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Posted by Ron Hudson in Last week, as you probably know, I published a list of the 50 Most Powerful & Influential Women in Social Media. It caused quite a stir on the internet. In fact, this blog was visited by over 2,000 unique visitors the day the list was published. I truly appreciate each of you who visited that day and the following days.
One of the amazing but unforeseen results was the nearly 200 or more visitors who left comments. Most of the comments were about one or more people that they felt should’ve been included on that list. That was fantastic.
However, all the comments were not approved for various reasons. e.g., not nice, not constructive or spam. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but please be polite, courteous, and professional to ensure that your comment will be approved. Thank you!
With that in mind, here’s the list of the 50 Most Powerful & Influential Men in Social Media:
1. Michael Arrington | www.techcrunch.com
Rank: 4076 | Linking in: 26,705
2. Pete Cashmore | www.mashable.com
Rank: 6,977 | Linking in: 15,105
3. Darren Rowse | www.problogger.net
Rank: 45,859 | Linking in: 8,734
4. John Dvorak | dvorak.org/blog
Rank: 46,169 | Linking in: 2,009
5. Frank Kern | www.masscontrolsite.com
Rank: 69,096 | Linking in: 180
6. Aaron Brazell | technosailor.com
Rank: 78,019 | Linking in: 1,123
7. Jason Calacanis | calacanis.com
Rank: 87,831 | Linking in: 2,813
8. Steve Rubel | www.micropersuasion.com
Rank: 87,428 | Linking in: 4,232
9. Willie Crawford | williecrawford.com/blog2/
Rank: 90,848 | Linking in: 387
10. Jeremy Schoemaker | www.shoemoney.com
Rank: 101,291 | Linking in: 3,153
11. Leo Laporte | leoville.com/
Rank: 103,445 | Linking in: 824
12. Brian Solis | www.briansolis.com
Rank: 103,873 | Linking in: 941
13. Dr. Mani | ezinemarketingcenter.com/
Rank: 111,254 | Linking in: 178
14. Joel Comm | joelcomm.com
Rank: 116,064 | Linking in: 455
15. Kevin Rose | kevinrose.com
Rank: 117,490 | Linking in: 372
16. Peter Shankman | www.shankman.com
Rank: 118,363 | Linking in: 147
17. Fred Wilson | avc.com
Rank: 119,697 | Linking in: 212
18. Alejandro Reyes | www.successfool.com
Rank: 123,815 | Linking in: 138
19. Gary Vaynerchuk | garyvaynerchuk.com
Rank: 126,983 | Linking in: 408
20. Loren Feldman | www.1938media.com
Rank: 130,510 | Linking in: 587
21. John-Paul Micek | tribalseduction.com/blog/
Rank: 131,223 | Linking in: 109
22. Bob Jenkins | askbobtheteacher.com/blog/
Rank: 133,414 | Linking in: 46
23. Charles Heflin | charlesheflin.com
Rank: 137,361 | Linking in: 51
24. Jeremiah Owyang | web-strategist.com/blog/
Rank: 140,943 | Linking in: 2,544
25. Guy Kawasaki | alltop.com
Rank: 141,299 | Linking in: 1,745
26. Brian Campbell | www.socialmediamarketingsystem.com
Rank: 145,783 | Linking in: 26
27. Brian Clark | www.copyblogger.com
Rank: 160,034 | Linking in: 5,541
28. Robert Scoble | scobleizer.com
Rank: 172,114 | Linking in: 6,446
29. David Bullock | www.davidbullock.com
Rank: 177,325 | Linking in: 98
30. Evan Williams | evhead.com
Rank: 179,093 | Linking in: 1,292
31. Alex Albrecht | www.totallyradshow.com
Rank: 207,687 | Linking in: 104
32. Doug Firebaugh | www.passionfire.com
Rank: 209,503 | Linking in: 299
33. John Reese | income.com
Rank: 223,014 | Linking in: 481
34. Ron Capps | www.nicheprof.com
Rank: 249,536 | Linking in: 53
35. Timothy Carter | theresidualincomelifestyle.com
Rank: 281,062 | Linking in: 42
36. Chris Brogan | www.chrisbrogan.com
Rank: 282,439 | Linking in: 1932
37. Jack Humphrey | www.jackhumphrey.com
Rank: 289,758 | Linking in: 668
38. Mark Davidson | twitterstars.com
Rank: 316,034 | Linking in: 8
39. Vincent Wright | mylinkingpowerforum.ning.com
Rank: 324,857 | Linking in: 38
