Top 100 Most influential marketers of 2008

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100. Mike Filsaime

Mike is an internet marketing guru. He believes in continued learning and makes every attempt to stay on the cutting edge by studying the latest books, courses, and systems on the subject of marketing. Mike is also a student and has studied under every successful person that is blazing the trail in their field.

Mike has been a popular speaker for years before recently retiring from public speaking. His company, MikeFilsaime.com, Inc. made over $10 million in sales in 2008 alone. His contributions have earned him a spot on our list. '

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99. Kevin Lange

Kevin Lange is one of the founding members of SMG Search, an SEO and SEM company that takes “search” to an entirely new level. Early on, Kevin Lange recognized the power and potential of “search,” long before the industry even begun to contemplate its marketing importance. His innovative approach has earned him a spot on our list.

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98. Sam Lawrence

Sam Lawrence, the CMO at Jive Software, and a frequent speaker, blogger and workaholic is well known in the SMO world. Sam writes about social software.

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97. Dan Greenberg

Founder of The Comotion Group , Dan Greenberg is always pushing the fold in marketing, utilizing social media tools in an innovative way whcih landed him on this list.
The Comotion Group is a new media consulting company Dan started while still in school. Now he is building an underlying technology platform to power next-gen social marketing. Dan has also contributed to online magazines such as TechCrunch.

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96. Jonathan Mizel

Jonathan Mizel is most famous for being editor of The Online Marketing Letter, which claims to be the longest running business publication on the Internet. He first started in the online business world in 1991.

In 1993, Mizel formed his own online company, Cyberwave Media. The company helps business owners and entrepreneurs increase their profit margins by implementing new online sales techniques. He is author of dozens of ebooks, marketing courses, seminars and videos.

His skills in copywriting and direct response marketing are unrivaled. His writing is charming, persuasive and unique. The returns he obtains from his direct response campaigns make his skills desirable to everyone, from the biggest of corporations to newbie entrepreneurs. Jonathan’s skills and work with direct response marketing and copywriting have earned him a spot on our list.

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95. Javier Barragan

Javier Barragan is a seasoned online marketer with a decade of experience in marketing subscriptions and products online. He is VP at Flycell, and leads all customer acquisition activities worldwide, driving top-line revenue growth and profitability by implementing highly-effective customer acquisition strategies through online, offline and mobile channels. His approach, dedication, and innovative ideas have earned him a spot on our list.

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94. Muhammed Saleem

“i’m muhammed saleem and i want to get social.”

There are too many social media experts. There are few who are actually in the trenches. Muhammed is a top social media player on popular websites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, and Propeller.

Muhammed has written for the blog herald and 901 am. He also guest posts on copyblogger, searchengineland, readwriteweb, problogger, mashable, freelanceswitch, techcrunch, centernetwork, pickthebrain, and bloggingexperiment. His clout as a social media guru has earned him a spot on our list.

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93. David Bullock

David Bullock is an award-winning salesperson and inventor that knows how to market his products very well. He sold $1.4 million of his latest product only one year into introducing it to the market. David Bullock blogs regularly and owns a strategic testing consulting firm. His contributions and innovative approach earned him a spot on our list.

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92. Dawud Miracle

During 2008, Dawud Miracle expanded his profile as a marketer who is able to present online marketing information in way the small business owner is able to understand and relate to. His goal is to help small business owners understand how to use the internet and all the many tools it offers, to expand their own businesses. Dawud posts regularly on both his personal blog as well on the Sparkplugging portal.

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91. Mack Collier

Mack Collier is a social media consultant and author of The Viral Garden, a blog focusing on marketing and social media that informs and entertains over 100,000 readers a month. He is also a frequent contributor to the website Marketing Profs, as well as the marketing blog Daily Fix, and the small business blog Search Engine Guide. His writings and contributions have earned him a spot on our list.

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90. Mitch Joel

Known as the “Rock Star of Digital Marketing,” our list wouldn’t be complete without Mitch Joel.

