Internet is full of noise and you miss valuable information, that’s why you should follow the experts to stay updated with latest trends, case studies and tips. Following the right person and sites on social media eliminates the noise and feed your news stream with relevant and quality tips, tricks and insights from industry experts.
Here is a list of social media experts who you should follow right now, [In No Particular Order]
1. Jay Baer
Jay Baer is founder of ‘Convince & Convert’. He is an author, speaker, podcaster, investor and social media consultant. According to his twitter handle he is “The most re-tweeted person in the world among digital marketers”.
He is author of “Hug Your Haters”.
2. Kristi Hines
Kristi Hines is a Freelance writer, content marketer and business blogger. She is Certified HubSpot and Copyblogger Marketer.
3. Jeff Bullas
Jeff Bullas is Consultant, Speaker, Blogger. He is one stop destination for content marketing, social media marketing, blogging and many more. I think he has written thousands of article and resources on social media marketing, content marketing and digital marketing.
He is #1 Global “Digital Marketing Influencer” – 2016
4. Jon Morrow
Jon Morrow Founder of SmartBlogger and Editor at Copyblogger. He loves to Boost Blog Traffic and that’s what he teaches bloggers and entrepreneurs. He writer impactful headlines and blog posts which go viral and attracts lots of traffic.
He lives in Austin, Texas and Joined Twitter on November 2007.
5. Mike Stelzner
Mike Stelzner is founder of Social Media Examiner; host of Social Media Marketing podcast and author of Launch & Writing White Papers. You can follow him on Snapchat: mikestelzner
You should follow his blog, podcasts and conferences to stay updated on social media marketing.
6. Mari Smith
Mari Smith joined Twitter on September 2007. She lives in San Diego, California. She is queen of Facebook marketing and social media expert, thought leader, speaker and author.
You get tone of quality content on social media marketing specially Facebook marketing on marismith.com
7. Pam Moore
Pam Moore is CEO of Themarketingnutz and pammarketingnut.com. She lives in Orlando, Florida. She says she is 50 percent marketing and 50 percent geek. She is one of the Top Forbes SocialMedia Leader. She is a Keynote Speaker, Trainer and Consultant. She joined Twitter on Joined February 2009.
8. Brian Clark
Brian Clark is Founder and CEO of Copyblogger – tips on content marketing and Rainmaker Digital – tools and training for content marketers and digital entrepreneurs. He is also host of Unemployable.com – tips and resources for ambitious freelancers and creative Entrepreneurs and Curator of Further.net – tips on personal development.
He lives in Boulder, Colorado. He joined Twitter on October 2006.
9. Mark Schaefer
Mark Schaefer runs Businessesgrow.com and he is chieftain of the blog {grow} & social media bouncer. He is social media consultant, educator, author of five best-selling books including Social Media Explained & The Content Code.
He lives in Knoxville and Joined Twitter on November 2008.
10. Ann Smarty
Ann Smarty is Brand manager at NinjasMarketing. She is Founder of MyBlogU.com, SEOsmarty & ViralContentBuzz.com. If you need latest updates and insight on SEO Ann Smarty’s feed is flooded with lots of her own and curated content.
She Joined Twitter on December 2007.
11. Rand Fishkin
Rand Fishkin is founder of Moz. He is also an author and blogger. He tweets 30-40X/week about marketing, SEO, technology, & startups. His whiteboard videos are informative and gives real insights and guide on how-to improve your digital marketing.
He lives in Seattle Washington. He Joined Twitter on June 2007.
12. Noah Kagan
Noah Kagan is founder of AppSumo, Okdork and co-founder of Gambit. He is author of “How I Lost 170 Million Dollars: My Time as #30 at Facebook”. He loves to share his knowledge on email marketing, productivity and growth hacking. He loves Tacos.
13. Glen Gilmore
Glen Gilmore is part of Forbes’ top 20 Social Media Expert. Social Media Influencer. He is digital marketing strategist, author, speaker and Rutgers Business School Instructor. He has written Social Media Law for Business. He Joined Twitter on November 2008.
14. Jenn Herman
Jenn Herman forefront blogger on Instagram marketing, social media consultant and speaker social media, instagram consultant and trainer. Her blog is one of the top 10 Social Media Blog. She lives in San Diego, California. She Joined Twitter on February 2012.
15. Marsha Collier – prolific author
Marsha Collier is book writing machine. She is the Los Angeles-based author of 48 books: Social Media Commerce for Dummies, eBay for Dummies, online customer service and other books about selling online.