40. Jim Turner | jimturnersmm.ning.com
Rank: 393,091 | Linking in: 0
41. Blair Warren | www.blairwarren.com
Rank: 384,204 | Linking in: 66
42. Mike O’Neil | www.integratedalliances.com
Rank: 465,698 | Linking in: 36
43. Wayne Sutton | wayne-sutton.com
Rank: 497,921 | Linking in: 131
44. Dave Lahkani | www.subliminalpersuasionbook.com/blog/
Rank: 581,749 | Linking in: 22
45. Ross Goldberg | www.mastersseminar.com
Rank: 642,790 | Linking in: 43
46. Alex Mandossian | www.alexmandossiantoday.com
Rank: 712,815 | Linking in: 25
47. Doug Haslam | doughaslam.com
Rank: 963,976 | Linking in: 198
48. Ben Mack | benmack.com
Rank: 1,271, 846 | Linking in: 7
49. Warren Whitlock | www.zerocostpromotions.com
Rank: 1,313,652 | Linking in: 27
50. G. Wayne Clayton | socialmarketingexpert.org/
Rank: 1,671,769 | Linking in: 2
Congratulations, gentleman! I’m grateful to have discovered you on twitter. I wish you greater success in both your personal and professional lives.
Warmly,
Ron
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I second the including of twitter links.
Steve
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Crappy, fake, lead generating list. How can we even take this junk seriously when Barack Obama does not even rank? Boo…Hiss
I am honored to be included by you amongst this fine group of social media practitioners, potential mentors and future colleagues.
I’m sure that all who were identified by you are appreciative and can agree that any compilation like this serves whatever ends that the consumer of the data chooses to give it in their decisions about their social options and assorted available platforms.
Hmm… have to admit, I feel a bit slighted.
But we have a saying in Texas — “It ain’t braggin’ if ya done it.” So since some of the third wave of social media experts seem to have no idea who I am, for the record…
One of my sites, http://TheVirtualHandshake.com, is #552,812 on Alexa, with 302 linking in. In terms of pure traffic, that’s #44. In terms of influence (of which links is a better measure), it’s on a par with those much higher on the list.
My other social media site, http://LinkedIntelligence.com, is #426,307 (#41) with 216 linking in.
And those aren’t even my main site. Now it isn’t focused exclusively on social media, and since it’s on a subdomain (http://entrepreneurs.about.com), you can’t get Alexa stats for it, but using other tools that look at subdomains (e.g., Quantcast), it would still be in the top 10 (about on a par with Dvorak.org). See http://is.gd/4ANy
Not to mention the fact that my first book, The Virtual Handshake, was the first book (2005) on the business use of social media and social networking. I wonder how many people on this list read and were influenced by it. I see at least a dozen that I know for sure were.
And how about my business partner, Jay Deragon? His site, http://www.relationship-economy.com, is #201,288 on Alexa with 74 linking in.
Some of us just spend more time swimming in the mainstream business pool than in the social media fishbowl.
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A few more noticeably absent people:
Jason Alba – http://JibberJobber.com is #132,624 on Alexa with 446 linking in. Plus he’s written very popular books on LinkedIn and Facebook.
Andy Sernovitz – http://DamnIWish.com is #184,806 with 423 linking in.
Shel Israel – http://redcouch.typepad.com – Again, a subdomain, so Alexa fails, but I’m sure he’d be in there.
Matt Mullenweg – http://ma.tt – #301,622 with 1,498 linking in.
More as I think of them.
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Ron,
First and foremost, I want to thank you for taking time to compile such a list when I know from my own daily schedule that I barely have time to compile a list of 10.
