Post on 08-Sep-2020
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If you’re at all interested in being a better salesperson or marketer, these Top Influencers are the people to watch, listen to, and learn from. Their combined insights are astonishing, and their modern thinking, game-changing tactics, and vast followings prove that they are the leaders in defining how B2B sales and marketing teams can win in 2014 and beyond.
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If all of the tweets ever tweeted by the Top Sales Influencers were printed in 12-point font, they would stretch over 92 miles! It would take a Formula 1 car 37 minutes to speed past those tweets!
SALES
Miles Austin@milesaustin
Location: Seattle, WAFollowers: 26,300Tweets: 17,300
Miles Austin is The Web Tools Guy. Sales & Marketing Technologist, speaking & writing on web tools at FilltheFunnel blog. Seeking warm weather for Harley trips.
Joanne Black @ReferralSales
Location: Silicon Valley, CAFollowers: 6,607Tweets: 5,381
America's Authority on Referral Selling
David Brock @davidabrock
Location: Orange County, CAFollowers: 8,340Tweets: 28,000
Passionate about helping sales and business professionals achieve extraordinary goals.
Deb Calvert@PeopleFirstPS
Location: Morgan Hill, CAFollowers: 8,820Tweets: 13,500
Sales Expert & Trainer, Leadership & Executive Coach focused on getting people connected, At PFPS, we build organizational strength by putting people first!
Brian Farrell@�ndtheclient
Location: Philadelphia, PAFollowers: 4,176Tweets: 2,228
Sales leader, author and social seller.
Barbara Giamanco @barbaragiamanco
Location: Atlanta, GAFollowers: 7,051Tweets: 14,800
#SocialSelling #CustomerExperience Advisor, Speaker, Author. The New Handshake: Sales Meets Social Media
Anthony Iannarino @iannarino
Location: Columbus, OHFollowers: 35,300Tweets: 43,400
Catalyst. Instigator. Agitator.
Jill Konrath @jillkonrath
Location: Minneapolis, MNFollowers: 22,900Tweets: 17,600
Author, AGILE SELLING & more. Speaker at lots of sales meetings.
Michael Krigsman@mkrigsman
Location: Boston, MAFollowers: 20,300Tweets: 34,200
Analyst and advisor on CIO / CMO innovation, keynote speaker, ZDNet columnist, Wall Street Journal contributor. Founder of CxOTalk.
Ken Krogue@kenkrogue
Location: Provo, UTFollowers: 31,000Tweets: 7,515
Founder of InsideSales.com. Top blog on Inside Sales, #2 Globally in Social Selling. @Forbes contributor. Loves family, friends, hard work, and fun.
Jim Marous@JimMarous
Location: Cleveland, OHFollowers: 6,389Tweets: 21,399
Strategist, Speaker, Author, Co-Publisher The Financial Brand and Publisher of the Digital Banking Report.
Nancy Nardin@sellingtools
Location: Sacramento, CAFollowers: 13,900Tweets: 24,700
We are an advisory firm specializing in sales productivity tools & advanced selling strategies. Recognized as a #Top50 Most retweeted Vendor by B2B Marketers.
Lori Richardson@scoremoresales
Location: Boston, MAFollowers: 11,000Tweets: 14,000
Top 12 #Social #Sales Influencer on Forbes. Never confuse activity w/ accomplishment. Blogger / consult. Help w/ prospecting, sales pipeline & close deals
Craig Rosenberg@funnelholic
Location: Silicon Valley, CAFollowers: 14,000Tweets: 15,200
sales. marketing. student of the game.
Jill Rowley@jill_rowley
Location: San Francisco, CAFollowers: 18,700Tweets: 15,200
Founder & Chief Evangelist. #SocialSelling #ModernMarketing. Delivering Keynotes, Strategy Sessions & Workshops. ABCs of Social Selling = Always Be Connecting.
Anneke Seley@annekeseley
Location: Silicon Valley, CAFollowers: 5,899Tweets: 3,938
Sales 2.0 author, Reality Works Group (formerly Phone Works) & OracleDirect founder, Inside and Social Sales Evangelist. TEDster.
Je� Sheehan@je�sheehan
Location: Atlanta, GAFollowers: 281,000Tweets: 52,900
#ATL Marketing | Social Media Pro |Speaker | Author |30+ years Mktg | Sales | M.S. Mktg |LUV travel, photog, sports. Top 10 Marketing | SM | Toastmaster CC
Dave Stein @davestei
Location: Martha's Vineyard, MAFollowers: 5,195Tweets: 5,546
Large opportunity B2B sales strategist. Founder of ES Research. Consultant, columnist, author, speaker, biker, yogi.
