25 Social Media Marketing Experts You Need to Know According to LinkedIn

<a id="dd_start"></A><img alt="25 Social Media Marketing Experts" class="size-full wp-image-16378" height="300" src="/25-social-media-marketing-experts-linkedin-300.jpg" width="300"> 25 Social Media Marketing Experts Recommended by LinkedIn</P><P>In the recently published eBook, <a href="http://marketing.linkedin.com/blog/introducing-the-sophisticated-marketers-guide-to-linkedin/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/marketing.linkedin.com/blog/introducing-the-sophisticated-marketers-guide-to-linkedin/');" target="_blank">The Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to Linkedin</A>, eight digital marketing smarties were tapped for insights and practical advice on how to get the most out of LinkedIn from optimizing your profile to expanding your network.</P><P>My team at TopRank did some great work with this eBook, identifying, engaging and interviewing subject matter experts. I think it turned out well. It’s a timely topic for sure.</P><P>If you’re anywhere near the B2B marketing world, social selling or recruiting, getting to know LinkedIn is essential. Heck, mastering LinkedIn is essential.</P><P>Why? Check out these <a href="http://press.linkedin.com/about" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/press.linkedin.com/about');" target="_blank">stats</A>:</P>With over 259 million members in over 200 countries and territories, 1 out of every 3 professionals on the planet Earth is on LinkedIn.Professionals are signing up to join LinkedIn at a rate of more than two new members per second.LinkedIn counts executives from all 2013 Fortune 500 companies as membersMore than 3 million companies have LinkedIn Company Pages and there are 2.1 million LinkedIn GroupsThere were 184 million unique visitors to LinkedIn web properties in Q3 of 2013<P>There simply isn’t another social network with that kind of community and momentum for business professionals – buyers of business goods and services.  With the proclamation of being <a href="http://www.toprankblog.com/2013/09/linkedin-all-in-content-marketing/">“all in” on content marketing</A>, LinkedIn serves as an opportunity for social media and content marketers alike. Of course where there’s content, there’s an opportunity to optimize as well.</P><P><img alt="LinkedIn Statistics 2014" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16377" height="737" src="/linkedin-by-numbers-2014.png" width="500"></P><P>While most professionals are already on LinkedIn and see it as a jobs marketplace, many simply haven’t taken the time to optimize or maintain their profiles. They also haven’t discovered all the ways you can capitalize on LinkedIn as a marketing and social selling tool. The good news is that quite a few people have.</P><P>In the <STRONG>Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to LinkedIn</STRONG>, there are 50 pages of advice directly from marketers within LinkedIn as well as some of the top B2B marketing pros in the business. There is also a list of 25 social media experts in the U.S. that LinkedIn suggests we get to know, selected by staff at LinkedIn.  Many of the names on the list will be familiar to you and some will not. Regardless, this is the list that LinkedIn, the top business networking website in the world, published as recommended social media marketing experts.</P><P>Congratulations to those on the list and congratulations to anyone who downloads AND reads the <a href="http://marketing.linkedin.com/blog/introducing-the-sophisticated-marketers-guide-to-linkedin/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/marketing.linkedin.com/blog/introducing-the-sophisticated-marketers-guide-to-linkedin/');" target="_blank">Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to Linkedin</A>.</P><P><img alt="Jay Baer" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16380" height="125" src="/jay-baer-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Jay Baer – Speaker, Author, Consultant</STRONG><BR><a href="http://jaybaer.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/jaybaer.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @jaybaer<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbaer" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbaer');" target="_blank">in/jasonbaer</A></P><P><img alt="Michael Brenner" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16381" height="125" src="/michael-brenner-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Michael Brenner – Senior Director, Global Marketing at SAP, President and Co-Founder of Business2Communit</STRONG>y<BR><a href="http://www.b2bmarketinginsider.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.b2bmarketinginsider.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @BrennerMichael<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrenner" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrenner');" target="_blank">in/michaelbrenner</A></P><P><img alt="Michael Brito" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16382" height="125" src="/michael-brito-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Michael Brito – Group Director Media and Engagement at WCG, a W2O Company</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.britopian.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.britopian.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @Britopian<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrito" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrito');" target="_blank">in/michaelbrito</A></P><P><img alt="Jeff Bullas" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16383" height="125" src="/jeff-bullas-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Jeff Bullas – Consultant, Speaker, Blogger</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.jeffbullas.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.jeffbullas.