SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 10/09/14 — InsideView, the most accurate source of market intelligence, today announced their annual selection of the Top 25 Sales Influencers and Top 25 Marketing Influencers, recognizing 2014–s top business-to-business sales and marketing thought leaders. The complete list of winners can be found below and on the .
“We–re thrilled and honored to recognize the top sales and marketing thought leaders once again,” said Will Spendlove, VP of Marketing at InsideView. “These professionals are setting the tone for B2B sales and marketing innovation and success. If you strive to be a better salesperson or marketer, these are the people to watch, listen to, and learn from. Their combined insights are astonishing.”
To select the industry–s top influencers each year, a research team at InsideView begins with a blank slate and then identifies those with the most — and most relevant — influence, voice, and ideas. For 2014, the team also consulted other B2B influencer lists, including those from Forbes, Top Sales World, Business2Community, and many others.
Additionally, the team–s data-driven selection algorithm included social ranking and social authority metrics from services such as Klout and FollowerWonk to better understand the reach of potential influencers. The team further created criteria for the number of followers, recency of posts, volume of posts, and relevancy of content to ensure winners were broadly influential and demonstrated proven domain expertise, not just relevancy to a small industry niche.
The top 25 sales and top 25 marketing influencers infographic can be found at , and the complete lists are as follows:
Greg Alexander @GregAlexander
Miles Austin @milesaustin
John Barrows @JohnMBarrows
Trish Bertuzzi @bridgegroupinc
Joanne Black @ReferralSales
David Brock @davidabrock
Deb Calvert @PeopleFirstPS
Brian Farrell @findtheclient
Barbara Giamanco @barbaragiamanco
Anthony Iannarino @iannarino
Jim Keenan @keenan
Jill Konrath @jillkonrath
Michael Krigsman @mkrigsman
Ken Krogue @kenkrogue
Jim Marous @JimMarous
Nancy Nardin @sellingtools
Lori Richardson @scoremoresales
Craig Rosenberg @funnelholic
Jill Rowley @jill_rowley
Anneke Seley @annekeseley
Pat Shaughnessy @B2BSalesTrainer
Jeff Sheehan @jeffsheehan
Dave Stein @davestei
Elinor Stutz @smoothsale
Mike Weinberg @mike_weinberg
Jay Baer @jaybaer
Larry Brauner @larrybrauner
Michael Brenner @BrennerMichael
Scott Brinker @chiefmartec
Douglas Burdett @ArtilleryMarket
Steve Farnsworth @Steveology
Glenn Gow @CrimsonCEO
Ann Handley @MarketingProfs
Lorena Hathaway @lorenahathaway
Aaron Kahlow @AaronKahlow
Randy Kemp @randylewiskemp
Dave Kerpen @DaveKerpen
Michelle Killebrew @shellkillebrew
Katrina Klier @KatrinaKlier
Sallie Krawcheck @SallieKrawcheck
Elton Mayfield @EltonMayfield
Margaret Molloy @MargaretMolloy
Lee Odden @leeodden
Maria Pergolino @InboundMarketer
Joe Pulizzi @JoePulizzi
Ted Rubin @TedRubin
Bret Smith @bretsmith_HIP
Michael Stelzner @Mike_Stelzner
Ann Tran @AnnTran_
Mike Volpe @mvolpe
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