Who Do I Follow on Twitter ... and Why?
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Below are a list of people on Twitter I follow. They're exceptional, interesting, prolific, and professional. They share good ideas, information and insights. Some are well known. Some aren't. Lotta talent on Twitter.
If I was starting with Twitter today ... these would be the first people I'd check out. Wish I had this list when I started.
Some of the people below have 15,000-30,000 followers and they follow that many too. That's not for me. I don't look at it that way. For me, it's all about good content.
Help me learn. Inform me. Educate me. Make me laugh. Challenge me. I don't care if they're rich, famous and everybody loves them, if that doesn't happen I remove them.
Note: I follow tech, industry analysts and news organizations. So these people might not be a good fit for you. If not, at the bottom of this list are more resources and articles to help you find additional people, companies and topics on Twitter.
- Guy Kawasaki: AllTop: He's the Guy named Guy people talk about. Does a super job of communicating, keeps it light and funny, yet still promotes his latest project AllTop.
- Jeremiah Owyang: Forrester Analyst: Exceptional. Shares great information, ideas, insights. Pleasant, courteous, consummate professional.
- Louis Columbus: Author, Analyst, Friend. Prolific writer on social media and complex business processes.
- Dion Hinchcliffe: Enterpise 2.0 Analyst - Interested in Enterprise 2.o apps, gaps, widgets and blidgets? He's your Analyst. Always interesting. Always informative.
- David Meerman Scott: Author of the New Rules of Marketing & PR, Blogger, Speaker. One of the nicest guys around.Occasionally funny. But he needs to hire a real cartoon-torialist to help out. Real class act.
- David Henderson: Author, Blogger, Emmy-Award Winning Former CBS Journalist. I've read his book "The Media Savvy Leader," it's excellent. He's a Twitter newbie but Tweeter Pro. A gazillion times better than me.
- Meryl Evans: The Content Maven. Hardest working editor/writer I've ever met. Super Person. Stellar writer. Hangs with a bad crowd though ... bunch of other writers that drink too much and still like to break dance.
- New Media Jim: Intersection of old and new media. Funny, good insights, good read.
- Paulo Coelho: Author of "The Alchemist." Great writer - storyteller. One of the first novelists I've seen doing the Tweet-Tweet-Tweet.
- Nettie Hartsock: Author, Blogger, PR Strategist, Friend.
- Jennifer Leggio: Social Media & Tech Journalist for Zdnet. Prolific in a good way.
- Shannon Whitley: Founder of PRX Builder. Super source of tech, PR and Marketing content. Disclaimer ... I'm a big fan of PRXbuilder.com.
- Tim O'Reilly: Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media.
- Scobelizer: What's a Scoble? Check him out. Have duct tape handy for your head - to keep it from exploding. Not for the slow-tech faint of heart. WARNING: You will get dizzy.
- Peter Kim: Covers social media. Some excellent articles on Twitter and Social Media.
- Andrew McAfee: Harvard Business Blogger. Interesting observations. Actively solicits input and feedback. Involves his audience. Real-time Web 2.0 research for business.
- David Risley: Founder of PCMech. Wrote "Twitter: The User Manual You Can't Find." You want to keep up with the latest on Twitter and Social Networking Apps? Follow David.
- Wayne Hurlbert: Blog Business Success Radio host.
- Todd Defren: PR 2.0 & social media thought leader. Always helpful. Shares valuable information freely and often. Doesn't get enough credit for all the good work he does. Blogs at Pr2Squared.
- Colby Palmer: Web Developer. I like Colby's iTweet app.
Lynne McTaggert: Author of "The Field" and "The Intention Experiment."One of my favorite authors and people.
We did an interview and article together that allowed me to go to the dark side of physics, intentions, spirituality ... and my Cal and Chichen cartoons.
George Bush- The White House: Okay, this one is a hoot. They only follow 9 people. What happened to this Big Brother crap? I couldn't get a rise out of them with 10 Tweets asking why they weren't following me. And ... who are these people they ARE following?
Donna Hedge Burns: Marketer, writer, Public Relations maven. If she was running PR for the White House ... they'd have a bigger, more qualified following. And more friends.