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @jeffbullas<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbullas" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbullas');" target="_blank">in/jeffbullas</A></P><P><img alt="Brian Carter" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16384" height="125" src="/brian-carter-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Brian Carter – Founder of The Carter Group, Author, Speaker</STRONG><BR><a href="http://briancarteryeah.com/blog/posts/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/briancarteryeah.com/blog/posts/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @briancarter<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/briancarterms" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/briancarterms');" target="_blank">in/briancarterms</A></P><P><img alt="Brian Clark" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16385" height="125" src="/brian-clark-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Brian Clark – Founder and CEO of Copyblogger</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/blog/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.copyblogger.com/blog/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @brianclark<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brian-clark/8/606/b5a" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/pub/brian-clark/8/606/b5a');" target="_blank">in/brian-clark/8/606/b5a</A></P><P><img alt="Heidi Cohen" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16386" height="125" src="/heidi-cohen-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Heidi Cohen – Columnist, Consultant</STRONG><BR><a href="http://heidicohen.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/heidicohen.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @heidicohen<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/heidicohen" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/heidicohen');" target="_blank">in/heidicohen</A></P><P><img alt="Steve Farnsworth" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16387" height="125" src="/steve-farnsworth-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Steven Farnsworth – Chief Digital Strategist at Jolt, Digital Marketing, Author, Speaker</STRONG><BR><a href="http://stevefarnsworth.wordpress.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/stevefarnsworth.wordpress.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @steveology<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefarnsworth" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/stevefarnsworth');" target="_blank">in/stevefarnsworth</A></P><P><img alt="Barry Feldman" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16388" height="125" src="/barry-feldman-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Barry Feldman – Owner at Feldman Creative, Speaker</STRONG><BR><a href="http://feldmancreative.com/blog/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/feldmancreative.com/blog/');" target="_blank">Blog </A><BR>Twitter: @FeldmanCreative<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/feldmancreative" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/feldmancreative');" target="_blank">in/feldmancreative</A></P><P><img alt="Ann Handley" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16389" height="125" src="/ann-handley-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Ann Handley – Head of Content at MarketingProfs, Author</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.annhandley.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.annhandley.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @annhandley<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/annhandley" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/annhandley');" target="_blank">in/annhandley</A></P><P><img alt="Matt Heinz" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16390" height="125" src="/matt-heinz-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Matt Heinz – President at Heinz Marketing Inc</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.heinzmarketing.com/matt-on-marketing/blog/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.heinzmarketing.com/matt-on-marketing/blog/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @HeinzMarketing<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattheinz" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/mattheinz');" target="_blank">in/mattheinz</A></P><P><img alt="Doug Karr" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16391" height="125" src="/douglas-karr-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Doug Karr – Chief Marketing Officer at CircuPress, Author</STRONG><BR><a href="http://marketingtechblog.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/marketingtechblog.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @douglaskarr<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglaskarr" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/douglaskarr');" target="_blank">in/douglaskarr</A></P><P><img alt="Jason Keath" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16392" height="125" src="/jason-keath-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Jason Keath – CEO of Social Fresh</STRONG><BR><a href="http://socialfresh.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/socialfresh.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @jasonkeath<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkeath" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkeath');" target="_blank">in/jasonkeath</A></P><P><img alt="Nichole Kelly" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16393" height="125" src="/nichole-kelly-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Nichole Kelly – CEO at Social Media Explorer, SME Digital Author, Speaker</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.socialmediaexplorer.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @Nichole_Kelly<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholekelly" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/nicholekelly');" target="_blank">in/nicholekelly</A></P><P><img alt="Dave Kerpen" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16394" height="125" src="/dave-kerpen-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Dave Kerpen – CEO Likeable Local, Author, Speaker</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.davekerpen.com/blog" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.davekerpen.com/blog');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @DaveKerpen<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/davekerpen" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/davekerpen');" target="_blank">in/davekerpen</A></P><P><img alt="jason-miller-linkedin" height="125" src="/jason-miller-linkedin1.