One way to succeed in online marketing is to follow the top marketing experts on Twitter. Study what they do. And model them.
But who are they?
Here’s a list of the Top 50 Digital Marketers on Twitter, ranked by number of followers:
Note: The numbers of followers are as indicated by Twitter on 10 July 2017.
- Gary Vaynerchuk
- Seth Godin
- Mari Smith
- Jeff Bullas
- Danny Sullivan
- Leonard Kim
- Ann Handley
- Rand Fishkin
- Chris Brogan
- Marc Guberti
- Erik Christian
- Pam Moore
- Neil Patel
- Martin Jones
- Jay Baer
- Marsha Collier
- Neal Schaffer
- Brian Clark
- Rachel Thompson
- Avinash Kaushik
- Sam Hurley
- Michael Stelzner
- Mark Schaefer
- Jan Orsula
- Joe Pulizzi
- Syed Balkhi
- Mike Kawula
- Rebekah Radice
- Mike A Rodriguez
- AJ Ghergich
- Zac Johnson
- Rick Ramos
- Tony Darrick Baker
- Barry Feldman
- Harsh Agrawal
- Gini Dietrich
- Carl Ramallo
- David Rosam
- Ian Lurie
- John Martin
- Keri Jaehnig
- Paul Suggitt
- Oli Gardner
- Shane Barker
- Jon Loomer
- Aaron Orendorff
- Andy Crestodina
- Marian Hornjak
- Jon Henshaw
- Sarah Dudley
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of VaynerMedia, a full-service digital agency servicing Fortune 500 clients across the company’s 4 locations.
- No. of Followers: 1,510,000
- Twitter Handle: @garyvee
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/garyvee
- Website: https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com
Seth Godin
Seth Godin is the author of 18 bestsellers on topics such as the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, leadership and changing everything.
- No. of Followers: 615,000
- Twitter Handle: @ThisIsSethsBlog
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/ThisIsSethsBlog
- Website: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
Mari Smith
Mari Smith is the Premier Facebook Marketing Expert and social media thought leader. Often referred to as “the Queen of Facebook,” she is a Forbes’ Top Social Media Power Influencer.
- No. of Followers: 549,000
- Twitter Handle: @MariSmith
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/MariSmith
- Website: https://www.marismith.com/
Jeff Bullas
Jeff Bullas is a digital marketer and was listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” in 2017. He travels the world speaking about how to use social networks to grow your business and change your life.
- No. of Followers: 544,000
- Twitter Handle: @jeffbullas
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/jeffbullas
- Website: http://www.jeffbullas.com/
Danny Sullivan
Danny Sullivan is another of the top marketing experts on Twitter. He’s a search engine expert and the editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land. For more than a decade he has been helping webmasters, marketers and everyday web users understand how search engines work.
- No. of Followers: 525,000
- Twitter Handle: @dannysullivan
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/dannysullivan
- Website: https://dannysullivan.com/
Leonard Kim
Leonard Kim is managing partner at Influence Tree, a personal branding accelerator. He’s a Top Writer on Quora and writes books, speaks at events, and blogs at LeonardKim.com.
- No. of Followers: 485,000
- Twitter Handle: @MrLeonardKim
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/MrLeonardKim
- Website: http://leonardkim.com/
Ann Handley
Ann Handley is a veteran of creating and managing digital content to build relationships for organizations and individuals. She is the author of the bestseller ‘Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content’.
- No. of Followers: 405,000
- Twitter Handle: @MarketingProfs
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/MarketingProfs
- Website: https://www.marketingprofs.com/
Rand Fishkin
In addition to being one of the top marketing experts on Twitter, Rand Fishkin is the founder and former CEO of SEO software startup Moz. Before leaving Moz, he was the host of Whiteboard Friday, co-author of a couple of books on SEO, and co-founder of Inbound.org. He blogs at his new site SparkToro.
- No. of Followers: 382,000
- Twitter Handle: @randfish
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/randfish
- Website: https://moz.com/rand/
Chris Brogan
Chris Brogan is CEO of Owner Media Group where he provides strategy and skills for the modern business. He is a highly sought after professional speaker and the New York Times bestselling author of nine books including ‘Find Your Writing Voice’.
- No. of Followers: 353,000
- Twitter Handle: @chrisbrogan
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/chrisbrogan
- Website: http://owner.media/about/
Marc Guberti
Marc Guberti is one of the youngest marketing experts on Twitter. He’s an 18 year old entrepreneur and social media expert with over 250,000 annual blog visitors. He creates training courses to empower other teenage entrepreneurs.
