Social Media Experts

Pete Cashmore

The largest independent website dedicated to news & resources for the connected generation. Tweets from @mashable staff. Send questions/comments to @mashablehq.
2,875,862 followers |

Biz Stone

Co-founder of Twitter, Inc.
1,905,306 followers |

Jeff Keni Pulver

Technology Anthropologist; Entrepreneur; Early-Stage Seed Investor; story teller, Living in Social Media. Producer of #140conf
444,341 followers |

Robert Scoble

Technology news, videos, opinions, from an enthusiastic Rackspace employee who grew up in Silicon Valley and has interviewed more than 3,200 geeks.
261,119 followers |

Chris Brogan

President, Human Business Works. More? http://bit.ly/cbbio . contact: http://chrisbrogan.com/contact
209,902 followers |

Brian Solis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Solis
135,927 followers |

Ann Handley

Head of Content here at ‘Profs. People seem to like my writing: http://www.contentrulesbook.com http://www.annhandley.com
125,423 followers |

Scott Stratten

Author, Speaker and kind of a big deal on a fairly irrelevant soc media site which inflates my self-importance.
122,700 followers |

Trey Pennington

Be the HERO! Conquer marketing clutter with story. Be heard. Be shared. I'll help you discover, develop & deliver your amazing story.
105,734 followers |

Jeremiah Owyang

Industry Analyst (aka Catalyst) at Altimeter Group. Some tweets publish on timer. How I use Twitter http://bit.ly/LK0i
105,037 followers |

Liz Strauss

Founder of SOBCon, social business strategist. It's only fun when it's brilliant strategy, high return, AND connects customers in a meaningful way. Google: liz
99,349 followers |

Scott Monty

Head of social media at Ford Motor Company, husband, dad, podcaster, proprietor of http://bakerstreetblog.com, and a generally nice guy. Formerly from Boston.
75,136 followers |

Joel Comm

Been there, done that, wrote the book... several of them, actually. What's next? I'll let you know when I figure it out.
74,380 followers |

David Meerman Scott

Marketing strategist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of 8 books including The New Rules of Marketing & PR and Newsjacking.
67,904 followers |

Charlene Li

Founder, Altimeter Group. Author, Open Leadership. Co-author, Groundswell. Spouse, mom, daughter, sister.
67,648 followers |

Steve Rubel

EVP/Global Strategy and Insights for Edelman, media futurist, AdAge columnist and avid sports fan.
66,456 followers |

danah boyd

social media scholar, youth researcher & advocate | Microsoft Research, Harvard Berkman Center | zephoria@zephoria.org
64,227 followers |

Bill Gerth

My name is Bill Gerth also known as @comcastbill. We are here to Make it Right for our customers. William_Gerth@comcast.com
57,558 followers |

Jay Baer

President of http://convinceandconvert.com a hype-free social and content accelerator firm. Keynote speaker. Co-author of The NOW Revolution. Tequila guy.
56,796 followers |

Jason Falls

Jason Falls thinks a lot. And shares. Sometimes it's useful even.
54,360 followers |

Christopher Penn

Director of Inbound Marketing, ninja, PodCamp cofounder, Marketing Over Coffee cohost, speaker, author, marketing professor. More: http://cspenn.com/w
53,984 followers |

Michael Brito

SVP, Social Business Planning @EdelmanDigital. Hustler. Lakeshow. US Marine. Author. My Book - http://bit.ly/socialbusinessbook
52,454 followers |

Dan Zarrella

HubSpot's Social Media Scientist.
50,434 followers |

Amber Naslund

Social Strategist and co-founder of @SideraWorks. Author. Constructive heretic. Musician. Mom. Intellectual adventurer. Word nerd.
48,916 followers |

David Armano

EVP @edelmandigital, strategist, thinker, doer, dad, hubby to @msarmano, contributor @harvardbiz, co-founder #Allhat, biker, karaoke junkie, & imperfect soul.
48,471 followers |

Olivier Blanchard

Pray that I never become your competitor's secret weapon. Author of 'Social Media R.O.I.'
42,948 followers |

Michael A. Stelzner

Author of books: Launch & Writing White Papers; founded Social Media Examiner. Committed Christian and dad. Also see Facebook.com/smexaminer & gplus.to/stelzner
42,349 followers |

