Social Media - Who's an expert?

For those that asked the articles should be 500 words.

Also, this should be someone who would be able to write some "meat" about a subject, giving readers actionable items they can use to better themselves or their businesses.

Jason Moffat is very knowledgeable in social media

My vote's in for Carrie Wilkerson. And Mari Smith. They're both great and very real!

Let me give a try Mike.

What we are looking for is someone like myself. I am an internet marketer. None of you know me (yet) but I make a couple thousand dollars a month on the internet - not guru status, not enough to quit my full time job, but a decent amount that obviously I know what I am doing. This is what we are looking for, someone we at IMM don't know yet.

Of course we are going to approach the gurus and ask them to submit articles, but that is not what this magazine is about. We also want people from the trenches people that are really working the internet and are successful but may not be well known, underground marketers if you will. We may want you!

We want people to provide some good information about internet marketing. This up coming month will be on social media and marketing, so do you know someone who really works facebook well or knows some good tips on using twitter or the thousands of other social media sites out there that would be interested in writing an article and telling others about what they know?

The following month is slated to be on research, ie. niche research, market research, keyword research, affiliate product research, everything to do with researching your market to be successful at selling on the internet. So if you or someone you know does not know something about social media maybe you know something about research or the next topic or the next.

So NOW do you know someone that would want to write an article for a magazine?

Gary Vaynerchuck

Hey,

Jonathan Budd, Jason Shawyer

Igor

My fav's

Gary Vaynerchuk
Chris Pirillo (more of an innovator in social media)

This list could go on and on and on...

If you are short of time and can watch only one video this is the one hands down:

YouTube - Web 2.0 Expo NY: Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library), Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape


If you have more time I would suggest following some people like:

Seth Godin, Clay Shirk, Gary Vee, Tim Ferriss, Jason Fried, Fred Wilson, Tim O'Reilly, Chris Anderson, Charlene Li, Robert Scoble, Guy Kawasaki, Don Tapscott


Of course Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day by Dave Evans and Susan Bratton is a must read too.


For those into reading I have the Top 250 Blog Posts - Advertising, Marketing, Media and PR links here: Top 250 Blog Posts - Advertising, Marketing, Media and PR Spotlight Ideas

I learned a lot from Dennis karganilla (DK), although he teaches more Network Marketing approaches using social media. I've also found Perry Belcher to have a lot of info on social media.

Alex

I will put my vote in for Perry Belcher. He constantly provides fantastic information through Twitter and his videos have taught me the most about social media.

I have learned a LOT about Social Media from different gurus...especially Dennis Karganilla.
I have tons of blog posts about it and I wrote an ebook that shows how to get traffic that way that I'll give to anyone for free if they want it.

I also vote for Perry Belcher. I heard him talk about Twitter on a CD from Glazer/Kennedy Insiders Circle. He was fun and interesting and, best of all, had a ton of actionable information.

Mari Smith

Most of these so called Social Media experts only do make money crap and they don't know how to do it with out that twist.
Talk soon,
Kenny Kencaid

Jennifer Beese - Not as "well known" but one of the most intelligent twenty-somethings that I know.

Jennifer Beese | Brazen Careerist