Social Media Power Influencers

Number 1 on the women’s list, Ann writes primarily about social media in the travel and hospitality vertical @anntran_

Mari is a leading Facebook marketing expert and one of the top 10, overall, from last year. She’s also the author of The New Relationship Marketing. @marismith.

An eclectic mix of social media tips and online marketing advice from Jeff and a stable of guest writers. @jeffbullas.

Dan’s work focuses on the use of social to build your personal success. Author of Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success. @danschawbel.

Chris is CEO&President, Human Business Works: courses to grow YOU! @chrisbrogan.

CEO and Co-founder of the social media & brand consulting agency, VaynerMedia. An authority in the branding and social media world who started out in the wine vertical. @garyvee.

Eclectic website with topical posts on social media, especially Twitter. @unmarketing.

Viveka is primarily a LinkedIn expert, though we’ve noticed her Twitter distribution is much more diverse than this. @LinkedInExpert.

Author of Socialnomics and a runs the multi-contributor blog of the same name. @equalman.

Founder of the influential Altimeter Group and author of the seminal book Groundswell

Google’s chief digital evangelist and one of the most influential bloggers on analytics.

Arguably the most prolific and successful social media author in the field.

Creator of the Social Media Examiner properties — perhaps the most successful and influential social media blog, podcast and conference in the world.

One of social media’s most influential and respected bloggers and thought leader. Co-author of The NOW Revolution

An integrated marketing thought leader, contributor to Harvard Business Review, managing director, Edelman Digital.

NYU professor and for my money, the most visionary thinker in the business. Author of Here Comes Everybody and one of my favorite big think books, Cognitive Surplus

Fearless Spin Sucks blogger who writes about the intersection of PR, digital, and social

World-renowned best-selling author.

A business leader and entrepreneur pushing for data-driven social marketing through the influential Dachis Group

Wise observer of our world on digital. Futurist and author of Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World

Perhaps the foremost social media entrepreneur on the scene. His new book is about to be released – Youtility: Why Smart Marketing Is about Help Not Hype

An important, prolific blogger/author/podcaster and a digital marketing visionary. His new book Ctrl Alt Delete is stunning.

Sean, who also writes at Huffington Post, comes in at number 1. Sean blends social media insight with inspirational messaging, a trend we’re seeing across social. @2morrowknight.

It’s a trend this year, leading influencers whose base is in a specific vertical. For Jessica it is music. She also says she’s moving away from blogging towards Google +. @jessicanorthey.

Aaron has been strong on Twitter for a long time now, and has a useful website with professional-grade advice but which can also inform people at the beginning of their social media careers. @askaaronlee.