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Jason Miller – Sr. Manager, Content Marketing, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions</STRONG><BR><a href="http://rocknrollcocktail.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/rocknrollcocktail.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @JasonMillerCA<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jsnmiller" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/jsnmiller');" target="_blank">in/jsnmiller</A></P><P><img alt="Lee Odden" height="125" src="/lee-odden-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Lee Odden – CEO at TopRank Online Marketing, Author, Speaker</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.toprankblog.com/" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @leeodden<BR>Linkedin:<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/leeodden" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/leeodden');" target="_blank"> in/leeodden</A></P><P><img alt="Joe Pulizzi" height="125" src="/joe-pulizzi-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Joe Pulizzi – Founder at Content Marketing Institute, Author, Speaker</STRONG><BR><a href="http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/author/joepulizzi/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/contentmarketinginstitute.com/author/joepulizzi/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @JoePulizzi<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/joepulizzi" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/joepulizzi');" target="_blank">in/joepulizzi</A></P><P><img alt="Stephanie Sammons" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16395" height="125" src="/stephanie-sammons-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Stephanie Sammons – Founder of Wired Advisor™, Speaker</STRONG><BR><a href="http://blog.wiredadvisor.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/blog.wiredadvisor.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @StephSammons<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniesammons" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniesammons');" target="_blank">in/stephaniesammons</A></P><P><img alt="David Meerman Scott" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16396" height="125" src="/david-scott-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>David Meerman Scott – Marketing Strategist, Speaker, Author</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.webinknow.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.webinknow.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @dmscott<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmeermanscott" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/davidmeermanscott');" target="_blank">in/davidmeermanscott</A></P><P><img alt="Neal Schaffer" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16401" height="125" src="/neal-schaffer-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Neal Schaffer – President at Windmills Marketing, Author, Speaker<BR></STRONG><a href="http://maximizeyoursocial.com/blog/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/maximizeyoursocial.com/blog/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @NealSchaffer<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/nealschaffer" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/nealschaffer');" target="_blank">in/nealschaffer</A></P><P><img alt="Koka Sexton" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16402" height="125" src="/koka-sexton-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Koka Sexton – Global Sr. Marketing Manager at LinkedIn</STRONG><BR><a href="http://kokasexton.com/word/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/kokasexton.com/word/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @kokasexton<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/kokasexton" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/kokasexton');" target="_blank">in/kokasexton</A></P><P><img alt="Michael Stelzner" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16403" height="125" src="/michael-stelzner-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Mike Stelzner – Founder of Social Media Examiner, Author</STRONG><BR><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.socialmediaexaminer.com/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @Mike_Stelzner<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/stelzner" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/stelzner');" target="_blank">in/stelzner</A></P><P><img alt="Viveka von Rosen" height="125" src="/viveka-von-rosen-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Viveka Von Rosen – LinkedIn Expert, Author</STRONG><BR><a href="http://linkedintobusiness.com/my-blog/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/linkedintobusiness.com/my-blog/');" target="_blank">Blog</A><BR>Twitter: @LinkedInExpert<BR>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/linkedinexpert" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/linkedinexpert');" target="_blank">in/linkedinexpert</A></P><P><img alt="Todd Wheatland" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16404" height="125" src="/todd-wheatland-linkedin.jpg" width="125"></P><P><STRONG>Todd Wheatland – VP of Marketing at Kelly Services, Author, Speaker</STRONG><BR><a href="http://slide-guidebook.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/slide-guidebook.com/');" target="_blank">Book</A><BR>Twitter: @ToddWheatland<BR>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/wheatland" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.linkedin.com/in/wheatland');" target="_blank">in/wheatland</A></P><P><STRONG>No list is perfect or comprehensive, so who would you add to this list?</STRONG></P><P>If you’d like to dig in to the Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to LinkedIn, by all means, get your copy here:</P><P><a href="http://marketing.linkedin.com/blog/introducing-the-sophisticated-marketers-guide-to-linkedin/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/marketing.linkedin.com/blog/introducing-the-sophisticated-marketers-guide-to-linkedin/');" target="_blank"><img alt="Sophisticated Marketer's Guide to LinkedIn" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16361" height="318" 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25 Social Media Marketing Experts You Need to Know According to LinkedIn

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