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In the Spotlight: 100 Outstanding Sales Leaders to Watch

Whether you’re looking for a gulp of fresh inspiration, data-driven insights or seek to discover the best resources, it’s always good to surround yourself with thought leaders. For that reason, I’ve curated a list of 100 business, sales and marketing leaders in no particular order for you to follow.

Every one of these people has left a broad footprint in their areas of expertise and are where they are as the result of their arduous work, boundless passion and complete dedication.

Enjoy!

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1. Neil Patel

Neil Patel is a co-founder of KISSmetrics, Crazy Egg and Hello Bar. In his spare time he shares his expertise with companies like Amazon, NBC, HP, General Motors and Viacom and writes amazing online sales and marketing pieces.

Website: neilpatel.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

2. Joe Pulizzi

Content Marketing Institute and wrote five great books, including Epic Content Marketing.

Website: joepulizzi.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

3. Grant Cardone

A self-made millionaire, sales trainer, speaker and entrepreneur, best known as a New York Times bestselling author for his booksThe 10X Rule and If You’re Not First, You’re Last, Grant Cardone is also the host of The Cardone Zone podcast and founder of The Cardone Group.

Website: grantcardone.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

4. Jay Baer

Jay Baer is a digital expert, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Convince & Convert. During more than 25 years in the business,
he assisted more than 700 brands with insights and helped them to upgrade their marketing and customer services.

Website: jaybaer.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

5. Gary Vaynerchuk

No matter which social network you prefer, GaryVee will reach you there. Founder of VaynerMedia, NY
Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur and keynote speaker is taking the internet by storm and doesn’t seem to stop anytime soon.

Website: garyvaynerchuk.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

6. Anthony Iannarino

Know as one of the smartest guys in sales, Anthony Iannarino is the guy behind The Sales Blog and such books as The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need and The Lost Art of Closing.

Website: thesalesblog.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

7. Tim Ferriss

A revolutionary thinker and self-proclaimed “human guinea pig” is known for his hit book The 4-Hour Work Week, other 4-hour series books and
podcast The Tim Ferriss Show.

Website: tim.blog
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

8. Joanna Wiebe

Joanna Wiebe is a much-respected marketer, conversion copywriter and the founder of Copy Hackers and Airstory.
She has worked with Buffer, Tesco, Crazy Egg, Shopify and many other top brands.

Website: copyhackers.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

9. Nir Eyal

Author of Wall Street Journal Bestseller Hooked: How To Build Habit-Forming Products, Nir is also a keynote speaker, investor, behavioral scientist and product design consultant for some of the iconic world brands.

Website: copyhackers.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

10. Marc Benioff

CEO of Salesforce, cloud computing pioneer and American internet entrepreneur. He is also one of the most important and recognizable faces in sales industry.

Website: –
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

11. Matt Barby

One of the best SEO writers on the web. Matt is a real growth-hacking machine and a director of acquisition at HubSpot. In his spare time, he writes a fantastic personal blog that aims to help you land more customers.

Website: MatthewBarby.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

12. Brian Dean

Brian Dean is an acknowledged link building, SEO and content marketing specialist with one of the finest SEO blogs online – Backlinko, which is full of smart tactics and invaluable insights.

Website: backlinko.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

13. Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt is a top-notch blogger, leadership mentor for marketers and entrepreneurs, speaker and author of NY Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller book Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World.

Website: michaelhyatt.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

14. Francesca Nicasio

Francesca is one of the most intelligent and well-researched e-commerce writers at Vend blog, where she shares her online retailing secrets.
She is also a founder and owner of Credible Copywriting and Beafreelanceer.com.

Website: francescanicasio.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

15. Jeb Blount

Nicknamed as “the hardest working man in sales”, Jeb Blount is an author of 6 popular sales books and CEO of Sales Gravy – one of the leading sales acceleration and customer experience enablement companies.

Website: jebblount.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

16. Aaron Ross

Father of 11 and author of bestselling books Predictable Revenue
and From Impossible to Inevitable, Ross
is an expert on how to achieve predictable and scalable sales income.

Website: predictablerevenue.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

17. Larry Kim

Founder of Wordstream and currently a CEO of MobileMonkey, Larry Kim is an internet marketing guru specializing in PPC, Facebook advertising and entrepreneurship inspiration.