- No. of Followers: 352,000
- Twitter Handle: @MarcGuberti
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/MarcGuberti
- Website: http://marcguberti.com/27-ways-retweets-twitter/
Erik Christian
Erik Christian is another standout amongst marketing experts on Twitter. He held over 80 different jobs before discovering his forte in online marketing. He has blended his passion for writing, helping others, and network marketing to create an unstoppable home-based business.
- No. of Followers: 304,000
- Twitter Handle: @SimplyAfterDark
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/SimplyAfterDark
- Website: https://www.erikchristianjohnson.com/
Pam Moore
Pam Moore is the CEO and Founder of Marketing Nutz, a training and consulting agency specializing in social media, branding, and digital marketing. She helps entrepreneurs and Fortune 50 brands develop digital marketing, social media, influencer and content marketing strategies.
- No. of Followers: 302,000
- Twitter Handle: @PamMktgNut
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/PamMktgNut
- Website: http://www.socialprofitfactor.com
Neil Patel
Neil Patel is probably the best known in this list of marketing experts on Twitter. He’s the co-founder of Crazy Egg, Hello Bar and KISSmetrics. He helps companies like Amazon, NBC, GM, HP and Viacom grow their revenue. Forbes lists him as one of the top 10 online marketers in the world.
- No. of Followers: 260,000
- Twitter Handle: @neilpatel
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/neilpatel
- Website: http://neilpatel.com/
Martin Jones
Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of VaynerMedia, a full-service digital agency servicing Fortune 500 clients across the company’s 4 locations.
- No. of Followers: 258,000
- Twitter Handle: @martinjonesaz
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/martinjonesaz
- Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinjonesonline/
Jay Baer
Jay Baer is the world’s most re-tweeted person among digital marketers. He is a renowned business strategist, keynote speaker and the New York Times best-selling author of five books.
- No. of Followers: 246,000
- Twitter Handle: @jaybaer
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/jaybaer
- Website: http://www.convinceandconvert.com/
Marsha Collier
Marsha Collier is a successful eBay PowerSeller as well as the author of the best-selling eBay references on the market. Before her eBay career took off, Marsha owned and operated her own marketing and advertising firm.
- No. of Followers: 192,000
- Twitter Handle: @MarshaCollier
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/MarshaCollier
- Website: http://www.coolebaytools.com/
Neal Schaffer
Neal Schaffer is a recognized leader in the world of business social media. In addition to being named one of marketing’s ten biggest thought leaders by CMO.com, Neal has also been listed as a Forbes Top 50 Social Media Power Influencer.
- No. of Followers: 187,000
- Twitter Handle: @NealSchaffer
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/NealSchaffer
- Website: http://nealschaffer.com/
Brian Clark
Brian Clark is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Rainmaker Digital, the company behind Copyblogger, StudioPress, and the Rainmaker Platform. He also founded Unemployable, a resource that provides smart strategies for freelancers and entrepreneurs.
- No. of Followers: 186,000
- Twitter Handle: @brianclark
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/garyvee
- Website: http://further.net/brian-clark/
Rachel Thompson
Rachel Thompson graduated from California State University, with a degree in Communications Studies and spent 17 years working in Big Pharma. She started blogging in 2008 and took to it like a dog to a bone. She’s also authored 5 books and hosts #BookMarketingChat Wednesdays 9pm est.
- No. of Followers: 185,000
- Twitter Handle: @RachelintheOC
- Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/rachelintheoc
- Website: http://rachelintheoc.com/media-kit/
Avinash Kaushik
Avinash Kaushik is the Digital Marketing Evangelist for Google and the co-Founder of Market Motive Inc. Through his blog, Occam’s Razor, and his best selling books, Avinash teaches people how to leverage web analytics for improved financial results.
- No. of Followers: 184,000
- Twitter Handle: @avinash
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/avinash
- Website: https://www.kaushik.net/avinash/
Sam Hurley
Before becoming a full-time Influencer, Sam worked as Head of Search Marketing, Digital Marketing Consultant, Affiliate Manager, Social Media Manager and SEO Manager for both client-side companies and digital marketing agencies.
- No. of Followers: 167,000
- Twitter Handle: @Sam___Hurley
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/Sam___Hurley
- Website: https://optim-eyez.co.uk
Michael Stelzner
Michael A. Stelzner is the founder of Social Media Examiner and is one of the leading authorities on the topic of writing and marketing white papers. He has written white papers for companies such as Microsoft, FedEx, Motorola, Monster, Hewlett-Packard and SAP.