Mitch Joel is President of Twist Image, an award-winning Digital Marketing agency. He is a marketing and communications visionary, interactive expert, community leader, Blogger and Podcaster. He is also a passionate entrepreneur and speaker who connects with people worldwide by sharing his marketing insights on digital marketing and personal branding.

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89. Nathaniel Stevens

Nathaniel founded Yodle in 2005 while still in school. Yodle is a leading provider of local online advertising that provides businesses with a simple and affordable way to get more phone calls and new customers.

He has also been recognized as one of the "Top 20 Entrepreneurs Under 25" by BusinessWeek magazine. Today, Nathaniel is responsible for leading product strategy, driving innovation, and fostering creativity at Yodle. His creativity and innovation at such a young age have earned him a spot on our list.

88. Mohamed Marwen Meddah

While social media and online marketing are facts of our daily lives in the west, there are still new concepts to the Middle East. In March 2008, Mohamed Marwen Meddah (MMM) founded StartUpArabia, a blog dedicated to new Arab technology startups and services. The blog offers profiling and reviews of Arab start-ups, interesting market news and information, and tips and advice for the entrepreneurs behind them.

StartUpArabia is a community project to stimulate technology entrepreneurship in the Arab world. It encourages people to innovate and aims to create more visibility for technology companies from the Arab region.

Mohamed is truly the most international person on our list. He was born in Tunisia; lived in Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Jordan and Tunisia. Besides posting regularly on StartUpArabia, Mohamed posts regularly on his personal blog.

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87. Rod Roudi

Rod is an integrated, online marketer with experience in e-mail marketing, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, social media tracking + mining, website development, and marketing databases. His wide range of expertise has earned him a spot on our list. Rod currently serves as head of the sales/operations team at Zeta Interactive, a leading provider of integrated interactive services.

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86. Justin Palmer

Justin Palmer runs Palmer Web Marketing and specializes in eCommerce, web marketing, ecommerce SEO, website usability, SEO, SEM, amd social media optimization. His unique blog contributions to online marketing have earned him a spot on our list.

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85. Liz Strauss

Liz Strauss, the most successful “relations” blogger at Successful Blog has created more than just a blog, but a community and destination. On her blog, she offers Open Comment Nights, a Blog-to-Blog Conversation, a Blogger’s Cafe, single questions, etc.; in other words, techniques that are uncommon to the blog-o-sphere. Her unique approach and community building skills have earned her a place on our list.

Liz is also founder of the highly successful business bloggers conference SubCon which has gained attention and buzz from BusinessWeek, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Innovation Initiative of the Kellogg School of Business.

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84. Brad Fallon

Brad Fallon is the CEO of Smart Marketing, Inc., a network of wholesale and retail e-commerce businesses. Beginning with a $2,000 start-up investment for My Wedding Favors in January, 2004, Brad’s online businesses grew from $1.2 million in the first year to $7.8 million in 2005, and to a whopping $32 million in 2006.
Brad is the author of Creating Customers Out of Thin Air: Secrets of Online Marketing for Offline Businesses.

Brad co-founded StomperNet with Andy Jenkins, the leading subscription-based internet marketing training program. StomperNet provides DVD courses and online training classes given by expert faculty members. StompertNet also offers users an online portal community, proprietary software and quarterly live conferences.

Brad launched Free IQ, the premier destination for valuable online video and other types of premium media products. Free IQ allows speakers, authors, consultants and experts of all kinds to host and stream an unlimited amount of audio and video, including complete presentations, seminars and demonstrations – for free. And Free IQ’s patent pending ReviewRank™ search algorithm ranks relevant content based on quality as determined by user reviews and other patent pending factors. His innovative ideas and growth as a marketer and entrepreneur have earned him a spot on our list.

