Featured Every September
Top Digital Marketing
Experts, by Year
Each September we round up real people doing notable work in digital marketing. The numbering is a browsing order, not a competitive ranking — this is an editorial mention, not a contest or a vote.
- 2026 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2026
SEO and AI-search consultants navigating the shift toward answer engines.
Aleyda Solis
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- 2025 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2025
In-house Moz and Wix content leaders alongside independent SEO consultants.
Chima Mmeje
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- 2024 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2024
MozCon speakers spanning SEO, content strategy, and content distribution.
Lily Ray
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- 2023 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2023
Community founders, content marketing consultants, and martech analysts.
Areej AbuAli
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- 2022 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2022
MozCon speakers, content strategists, and social advertising veterans.
Amalia Fowler
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- 2021 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2021
International SEO consultants, LinkedIn Ads specialists, and growth agency founders.
Aleyda Solis
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- 2020 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2020
SEO testing platform founders, content strategists, and business education entrepreneurs.
Will Critchlow
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- 2019 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2019
In-house CMOs, SEO scientists, and email marketing strategists.
Valter Brandt
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- 2018 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2018
B2B content marketing leaders, SEO veterans, and martech conference organizers.
Lee Odden
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- 2017 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2017
Technical SEO practitioners, analytics consultants, and email marketing researchers.
Dan Shure
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- 2016 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2016
In-house marketers, Moz scientists, and social media strategists.
Valon Badivuku
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- 2015 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2015
Analytics consultants, technical SEO founders, and conversion copywriting pioneers.
Dana DiTomaso
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- 2014 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2014
Content marketing authors, LinkedIn Ads and email marketing founders, and Moz leadership.
Ann Handley
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- 2013 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2013
Marketing automation executives, SEO bloggers, and growth agency founders.
Dharmesh Shah
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- 2012 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2012
International SEO consultants, conversion optimization founders, and email marketing researchers.
Aleyda Solis
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- 2011 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2011
SEO agency founders, social media strategists, and content marketing pioneers.
Will Critchlow
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- 2010 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2010
SEO agency founders, independent bloggers, and the earliest martech and content marketing pioneers.
Rand Fishkin
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- 2009 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2009
App Store Optimization's earliest practitioners and social customer service leaders.
Dave Bell
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- 2008 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2008
Social customer service pioneers and the earliest App Store marketers.
Frank Eliason
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- 2007 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2007
Mobile advertising network founders positioning for the smartphone era.
Paul Palmieri
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- 2006 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2006
The marketing team behind digital advertising's first true viral video hit.
George Wright
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- 2005 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2005
Podcasting's first advertiser-facing pioneer and search marketing leadership.
Todd Cochrane
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- 2004 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2004
Search marketing journalists and agency leaders.
Danny Sullivan
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- 2003 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2003
Affiliate marketing founders and search industry trade-body builders.
Shawn Collins
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- 2002 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2002
Search marketing's earliest professional organizers and web analytics pioneers.
Christine Churchill
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- 2001 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2001
Email and marketing automation platform founders.
Ben Chestnut
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- 2000 Read →
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2000
Pay-per-click's inventor and the first dedicated search marketing agencies.
Bill Gross
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