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Top Marketing Book Authors on Twitter
These are the top 50 marketing book authors around the world who were active on Twitter as of September 1, 2017. Although it's organized by number of followers, additions to—and removals from—this list are determined by a proprietary algorithm developed by Social Media Marketing Magazine that measures activity levels, engagement, and influence.
Please also visit our other "Top Twitter" lists: Top CMOs and Top Marketing Professors. Enjoy!
- #1: Jeffrey Hayzlett
Author of Running the Gauntlet: Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits from McGraw Hill and The Mirror Test: Is Your Business Really Breathing? from Business Plus
www.Twitter.com/JeffreyHayzlett - #2: Mari Smith
Author of The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal, Profitable Network Using the Social Web from John Wiley & Sons
www.Twitter.com/MariSmith - #3: Warren Whitlock
Co-author of Twitter Revolution: How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business and Market Online from Xeno Press
www.Twitter.com/WarrenWhitlock - #4: Dr. Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Co-author of Zero to 100,000: Social Media Tips and Tricks for Small Businesses from Que Biz-Tech and author of Follow Me! Creating a Personal Brand with Twitter from John Wiley & Sons
www.Twitter.com/GrattonGirl - #5: Dr. Dean Anthony Gratton
Co-author of Zero to 100,000: Social Media Tips and Tricks for Small Businesses from Que Biz-Tech
www.Twitter.com/GrattonBoy - #6: Jay Baer
Author of Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help, Not Hype from Portfolio
www.Twitter.com/JayBaer - #7: Marsha Collier
Author of Social Media Commerce for Dummies from For Dummies and The Ultimate Online Customer Service Guide: How to Connect with Your Customers to Sell More! from John Wiley & Sons
www.Twitter.com/MarshaCollier - #8: Barry Libert
Author of Social Nation: How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business from John Wiley & Sons
www.Twitter.com/BarryLibert - #9: Joe Pulizzi
Author of Epic Content Marketing: How to Tell a Different Story, Break through the Clutter, and Win More Customers by Marketing Less from McGraw-Hill
www.Twitter.com/JoePulizzi - #10: David Meerman Scott
Author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly from John Wiley & Sons
www.Twitter.com/DMScott - #11: Jeffrey Gitomer
Author of Social BOOM! How to Master Business Social Media to Brand Yourself, Sell Yourself, Sell Your Product, Dominate Your Industry Market, Save Your Butt, Rake in the Cash, and Grind Your Competition into the Dirt from FT Press
www.Twitter.com/Gitomer - #12: Shep Hyken
Author of Amaze Every Customer Every Time: 52 Tools for Delivering the Most Amazing Customer Service on the Planet from Greenleaf Book Group Press and Moments of Magic: Be a Star with Your Customers and Keep Them Forever from Amazon Digital Services
www.Twitter.com/Hyken - #13: Frank Sonnenberg
Author of Marketing to Win: Strategies for Building Competitive Advantage in Service Industries from Ballinger Publishing
www.Twitter.com/FSonnenberg - #14: David Newman
Author of Do It! Marketing: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Boost Sales, Maximize Profits, and Crush Your Competition from AMACOM Books
www.Twitter.com/DNewman - #15: Lynn Serafinn
Author of Tweep-e-licious! 158 Twitter Tips & Strategies for Writers, Social Entrepreneurs & Changemakers Who Want to Market their Business Ethically from Humanity 1 Press and The 7 Graces of Marketing: How to Heal Humanity and the Planet by Changing the Way We Sell from Humanity 1 Press
www.Twitter.com/LynnSerafinn - #16: Jeremy Goldman
Author of Going Social: Excite Customers, Generate Buzz, and Energize Your Brand with the Power of Social Media from AMACOM Books
www.Twitter.com/JereMarketer - #17: Lori Ruff
Co-author of Rock the World with Your Online Presence: Your Ticket to a Multi-Platinum LinkedIn Profile from CreateSpace
www.Twitter.com/LinkedInDiva - #18: Kent Huffman
Author of 8 Mandates for Social Media Marketing Success: Insights and Success Stories from 154 of the World's Most Innovative Marketing Practitioners, Authors, and Professors from C-Suite Press and co-author of Maximizing Your Marketing Efforts: Leading CMOs on Overcoming Budget Constraints, Positioning Your Brand, and Harnessing Creativity from Thomson Reuters/Aspatore Books
www.Twitter.com/KentHuffman - #19: Robert Rose
Co-author of Managing Content Marketing: The Real-World Guide for Creating Passionate Subscribers to Your Brand from Content Marketing Institute
www.Twitter.com/Robert_Rose - #20: Scott McKain
Author of Create Distinction: What to Do When "Great" Isn't Good Enough to Grow Your Business from Greenleaf Book Group Press and Collapse of Distinction: Stand Out and Move Up While Your Competition Fails from Thomas Nelson
www.Twitter.com/ScottMcKain - #21: Gini Dietrich
Co-author of Marketing in the Round: How to Develop an Integrated Marketing Campaign in the Digital Era from Que Biz-Tech
www.Twitter.com/GiniDietrich - #22: Drew McLellan
Author of 99.3 Random Acts of Marketing from Innova
www.Twitter.com/DrewMcLellan - #23: Shane Gibson
Co-author of Sociable! How Social Media is Turning Sales and Marketing Upside Down from BookSurge Publishing