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83. Brad VanAuken

Brad is one of the world’s leading experts on brand management and marketing. He was director of brand management for Hallmark. He wrote one of our favorite books, the best selling Brand Aid, the first comprehensive practical, ‘How-to’ guide on building winning brands. As Chief Brand Strategist of The Blake Project, Brad consults with some of the world's leading organizations such as Unilever and General Electric. His work has been recognized by industry leading magazines and sites such as:

"...[Brand Aid] is a significant addition to the brand marketing library." -- Entrepreneur

"It's [Brand Aid] terrific. It's packed with useful research data and checklists.. -- MarketingSherpa.com

Brad writers regularly at the Branding Strategy Insider.

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82. Robert Pearson

Robert Pearson is an Interactive Marketing & Media Executive responsible for overseeing and building interactive departments with strong online media channels. Currently, Robert is Head of Interactive Media & Marketing at WebVisible and CMO/Co-Founder of TattooBin.com. His contribution to marketing and advertising have earned him a spot on our list.

81. Wendy Piersall

It is always inspiring to see women who believe in other women. And Wendy has done just that by inspiring and helping a virtually untapped workforce: the stay-at-home mom. Wendy is Founder & CEO of Sparkplugging, the largest blog network dedicated to work-at-home resources for solo business owners. She also serves as consulting adviser to Escalate Media, a large network of online communities for women. Wendy has over 12 years of business and marketing experience and is a well known blogging and news media expert. She is also a professional speaker and has written for the online business magazines Women Co. and Entreprenuer.com.

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80. Jim Turner

Copywriters are an essential part to the marketers’ mix because words persuade and have a lasting impact on users. Jim Turner is a renowned direct response copywriter. He has written numerous winning promotional sales letters for some of the world's largest niche market information publishers, generating $100,000's in direct sales. These astronomical numbers have earned him a spot on our list. Jim has also started a social networking community that allows like-minded people to share ideas, suggestions, and advice.

Jim founded Jim Turner Marketing, where he writes promotions for the financial investment advisory and publishing industry that are run through online and direct mail. He has also written for the business opportunity and self-help markets, selling specialized information products and services. His specialty is in writing long, 12 to 20 paged copy sales letters, promoting products and services on the Internet and offline.

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79. Doug Haslam

Doug has been a PR guru long before the internet came along. He has shifted gears and is fully engrossed in social media, tapping into his PR experience. He blogs regularly and has conducted Podcasts with SHIFT Communications since 2008. His experience and unique perspective have earned him a spot on our list.

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78. Chad Sollis

For nearly 10 years Chad has been involved in Online Marketing, Demand Marketing, Lead Generation, New Customer Acquisition, Web Analytics, and Website Development for Medium and Enterprise level companies. His experience and expertise in marketing/sales measurement across multiple channels and tactics have earned him a spot on our list. Currently Chad serves as Director of Interactive Marketing and Operations at Ominiture.

He has spoken at numerous conferences such as Salesforce.com, Dreamforce and the Omniture Summit.

Chad co-scoped and built patent pending technology for Omniture called Closed Loop Marketing for Salesforce, the first of its kind in the industry, and he continues to create new methodologies and techniques for improving online marketing and measurement.

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77. Kevin Hillstrom

Kevin Hillstrom is a Database Marketing veteran with nearly twenty years experience at many of America’s leading multichannel retailers. His current endeavor, “MineThatData,” is a consulting practice focusing on the emerging field of “Multichannel Forensics.” He utilizes Multichannel Forensics to shape multichannel marketing and merchandising strategies, resulting in increased sales and profit across online, retail and catalog channels. Kevin also blogs regularly. His contributions have earned him a spot on our list.

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76. Alisa Leonard-Hansen

Alisa is a Social media strategist at iCrossing and blogs regularly on Socialized. Alisa is well seasoned in web technologies, social media strategy development, and word-of-mouth marketing.

Alisa’s contributions as a strategist and blogger have earned her a spot on our list.

