with a loft or small space should visit this blog. Andy is just finishing the conversion of his loft and tells all.

8. DIY & Decor: Get inspiring ideas for the interior of your home including reviews, best buys, tips, and even projects for couples. You can also get information on crafts, flooring, gardening, repair, and more.

9. Home Suite Homes: Visit here for inspiration and guidance for achieving the perfect home environment. Get ideas for furniture, garden, home maintenance, and even an inspirational gallery.

10. 1912 Bungalow: Follow this couple’s six year journey to restore this classic home, complete with pictures. You can read the diary, get inspiration, or even a how to guide.

11. Chicago 2-Flat: Read the adventures of Steve and Jocelyn’s improvement of a Chicago style two-flat. A recent entry dealt with building your own kitchen table.

12. Fixer-Upper: Follow Mindy as she renovates and restores a Victorian home. Get inspiration for different rooms, read the diary, how to guides, and even information on major projects.

13. The Petch House: Greg blogs about restoring an 1895 Victorian home. Get project updates, before and after shots, or choose an entry by one of the many labels.

14. Apartment Therapy: Need inspiration on an apartment or small space? Then visit this site for a ton of décor and improvement ideas.

15. Floors, Walls & Ceilings: Get inspirational and budget friendly decorating ideas and tips for home improvement. A recent entry dealt with a kitchen redesign.

16. Hooked on Houses: This blogger is obsessed with homes and regularly posts favorite pictures. A recent entry dealt with the home of Diane Keaton and featured photos of both the inside and outside.

17. IKEA Hacker: Anyone thinking of using the store in their home improvement should visit this site for tons of tips. An interesting tip showed how you can turn a simple piece of furniture into a discrete litter box for your cat.

18. A Constructed Life: Liz blogs about remodeling an entire house, staying sane, and having a life. Entries deal with kitchen remodeling, hardwood floors, and musings.

19. Area Rugs Blogs: Need inspiration for making those floors stand out? Visit this blog complete with tips for rugs for kids, tips for choosing, and even green minded rugs.

20. The Building Brows: This family of eight is living in a mobile home until their house is complete. Learn how they are doing it and staying debt-free.

21. House In Progress: This remodel includes the bedroom, bathroom, wiring, laundry chute, living room, nursery, and front door. Get before and after shots, progress meters, and more.

22. This Old Crack House: Join Gary and his family as the move from log house to farmhouse to townhouse to apartment house to crack house. The blog gives the best and worst of all the homes.

23. The Devil Queen: Read the story of how John and his wife sold their soul to try and save a Queen Anne Victorian. A recent entry dealt with the ups and downs of $1.00 houses.

24. Expiration Dates: This blogger started writing in 2003 focusing on the experience of house building. With the project nearly completed, you can read how they did it, along with tips and advice.

25. Home Improvement Ninja: Tom is battling with his century old townhouse. See what has been done, what needs to done, and more.

26. House Made: Read how Beth and Meredith remodeled a 1922 Pueblo Spanish bungalow, complete with pictures. Most posts center on the exterior, landscaping, and random stuff.

27. Crazy Stables: Follow the blogger on a journey to fix up her Brooklyn home. In addition to home improvement, Brenda also posts on things that interest her.

28. Cincinnati Cape Cod: Kasmira is improving her home in Cincinnati and has just recently completed her kitchen. She includes many photos from her interior and garden.

29. Camping with a Mortgage: These bloggers attempt to rehabilitate an 1881 Italianate home. Last updated in 2007, you can still get information on remodeling for closets, kitchen, and floors.

30. TayMic Harris: A couple chronicles the construction of their dream home in Massachusetts. Completed in late 2008, you can get useful ideas for home improvement.

31. 33 Orchard: A couple has purchased a home at 33 Orchard. Although they just about finished in 2007, it is still a great visit for inspiring ideas for those who do it themselves.

Best Building Plans and Design Blogs

Before tackling the massive task of home improvement, visit these sites for the best in plans and design.

32. Charles & Hudson: Get ideas for design, architecture, and more on this site. A recent entry dealt with garage design.

33. New Construction Advice: Bill is a construction expert and gives advice for starting a new home. You can get advice on buying land, framing, and even a Q & A.

34. DIY Home Improvement Help: Visit this blog for a ton of DIY advice, including pictures of designs and projects in the works. Categories range from asbestos to hurricane repair, with plenty of helpful pictures.

35. S.R. Clarke Construction: This blog tracks the progress of upcoming projects and is useful for those looking to see how the pros plan. Get planning tips for real estate, architecture, and engineering.

36. A Daily Dose Of Architecture: John posts his favorite images mostly from New York city. Get planning ideas from some of the most beautiful homes and buildings in the world, along with his favorite decorations.

37. Attic Insulation: Before you build that attic, make sure to get proper information on insulation. Learn how to avoid asbestos, cut your energy bills, and install all on one site.

38. Luxury Housing Trends: Get the latest in trends and ideas for designing the inside or outside of the home. Choose entries by most read, discussed, and rated.