Website: medium.com/@larrykim
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

18. Rand Fishkin

Also known as “the wizard of Moz”, its former CEO and co-founder. Rand has also co-founded Inbound.org. Today, Rand remains one of the online marketing stars with a particular interest in startups and SEO.

Website: moz.com/rand/
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

19. Derek Halpern

The founder of Social Triggers, Derek is a marketer and entrepreneur who reaches millions of online sellers and is an expert at getting traffic and sales for startups by using human psychology.

Website: derekhalpern.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

20. Brian Halligan

CEO and founder of HubSpot, Brian Halligan lives and breathes inbound marketing, lectures at MIT and is passionate about scaling up startups.

Website: blog.hubspot.com/marketing/author/brian-halligan
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

21. Mike Weinberg

Mike is the author of New Sales Simplified, founder and CEO of The New Sales Coach – a consultancy group advising senior executives and coaching sales managers, teams and individual hunters.

Website: newsalescoach.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

22. Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton is a founder of Social Selling Labs, former head of social media at LinkedIn, startup mentor and social strategies master at Hootsuite. He surely knows his way around social media, so if you’re looking for solid advice on how to generate leads using social networks, Koka is the guy to follow.

Website: kokasexton.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

23. Jill Konrath

Jill is a bestseller author of four sales books, keynote speaker and thought leader. She always looks for new sales strategies and her expertise is widely recognized in such publications as Fortune, Forbes, The New York Times, ABC News, Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Inc and many other prominent media outlets.

Website: jillkonrath.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

24. Talia Wolf

Talia Wolf specializes in consumer psychology, experience design and conversion rate optimization (CRO). As a founder and keynote speaker for Getuplift, she regularly shares great tools and practical advice that every e-commerce marketer will appreciate.

Website: getuplift.co
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

25. Joel Comm

Bestselling author and entrepreneur Joel Comm has written 14 business books and currently specializes in live video marketing.
Having spent more than 20 years in online business, former radio DJ Joel is also the CEO of InfoMedia and leads The Bad Crypto Podcast.

Website: joelcomm.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

26. Ann Handley

Quality over quantity. As a head of content at MarketingProfs, author of Everybody Writes and
Content Rules, Ann is a top-tier content marketer who wages war on mediocrity in content marketing.

Website: annhandley.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

27. Mark Hunter

The Sales Hunter Mark is the author of High-Profit Selling and High-Profit Prospecting.
He is one of the leading and most followed speakers in the sales space.

Website: thesaleshunter.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

28. Amy Porterfield

Fast Company, Forbes, Mashable, Entrepreneur and MSNBC are just a few publications that recognize the value Amy’s data-driven marketing wisdom.
Other than that, she spreads expertise in online course creation, building highly engaged email lists and coming up with innovative sales strategies.

Website: www.amyporterfield.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

29. Kunle Campbell

If there are genuine retail strategy experts, Kunle is definitely one of them. He explores e-commerce issues in his podcast and
actively shares interesting ideas on how to create customer experiences that attract, convert and retain clients.

Website: 2xecommerce.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

30. Jayson DeMers

DeMers is the CEO of AudienceBloom, link-building, content marketing and SEO company and is an acknowledged marketing strategist who shares his tips with Forbes, Inc,
Huffington Post, Business Insider, Search Engine Land and other major news outlets.

Website: audiencebloom.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

31. Michael Stelzner

Michael Stelzner is the man behind Social Media Examiner, Social Media Marketing World, host of the
Social Media Marketing podcast and author of books
Launch and Writing White Papers.

Website: socialmediaexaminer.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

32. Jim Keenan

Jim Keenan is an award winning blogger, author of the book Not Taught and CEO of A Sales Guy. Energetic, entertaining and practical, he is amongst the best sales influencers and trainers to follow.

Website: asalesguy.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

 

33. John Lee Dumas

John Lee Dumas is American entrepreneur and podcaster. Known for his leading podcast on iTunes – Entrepreneurs on Fire,
he sources daily interviews with people like Tony Robbins, Gary Vaynerchuk, Seth Godin or Brian Tracy. He also likes life coaching and helps people to form and achieve SMART
goals and master productivity, discipline and focus with The Mastery Journal.