- No. of Followers: 162,000
- Twitter Handle: @Mike_Stelzner
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/Mike_Stelzner
- Website: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/
Mark Schaefer
Mark W. Schaefer is a globally-recognized keynote speaker, educator, business consultant, and author who blogs at {grow} — one of the top marketing blogs of the world.
- No. of Followers: 158,000
- Twitter Handle: @markwschaefer
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/markwschaefer
- Website: https://www.businessesgrow.com/
Jan Orsula
Jan Orsula is the founder and author at TheIncomeFormula. He is committed to helping businesses communicate, connect, convert and capture their market.
- No. of Followers: 146,000
- Twitter Handle: @jan_orsula
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/jan_orsula
- Website: http://weekhack.com/
Joe Pulizzi
Joe Pulizzi is the founder of Content Marketing Institute, a UBM company, the leading education and training organization for content marketing, which includes the largest in-person content marketing event in the world, Content Marketing World.
- No. of Followers: 126,000
- Twitter Handle: @JoePulizzi
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/JoePulizzi
- Website: http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/
Syed Balkhi
Syed Balkhi is an award-winning young entrepreneur and a public speaker. He was recognized as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs under the age of 30 by the United Nations. He is the founder of WPBeginner, the largest WordPress resource site.
- No. of Followers: 110,000
- Twitter Handle: @syedbalkhi
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/syedbalkhi
- Website: https://syedbalkhi.com/
Mike Kawula
Mike Kawula is the CEO of Social Media Startup Social Quant, a top ranked Twitter tool that helps you find the most relevant followers to interact with on Twitter. He’s an author and has been featured in over 100 publications over the last few years.
- No. of Followers: 104,000
- Twitter Handle: @MikeKawula
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/MikeKawula
- Website: https://www.socialquant.net/
Rebekah Radice
Rebekah Radice and her team help business professionals online marketing strategies, through email, list building, content marketing, and social media.
- No. of Followers: 100,000
- Twitter Handle: @RebekahRadice
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/RebekahRadice
- Website: https://rebekahradice.com/
Mike A Rodriguez
Mike A Rodriguez is an enthusiastic online entrepreneur dedicated to helping others achieve financial freedom and business success through social media, network marketing, and online networking.
- No. of Followers: 75,100
- Twitter Handle: @MikeARodriguez1
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/MikeARodriguez1
- Website: http://thefinancialfreedomsociety.com/
AJ Ghergich
AJ Ghergich has been in the SEO industry since 2004 and watched it grow from obscurity to dominance. He created Ghergich & Co. to fill the need for integration of SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing.
- No. of Followers: 74,800
- Twitter Handle: @SEO
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/SEO
- Website: http://ghergich.com/
Zac Johnson
Zac’s been making money online for nearly 20 years. One of his many successes includes his story of “How I Made $860,538.38 Profit in 4 Months!” from one web site, which can be read at his blog at ZacJohnson.com.
- No. of Followers: 68,600
- Twitter Handle: @zacjohnson
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/zacjohnson
- Website: http://zacjohnson.com/
Rick Ramos
Rick Ramos is a veteran of online marketing with over eighteen years experience developing global brands for companies of all sizes. He has written several best-selling books on content marketing, landing page optimization, social media, blogging and more.
- No. of Followers: 59,600
- Twitter Handle: @ricktramos
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/ricktramos
- Website: https://healthjoy.com/
Tony Darrick Baker
Tony Darrick Baker has served thousands of individuals, in all walks of life as an advisor, counselor, mentor, speaker, publisher, coach, and entrepreneur. He is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build and expand their businesses through marketing.
- No. of Followers: 58,100
- Twitter Handle: @tonydbaker
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/tonydbaker
- Website: http://tonydbaker.com/
Barry Feldman
Barry Feldman established a copywriting and online marketing business in 1995. Since then he’s partnered with corporate marketing groups, small businesses, ad agencies, and design firms.
- No. of Followers: 50,000
- Twitter Handle: @FeldmanCreative
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/FeldmanCreative
- Website: http://feldmancreative.com/
Harsh Agrawal
Harsh Agrawal is the mind behind ShoutMeLoud. He started blogging in 2008 and by 2009 was recognised as one of India’s foremost young entrepreneurs. He has helped hundreds of individuals and small businesses to increase their online visibility.
- No. of Followers: 48,300
- Twitter Handle: @shoutmeloud
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/shoutmeloud
- Website: https://www.shoutmeloud.com/
Gini Dietrich
Gini Dietrich is the founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich, a digital marketing communications firm based in Chicago. She is the author of Spin Sucks, co-author of Marketing in the Round, and co-host of Inside PR.
