I’ve compiled a list of my Top 20 social media and internet marketing tweeters. There are so many amazing people on Twitter and it was difficult to come up with such a small list , but I have found these 20 to be the most consistent in providing valuable insights into the social media sphere – not surprising since most are industry leaders. Here they are (in no particular order):
@danzarrella
Dan Zarrella is a social & viral marketing scientist
Boston, MA
@Marc_Meyer
Mark Meyer is a Director of Interactive Marketing and social media evangelist
Naples, FL
@problogger
Darren Rowse is a blogger and author
Melbourne, Australia
@mediaphyter
Jennifer Leggio is a ZDNet social media blogger
San Jose, CA
@garyvee
Gary Vaynerchuk is a social media guru and founder of wine library tv
New York City
@charleneli
Charlene Li is a thought leader and co-author of Groundswell
San Mateo, CA
@mashable
Pete Cashmore is CEO at Mashable, a popular online social networking blog
San Francisco & Scotland
@JasonFalls
Jason Falls is director of social media for Doe-Anderson
Louisville, KY
@mitchjoel
Mitch Joel is president of Twist Image and podcaster of Six Pixels of Separation
Montreal, Quebec
@guykawasaki
Guy Kawasaki is a blogger, speaker, author and online magazine editor at Alltop
Palo Alto, CA
@jowyang
Jeremiah Owyang is a senior analyst of social computing at Forrester Research
Silicon Valley
@chrisbrogan
Chris Brogan is VP of Strategy at CrossTech Media and co-founder of PodCamp
Boston, MA
@davedelaney
Dave Delaney is a social media strategist and new media specialist
Nashville, TN
@ScottMonty
Scott Monty is head of social media at Ford
Dearborn, MI
@rohitbhargava
Rohit Bhargava is a blogger and author of Personality Not Included
Washington DC
@TDefren
Todd Defren is a blogger and principal at SHIFT Communications
Boston & San Francisco
@juliaroy
Julia Roy is a senior agent at Undercurrent, a social interactive thinktank
New York City
@AmandaMooney
Amanda Mooney is a media strategist at Edelman Digital
Chicago, IL
@cc_chapman
C.C. Chapman is a new media maven, podcaster, and public speaker
Boston, MA
@marshallk
Marshall Kirkpatrick is lead blogger at ReadWriteWeb
Portland, OR
Who do YOU like to follow? Who would you recommend and add to this list? Yourself perhaps? Let me know so the list can grow. Happy tweeting!
- Chad Richards (@chadrichards)
Wow, I’m honored to be on your list among such great people. Thanks very much for including me.
Cheers,
Dave
Comment by Dave Delaney on November 6, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I am even more honored than Dave! Thanks Chad.
Comment by @juliaroy on November 6, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Not going to argue with your list– following them all myself! (But I checked to make sure)
Doug Haslam
http://twitter.com/DougH
Comment by Doug Haslam on November 6, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Oh– and Dan Zarrella has 2 “r’s” – he was smart enough to register the one “r” name and point people to the correct one.
http://twitter.com/danzarrella
Comment by Doug Haslam on November 6, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I’m honored to be mentioned amongst some of the heaviest of heavy hitters in the social media space slash twittersphere. I’m more of singles and doubles hitter.
Marc
http://twitter.com/marc_meyer
Comment by Marc Meyer on November 6, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Very cool list and a couple of new people for me to follow. Thanks for including me among your Top 20.
-C.C.
http://www.managingthegray.com
Comment by C.C. Chapman on November 6, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Wow. Just to be on the same page with some of those folks is impressive. Thanks for including me in the list. Hope I can live up to expectations now. Heh.
Comment by Jason Falls on November 7, 2008 at 1:51 am
Great list Chad!
Comment by Kyle Lacy on November 7, 2008 at 7:28 am
@dough thanks for remembering the second r!
and chad, I’m probably the most honored to be on a list next to names like that, thank you!
Comment by Dan Zarrella on November 7, 2008 at 8:53 am
Dave, Julia, Mark, CC, Jason, and Dan- Thank YOU guys for doing what you do.
Doug and Kyle – I’m glad you enjoyed the list and thanks Doug for correcting me on Dan’s name. I think I got it fixed before he saw it
Comment by Chad Richards on November 7, 2008 at 11:31 am