Lee Odden

Author: OptimizeBook.com CEO @TopRank Online Marketing w/ insights on strategic Social Media, Search, Content & PR. Proud dad, world traveler, foodie.
40,318 followers |

Kristi Colvin 

CEO & Founder @FreshID. We design & develop sites, apps & social assets to engage brand fans. Au sujet de moi: http://kriscolvin.com #wunitedfc #sportingkc
39,944 followers |

Tamar Weinberg

mom. author. social media consultant. mashable sales. appsylum. entrepreneur. email me via my website's contact form. if it's not spam, i'll respond.
35,090 followers |

Danny Brown

VP, Product Intelligence at Jugnoo, Inc. Award-winning marketer and social media blogger. Author of The Parables of Business. Some tweets automated.
33,525 followers |

Adam Ostrow

SVP Content & Exec Editor at Mashable ... lover of technology, entrepreneurship, and sport. An enemy of red tape.
32,043 followers |

Conversation Agent

Strategist. I work with brands to identify/create Meaningful Actions; advocate for Marketing that Makes Business Sense. http://bit.ly/bestrategic
31,463 followers |

Mack Collier

Helping companies understand the 'Social' part of Social Media & with a Southern accent. Founder of #Blogchat, Sun nights at 8pm CT
30,763 followers |

shel israel

consultant. speaker coach. writer. nice guy
26,700 followers |

Kyle Lacy

Principal, Marketing Research and Education at @ExactTarget. Author of Twitter Marketing for Dummies and Branding Yourself. Thoughts are mine alone.
25,187 followers |

Rohit Bhargava

I write a blog about influential marketing. I work at Ogilvy. I have a personality. My new book called Likeonomics is out NOW! http://www.likeonomics.com
23,766 followers |

Shiv Singh

Global Head of Digital for PepsiCo Beverages. Digital strategist & author of Social Media Marketing for Dummies. Father of two awesome boys
23,247 followers |

edwardboches

Chief Innovation Officer, @mullenunbound; CMO and board member @Springpad; Lecturer @ BU College of Communication; founder @nextgreatgen; creator BrandBowl
22,653 followers |

R Ray Wang

Constellation Research Analyst. Provocateur, keynote speaker, disruptive technologist, author, biz strategist, contract negotiator. Startup CEO. Club DJ.
22,310 followers |

David Alston

CMO at Salesforce Radian6. Fan of listening & engagement, community building & outreach, the social enterprise, content marketing & Johnny Cash.
21,363 followers |

Todd Defren

Principal at SHIFT Communications, http://www.shiftcomm.com. Views expressed here are my own, not the agency's or its employees.
21,264 followers |

Joseph Jaffe

Evol8tion - www.StartupsforBrands.com. Jaffe Juice. Jaffe Juice TV. Flip the Funnel. Join the Conversation. Life after the 30-second spot.
20,677 followers |

Shannon Paul

Social Media Manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan @BCBSM @HealthierMI, write about social media for business at Very Official Blog. Tweets are mine.
20,504 followers |

Jennifer Leggio

Raconteur. Comedienne. Hockey lover. Security Twits herder emeritus. VP of Corp Comm for Sourcefire. Forbes.com tech contributor. My tweets, my opinions.
19,992 followers |

Aaron Strout

Head of location based marketing WCG | dedicated dad/husband | co-author, Location Based Marketing for Dummies: http://amzn.to/lbm4d | #Movember champion
19,066 followers |

Shashi Bellamkonda

Smiles are free & priceless, Speaker- Small Business & Sr. Director Social Media Network Solutions & Adjunct Prof. Marketing Georgetown Univ (opinions my own)
17,925 followers |

Joe Pulizzi

Content Marketing Institute. SocialTract. Get Content Get Customers. Content Marketing World. Managing Content Marketing. Chief Content Officer mag. Orange.
17,767 followers |

JD Lasica

Social media strategist, author, journalist, speaker. Founder of social media consultancy Socialmedia.biz & Socialbrite.org for nonprofits. Blogging since 2001.
16,748 followers |