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75. Greg Boser

Greg Boser is an Internet marketing consultant who has specialized in search engine optimization consulting since 1996. He is President and founder of WebGuerrilla, LLC, a marketing firm that provides SEO services to interactive agencies, PR agencies and design firms serving Fortune 1000 clients. His contributions to the marketing world have earned him a spot on our list.

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74. Scott Monty

Scott is a marketing and communications professional focused on the digital industry – specifically on social media. He is described by those close to him as a “Renaissance Man.” Scott blog regularly at the social media marketing blog.

Scott is currently the head of social media for Ford Motor Company, where he holds the title Global Digital & Multimedia Communications Manager. From blogger relations to marketing support to customer service to internal communications and more, social media touches many facets of Ford business, and Scott is there to ensure it is consistent across all of them. These contributions and forward-thinking approaches have earned him a spot on our list.

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73. Mark Earls

Mark Earls was always taught to "think it through”and not to accept what he was told, but to challenge everything until a more compelling, better-supported and more workable description of how things work emerges.

He has written three books: Welcome to the Creative Age (Wiley's 2002) and Brand New Brand Thinking (Kogan Page 2002) and How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing our True Nature (Wiley's Feb 2007).

Mark’s unique editorial contributions have earned him a spot on our list.

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72. Brian Kalma

For the last five years, Brian has been responsible for Zappos.com's brand marketing and creative vision. Brian focuses on ensuring anything that gets an approval stamp truly supports the Zappos.com value proposition and is always "Zappos-like."

Before joining Zappos.com, Brian worked at Foote, Cone & Belding where he worked on the Dockers account. Before Foote Cone & Belding, Brian worked in media at J. Walter Thompson where he helped launch Tanqueray Ten gin.

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71. Alan Rimm-Kaufman

Alan Rimm-Kaufman founded and leads the Rimm-Kaufman Group, a direct marketing services and consulting firm established in 2003. In 2008, RKG was listed in Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. He posts regularly on the RimmKaufman blog. His contributions to the marketing world at RKG have earned him a spot on our list.

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70. Jeff Arbour

As VP of The Hyperfactory, Jeff Arbour has been a key force behind the company’s mobile integration efforts in North America. He has been helping brands navigate the mobile channel since 2004, which has earned him a spot on our list.

The Hyperfactory is an experienced, full-service mobile ideas and media company responsible for the most award-winning, innovative mobile campaigns seen anywhere in the world.

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69. Hugh MacLeod

Hugh MacLeod can easily win the most creative marketer award of 2008. He combines cartoons, blogging, and marketing in a wonderful and delightful way on his blog gapingvoid.com.

He is known for his ideas about how "Web 2.0" affects advertising and marketing. His two most famous articles from 2004, "How To Be Creative" and "The Hughtrain," continue to be widely read in the blogosphere.

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68. Adam Ostrow

Editor in Chief of Mashable, Adam Ostrow is responsible for its day-to-day editorial coverage and direction. Prior to joining Mashable, Adam was co-founder of MindSay, one of the earliest hosted blogging communities that boasts to have more than 175,000 users as of August 2008. Additionally, Adam is CEO of ReadBurner, a news aggregator that analyzes what people are sharing with their networks on a variety of RSS readers to determine the best content across the Web. Adam is a graduate of The University of Maryland, from which he holds a B.A. in Journalism.

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67. Bruce Clay

Bruce Clay is a professional search engine optimization consultant and serves as the CEO of his company Bruce Clay, Inc. which he founded in 1996. He is active with industry organizations such as: SEMPO, the Search Engine Strategies conference, IMC USA, Web Analytics Association, American Marketing Association, IIMA - International Internet Marketing Association and the California Chamber of Commerce.

He is author of the “SEO Code of Ethics,” which was translated into 18 languages. His contributions have earned him a spot on our list.

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66. Francois Gossieaux

Francois is the co-founder and partner at Beeline Labs and President of Corante. He also blogs at http://www.emergencemarketing.com and runs a marketing 2.0 community at http://www.marketingtwo.com.