MARKETING
If all of the tweets ever tweeted by the Top Marketing Influencers were displayed on an aerial banner ad, the banner would stretch 25,950 miles! That's more than the circumference of the Earth!
Jay Baer@jaybaer
Location: Bloomington, INFollowers: 132,000Tweets: 36,900
NY Times best selling author, marketing consultant, keynote speaker. President of Convince & Convert
Larry Brauner@larrybrauner
Location: White Plains NYFollowers: 74,000Tweets: 5,626
Small Business SEO #SMB #B2B #SocialMedia #Marketing Thought Leader #Linchpin @GevrilGroup Watchmaker #luxury #fashion #watches #SmallBiz
Michael Brenner@BrennerMichael
Location: Philadelphia, PAFollowers: 44,700Tweets: 34,000
Head of Strategy @Newscred. Former VP of Marketing and Content Strategy @SAP. Speaker, Author and Blogger @B2BMKTGInsider.
Scott Brinker@chiefmartec
Location: Boston, MAFollowers: 15,800Tweets: 10,800
ion interactive co-founder, president & CTO, agile marketing advocate, chair of #MarTech Conference, and author of the Chief Marketing Technologist blog.
Douglas Burdett@ArtilleryMarket
Location: Norfolk, VAFollowers: 30,200Tweets: 44,800
#B2B marketing agency principal. Former artillery o�cer, Madison Avenue ad man, stand-up comedian. Listed on Top 50 B2B Marketing Influencers On Twitter.
Steve Farnsworth@Steveology
Location: Silicon Valley, CAFollowers: 114,000Tweets: 74,900
A Forbes Top 50 Social Media Influencer, and Demand Generation Content Marketing Strategist for B2B High Tech at The Steveology Group
Lorena Hathaway@lorenahathaway
Location: Silicon Valley, CAFollowers: 18,200Tweets: 3,135
Marketing Director @PitneyBowes Software. B2B and B2C marketing experience. Runner, swimmer, and biker. Born in Santiago/Chile. Tweets are my own.
Aaron Kahlow@AaronKahlow
Location: Silicon Valley, CAFollowers: 4,264Tweets: 1,917
Elearning Thought Leader, Educator of Digital & CEO of @OMInstitute
Randy Kemp@randylewiskemp
Location: Chicago, ILFollowers: 28,100Tweets: 34,800
B2B technology content marketer and writer (i.e. white papers, case studies,blog posts, articles, etc.).
Dave Kerpen@DaveKerpen
Location: New York, NYFollowers: 45,900Tweets: 67,300
Dad. Husband to CarrieKerpen. CEO at Likeable Local. Founder of Likeable Media. NYTimes bestselling author of Likeable Book. Columnist @INC @LinkedIn
Michelle Killebrew@shellkillebrew
Location: Silicon Valley, CAFollowers: 23,400Tweets: 11,300
Global Marketing: IBM Social Business - Digital Marketing Maven (B2B & B2C), Web Analytics User, eCommerce Junkie, Tech Geek & dog lover. Opinions are mine.
Katrina Klier@KatrinaKlier
Location: New York, NYFollowers: 23,500Tweets: 6,705
Social Media, Mobile, Digital Marketing Exec; Women in Tech Advocate; Speaker; Believer in Smiles; Global Managing Director @ Accenture; My Tweets Here
Sallie Krawcheck@SallieKrawcheck
Location: New York, NYFollowers: 25,300Tweets: 2,669
Ellevate Network, Ellevate Asset Management...past head of Merrill Lynch & Smith Barney....past research analyst.....mom....crazed UNC basketball fan
Elton Mayfield@EltonMay�eld
Location: Kansas City, KSFollowers: 117,000Tweets: 15,000
Founding partner of ERMarketing. B2B marketer love the 80s. Helping clients navigate sales and marketing channels. Dad, husband and part-time miner and crafter.
Margaret Molloy@MargaretMolloy
Location: New York, NYFollowers: 27,400Tweets: 29,400
#Irish woman in NYC | Global #CMO @SiegelGale | #HBS | Top 10 #CMO on Twitter #Branding #Marketing #B2B #SocialMedia #Startups #Simplicity (Views Mine)
Lee Odden@leeodden
Location: Minneapolis, MNFollowers: 71,900Tweets: 29,800
CEO @TopRank Online Marketing. Author, Speaker & Consultant for B2B Content Marketing, Social Media, PR & Search. Proud Dad, World Traveler, Foodie, Beardie.
