As we dive into 2019, digital marketing is an emerging and rapidly-evolving field, and it's important to stay on top of current industry trends and keep up with expert insights. Please follow the digital marketers below during this year.
1-Andréa Jones
Jones is a Canada-based social media strategist and digital marketer. She helps entrepreneurs create great content for their social media channels.
Connect: Website / Twitter / LinkedIn / Podcast
2-Ann Handley
Ann Handley is a best-selling author, speaker, and Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs.
3-Danny Sullivan
Danny Sullivan is a founder of Marketingland and Search Engine Land.
Connect: Twitter / Website / Facebook
4-Rand Fishkin
Fishkin is the founder of Moz and author and speaker on all things SEO. He's active on social media but is best known for his Whiteboard Friday series on the Moz blog.
5-Marcus Sheridan
Marcus Sheridan is an entrepreneur and marketing speaker with a knack for social media.
6-Neal Schaffer
Neal Schaffer is a digital marketer and author of social media books like Maximize Your Social.
Connect: Website / Twitter / LinkedIn
7-Logan Lyles
Lyles is a marketer and co-host of the B2B Growth Show, a podcast for B2B marketers and growth hackers.
8-Wil Reynolds
Wil Reynolds is the founder of Seer Interactive, an SEO and paid search consulting firm.
Connect: LinkedIn / Twitter / Blog
9-Ann Smarty
Ann Smarty runs SEOsmarty.com, one of the leading SEO and digital marketing courses on the net.
Connect: Twitter / Website / Blog
10-Stapho Thienpont
Stapho Thienpont is a co-founder of Sofia-based social media firm, The Marketing Family.
Connect: LinkedIn
11-Ryan Deiss
Deiss is the founder of DigitalMarketer. His Twitter account, has postings on marketing insights, covering social media, and blogging.
12-Heidi Cohen
Heidi Cohen is a marketer and journalist who has appeared on a number of publications around the web.
13-Jorn Lyseggen
Lyseggen is the founder of Meltwater, a PR and marketing agency.
14-Pete Krainik
Pete Krainik is the founder of CMO Club, the world's largest community of Senior Marketing Executives.
15-Louis Camassa
Louis Camassa is a managing partner at EMPATH. His agency has worked with iconic brands like Gibson Guitars, Apple, and Microsoft.
16-Joe Chernov
Chernov is marketer with a passion for B2B businesses. He's currently the CMO for Robin, a workday management solution used by Foursquare, Kayak, and Twitter.
Connect: LinkedIn / Twitter / Website
17-Oli Gardner
Oli Gardener is the co-founder of Unbounce, a startup that specializes in making awesome marketing landing pages.
18-Ashley Faulkes
Ashley Faulkes is a Zurich-based blogger and SEO specialist who constantly writes about how to leverage SEO to increase sales and build a social following.
Connect: Twitter / Blog / Pinterest
19-Chris Ducker
Chris Ducker is the founder of Youpreneur, a business community for freelancers, marketers and entrepreneurs.
Connect: Twitter / Website / Podcast
20-Shay Rowbottom
Shay Rowbottom is the founder and COO of Margle Media. Her company produces high-quality viral Facebook videos for its clients, and she's posting awesome LinkedIn videos to prove that.
Connect: LinkedIn
21-Goldie Chan
Goldie Chan [the "Oprah of LinkedIn" by Huffington Post] is the founder of Warm Robots, a social media firms that specialize in LinkedIn and video.
22-James Carbary
James Carbary is a social media marketer that specializes in podcasts.
23-Ahmad Munawar
Ahmad Munawar is a Toronto-based marketing coach for Boutique Growth.
Connect: LinkedIn
24-Allen Gannett
Allen Gannett is an author and business owner that runs two video series on LinkedIn: #BookStuff and #AllenAsks.
Connect: LinkedIn
25-Casey Neistat
Casey Neistat is known for his YouTube vlogs and over-the-top advertising campaigns. His YouTube channel is full of technical and inspiration for aspiring video marketers, plus he has over 10 million subscribers!
Connect: LinkedIn / Twitter / YouTube
26-Jeff Bullas
Jeff Bullas' blog has advice for increasing traffic to all forms of social media. Most notable, however, is his advice on blogging.
Connect: LinkedIn / Twitter / Website + Blog
27-Darren Rowse
Follow Darren Rowse for awesome blogging and content marketing insights. His blog, ProBlogger, is full of great content and is a must-read for anyone looking to grow their marketing blog's audience.
Connect: LinkedIn / Twitter / Blog
28-Mari Smith
Mari Smith is a social media thought leader that specializes in Facebook marketing. She's constantly tweeting and posting about all things Facebook, sharing valuable insights on how to maximize Facebook to grow your brand.
29-Brittany Berger
Brittany Berger makes amazing video tutorials on content strategy and social media. Her videos are aimed at people just starting out in the content marketing space.
Connect: LinkedIn / Twitter / Website
30-Donna Moritz
Visual media is a great way to increase social engagement, and Donna Moritz is its biggest advocate.
Connect: Twitter / Instagram / Blog
31-Jasmine Star
Jasmine Star is a photographer that specializes in Instagram growth. Her blog has valuable information on how to leverage Instagram to increase sales and drive traffic.
Connect: Twitter / Instagram / Blog
32-Brian Clark
Brian Clark is the founder of multiple social media and content companies like Copyblogger.com, and Studiopress.
Connect: Website
33-Larry Kim
Larry Kim is the CEO of Mobile Monkey, an AI chatbot marketing service.
Connect: Mobile Monkey / Twitter / LinkedIn
34-Michael A. Stelzner
Mark Stelzner, is the founder of Social Media Examiner, one of the web's most well-known social media publications.
Connect: Website / Twitter / LinkedIn
35-Brian Kelley
Brian Kelley, founder of the blog The Points Guy, is one of the original writers in the travel miles space.
Other helpful links
- Digital Marketing Experts by subject matter
- Digital Marketing 2019 [YouTube]
- 14 Digital Marketing Experts Share Tips