A New Generation Marketer

Usually this list would be about famous celebrities (singers, songwriters, actors/actresses, etc.) that I would want to meet just to say that I had met them in person. This post is quite the contrary. I have developed a list of seven people in the Internet Marketing/Social Media Industry that truly inspire me based on their entrepreneurial spirit, blogging success, high twitter success and interactivity, and overall helpful personality.

Help me to have coffee with any of them!

1. Brian Halligan of HubSpot is an excellent entrepreneur with a innate inbound marketing spirit. As an MIT grad, he is a very intelligent and entrepreneurial person who inspires me to think out of the box and create something new.

2. Dharmesh Shah is the co-founder of several companies, including Hubspot and OnStartUps. He is a very personable, helpful, and highly intelligent entrepreneurial man who truly knows the in’s and out’s of inbound marketing, and expresses it in all of his business ventures.

3. Chris Brogan is a high-profile blogger who has received many accolades in the Internet marketing field. I find his writing style very inspiring, and have read his 27 Tips to Blogging Success and utilized them to achieve success with my own blog.

4. David Meerman Scott is a great author and new marketing practitioner. I first read his book New Rules of Marketing and PR in my senior marketing class, and then read his intro to the Inbound Marketing Book. I would love to find out how he got into new marketing techniques and practices it today aside from writing books to educate others.

5. Laura Fitton (Pistachio) is a female entrepreneur in the Internet marketing field. She founded oneforty, a Twitter app company. I am truly inspired by female entrepreneurs who become very successful and well-known in their industry, as I hope to become one myself one day.

6. Rand Fishkin is an expert in the Internet marketing field. He specializes in SEO and blogging, and I learned a great deal from him during the Inbound Marketing classes through HubSpot.

7. Erik Proulx is the founder of the Lemonade film. I am inspired by his amazing video producing abilities and the ability to provide inspiration to the jobless. He did a great job of publicizing his film on the Internet and has been interviewed by many companies in the area about his idea, including the AdClub of Boston.

I love to find people in my field of interest where I can find inspiration and ideas, and try to converse with them to hear about their success from their point of view. One day I envision myself being as successful as some of these amazing people above!