Luminaries
The field of social media is literally expanding everyday. Rapidly. But there are a few folks that I’ll call The Luminaries. I mix some of the newer with the established, but these I think are the must reads of our industry.
- David Armano – Logic + Emotion – @Armano
- Rohit Bhargava – Influencial Marketing Blog – @RohitBhargava
- Pete Blackshaw – Consumer Generated Media – @PBlackshaw
- Olivier Blanchard – The Brand Builder – @TheBrandBuilder
- Chris Brogan – Community and Social Media – @ChrisBrogan
- Danny Brown – social media pr – @PressReleasePR
- Adam Cohen – a thousand cuts – @AdamCohen
- Mack Collier – The Viral Garden – @MackCollier
- Todd Defren – PR Squared – @TDefren
- Paul Dunay – Buzz Marketing for Tech – @PaulDunay
- Jason Falls – Social Media Explorer – @JasonFalls
- Laura Fitton – Pistachio Consulting – @pistachio
- Seth Godin – Seth’s Blog
- Robin Good – Master New Media – @RobinGood
- David Griner – the social Path – @griner
- Beth Harte – The Harte of Marketing – @BethHarte
- Andrea Hill – Digital Likeness – @afhill
- Leigh Householder – Advergirl – @LeighHouse
- Tim Jackson – Masi bikes
- John Jantsch – Duct Tape Marketing – @DuctTape
- Guy Kawasaki – How to Change the World – @GuyKawasaki
- Peter Kim – Being Peter Kim – @peterkim
- JD Lasica – SocialMedia.biz – @jdlasica
- Charlene Li – Altimeter Group – @CharleneLi
- Valeria Maltoni – Conversation Agent – @ConversationAge
- Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba – Church of the Customer
- Maria Reyes McDavis – Web Success Diva – @WebSuccessDiva
- Matt J McDonald – a new marketing – @MattJMcD
- Scott Monty – The Social Media Marketing Blog – @ScottMonty
- Amber Naslund – Altitude Branding – @AmberCadabra
- BL Ochman – What’s Next – @whatsnext
- Jeremiah Owyang – Web Strategy by Jeremiah – @jowyang
- Shannon Paul – Very Official Blog – @ShannonPaul
- JP Rangaswami – Confused of Calcutta – @jobsworth
- Brian Solis – PR 2.0 – @BrianSolis
- Warren Sukernek – Twittermaven – @warrenss
- Mark Taylor – Technology in Marketing – @TaylorM
There are also a handful of blogs that I read that the rest of the world hasn’t discovered yet. These guys have great content and I consider it an honor to be friends with them.
- Mike Bowers – Ideas2Deals – @MichaelBowers
- Mike Figliuolo – thoughtLEADERS – @Figliuolo
- Nick Seguin – @NickSeguin
Please feel free to suggest others. As I get a change to read them myself, I’ll add them to this list. To all the people listed above: Thank You! I’ve learned a lot from all you luminaries…
Columbus has a lot of bloggers and I will undoubtedly discover more in 2009. Please check out a few of the folks I know that have great blogs (not necessarily social media blogs, but fun nonetheless) and who’s blogging in Columbus from our Columbus Tech Life wiki:
- Ben Blanquera – Columbus Tech Life – @bblanquera
- Alvin Borromeo – the 270 – @wyliemac
- http://techlife.pbwiki.com/Bloggers
Nice list. As a Masi owner, I LOVE the fact that you give Tim Jackson a shout out!
Also, another I would add to this list is Fred Wilson. Great perspective from the VC side of things. Also, being from NYC, he adds diversity from just Silicon Valley VC/Startup circle.
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Hey there Brian, that’s some heavy hitters there and great recommendations – I already follow/read quite a few and I agree, they have some key info to offer.
Thank you also for including me in here, I’m humbled to be mentioned in the same breath as these people, and glad I can offer some help (however small) on the road we’re all on.
Here’s to a great 2009 and beyond.
Allyson Kapin – @womenwhotech. She writes a weekly blog column for Fast Company called Radical Tech that follows the latest trends in social media and technology. She also runs the popular Women Who Tech TeleSummit http://www.womenwhotech.com and a firm called Rad Campaign – http://www.radcampaign.com
Thanks for this.
Added 90% of these people on Twitter. Of course, now my network skews really heavily toward C’Bus, but all is well.
If you’re ever interested, check out my blog. I’m really trying to make it relevant to professionals, and as a former Dublin resident, I’d welcome your thoughts if you have time.
Happy New Year.
Thank you all. I appreciate the additions. Jared, I found the direct link to Allyson Kapin’s blog here: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/allyson-kapin/radical-tech-0. Good suggestion.
Hi Brian – Thanks very much for including me in this list and for sharing. Many of those folks I subscribe to and have learned a lot from but I found a few new ones as well. I am honored to be included in such company!
I love your site! 🙂
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Thanks Michael! I’m hoping to do more with it soon… I’ve been very lax – juggling too many things at once if you know what I mean. Somehow blogging and making updates falls off my plate. But I have lots of ideas and things I want to do, so thank you for the inspiration.
A thousand thanks for this list. Great one-stop resource. Better than Google search results, for sure. I am popping through the names and then doing a fair amount of RSS subscribing. Lots of great new feeds found quick and easy.
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