www.Twitter.com/ShaneGibson - #24: Adrian Ott
Author of Exponential Influence: Digital Habits That Engage Distracted Customers from Exponential Edge and The 24-Hour Customer: New Rules for Winning in a Time-Starved, Always-Connected Economy from HarperBusiness
www.Twitter.com/ExponentialEdge - #25: Deirdre Breakenridge
Co-author of Cyberbranding: Brand Building in the Digital Economy from Financial Times/Prentice Hall
www.Twitter.com/DBreakenridge - #26: Stephen Monaco
Author of Insightful Knowledge: An Enlightened View of Social Media Strategy and Marketing from Total Publishing & Media
www.Twitter.com/StephenMonaco - #27: Cheryl Burgess
Co-author of The Social Employee: How Great Companies Make Social Media Work from McGraw-Hill
www.Twitter.com/CKBurgess - #28: Sandra Zoratti
Co-author of Precision Marketing: Maximizing Revenue through Relevance from Kogan Page
www.Twitter.com/SandraZ - #29: Stan Phelps
Author of What's Your Purple Goldfish? How to Win Customers and Influence Word of Mouth from 9 INCH Marketing
www.Twitter.com/StanPhelpsPG - #30: Chuck Martin
Author of The Third Screen: Marketing to Your Customers in a World Gone Mobile from Nicholas Brealey Publishing
www.Twitter.com/ChuckMartin - #31: Dr. Jennifer Aaker
Co-author of The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change from Jossey-Bass
www.Twitter.com/Aaker - #32: Bernie Borges
Author of Marketing 2.0: Bridging the Gap between Seller and Buyer through Social Media Marketing from Wheatmark
www.Twitter.com/BernieBorges - #33: Dr. Dave Chaffey
Author of Digital Business and E-Commerce Management from Pearson Education
www.Twitter.com/DaveChaffey - #34: Aaron Strout
Co-author of Location-Based Marketing for Dummies from For Dummies
www.Twitter.com/AaronStrout - #35: Lois Geller
Author of Response: The Complete Guide to Profitable Direct Marketing from Oxford University Press
www.Twitter.com/LoisGeller - #36: Gina Carr
Co-author of Klout Matters: How to Engage Customers, Boost Your Digital Influence, and Raise Your Klout Score for Success from McGraw-Hill
www.Twitter.com/GinaCarr - #37: Denise Lee Yohn
Author of What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest from Jossey-Bass
www.Twitter.com/DeniseLeeYohn - #38: Karen Post
Author of Brand Turnaround: How Brands Gone Bad Returned to Glory and the 7 Game Changers that Made the Difference from McGraw-Hill
www.Twitter.com/BrandingDiva - #39: Jamie Turner
Co-author of Go Mobile: Location-Based Marketing, Apps, Mobile Optimized Ad Campaigns, 2D Codes, and Other Mobile Strategies to Grow Your Business from John Wiley & Sons and co-author of How to Make Money with Social Media: An Insider's Guide on Using New and Emerging Media to Grow Your Business from FT Press
www.Twitter.com/AskJamieTurner - #40: Andy Smith
Co-author of The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change from Jossey-Bass
www.Twitter.com/Kabbenbock - #41: Dr. David Aaker
Author of Brand Relevance: Making Competitors Irrelevant from Jossey-Bass and Spanning Silos: The New CMO Imperative from Harvard Business School Press
www.Twitter.com/DavidAaker - #42: Mark Burgess
Co-author of The Social Employee: How Great Companies Make Social Media Work from McGraw-Hill
www.Twitter.com/MNBurgess - #43: Jennifer Abernethy
Author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Social Media Marketing from Alpha
www.Twitter.com/SalesLounge - #44: Jeanna Pool
Author of Marketing for Solos: THE Ultimate How-to Guide for Marketing Your One-Person Small Business Successfully from 3 Bar Press
www.Twitter.com/JeannaPool - #45: Beverly Macy
Co-author of The Power of Real-Time Social Media Marketing: How to Attract and Retain Customers and Grow the Bottom Line in the Globally Connected World from McGraw-Hill
www.Twitter.com/BeverlyMacy - #46: Dr. Tracy Tuten
Co-author of Social Media Marketing: Second Edition from SAGE Publications
www.Twitter.com/Brandacity - #47: Jim Joseph
Author of The Experience Effect: Engage Your Customers with a Consistent and Memorable Brand Experience from AMACOM Books
www.Twitter.com/JimJosephExp - #48: Lou Imbriano
Co-author of Winning the Customer: Turn Consumers into Fans and Get Them to Spend More from McGraw-Hill
www.Twitter.com/LouImbriano - #49: Linda Ireland
Author of Domino: How Customer Experience Can Tip Everything in Your Business toward Better Financial Performance from Aveus Publishing
www.Twitter.com/LindaIreland - #50: Teri Lucie Thompson
Co-author of Tuning into Mom: Understanding America's Most Powerful Consumer from Purdue University Press
www.Twitter.com/TeriLucie
Chuck Martin is your guide for the "Exclusives" section of Social Media Marketing Magazine. He is a New York Times business bestselling book author, has been Editor in Chief of four national magazines, a journalist at five daily newspapers, and was Vice President of IBM's publishing and advertising division. Chuck was the founding Publisher of Interactive Age, the first publication to launch in print and on the Web. He is currently Director of the Center for Media Research at MediaPost in New York, teaches at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire, and is the Co-Publisher and Editor in Chief for Social Media Marketing Magazine.