- No. of Followers: 44,200
- Twitter Handle: @ginidietrich
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/garyvee
- Website: http://spinsucks.com/
Carl Ramallo
Carl Ramallo was voted a Top 50 Social Media Coach in 2014 and is a former Trainer for Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, and others. He has been a Professional Marketer for over 25 years with a passion to help others believe in themselves and achieve a better lifestyle.
- No. of Followers: 44,200
- Twitter Handle: @CarlRamallo
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/CarlRamallo
- Website: http://attractionmarketingbiz.com/
David Rosam
David Rosam is a UK-based Digital Marketing Consultant, SEO and Content Marketer with 20 years experience. He is online at Writing For SEO and you can see him on the Dumb SEO Questions Expert Panel every Thursday
- No. of Followers: 42,100
- Twitter Handle: @writingforseo
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/writingforseo
- Website: http://www.writingforseo.org/
Ian Lurie
Ian Lurie is CEO and founder of Portent Inc where he writes regularly for the Portent Blog. He’s recorded training for Lynda.com, and has been published on AllThingsD, Forbes.com and TechCrunch.
- No. of Followers: 32,000
- Twitter Handle: @portentint
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/portentint
- Website: https://www.portent.com/
John Martin
John Martin is a blogger and social media marketer, and is working on his new project at BoostYourAudience.com. He loves photography & hiking.
- No. of Followers: 28,500
- Twitter Handle: @martincircle1
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/martincircle1
- Website: http://www.boostyouraudience.com/
Keri Jaehnig
Keri Jaehnig is an expert in Social Media Marketing and the founder and CMO at Idea Girl Media. She is known for her enthusiasm in successfully probing creative angles to promote her clients’ causes.
- No. of Followers: 28,200
- Twitter Handle: @kerijaehnig
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/kerijaehnig
- Website: https://ideagirlmedia.com/about-keri/
Paul Suggitt
Paul Suggitt is an award winning web and app developer, eCommerce and mCommerce pro, SEO and digital marketing specialist.
- No. of Followers: 27,300
- Twitter Handle: @Paul_Suggitt
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/Paul_Suggitt
- Website: http://www.paulsuggitt.com/
Oli Gardner
Oli Gardner is co-founder of Unbounce and has seen more landing pages than anyone on the planet. He is a prolific webinar guest and writer, and speaks internationally about Conversion-Centered Design.
- No. of Followers: 26,700
- Twitter Handle: @oligardner
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/oligardner
- Website: https://oli.unbounce.com/
Shane Barker
Shane Barker is an accomplished digital marketing consultant and has worked with celebrities on digital reputation management. He is a regular contributor to publications like Salesforce, Yahoo Small Business, and Marketing Profs.
- No. of Followers: 26,600
- Twitter Handle: @shane_barker
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/shane_barker
- Website: https://shanebarker.com/services/influencer-marketing/
Jon Loomer
Jon Loomer is a Facebook marketing coach, author, speaker and strategist. Jon launched Jon Loomer Digital in late 2011, and in little more than a year established JonLoomer.com as a go-to resource for Facebook marketing research, guides and tutorials.
- No. of Followers: 25,900
- Twitter Handle: @jonloomer
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/jonloomer
- Website: https://www.jonloomer.com/
Aaron Orendorff
Aaron Orendorff is a content strategist, copywriter, and big-gun blogger for hire.
- No. of Followers: 24,400
- Twitter Handle: @iconiContent
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/garyvee
- Website: http://www.iconicontent.com/
Andy Crestodina
Andy is a top-rated content marketing speaker and keynote speaker at national conferences, presenting on marketing topics from social media to Analytics.
- No. of Followers: 23,100
- Twitter Handle: @crestodina
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/crestodina
- Website: https://www.orbitmedia.com/
Marian Hornjak
Marian Hornjak is an Internet marketer, affiliate marketer, and blogger.
- No. of Followers: 22,200
- Twitter Handle: @MarianHornjak1
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/MarianHornjak1
- Website: http://www.ultimatemarketingtips.ml/
Jon Henshaw
Jon Henshaw is the Director of Digital Marketing and Product Evangelist for TapClicks and Raven Tools. He is also the Co-founder of Raven Internet Marketing Tools.
- No. of Followers: 21,100
- Twitter Handle: @RavenJon
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/RavenJon
- Website: https://raventools.com/
Sarah Dudley
Sarah Dudley is the founder of Marketing Macros where she creates powerful, engaging content. She has an MBA in marketing, and experience across a variety of industries (IT, hospitality, toys, aviation).
- No. of Followers: 20,900
- Twitter Handle: @SarahDudley3
- Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/SarahDudley3
- Website: https://www.marketingmacros.com/