One of the best ways to get success in your industry is to follow the footprints of those who have achieved success. I have put together a list of top SEO Industry professional I am a big fan of & learned a lot from them. I hope you can do it too!
Neil Patel: He is a co-founder of the analytics companies KISSmetrics, Crazy Egg, and Quick Sprout. In 2002, he co-founded ACS (Advantage Consulting Services), an SEO & Marketing company & served as consultant for numerous fortune 500 companies. By 2005, he was named one of the top influencers on the web. In 2006, Neil co-founded Crazy Egg. Shortly after the launch, Neil reportedly received a US$5 million offer to sell the company, but he declined. In 2009, Neil launched the Quick Sprout Blog which grew to produce annual revenues in excess of US$1 million. In 2008, Neil co-founded KISSmetrics. Forbes also named Neil one of the top 10 marketing experts of 2014.
Being into SEO, I love reading his blog posts, he is so detailed & instructive. I consider Quick Sprout to be the best place for a beginner in SEO. Neil Patel is really “a kind of big deal”
Recent Post @ Moz: https://moz.com/blog/untapped-keyword-sources
Twitter: @neilpatel
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neilkpatel
Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NeilPatelmarketer
Website: http://www.quicksprout.com/
Danny Sullivan: After graduation, Danny worked for BBC for almost a year in England. Danny started Search Engine Watch in June 1997. Shortly after the beginning he sold it for an undisclosed amount to JupiterMedia & remained as editor in chief to maintain the site. Search Engine Watchwas considered by Matt Cutts as a “must reading” blog on search. He later founded Search Engine Land in the year 2006. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the search marketing space.
Recent Post @ Moz: https://moz.com/blog/the-evolution-of-search
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannysullivan
Twitter: @dannysullivan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dannysullivan
Google +: https://plus.google.com/113217924531763968801
Website: http://daggle.com/
Gianluca Fiorelli: He was deeply associated to Cinema & TV industry in the beginning of his career for almost 11 years. And all of a sudden, he started working as content director on TV websites in the year 2004 and that is when he discovered his curiosity into SEO & reinvented himself professionally into SEO.
His deep knowledge about effective SEO & enhanced marketing strategies on targeting the right audience, designing storytelling & creative synergies amongst different media is outstanding.
Wil Reynolds: In 2002, Wil founded Seer Interactive with a vision to focus on doing great things for its clients. Started from a living room of his apartment, Seer is now a team of 100 on both coasts. He started his journey in the field of internet marketing in the year 1999. Wil is current the director of strategy & focusing on identifying innovations & developing new strategies to help clients navigate the challenges they face.
il is also associated with Covenant house, an organization serving homeless. His dedication towards this organization includes a yearly sleep out. Yes, he spends one night sleeping outside in November to raise money.
Read this post & I bet you can never resist yourself by following him.
Recent Post @ Moz: https://moz.com/blog/my-client-wont-do-whiteboard-friday
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wilreynolds
Twitter: @wilreynolds
Google +: https://plus.google.com/+WilReynolds1
Website: http://www.seerinteractive.com/
Dan Shure: This is going to be an interesting & inspirational read. He was struggling & facing challenges during 2011 and somehow wanted to get to a SEO conference to meet SEO’s in person to get involved more into the industry. He came to know that Affiliate Summit East was giving away free tickets to someone who shared the conference with a tweet & apparently he won.
The problems never ends here. He had no money & no way to get to NY. Hopped the cheapest bus, slept on the floor of her sister’s apartment & walked 20 minutes to & from the conference.
That conference has generated an increased passion & energy to blog, meet more people & make things take off for evolving SEO. And things started changing for himself. He had 47 clients by 2012 & lovely compliments like
Read his case study here & I bet you will be a huge fan of him for sure.
Recent Post @ Moz: https://moz.com/blog/music-seo-2015
Email: [email protected]
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evolvingdan
Twitter: @dan_shure
Google +: https://plus.google.com/+DanShure
Website: www.evolvingseo.com
Ted Ives: He has deep experience at technology companies including Apple, Microsoft & APC. He previously served as a Vice President of Product Management at The Search Agency. He is currently helping enterprises to scale up their online marketing efforts. His consulting engagements typically focused on extensive keyword research & competitor analysis.
Brian Dean: He is an internationally recognized entrepreneur, SEO expert & the founder of Backlinko. Graduated in 2008, Brian Dean founded Backlinko in the year 2012 which is now among the top 50 small business blogs according to Technorati. He specializes in providing practical marketing strategies to get more search engine traffic.
The best quote to define him “I turn boring, invisible sites into search engine powerhouses.” Experts like Neil Patel used to say about him “When it comes to link building, Brian Dean is the best in the business.”
Recemt Post @ Moz: https://moz.com/ugc/7-content-archetypes-that-generate-natural-links
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianedean
Twitter: @Backlinko
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Backlinko/
Google +: https://plus.google.com/+BrianDean
Website: http://backlinko.com/
Eric Ward: He is the founder of NetPost and URLwire. He has been discovering link building strategies since 1994. Eric Ward is frequent speaker at Internet industry conferences including Danny Sullivan’s Search Marketing Expo, Search Engine Strategies, the Direct Marketing Association. He won the Tenagra Internet Marketing Excellence Award in 1995 and named as one of Web’s 100 most influential people by Websight Magazine in 1996.He is also best known as the person behind the linking campaigns for Amazon.com & Weather.com. His greatness can be evaluated by one of the statement from a mozzer ” Skyler Malley” in one of his post ” Eric Ward has been building links since I was in diapers.”
Modestos Siotos: He has combined 10 years of experience in technical SEO, Web Development & Usability. He has worked with some of Uk’s biggest brands like John Lewis, Coca-Cola, LG, Heathrow Airport and Homeaway. He spends his time in devising sustainable SEO Strategies. He also helps smaller companies & start ups to grow & meet their business objectives. I would recommend everyone to read one of his masterpiece here.
Recent Post @ Moz: https://moz.com/blog/12-common-reasons-reconsideration-requests-fail
Email: [email protected]
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/modestos-siotos/34/197/120
Twitter: @Modestos_
Google +: https://plus.google.com/+ModestosSiotos/posts
Website: http://www.icrossing.com/
Ann Smarty: She started working in SEO when she was in high school. She used to enjoyed learning English & writing and thus found a huge passion in SEO Blogging. She has been involved in various high profile roles in SEO industry for more than seven years. Ann’s expertise in search & social ranges from content creation & social marketing to SEO Reporting & consulting.
Recent Post @ Moz: https://moz.com/ugc/10-tools-for-making-your-social-media-interactions-more-productive
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annsmarty
Twitter: @seosmarty
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annsmarty
Google +: https://plus.google.com/+AnnSmarty
Skype: ann-manager
Website: http://www.SEOsmarty.com
Pratik Dholakiya is the Founder of The 20 Media, a content marketing agency specializing in content & data-driven SEO and advisor at MoveoApps, a mobile apps development company. He regularly speaks at various conferences about SEO, Content Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Digital PR. Pratik has spoken at 80th Annual Conference of Florida Public Relations Association, Accounting & Finance Show, Singapore, NextBigWhat’s UnPluggd, IIT-Bombay, SMX Israel, SEMrush Meetup, MICA, IIT-Roorkee and other major events. As a passionate SEO & content marketer, he shares his thoughts and knowledge in publications like Search Engine Land, Search Engine Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Fast Company, The Next Web, YourStory and Inc42 to name a few.
