Who are the top email marketing influencers 2014?

By the way of speaking about the most read email marketing blogs: it’s also time to do a quick refresh of my recommended 250 Twitter follows (gleanings). The list is about one and a half year old already; there may be some new influencers, who you should follow, and others, who quit talking about email. Please find the new and condensed overview below:

Key email marketing influencers on Twitter:

1. lorenmcdonald (34.3, →8577, 3649←, ★507, 231)
2. chadswhite (21.3, →9777, 4394←, ★842, 0)
3. inboxgroup (31.2, →5844, 1420←, ★230, 6)
4. andrewkordek (38.6, →3523, 2856←, ★240, 15)
5. jacaldwell (73.9, →3853, 300←, ★206, 150)
6. tamaragielen (21.7, →6208, 1139←, ★365, 265)
7. scottcohen13 (31.6, →2628, 1304←, ★177, 8)
8. markbrownlow (10.5, →4785, 313←, ★393, 186)
9. kmagill (5.7, →2661, 1999←, ★131, 1)
10. tabsharani (19, →9875, 4168←, ★220, 307)
11. indiescott (22.1, →7249, 5670←, ★303, 50)
12. wise_laura (6.9, →2281, 442←, ★150, 2)
13. stylecampaign (10.4, →4089, 1497←, ★284, 0)
14. kathpay (13.6, →4070, 844←, ★223, 5)
15. jvanrijn (59.6, →4882, 1943←, ★321, 3496)
16. deliverability (9.1, →12888, 9790←, ★376, 18)
17. returnpath (10.1, →11752, 1868←, ★534, 33)
18. theemailguide (96.4, →17690, 10813←, ★754, 6)
19. captaininbox (36.1, →3525, 760←, ★206, 90)
20. simmsjenkins (15.5, →3554, 799←, ★354, 698)
21. emailmadman (3.7, →1272, 729←, ★107, 0)
22. andrewbonar (22.8, →2954, 781←, ★204, 302)
23. billmccloskey (12, →2136, 453←, ★134, 10)
24. theeec (3.4, →7999, 762←, ★362, 0)
25. ddayman (10.1, →3346, 265←, ★215, 12)
26. lukes_tweets (10.2, →1221, 729←, ★127, 25)
27. meladorri (22.5, →3557, 721←, ★302, 819)
28. emaildaniels (7.4, →3416, 872←, ★163, 47)
29. email_expert (25.4, →15847, 2473←, ★595, 524)
30. trendlinei (12.7, →2212, 1642←, ★136, 14)
31. remybergsma (139.6, →2064, 563←, ★178, 2815)
32. emailstatcenter (4.8, →3919, 964←, ★228, 0)
33. mostew (6, →1948, 1131←, ★173, 7)
34. emailblog (20.4, →3089, 1417←, ★170, 227)
35. gwdbis3 (53.1, →1263, 654←, ★76, 109)
36. allwebemail (13.4, →1661, 679←, ★145, 20)
37. kevinsenne (15.8, →5554, 4040←, ★166, 10)
38. tinktaylor (16.5, →2506, 1817←, ★143, 27)
39. alexcwilliams (43.6, →3954, 985←, ★318, 825)
40. litmusapp (30.6, →12386, 10748←, ★678, 2349)
41. brightwave (9, →2137, 1799←, ★153, 70)
42. delaquist (2.5, →2060, 66←, ★140, 51)
43. emailclub (4.1, →2291, 399←, ★158, 0)
44. iamelliot (70.7, →3033, 1504←, ★207, 2031)
45. evansmom (11.5, →1632, 1365←, ★83, 12)
46. campaignmonitor (75, →24297, 9351←, ★1509, 2581)
47. marketingsherpa (15.7, →44830, 777←, ★2935, 571)
48. aliverson (25.5, →1732, 1107←, ★163, 250)
49. mailchimp (79.5, →137751, 17174←, ★5134, 2396)
50. coreybauer (31.8, →1160, 880←, ★70, 6)
51. tom_sather (1.5, →1022, 642←, ★75, 7)
52. coskier (48.4, →2237, 2313←, ★112, 23)
53. ktrivunovic (2.3, →1176, 332←, ★83, 0)
54. emailreview (7.4, →3727, 1164←, ★228, 24)
55. hugeheadca (117.3, →1621, 930←, ★126, 212)
56. socialemail (36.4, →9689, 8894←, ★552, 1)
57. email_queen (4.8, →1439, 516←, ★101, 841)
58. sydneysulli (11.3, →1316, 894←, ★114, 209)
59. esps (54.5, →6466, 3492←, ★346, 40)
60. adamholdenbache (19.9, →5956, 4128←, ★566, 61)
61. mattblumberg (2.5, →3596, 206←, ★290, 67)
62. tawatson (9, →2055, 254←, ★129, 2)
63. emaildirect (13.8, →3580, 3582←, ★195, 1)
64. ben_approves (6, →3791, 3830←, ★191, 310)
65. emailinstitute (49, →4076, 470←, ★284, 0)
66. arrendale (3.8, →1091, 400←, ★93, 13)
67. riazkanani (13.6, →2309, 1499←, ★137, 28)
68. msouder (1.9, →565, 330←, ★50, 0)
69. syncmarketing (38.3, →2886, 1787←, ★93, 1)
70. jeajen (0.4, →1254, 135←, ★109, 20)
71. skipfidura (5.4, →1660, 1346←, ★91, 56)
72. kimberlysnyder (1.6, →1069, 989←, ★85, 0)
73. pure360 (25.6, →6341, 3025←, ★366, 11)
74. clickmail (4.1, →2891, 1289←, ★178, 30)
75. miapapanicolaou (6.4, →1076, 425←, ★83, 7)
76. alchemyworx (4.1, →1377, 539←, ★78, 12)
77. barteltom (5.1, →888, 510←, ★49, 98)
78. lashbackllc (3, →1449, 530←, ★94, 18)
79. plantoengage (13.8, →697, 524←, ★43, 0)
80. jolyonh (4.9, →1013, 1978←, ★64, 2)
81. gbilbrey (0.1, →549, 22←, ★39, 0)

Explanation:

The list is ordered by the experts’ calculated network importance using an algorithm similar to Google’s PageRank. The first entry, Loren, is identified as most influential (again 🙂 ). This is also represented by node/text size and blue color in the network chart.

Every list entry shows a twitter handle plus a user description on mouse-over, which must include the keyword ’email’. In brackets, there’s also the number of tweets per week (statuses / account_age), the number of followers and follows (as indicated by in/out arrows) and a link to the Twitter-list memberships and likes (indicated by a star) – feel free to explore the two latter ones, too.

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