Website: asalesguy.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

34. Shanelle Mullin

Shanelle Mullin is a real gem on this list and is responsible for content and growth at Shopify. Previously she wrote for
Conversion XL blog and crafted some of the best CRO and growth articles there.
Keep an eye on her social media posts as they are always well-researched and informative.

Website: shopify.ca/Shanelle+Mullin
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

35. Jill Rowley

After having spent over 20 years in Silicon Valley, Jill Rowley is an admired advisor and one of the greatest speakers in social selling space. Her core competencies include social selling, digital sales transformation, marketing and sales alignment and sales enablement.

Website: –
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

36. Craig Campbell

Craig Campbell is a real deal and has been involved in digital marketing long enough to be able to distinguish between what works and what doesn’t. His consultancy company also offers a broad array of marketing services, such as PPC advertising, email marketing and others.

Website: craigcampbellseo.co.uk
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

37. Daniel Wallock

Recognized as a must watch marketer in 2017 by Forbes, Inc and Huffington Post, 21-year-old Daniel Wallock already has an impressive resume. He was the guy behind viral crowdfunding campaigns of Perseus Mirrors and OneX and worked with BMW I Ventures, The American Heart Association and Amazon Studios.

Website: danielwallock.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

38. Lori Richardson

Lori specializes in helping women achieve better goals in sales and is the president of Women Sales Pros.
Over the years in business, she became a real pro of B2B sales, sales pipeline building and one of the top sales training influencers.

Website: scoremoresales.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

39. Carolyn Hyams

Marketing director for Aquent, Firebrand Talent and Vitamin T, Carolyn’s is a passionate digital marketer and influencer and it reflects in her social feeds.

Website: firebrandtalent.com/author/carolyn-hyams
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

40. Jeff Bullas

Jeff Bullas blog has over 5 million annual readers for a reason. He is a globally acknowledged CMO, digital entrepreneur, marketing blogger,
digital strategist and author of several books. His topics are innovation, entrepreneurship, social media, digital marketing, content and marketing automation.

Website: firebrandtalent.com/author/carolyn-hyams
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

41. Lee Bartlett

Author of the favorite sales book The No.1 Best Seller, tech entrepreneur and sales leader.
Lee Bartlett is a sought-after consultant with lots of practical experience and useful advice. His unique niche is launching new technologies in Europe.

Website: leebartlettbestseller.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

42. Ryan Holmes

A serial entrepreneur and CEO of Hootsuite has a high drive for innovation and VR technologies.
Not so long ago he also released his guide to social media for leaders – The 4 Billion Dollar Tweet.

Website: medium.com/@invoker
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

43. Lincoln Murphy

Lincoln Murphy is a synonym for customer success driven growth. His broad expertise helps companies to deal with customers,
generate leads and deliver impactful content marketing campaigns. If you need an expert to improve your business-customer relationship, he is the one.

Website: lincolnmurphy.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

44. Dave Chaffey

Dave Chaffey is a seasoned e-commerce marketing expert and is eager to share his expertise on social media. By the way, he is a co-founder and CEO of Smart Insights.

Website: davechaffey.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

45. Ashley Friedlein

Ashley is the founder of Econsultancy, chairman of a real-time data delivery platform Ably,
author, keynote speaker and blogger on digital, marketing and e-commerce.

Website: econsultancy.com/blog/authors/ashley-friedlein
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

46. Max Altschuler

Max is the sales hacker who helps B2B tech startups to build high-velocity sales machines. He is also a founder and CEO of SUTRA
and mentor at GrowthX. He wrote a book Hacking Sales,
so if you’re into entrepreneurship and growth hacking, Max is your kind of inspirer.

Website: saleshacker.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

47. Shama Hyder

Shama Hyder is a digital marketing expert and leads the global PR and online marketing community Marketing Zen.
She is also an acclaimed Zen Master of Marketing and her bestselling digital marketing books Momentum
and The Zen of Social Media Marketing serve to prove it.

Website: shamahyder.com
Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn.

48. Heidi Cohen

Heidi is an integrated marketing expert and author of



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