Content is the King of Online Marketing. Whether you want to do SEO or Social Media Marketing, creating good content is the most important thing. It is the content in the articles that pulls audiences to your website. We have created a list of Top 10 Content Marketing experts you need to follow for Tips, Tricks and insights on how to create the most appealing content.
Mari Smith is one of the world’s leading ‘social media thought leaders’, widely recognized for her Facebook marketing expertise. She is author of The New Relationship Marketing and coauthor of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day. Mari was quoted by Forbes as one of the Top Ten Social Media Power Influencers four years in a row, and Dun & Bradstreet Credibility named Mari one of the top ten Most Influential Small Business People on Twitter.
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7 Content Marketing Tools to Improve Your Productivity http://t.co/KOPRN1v5ZV by @iancleary via @cmicontent | Thumbs up!
— Mari Smith (@MariSmith) February 2, 2015
Ann Handley is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs. She authored ‘Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content’ which was the Wall Street Journal bestseller and co-authored ‘Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business’ which was the bestselling book on Content Marketing. Ann is the co-founder of ClickZ.com, which was one of the first sources of interactive marketing news and commentary.
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A Simple Content Marketing Org Chart http://t.co/AIu3mOj3GB #contentmarketing pic.twitter.com/JNqllG6ANN
— Ann Handley (@MarketingProfs) January 27, 2015
Brian Clark is the founder of Copyblogger and CEO of Copyblogger Media. In 2014 Brian was quoted as one of the World’s Top 40 Social Marketing Talent and aTop 10 Online Marketing Expert by Forbes. Brian has also launched a curated email newsletter called ‘Further’ which provides science-backed tips for living your best life.
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How to Create an Influencer Plan that Drives Your Content Marketing – http://t.co/MS536zU9Aq
— Brian Clark (@brianclark) December 18, 2014
4.Shelly Kramer
Shelly is the founder and CEO of V3 Integrated Marketing. She’s a strategist, digital marketing pro, content marketing expert, speaker, and corporate trainer. She has been termed by Forbes as one of the Top 50 Social Media Influencers.
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A Guide to Getting Started with #Agile in your Content #Marketing Efforts – http://t.co/eZM23rIxoX Thanks, @jjulian – Love this stuff!!!
— Shelly Kramer (@ShellyKramer) February 17, 2015
Jay is a Founder of a strategy consulting firm ‘Convince & Convert’ which with the smart intersection of technology, social media, and customer service helps prominent companies gain and keep more customers. He is the world’s #2 most retweeted person by B2B marketers. He hosts the popular Social Pros podcast.
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4 of the Best #Blogger Outreach Strategies http://t.co/JZb15uNhYu #contentmarketing pic.twitter.com/0bFd4XMh5k
— Jay Baer (@jaybaer) February 27, 2015
Lee is the CEO of the a Minneapolis based digital marketing agency ‘TopRank Online Marketing’. Odden and his team have consulted for some of the leading B2B companies like HP, McKesson, BT, Marketo, LinkedIn, Dell, StrongView. Lee Odden is the Author of Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing.
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Influencer content case study that won @TopRank a #C2C15 Killer Content Marketing Award http://t.co/PiHJZUYenm pic.twitter.com/uXpOONdkN6
— Lee Odden (@leeodden) February 18, 2015
Peter runs a business called Thought Leadership Leverage. It enables “thought leaders, authors and gurus to monetize their content through books, keynote speaking, the creation of training services and products and consulting and assessment tools. Peter is the COO at ‘White Space At Work’ and is one of the Conent Marketing specialist.
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Authors + thoughtleaders need create and repurpose content often. #author #strategy #contentmarketing pic.twitter.com/3R2M0Xw13I
— Peter Winick (@PeterWinick) February 26, 2015
Joe is founder of ‘Content Marketing Institute’, the leading education and training organization for content marketing. In 2014, Joe won the ‘John Caldwell Lifetime Achievement Award’ from the Content Council. Apart from writing one of the most influential content marketing blogs in the world, Joe writes a column for Entrepreneur.com and LinkedIn as well.
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The State of Content Marketing 2015 http://t.co/0r3kscLmOG via @econtentmag
— Joe Pulizzi (@JoePulizzi) February 3, 2015
Kristi is a freelance writer, ghostwriter and a copywriter. She has her own blog ‘Kikolani’, which received recognition as a Top 10 Social Media Blog by Social Media Examiner. She has helped many reputed companies like American Express, Bigcommerce, Capital One, CrazyEgg, FreshBooks, GetResponse, HubSpot with their blog content.
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What Content Marketing Tactics Will Keep You On Track for Success in 2015? http://t.co/je9GVRKWyV
— Kristi Hines (@kikolani) February 6, 2015
Stanford is the Managing Director at a Social Media and Content Marketing Consultancy ‘Pushing Social’. Pushing Social has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Social Media Blogs in the world by Social Media Examiner. He is a well known guest contributor to a ‘who’s who’ list of top media blogs like Copyblogger, Problogger and write to done.
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Will Content Marketing Work For Your Business? http://t.co/SpUxSeiQDm Discussion on @Inboundorg http://t.co/oLAtI0LpiI
— Stanford Smith (@pushingsocial) February 27, 2015
The above 10 Content Marketing Experts have the best knowledge and inputs for creating great content. Following them will surely help you improve your content creating skills.
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