Diane Hessan

CEO of Communispace, author, lover of all things marketing, baseball and politics. Mom to 2 fabulous daughters. My Twitter Journey: http://bit.ly/urSrI
16,292 followers |

davefleet

Vice President, Digital at Edelman Toronto; blogger; running nut; bookworm; gamer; Brit-nadian
16,249 followers |

Peter Kim

Chief Strategy Officer @DachisGroup. Co-author of Social Business By Design http://dach.is/sbdbook . More: http://goo.gl/CQeK4
14,619 followers |

Augie Ray

Exec Director - Community & Collaboration at @USAA. Former Analyst of Social Media at @Forrester. Pet lover. Pianist. Fan of Walt Disney & Frank Lloyd Wright.
14,610 followers |

Sarah Milstein

Co-author of The Twitter Book. http://amzn.to/TwitterBook2e. Vegetables. Art. Dogs. Shoes. Social justice. Between gigs. http://dogsandshoes.com
14,580 followers |

Maggie Fox

Founder/CEO, CMO of Social Media Group (@SMG_agency) one of the world's best-known social media agencies, established in 2006. Our clients: http://bit.ly/Aoa5Oy
14,474 followers |

Geoff Livingston

Marketing Strategist. Co-author, Marketing in the Round. Author, Welcome to the Fifth Estate. Giving days for @razoo.
14,228 followers |

Paul Chaney

Internet marketing and social media consultant, speaker and author of The Digital Handshake. The Social Media Handyman. http://facebook.com/paulchaney
14,131 followers |

Katie Delahaye Paine

I've been called The Queen Of Measurement, but I prefer Seshat, the Goddess
13,725 followers |

Ken Burbary

Chief Digital Officer @ Campbell Ewald. Digital Marketing, Customer Strategy, Digital Analytics and Measurement. These opinions are mine.
13,462 followers |

Richard Laermer

Rambunctious (think rum + boisterous) pop culture/media junkie and prolific writer of all things askew.
12,340 followers |

Michelle Tripp

Creative Director, Brand Strategist, Writer at Adweek #fuelthefuture and BrandForward. Geek love of brand innovation, social technology, sci-fi, and skiing.
12,194 followers |

Len Kendall

Expert at NOTHING. Digital Director @GolinHarris. CoFounded @the3six5. Second City Grad. Loves @hollandersauce. The internet is my box of LEGOs. Oh ya, @VEHAMO!
11,966 followers |

arikhanson

Principal-ACH Communications Minnesota digital PR consultant, blogger, co-founder-HAPPO, co-founder #mnblogconf, husband, father, beer snob
11,674 followers |

Tom Martin

I curate & share info about social media, digital, mobile and content marketing I Also keynote speaker | favors stiff drinks & good debates. @me if u got either
11,233 followers |

Paul Gillin

Speaker, writer and social media marketing strategist
10,846 followers |

Tac Anderson

Post Social Futurist. Digital anthropologist. Opinions are not mine but are from the voices in my head.
10,305 followers |

Rachel Happe

Connector of ideas and people. Fascinated by social dynamics. Principal at @TheCR - The Community Roundtable w @jimstorer and mom to a great toddler.
9,515 followers |

Kami Huyse

On the PR treadmill of life...Founding partner of Zoetica Media (bit.ly/kamiwork)
9,397 followers |

Adam Cohen

Partner at Fleishman-Hillard in Boston, SVP of Digital and Social Media, Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics and Patriots fan, Dad of 3 amazing boys. Tweets are my own.
9,204 followers |

BL Ochman

Blogger, swing dancer, Labradoodle lover, orchid grower & one of the few people actually born in NYC. http://gplus.to/whatsnext, http://pawfun.com,
9,076 followers |

Dave Evans

Social Media enthusiast and author of Social Media Marketing 'An Hour a Day' (2008) and 'The Next Generation of Business Engagement' (2010).
9,025 followers |

Jacob Morgan

Principal @ Chess Media Group, employee & customer collaboration strategy. Writing a book on employee collaboration for McGraw Hill. Travel, racquetball, chess
8,770 followers |

Greg Verdino

Marketing innovation strategist & founder of VERDINO LLC. microMARKETING author. Long islander. Father. Husband. Not necessarily in that order.
8,577 followers |