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65. Joel Comm

Joel Comm is an Internet entrepreneur who has been online since its early days. His list of successful companies he helped create include WorldVillage.com, ClassicGames.com (acquired by Yahoo!) and InfoMedia. Joel is the Executive Producer and Host of the First Internet-Only Competitive Reality Show, The Next Internet Millionaire.

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64. Leo Laporte

Leo is software developer, journalist, an author, and speaker. More recently, he hosted a national radio technology talk show every Saturday and Sunday on the Premiere Radio Networks. Leo appears regularly on many television and radio programs including Live with Regis and Kelly.

If you have not heard his podcasts, you should! Leo hosts and produces some of the most popular podcasts in the world, including this WEEK in TECH, Security Now!, net@nite, The Daily Giz Wiz, Windows Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Jumping Monkeys, and Munchcast under, and the more recent, TWiT Live. TWiT Live was launched in May of 2008 with 25 hours of original programming each week. 2.6 million people watched TWiT Live in its first month.

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63. Chris Baggott

Chris is the co-Founder and CEO Compendium Blogware. He has been a leader in database marketing arena for more than 20 years. Chris was recognized by B2B Magazine as the"Who's Who in B-To-B" and his blog was voted "Best Online Marketing Blog" by MarketingSherpa readers and "Best of the Web" by Forbes.

While most bloggers use wordpress, Compendium is the only SaaS blogging platform built for business. His team at Compendium helps companies target keywords their prospects are searching through employee blogging.

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62. Andy Sernovitz

The CEO of GasPedal, a word-of-mouth marketing consulting firm, Andy Sernovitz is author of the great book Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking. He speaks frequently at conferences and contributes to the marketing world through his writings and research at GasPedal. His writings and work at GasPedal have earned him a spot on our list. He offers "unusually useful ideas for Smart Marketers" on his blog.

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61. Tamar Weinberg

Passion + social media

Tamar is a freelance writer and internet marketing consultant specializing in blogger outreach, viral marketing, and social media. Tamar is the brain behind techipedia.com, one of the more popular social media blogs. Tamar writes regularly for Mashable, Search Engine Roundtable, Real Simple: Simply Stated, and Lifehacker, amongst many others.

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60. Loren Feldman

Loren Feldman is President of 1938 Media, a digital production company that produces some of the most engaging and critically acclaimed shows for the web and mobile markets. 1938 Media also provides digital services to other companies, as well as consulting on complete web strategies, from design to marketing. Loren’s innovative approach to web and mobile marketing has earned him a spot on our list.

Interestingly, Loren is also member of the Screen Actors Guild and the New York Friars Club.

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59. Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk is well known as an Internet celebrity. He has pioneered a multi-faceted approach to personal branding and business building.
In February 21, 2006, Gary launched Wine Library TV (WLTV), a free daily video blog in which Gary tastes and reviews wines. Gary unleashed the same passion and gusto to building the WLTV brand (now affectionately known as “The Thunder Show”) that he had previously brought to his business, with even more far-reaching results.

In February and March of 2008, Gary became increasingly known throughout the Web 2.0 community. His remarks on branding within the social media landscape at many events helped gain the admiration of countless bloggers and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Gary offers his services to make “business better.” With the proper utilization of social media, brand building is simply a matter of passion, effort, and time. As President of a major company, a desired public speaker, and frequent blogger, Gary has all the qualifications as a thought leader and member of our list.

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58. Stephen Denny

Stephen Denny owns his very own consulting business, which offers business branding and positioning, channel marketing, demand generation and promotional services. He offers great insight on his blog Note to CMO, where he culminates all of the conversations he has with “smart people.” His insights and contributions have earned him a spot on our list.