- Julie Devoll: Senior Publicist, New Media for Harvard Business Press. Why Julie? Well, truth be known, a couple years ago I wrote an interview/article with one of the Harvard's authors (Donald Sull) called "Good Companies Gone Bad ... The Donkey Goes to Harvard," (this was before Donkey O'Tee was world-famous like he is now) and Julie was great. Had a sense of humor. And really ... if you ever saw the "Honorary Harvard Donkey Scholar photo" you could see where they might object - if they were huffy-puffy-stuffy intellectual snobs. They didn't. Hmmm. But, now that I think of it, I haven't heard from Julie since.
- Michael Pranikoff: Dir. Emerging Media at PR Newswire
- David Wilson: Author, IT Manager. One of the reasons I like Twitter is because of folks like David. Never met him before. Probably never would have met him except for Twitter. But I had some questions on blogging platforms and David offered help and information within minutes of me posing the question. His answers were right on. Check him out.
- Pam Gilchrist: Pammy is PR Chicken Soup for the Soul. Teacher. Author. Thinker. Friend.
- John Mangan: Business Development, Analyst Relations expert, Most Excellent Friend (but never picks up a bar tab).
- Me: Best cartoon-torials on the Twit based on my totally non-objective, spectacularly flawed and biased analysis.
Shortly after publishing this article I received quite a few write-ins votes. All warranted.
- Chris Brogan: Social Media, Emerging Enterprise Tech.
- Brian Clark - CopyBlogger: Writer, Entreproducer.
- Beth Kanter: Social Media for NonProfits for Change.
- Beth Harte: Technology Marketer & Communicator. Blogger. History addict.
- ConversationAge: Communicator. Marketer. Renaissance person. Conversation Agent.
- Jason Kintzler: Founder of PitchEngine http://pitchengine.com
- Todd Van Hoosear: Social Media Practice Leader @ Topaz Partners
- Chris Selland: B2B marketing & bus dev, social media skeptic
- Michael Troiano: Matchmine CEO
- Mike Figliuolo: Founder of thoughtLeaders.
- Canterucci: Author of Personal Brilliance, Podcaster
14 Great Reads About Twitter for Business Use:
- Guide to Twitter for Business: By Shara Karasic, Work.com
- Top 8 Twitter Tips for Business: By Ellen Petry Leanse
- Question To Consider Before Using Twitter for Business: By Twitter Maven
- Why Twitter Matters: By Stephen Baker, Businessweek
- Tweeting for Companies 101: By Tara Hunt
- How To Listen for Opportunities on Twitter: By Chris Brogan
- The Evolution of Brands on Twitter: By Jeremiah Owyang
- Why Brands Are Unsuccessful on Twitter By Jeremiah Owyang (told you he was good)
- Is it Time for Corporations to Get a Twitter Presence?: By Valeria Maltoni
- Ultimate Guide to Twitter Tools and Resources for Journalists: By New Media Bytes
- Twitter for Business Reading List: By Pistachio Consulting
- The True Meaning of Twitter: Fortune Magazine, August 2008
- How Tweet It Is: Clay Shirky and Bob Garfield
- Huge Twitter Resource Page: http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/
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Comments
I'll share ones I'd add to your list:
Debbie Weil - corporate blogging pro
Mike Troiano - CEO of matchmine. Smart, insightful, leader who walks the walk & talks the talk. Featured in Business Week too.
Todd VanHoosear- Social media PR expert. Great guy and a friend.
Chris Selland - Marketing pro. Skeptic, but regular tweeter. Funny too.
Chris Brogan - Social media enthusaist and leader. He and David Meerman Scott both taught me so much trhough their tweets when I was first on.
Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing all of these resources.
Who is this David Meerman Scott I keep hearing about?
Might I add a few more to your list?
@AmberCadabra ( I mean she's a branding magician, how can you not want to tap in to that?!), @mackcollier, @ConnieReece, @SonnyGill, @ServantofChaos, @CamBeck, @FrankMartin.
Okay, I'll stop...otherwise you might end up with all of Twitter here. ;-)
Thanks again!
Keep on bloggin' dude and pushing back the edge of that envelope.
Tom