George Dearing

Eco-minded father & techie journo-type @DearingGroup @AustinStartup / #Cleantech & #CSR advocate, occasional technologist, disruptor. #green #austin #tech
8,527 followers |

John Cass

A passion for marketing & social media. Book author, co-host agility marketing podcast. SNCR Fellow, Dad. Ask me about SprintZero on June 11th In SF.
8,496 followers |

debs

Working to put people back in tech. Technology changes, human's don't www.tummelvision.tv * www.altimetergroup.com
8,457 followers |

Sally Falkow

I am a social media coach and I blog at The Proactive Report - a guide to social media and online PR
8,227 followers |

Steve Woodruff

If your cup of tea is the status quo, you're in for a triple espresso in a big mug. Buckle up! Voted Least Likely to Fit your Stereotypes.
7,629 followers |

Andrew Mueller

Problem Solver, Critical Thinker, Change Agent, Brand Activator -I help Business Leaders leverage social media. Co-founder of TechRaising. CEO Mueller & Company
7,374 followers |

Toby Bloomberg

Social media marketing strategist, speaker, trainer, author. Approach: integrate company, employee customer.Diva Marketing. Forbes BestMrk&SMBlog. Pin:/tobydiva
7,365 followers |

Jim Storer

Experienced community mgr & social media strategist. Founder @TheCR. Devoted dad, runner, golfer, BBQ addict, craft beer geek & amateur photographer.
7,196 followers |

Connie Reece

Writer. Speaker. Communicator. Consultant. Christian. Conservative. Creative. (I like C's) Funny. Smart. Twitter old-timer. Owned by cat. Hook 'em, Horns!
7,114 followers |

Ike Pigott

A spokesman for @AlabamaPower, but these Tweets are my own. I make complex things simpler. I write. I share in bursts. Links do not equal endorsements.
6,987 followers |

Chris Kieff

Consistently convivial, gregariously social, enthusiastically erudite, Biz Dev Mgr @Sprinklr Opinions are mine.
6,846 followers |

Jackie Huba

Co-author, Creating Customer Evangelists, Citizen Marketers, Church of the Customer blog. Pittsburgh Steelers fan
6,618 followers |

David Mullen

Vice President, Account Director at Mullen; advertising, PR, social media and integrated communications junkie; husband; father
5,765 followers |

Marta Kagan

Bonafide Marketing Genius. Also very humble.
5,219 followers |

CK

B2B marketer who has lots to say across strategy, mobile marketing and social media.
5,005 followers |

Kyle Flaherty

Senior Director of Marketing @breakingpoint | Talking marketing, network security, and sometimes sports | Dad to three amazing sons
4,383 followers |

Alan Wolk

Global Lead Analyst @KITdigital, Blogger @ The Toad Stool, Speak about #SocialTV at conferences and to anyone who'll listen
4,275 followers |

JasonBreed

Social Media Strategist that moves markets. Social Media practice lead for Accenture. www.hashtagsocialmedia.com co-founder. Dad of 3, Triathlete
3,994 followers |

Nathan Gilliatt

Connecting dots: intelligence, analytics, social media, open sources. What it's good for.
3,195 followers |

Craig Sutton

I like people, wine, public speaking, social media, blogging, sports, all forms of marketing and I may be your next best friend!
3,089 followers |

Robin Fray Carey

CEO Social Media Today LLC, mother of two fabulous young men. Also follow our team and me on @socialmedia2day. Opinions are all over the map.
2,608 followers |

Tom Edwards

VP, Digital Strategy @TheMarketingArm (NYSE: OMC) | Principal @ BlackFin360, Dad of 3. Tweet about Social/Digital/Mobile Marketing, Emerging Tech
1,768 followers |

Daria Steigman

Business-savvy communications strategist | Independent Thinking author | former IABC/Washington president | runner | Nationals fan.
1,750 followers |

Mark Sylvester

Co-founder of introNetworks. TEDster. Food Blog http://msylvester.tumblr.com, Dad/Pops. Read more at http://flavors.me/marksylvester
1,475 followers |

Marta Strickland

innovation manager, web 3.0 theorist, social media strategist, wine lover, bad movie watcher, and new mommy
1,324 followers |

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