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57. Valeria Maltoni

Valeria is a passionate marketer. Chris Brogan nominated her stating, “Valeria delivers a perfect blend of traditional media and marketing savvy with new media sensibilities and passion. She has built a successful organization and beyond that, does lots to educate the field at large.” She posts regularly on her blog Conversation Agent, which offers great insight into the marketing world.

Valeria has played a leading role in hosting authors and thought leaders from many fields, including Pernille Lopez, President of IKEA North America, and Glen Senk, President of Anthropologies.

Along with business programs, Valeria guest lectures at Chambers of Commerce and professional organizations on topics such as “The Future of Advertising,” “Making Your Web Site Sticky,” and “Building a Great Brand.”

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56. Rae Hoffman AKA Sugarrae

Rae Hoffman, also known as Sugarrae, is Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting. Aaron Wall nominated Rae because she offers “great insights on everything from blogging to publishing to monetization.” She has mastered many areas of Internet marketing, such as: SEO, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps, etc. She runs various affiliate and content websites, ranging from those in highly competitive areas to those in niche areas. She is also the owner of MFE Interactive.

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55. Michael Port

A "marketing guru," Michael Port has provided coaching and consulting services to over 20,000 business owners.

Michael is author of the best selling books Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid and The Contrarian Effect: Why It Pays (BIG) To Take Typical Sales Advice and Do The Opposite,which was selected by the Editorial Board of Amazon.com as the #9 Best Business Book of 2008. Also due out in May 2009 is The Think Big Manifesto: Think You Can't Change Your Life (And the World)? Think Again.

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54. Vitaly Friedman

Vitaly is the creator of Web Developer’s Handbook and the author of Praxisbuch Web 2.0. He is more notably known for co-founding Smashing Magazine which delivers useful and innovative information for designers and Web developers. “Our aim is to inform our readers about the latest trends and techniques in Web development: clearly, precisely and regularly.” His contributions and success with the magazine which stands at approximately 120,000 subscribers, has earned him a spot on our list.

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53. Patrick Altoft

Patrick is Director of Search at Branded3, a Leeds based full service digital agency specializing in search engine optimization and social media marketing as well as building and designing websites and applications.

A full time consultant since 2002, Patrick writes about SEO and social media for the popular E-Consultancy website and has been quoted in publications such as the BBC, the Times, Guardian amongst many others.

Patrick’s SEO blog is one of the more popular SEO blogs in the UK.

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52. Kurt Peters

Kurt Peters is Editor in Chief of Internet Retailer magazine and Executive Vice President of Vertical Web Media LLC, the publisher of Internet Retailer. He has 30 years of journalism and business reporting experience. Kurt oversees editorial content for Internet Retailer, InternetRetailer.com, The Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition, the Top 500 Guide and the Guide to E-Commerce Technology. Kurts editorial contributions to the ecommerce world have earned him a spot on our list.

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51. Mike Moran

Mike Moran is an expert in Internet marketing, search technology, Web personalization, and Web metrics. Mike also is a sought after speaker making regular speaking appearances at Search Engine Strategies, ad:tech, DM Days, the Internet Strategy Forum Summit, and the Enterprise Search Summit.

Mike was nominated by Lee Odden who explains, “Mike's background in search digital marketing includes being a Distinguished Engineer for IBM for many years, leading the SEO/PPC effort for IBM as well as holding several search patents. He's a best-selling author (Search Engine Marketing Inc and Do It Wrong Quickly) an exceedingly popular keynote speaker and blogger, and talented strategic marketing consultant.”

Mike is the co-author of the best-selling 2005 book Search Engine Marketing, Inc. (along with fellow search marketing expert Bill Hunt), which is now in its Second Edition (2008). Mike is also the author of the acclaimed Internet marketing book, Do It Wrong Quickly: How the Web Changes the Old Marketing Rule, named one of the best business books of 2007 by the Miami Herald. Mike also writes the Biznology newsletter and blog, and columns for Revenue Magazine, Search Engine Guide, Internet Evolution, and WebProNews.

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