39. Inhabitat: This blog believes design will save the world. Get information on architecture, interiors, products, technology, and more.

40. Pruned: Get also sorts of planning ideas and design for the exterior on this massive blog. It includes stunning photos, recommendations, and much more.

41. Furniture Fashion: Get an array of ideas for home design, with furniture and fixtures in mind. With all rooms and homes in mind, a recent entry took a look at futuristic sink designs.

42. Best Houses and Homes Design: This blog gathers the best in home design and lists them here. You can get information on beach houses, glass homes, modern, and much more.

43. Best House Design: Visit here for new house plans, modular homes, beach houses, cabin plans, and even a 3D home. Popular homes include a Catshill Mountain House and Warringah House.

44. House Design News: Get the latest news on luxury homes that are being built or completed. You can also get tons of photos on various projects.

Best Blogs for Home Improvement Advice

Hate having to pay a contractor for their time and advice? Then visit these blogs by a variety of professionals for how to guides, step by step instructions on tons of projects, and much more.

45. On The Level: Master of home improvement Bob Vila and other bloggers give many useful tips. You can also join the community, look at real estate, and find products.

46. Home Construction Improvement: Visit here for expert advice on design, landscaping, mechanical, structure, and tools. The latest entry focused on metal stud framing and insulation.

47. One Project Closer: A team of experts blogs on all things involving home repair. Visit here for buying tips, baby proofing, read a community blog, or get information on free tools.

48. Diva Toolbox: With a special section for home, you can get entries on home improvement, landscaping, repair, and more from the woman’s point of view. There are also sections for money, business, career, and family.

49. Grynx: This blog focuses on DIY’s, how-to’s, hacks, and other fun projects. Most popular articles include liquid spills, a wall laptop, and building a Skype phone.

50. Home Remodeling & Construction Blog: This construction company works in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. It is full of tips for the interior and exterior of your home, and a recent entry gives expert advice on when to get a new roof.

51. Handyman And Home Repair Professionals: This professional has been in the business for over 36 years and contains stories, instructions, pictures, and more. Recent entries dealt with the life span of common household items.

52. Let’s Blog Construction: Expert DIYers will love this blog for its step by step instructions on complex projects. Recent entries dealt with concrete stamps and grout pumps.

53. Ask the Builder: Tim Carter is a newspaper columnist and regularly answers DIY questions. Get tips for kitchens, bathrooms, remodeling, new construction, or even watch a video.

54. Home DIY Tips: In addition to tips for home and garden DIY, you can also get news and articles. The last few posts were on maintaining lawn and cleaning tools.

55. Tips For Home Construction: Blogger85 shares thoughts on construction, particularly for the home. Features advice and tips for what you can do, and equally what you shouldn’t.

56. DIY Doctor: If you do DIY and live in the UK, then this site is for you. Get tips and advice for projects, cheap tools, answers to common questions, and even enter a DIY competition.

57. I Can Fix Up My Home: This blog focuses on home improvement, repair, and energy efficiency. Entries include topics such as radiant barrier foil, a silent entrance, and porch roof.

58. Re Do It Yourself: This team of bloggers give advice on many typical remodeling projects. They include kitchen fitting, many product reviews, stripping wallpapers, and adding a television to your bath.

59. MyContractorOnline: The blog tells readers about home improvement through the eyes of someone who does it for a living. A recent entry dealt with installing a garage door yourself.

60. Calfinder Remodeling Blog: This blog answers readers questions on all aspects of home improvement. Popular entries include updating the bathroom shower, hidden costs of bedroom remodeling, and energy efficient windows.

61. Home Improvement Blog: Created in 2006, this blog provides valuable installation instructions, support, and resources for those who seek the information. They recently tackled the task of kitchen cabinets.

62. Howsed: Visit this blog for DIY tips on carpentry, drywall, electrical, plumbing, and tiling. Recent entries dealt with adding an outlet and finishing a garage.

63. Renovation 101: This blog is an online classroom for home remodeling tips and ideas. Get guides for everything from the basics to more complex projects, along with lessons learned.

64. ToolmanNet.com: Advice for home improvement includes tips for the bathroom, kitchen, remodeling, and more. Although they haven’t posted in a while, the latest entry showed how to install a ceramic floor.

65. Builders Share: Handyman has stopped blogging to continue a renovation project, but still gives useful tips for DIY. He also has links to deals, a buying guide, and a special section for mistakes.

Best Home Improvement Podcasts and Videos

Get the best in audio and video for projects ranging from the simple to the monstrous.

66. Bob Vila: Bob and others join forces to bring you a ton of home improvement videos from A to Z. Get videos with tips, step by step guides, and even advice from Bob himself.

67. Lowe’s Channel: A leader in home improvement, Lowe’s has over 150 videos for home improvement. Playlists show you how to build a deck, grow a garden, and give tons of creative ideas.

68. The Handyguys Podcast: These handymen work together to show others how to complete the honey do list. With 64 episodes and counting, you can get tips on hardwood floors, inspections, and most importantly, how to avoid costly mistakes.

