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Posted by Ron Hudson in In every industry there are a few people who are inarguably outstanding at what they do. In addition to that, they are typically charismatic, energetic, and creative. In an effort to find some of these people I asked my twitter friends to nominate people who they thought were some of the most powerful and influential women in Social Media. It was no surprise that they quickly and enthusiastically responded with the list of ladies below.
By the way, we used Alexa to evaluate each person nominated for this list. While you will undoubtedly notice that some of the ladies have a large amount of sites linked to their blogs or websites, the determining factor was ranking. Why? Ranking depicts how much traffic their blogs/websites receive over a certain period. Although Google ranking is impacted by sites linking in, Alexa appears to care much more about traffic generated by the links. Hopefully that makes sense to you.
After you have read the list, I predict you will decide that we should list some other ladies that you consider powerful and influential (not including yourself 
) on this list. So, when that happens, please follow the instructions in the paragraph at the end of the list. Without further ado, I happily present to you 50 of the most powerful and influential women in Social Media:
1. Ann Handley | www.marketingprofs.com
Rank 43,936 | Linking in 1,841
2. Michelle MacPhearson | www.michellemacphearson.com
Rank 73,176 | Linking in 151
3. Liz Strauss | www.successful-blog.com
Rank 73,704 | Linking in 1,332
4. Lynn Terry | www.clicknewz.com
Rank 74,477 | Linking in 351
5. Justine Ezarik | tastyblogsnack.com
Rank: 82,875 | Linking in: 616
6. Wendy Piersall | sparkplugging.com
Rank: 83,378 | Linking in: 54
7. Maria Reyes-Mcdavis | www.websuccessdiva.com
Rank 119,917 | Linking in 165
8. Amy Clark | www.momadvice.com
Rank: 127,367 | Linking in: 398
9. Deborah Micek | www.tribalseduction.com
Rank 127,859 | Linking in 109
10. Shama Hyder | www.afterthelaunch.com
Rank: 128,441 | Linking in: 337
11. Veronica Belmont | www.veronicabelmont.com
Rank 133,278 | Linking in 494
12. Mari Smith | www.whyfacebook.com
Rank 148,408 | Linking in 91
13. Jackie Huba | www.churchofthecustomer.com
Rank 160,983 | Linking in 778
14. Carrie Wilkerson | www.barefoot-executive.com
Rank 162,116 | Linking in 34
15. Cathy Perkins | www.thewordpresswizard.com
Rank: 183,260 | Linking in: 27
16. Erin Kotecki Vest | www.queenofspainblog.com
Rank 203,533 | Linking in 337
17. Alli Worthington | fussypants.typepad.com
Rank: 215,331 | Linking in: 264
18. Denise Wakeman | www.buildabetterblog.com
Rank 219,482 | Linking in 322
19. Laura Fitton | www.pistachioconsulting.com
Rank 229,456 | Linking in 371
20. Debbie Weil | www.debbieweil.com
Rank 250,366 | Linking in 267
21. Lisa Hartwell | audiblemarketing.com
Rank: 266,602 | Linking in: 25
22. Sally Strebel | bestpartyever.com
Rank: 272,898 | Linking in: 119
23. Jessica Smith | jessicaknows.com
Rank: 291,558 | Linking in: 3
24. Roxanne Darling | www.barefeetstudios.com
327,171 | Linking in: 116
25. Connie Reece | www.everydotconnects.com
Rank 350,407 | Linking in 444
26. Pat Marcello | blogging4boomers.com
Rank: 351,903 | Linking in: 20
27. Kelby Carr | www.kelbycarr.com
Rank: 352,343 | Linking in: 51
28. Gwen Bell | www.gwenbell.com
Rank 409,627 | Linking in 69
29. Nancy Marmolejo | www.vivavisibilityblog.com
Rank 420,626 | Linking in 12
30. Dixie Brown | www.layoffyourboss2.com
Rank 490,176 | Linking in 12
31. Melody Campbell | thesmallbusinessguru.com
Rank: 666,214 | Linking in: 50
32. Francine Hardaway | blog.stealthmode.com
Rank: 736,990 | Linking in: 194
33. Dr. Letitia Wright | www.wrightplacetv.com
Rank: 751,575 | Linking in: 122
34. Jamila White | www.ecommercediva.com
Rank: 823,524 | Linking in: 35
35. Leesa Barnes | www.marketingfit.com
Rank 864,242 | Linking 0
36. Lisa Weinberger | pearlywrites.com
Rank: 903,362 | Linking in: 44
37. Katja Presnal | www.skimbacolifestyle.com
Rank: 900,620 | Linking in: 0
38. Charlene | theblackbusinesscafe.ning.com
Rank: 948,235 | Linking in: 6
39. Jan Tallent | www.jantallent.com
Rank: 1,066,578 | Linking in: 2
40. Alyssa Gregory | www.avertua.com
Rank: 1,087,893 | Linking in: 7
41. Nikki S | chaosinthecountry.com
Rank: 1,260,040 | Linking in: 20
42. Jean Ann Van Krevelen | www.edgyentrepreneur.com
Rank: 1,306,435 | Linking in: 2
43. Nancy Arroyo-Perez | www.nancyarroyo-perez.com
Rank 1,410,793 | Linking in: 4
44. Kristie Wells | www.kirstiewells.com
Rank: 1,454,100 | Linking in: 41
45. Sharon Mcpherson | www.sharonbraymcpherson.com
Rank 1,538,355 | Linking in 4
46. Tracey Tarrant | www.yourvirtualroundtoit.com
Rank 1,802,502 | Linking in: 5
47. Jenna Lloyd | appliedforcemarketing.com
Rank: 2,372,947 | Linking in: 2
48. Amy Lupold Bair | resourcefulmommy.com
Rank: 2,869,975 | Linking in: 0
49. Joanne Mason | www.masoninternetconsulting.com
Rank: 3,358,916 | Linking in: 0
50. Therese Prentice | socialnetworkingqueen.com
Rank: 3,531,975 | Linking in: 0
If you’re saying to yourself,”Ron, you should include _______, ________, and ________,” please invest time to submit their names by leaving your comment below. That way, they’ll receive well-deserved, public acknowledgement. One more thing ! By leaving your comment on this blog, it will help your site’s search engine ranking (as well as mine) because Maria Reyes-McDavis aka WebSuccessDiva set it up that way. She rocks!
In closing, I want to congratulate you ladies who made this year’s list! You are an example to many of
what’s possible in today’s world. However, please remember that no matter how successful you are now, you have the ability to do more, be more, have more, give more, and love more. Will you? I humbly predict you will!
With your success in mind,
Ron
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Hi Ron, you should include Sandy Carter for sure in this list. She is VP, Web 2.0 , IBM.
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I keep seeing Michelle Macphearson every where how does she do it?
Katie
Michelle is brilliant! Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment.
Warmly,
Ron
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Hi Ron. I’m going to go out on a limb and nominate myself to that list. I recently placed in the Top 10 in the Savviest in Social Media category in StartUp Nation’s Top 100 Homebased Businesses Contest. I coach and teach social media branding and social networking. I was using “social networking” for recruiting (more so out of necessity) before it became the “in thing” to do. I consult companies on increasing their employment brands and talent acquisition through social media and social networking. And if I do say so myself, I’ve been consistently building my brand through social media. I hope you find that I am appropriate to join this list.
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Just leaving a comment to hopefully be included…
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