The Top 50 People Most Mentioned on Twitter by Mid-Size Marketers [Study]

The Top 50 People Most Mentioned on Twitter by Mid-Size Marketers [Study]

Screen Shot 2014-02-08 at 8.45.27 AMOur connections and reputation online are amplified by those who engage with us and carry the words we share. On Twitter, that takes the form of a mention.

A mention can be a citation, the source of a quote or piece of content inspiring many. A mention can be a signal of dialogue or even debate.

No matter its intention, the mention is important to Twitter because it’s designed to connect people. Whether those connections are good or bad, being mentioned frequently is a sign that a person is an active part of creating industry discussion today. Those mentioned most are the people you’ll find at the center of conversations between leading digital marketers.

Leadtail and DNN Software surveyed 504 North American marketing professionals at companies with 50 – 5,000 employees and compiled a number of lists of the people, brands, and publishers they follow and retweet the most in this report. Below are their top 50 most mentioned people on Twitter by mid-size marketers.  While most are marketing executives, analysts, writers, strategists and CEO’s, there are a few wildcards like Jimmy Fallon and David Ortiz. Clearly many mid-sized marketers are Boston Red Sox fans.

Top 50 People Most Mentioned by Mid-Size Marketers

1. Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee
2. Jay Baer @jaybaer
3. MarketingProfs.com @MarketingProfs
4. Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar
5. Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
6. Jack Dorsey @jack
7. Jeff Bullas @jeffbullas
8. Guy Kawasaki @GuyKawasaki
9. Joe Pulizzi @JoePulizzi
10. Ted Rubin @TedRubin
11. Jeremiah Owyang @jowyang
12. Mark W. Schaefer @markwschaefer
13. Kent Huffman @KentHuffman
14. Brian Solis @briansolis
15. Belle Beth Cooper @BelleBCooper
16. Augie Ray @augieray
17. Ian Gertler @IanGertler
18. Chris Brogan @chrisbrogan
19. Dave Kerpen @DaveKerpen
20. Margaret Molloy @MargaretMolloy
21. Michael Brito @Britopian
22. Brian Morrissey @bmorrissey
23. R Ray Wang @rwang0
24. Brian Kardon @bkardon
25. Marissa Mayer @marissamayer
26. Marc Benioff @Benioff
27. Mitch Joel @mitchjoel
28. Cheryl K. Burgess @ckburgess
29. Gini Dietrich @ginidietrich
30. Ann Handley @annhandley
31. Lee Odden @leeodden
32. Christopher S. Penn @cspenn
33. Jon Miller @jonmiller
34. DJ Waldow @djwaldow
35. Jimmy Fallon @jimmyfallon
36. Sheryl Sandberg @sherylsandberg
37. Unmarketing @unmarketing
38. Peter Shankman @petershankman
39. Bryan Kramer @bryankramer
40. David Armano @armano
41. Kerry Gorgone @KerryGorgone
42. Glen Gilmore @GlenGilmore
43. Jill Rowley @jill_rowley
44. Stan Phelps @9INCHmarketing
45. Scott Brinker @chiefmartec
46. Adam Singer @AdamSinger
47. David Ortiz @davidortiz
48. Dick Costello @dickc
49. Jeffrey Hayzlett @JeffreyHayzlett
50. Shel Israel @shelisrael

 *Based on unique # of mid-market marketers in the sample that mentioned the person. 
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