She lives in Los Angeles and joined Twitter on March 2008. Wish her Happy Birthday on December 04.
16. Amy Porterfield
Amy Porterfield is Online Marketer and co-author of Facebook Marketing All In One for Dummies and a Social Media Strategist for entrepreneurs and small businesses. She is Forbes’ Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers of 2012
She lives in San Diego and Joined Twitter on October 2008.
17. Viveka von Rosen
Viveka von Rosen is a LinkedIn Expert, Evangelist, Author, Speaker & Trainer. She Hosts #LinkedInChat. She is author of “LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day” and contributing author (expert) to The Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to LinkedIn.
Started using LinkedIn in 2006 when she saw a presentation on the opportunities of Business Networking with LinkedIn. Having doubled her own business with F2F networking, she saw the immense potential of a business online networking site.
She is well-known as “LinkedIn Expert” and speaks to corporations, business owners, Legal Firms and associations on benefiting from social media specially from LinkedIn.
She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. She Joined Twitter on October 2008.
18. Eve Mayer
Eve Mayer Founder of Social Media Delivered. She is Social Media Influencer Author, Online Marketing Strategist, Speaker & Entertainer. She is Author of Get It Girl Guide to Online Dating and The Social Media Business Equation.
In 2013, Forbes recognized her as one of the 7th most influential women and 14th social media influencer. She is one of the top 8 Women to follow on Twitter. (2013).
She lives in Dallas, Texas and she Joined Twitter on May 2009.
19. Jason Falls – 1 Elasticity SVP
Jason Falls is Senior Vice-President, Digital Strategist at Elasticity an innovative digital agency helps businesses excel and adjust in an ever-changing digital marketing. He is also a Keynote Speaker, Thought Leader Speaker, Author, Humorist and thinker in the digital and social media marketing industry. He likes bourbon.
He lives in Louisville, Kentucky. He Joined Twitter on September 2007.
20. Neal Schaffer
Neal Schaffer is Founder of Maximize Your Social, Maximize Social Business, Social Media Center of Excellence and co-founder of the leading corporate social media conference, the Social Tools Summit. He is also a Social Media Strategist, Author Speaker and Consultant.
He helps businesses and professionals to maximize their social media ROI and by variety of social media marketing strategies.
He lives in Irvine, California. He Joined Twitter on September 2008.
21. David Meerman Scott
David Meerman Scott is an American online sales and marketing strategist, and author of several books on marketing, most notably The New Rules of Marketing and PR, Newsjacking and Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead with over thousands of copies sold in more than 25+ languages. He is professional speaker at webinknow.
He lies in Boston and Joined Twitter on March 2008.
22. Stephanie Sammons
Stephanie Sammons is a best-selling author, speaker, online teacher, singer-songwriter, yogi, snowboarder, consultant, Influence Marketing Strategist and wine enthusiast. She helps entrepreneurs grow their personal influence, impact, and income in the digital age.
She has published several business books – Linked to Influence, 7 Powerful Rules for Becoming a Top Influencer in Your Market and Attracting Your Ideal Clients on LinkedIn.
She lives in Dallas, Texas (a Texas Girl) and Joined Twitter on November 2008.
23. Joe Pulizzi
Joe Pulizzi is Founder of Content Marketing Institute and Author, Evangelist, Speaker & Entrepreneur. He is a content marketing expert helps businesses on content creation and marketing.
Content Marketing Institute is a leading training and education organization for content marketing.
He is author of Content Inc., Epic Content Marketing, Managing Content Marketing and Get Content Get Customers.
He is the winner of the 2014 John Caldwell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Content Council.
He lives in Cleveland, Ohio. He joined Twitter on December 2007.
24. Lee Odden
Lee Odden is Co-Founder & CEO of TopRank Marketing. He is Digital Marketing Strategist, Consultant on B2B Content, Influencer Marketing, Social Media, PR & SEO, Author, & Speaker.
For over 15+ years he has been helping B2B and consumer brands develop winning digital and online marketing strategies.
He lives in Minneapolis and he joined Twitter on March 2007.
25. Ann Handley
Ann Handley is Head of Content at MarketingProfs, Marketer and Author.
She is author of “Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content” and co-author of “Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business.
According to her Twitter handle she is “waging a war on mediocrity in content marketing.”
She lives in Boston and Joined Twitter on May 2008.
We have tried our best to gather the names of masters of social media marketing.
The list is incomplete without your opinion because there would be many social media marketers who are rocking on different social medias like Pinterest, Instagram etc and they are not in the list.
So who is your favorite and if have we missed anyone? Let us know in the comment.