Invesp Consulting has released their first annual list of the Top 100 Most Influential Online Marketers for 2008. Among the top 10 are Jackie Huba, Darren Rowse, Brian Clark, Aaron Wall, and Guy Kawasaki.
Oh, and number 1? That would be Chris Hughes, creator of Barack Obama’s social networking site.
Sometimes the best part is reading what others have to say about such lists. For instance, there is the comment of Lyndon Antcliff who sums it up by saying, “I love these lists, if I am not on them they are rubbish and if …on them they represent the fountain from where all truth can be found.” 🙂
Yours truly – moi — was surprised to find myself included on the list, and in the top 50 too (number 47 to be exact). I was surprised because I don’t think of myself as a marketer. Mainly I just know how to hire good marketing people and pick their brains and learn from them. It’s an honor to be included and I want to thank all those who nominated me.
Read the Top 100 Most Influential Online Marketers list for 2008. There’s also a blog post about how they chose the top 100 marketers.
Martin Lindeskog
Anita,
Congratulations to #47!
Is this an international list or concentrated on the North American market?
This is a great list if you want to explore new marketing resources and knowledge, and then maybe follow some new interesting individuals on Twitter.
Walt
Looks like the list has a lot of SEO types. Not that I consider it a detraction, just an observation.
Hey anita, I saw someone mentioned you as her mentor in one of the comments. Good validation for you being on the list.
If Facebook wasn’t enough the online social network of Obama so crushed that of McCain’s that I can not think of anyone more deserving than Chris Hughes to be ranked number one on this list.
Kate Brodock
Congratulations Anita!
Just so you know, the link for Jackie Huba is http://www.churchofthecustomer.com/ (it doesn’t work above).
Great list!
Anita Campbell
Thanks, Kate. And thanks for pointing out the link to Jackie’s site — I fixed it. It was missing the “www”.
Anita
Prasad Thammineni
Congratulations Anita! You richly deserve to be on the list.
Wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Prasad
Anita, that’s wonderful! Congratulations!!! What a great way to star the new year!
Susan Oakes
Well deserved Anita, congratulations. The list shows that everyone is really a marketer in a business whether it is their own or they work for a company.
Congratulations Anita for making it on the list! That is no wonder for me. It’s pretty obvious I believe. 🙂
Jonny T
Congrats Anita!
How did Seth Godin not make this list?! Wow!
Chris
Wow, this is a great way to start the new year off and congratulations to you!
I found the number one pick interesting. I believe the social networking aspects of this election were pivotal so that was really interesting to see.
Congratulations Anita! I find it interesting to see who makes it to the top of these lists and to consider why – usually they are pretty much ‘on the mark’.
CONGRATULATIONS!
peter bordes
Anita
Thank you very much. This is a great resource… AND Congratulations for making the list!
I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing/working with a number of the folks on this list. They are all exceptional, and great resources for us all. I’m partial to my Barack20.com partner David Bullock…. oh yeah and I kinda like #47 quite a bit as well!
Congratulations Anita. It’s an honor well deserved!!!