Joe Pulizzi@JoePulizzi
Location: Cleveland, OHFollowers: 55,700Tweets: 12,900
Content Marketing Institute (@CMIContent) and Content Marketing World #cmworld. Author, Epic Content Marketing. #orange
Michael Stelzner@Mike_Stelzner
Location: San Diego, CAFollowers: 85,000Tweets: 19,900
Founded Social Media Examiner @smexaminer, host of Social Media Marketing podcast, authored Launch & Writing White Papers. Committed Christian and dad.
Glenn Gow@CrimsonCEO
Location: Silicon Valley, CAFollowers: 2,260Tweets: 1,891
Expert in marketing technology. Author of Revenue and the CMO. Host of High Tech Marketing Insights Podcast.
Total number of tweets posted by influncers on this list:
1,324,754Combined number of followers these influncers have:
2,512,091Average number of tweets
produced by each influencer:
26,495
Northeast: 10NYC: 6Mid-Atlantic: 3Southeast: 3Midwest: 9
Texas: 1Rockies: 2NorCal: 13SoCal: 2Northwest: 1
CMO @HubSpot / $HUBS - growth marketing, startups, entrepreneurship, SaaS, B2B, VC and angel investing, golf, Patriots, Red Sox
Followers: 61,200 Tweets: 17,400Location: Boston, MA
Mike Volpe@mvolpe
Ann Handley@MarketingProfs
Location: Boston, MAFollowers: 252,000Tweets: 45,900
Head of Content here at ‘Profs. I'm waging a war on mediocrity in content.
Maria Pergolino@InboundMarketer
Location: Silicon Valley, CAFollowers: 9,379Tweets: 2,318
VP Marketing @Apttus (Previously @Marketo), Passionate abt Demand Generation, Online, & Content Marketing.#B2BMarketer. Friend to @Salesforce. Also love wine!
Elinor Stutz @smoothsale
Winner: Most Prolific TweeterLocation: Petaluma, CAFollowers: 36,200Tweets: 115,000
Inspirational Speaker, Author and Sales Consultant at Smooth Sale, A Sales Training Company.
Bret Smith@bretsmith_HIP
Location: Albany, NYFollowers: 216,000Tweets: 2,830
High-Impact B2B Content Marketing, Whitepaper-Webinar-Video Syndication, Lead Generation, Online Media
Pat Shaughnessy@B2BSalesTrainer
Location: Boston, MAFollowers: 3,821Tweets: 404
B2B Sales Trainer: Sales Training, Sales Presentation Training, Demo Skills Training for Software, Hardware, Embedded, and OEM Tech Products Companies
Ann Tran@AnnTran_
Winner: Most FollowersLocation: Washington, DCFollowers: 415,000Tweets: 116,000
Social media consultant,travel social marketing strategist. Forbes Top10 #SM Influencer.
Blunt, Practical New Business Dev & Sales Management Help. Consultant, Coach, Speaker, Bestselling Author. Believer, Husband, Dad. NFL, NY Pizza, Porsche 911 fan
Followers: 11,800 Tweets: 18,800Location: St. Louis, MO
Mike Weinberg@mike_weinberg
Ted Rubin@TedRubin
Winner: Most Prolific TweeterLocation: New York, NYFollowers: 239,000Tweets: 178,000
''Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass... it's about learning to dance in the rain.” :-)
Greg Alexander@GregAlexander
Winner: Most FollowersLocation: Dallas, TXFollowers: 39,900Tweets: 4,505
CEO, Sales Benchmark Index - Sales & Marketing Expert, Thought Leader.
John Barrows @JohnMBarrows
Location: Boston, MAFollowers: 2,071Tweets: 1,135
Sales Training That Gets To The Point
Jim Keenan@keenan
Location: Denver, COFollowers: 6,462Tweets: 34,600
CEO/President, A Sales Guy Inc. Professional Ski Instructor (aka Ski Bum) Dad of 3 crazy, in a good way, girls. FINDER OF THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Trish Bertuzzi@bridgegroupinc
Location: Boston, MAFollowers: 8,257Tweets: 7,512
Inside Sales Thinker, Writer, Builder. Passionate about all things related to phone, web and social prospecting.
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