69. HomeTime: This popular show has been on the air for 23 years and is hosted by Dean Johnson. You can get a ton of clips on how to including drum sanders, installing drywall, and floating floors.

70. 4Homes: This site is based in the UK and offers videos on renovation, landscaping, and expert advice. There is even the option to upload photos of your space and have others rate it.

71. Fine Home Building: This collection of videos show viewers tips, tools, designs, materials, and more. You can also get links to useful blogs, guides, and tutorials.

72. Tool Talk Podcast: With 53 episodes and counting, this podcast is ideal for the tool minded. Episodes include old hardware stores, listener calls, pointless tools, and more.

73. One Beer Projects: Run by the same site as Tool Talk, this podcast lives up to its name. Get instructions for projects such as wood surfaces, fence staining, brake jobs, and fixing a toilet.

74. DIY TV: This leading channel contains tons of shows for the DIY minded. Get videos on projects, along with many related links.

75. DL.TV: Anyone looking to add technology to their home improvements should visit this podcast by techs for techs. A popular entry shows viewers how to buy an HDTV.

76. This Old House: A leading home improvement publication, This Old House allows you to browse through a ton of how to videos including foundation, cabinets, crown molding, and much more. You can also get information on planning, repairs, tools, and advice.

77. The Money Pit: This site contains many videos and podcasts on home improvement. You can also find a great deal of useful articles, tips, and more.

78. Ask The Decorator: This internet show follows professional designer Meghan Carter across the nation as she finds the best in tips and products for design. In addition to the videos, you can also read her blog.

79. Image Home Improvement LIVE: Steve is a contractor from Arizona and hosted a series of home improvement podcasts on this two year show. In addition to valuable tips, there are also interviews with many home improvement specialists.

80. Popular Mechanics TV: Not just for gear heads, you can also find a host of home improvement videos. You can get how to guides for drywall, plywood, concrete, and more.

81. Home Wizards: Cindy Dole hosts this program full of ideas, inspiration, techniques, and trends. You can also read her blog or visit the radio station.

Best Home Improvement Specialty Blogs

These blogs were written with a specific home improvement topic in mind.

82. Ask A Plumber: Home owners looking for plumbing help can visit here for forums, FAQs, and free plumbing advice. You can also get help for finding a plumber in your area.

83. Ask The Electrician: Dave is a licensed electrical contractor. You can get tons of diagrams, tips, safety advice, and much more.

84. Home Theater System Advice: Looking to install a home theater as part of your remodeling? Then visit here for the best tips in television, audio, DVR, an FAQ, and much more.

85. Lighting Blog: Get tons of information on lighting and ceiling fans from this blog. You can learn to spot and troubleshoot problems, along with product recommendations.

86. The Happy Shower: Get advice and ideas for showers, bathtubs, and luxury bathroom design. Post include steam showers, concealed cabinets, and tips for remodeling a small bathroom.

87. Baby Bedding: Need to build a nursery or update an old one? Then visit this site for tips on design, decoration, and product recommendations.

88. 1800 AnyTyme: Get DIY guides for plumbing, heating, electrical, and air conditioning. A recent entry showed how to save money on electrical bills.

89. That Painter Lady: Debra shows you how to “get your paint on” with videos and tips of the week. Read information on distressing, choosing colors, and painting a variety of rooms in your home.

90. Green Home Blog: If you think going green can be difficult, then visit this blog for tips from well known experts. Of note is the top ten tips for going green entry.

91. Green Home: This one of a kind home is being built by HGTV. You can track its progress and get environmentally friendly tips for your own home.

92. Today’s Green Construction: Todd is a principal engineer in New Hampshire and shares his experiences with green construction. Recent entries dealt with solar power outrage and a blower door test.

93. The Safety Blog: Visit here for information on safety around vehicles, equipment, repair, and more. They recently even asked their readers for questions regarding safety topics they are interested in.

94. Kymberly’s Blog: Kymberly is part of a plumbing company in Westchester, NY and offers advice to those seeking plumbing help. You can also get links for help with bathrooms, kitchens, a gallery, and even videos.

95. The Internet Electrician: Terry Peterman is a professional electrician and offers advice and instruction on home wiring projects. The blog is designed to share his knowledge and experience with the do-it-yourself type.

96. Ez DIY Electricity: Wayne Gilchrist is a Montana licensed master electrician with over 22 years of experience in the electrical trade. He offers DIY electrical wiring help, answers to electrical questions, articles, eBooks, and videos.

97. Toolmonger: Whether looking for a specific one or share a love of all tools, this blog is for you. Get product reviews, recommendations, and more.

98. The Solar DIY Blog: Interested in solar projects for your home? Then visit this blog for information on costs and DIY, along with an instructional video.

99. Women in Woodworking: This site is full of tips for the woodworker. You can also join a forum or view the gallery for more ideas.

100. Find Any Floor: A community of bloggers write on all things floor related. Learn how to install many different types of floors, along with recommendations.

Anyone with a little time, money, and a desire to improve their home will find lots of useful information on the above top 100 DIY blogs.