Secondly, I want to echo your nod and congratulate the other 49 men you chose to put on this very impressive – many of whom I follow and admire.
Candidly, when I saw *my* name on the list of the “50 Most Power and Influential Men in Social Media” I thought it must have been some other “Vincent Wright” – that is until I saw the reference to MyLinkingPowerForum.ning.com
If I may go off on a social media tangent for a moment, in using Twitrratr to look up my name, I discovered a little bit of a positive surprise in seeing that I was on your list. Though I’m a regular reader of Immediate Influence Blog and just tweeted about you post on the 50 Most Influential Women, I hadn’t heard of the Men’s version until I saw Wendy Bailey’s tweet about it at: http://twitter.com/wendyybailey/statuses/969691894
Here’s what that surprising tweet said:
“@jim_turner @vincentwright @warrenwhitlock Congrats on being on the 50 most powerful and influential men in social media. Way kewl!”
…from TweetDeck in reply to jim_turner
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How kewl, INDEED! Thanks, Wendy!
Thanks, and Keep STRONG, Ron!!
Vincent Wright
Twitter.com/VincentWright
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wow- thank you and thank you–thats a hoot- being included with all these folks-and many more should have been in as LOTS of great people in social media today.
thanks and thanks again- wow- what an honor and a hoot at the same time!
Well, it’s good to know that your men’s list wasn’t as short-sighted as the women’s list!
Still, though, what’s with the Alexa ranking? Social media gurus never live by that number.
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Ron I am truly honored to have made the grade. Even when pulling my best John Galt impersonation, I still made the list @ #21. lol
I know our BLOGi360 system really helped with the rankings for myself, @BobTheTeacher and @TimothyCarter.
Thanks for your work. I know this took a lot of effort on your part. You are a great American my man.
Glad someone said it! I totally agree.
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Flattered and honored, Ron. Thank you.
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Alexa is not the measuring stick for social media influencers and thoughtleaders. It does not measure body of work, sphere of influence, reputation, clients, history, achievements, peers, books written and or the number of times these people give of themselves day in and day out.
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How does Don Crowder not make this list?
wow what a great list and I have the privilege with working with Tim Carter and knowing Peter Shankman and few others on there!
Excellent!
Thanks for providing a list I can aspire to reach! When you have a place to measure against, it makes it much easier to keep tracking your results.
Have an amazing day!
Micheal
http://twitter.com/michealsavoie
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Great list. New to Twitter and blogging but enjoy your posts and seeing the names and websites of the notable males (and females) in the blogosphere and the twitterati.
Cheers
Sandnsurf
Someone has sour grapes syndrome! Bitter much?
Seriously, great list — very helpful and thought-provoking.
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This is great List! There are lot of people I recognize. But Doug Firebaugh is the Best! Doug is on Fire with Passion. Passion for helping Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. Doug & I are launching Social Media Michigan check it out at http://www.SocailMediaMI.com
-Janak Mehta
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Great list. What are you using as their ranking number results?
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Ron,
Truly an honor to be listed here. Thank you so much.
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1,2 Mio Feed readers at techcrunch.com, I’cant believe it. That is not possible in here in europe. In germany we have about 1 million bloggers – all together. Many thanks for this great list.
Although this is a useful list with some great names on it, when you put Jason Calacanis above the likes of Brian Solis, Kevin Rose and Chris Brogan, the authority of it loses some of its sparkle.
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I looked over this list. It a great accomplishment to put this together. I think the order may be off based on my own research and networking. Thanks for all the infor though.
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Thanks for great article, I think it is every blogger dream to be listed in top 100, I believe it is long road and hardwork to do it, since we know competition is tough
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I know some of those people, but never heard most of them before. I’ll check them, thanks
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where’s perry belcher???
Hi Eric,
The reason you don’t see Perry on the list is because he wasn’t nominated by anyone last year.
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Thanks for a great list.
I’m also a full time Blogger/Internet Marketer. and I’m hoping to grab one of this place in next couple of years…
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