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
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2026
SEO and AI-search consultants navigating the shift toward answer engines.
10 pros →
- 2025
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2025
In-house Moz and Wix content leaders alongside independent SEO consultants.
10 pros →
- 2024
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2024
Search, content and email marketers navigating the shift to AI Overviews.
10 pros →
- 2023
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2023
Community founders, content marketing consultants and martech analysts.
10 pros →
- 2022
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2022
Content strategists, social advertising veterans and SEO conference speakers.
10 pros →
- 2021
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2021
International SEO consultants, LinkedIn Ads specialists and growth agency founders.
10 pros →
- 2020
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2020
SEO testing platform founders, content strategists and business education entrepreneurs.
10 pros →
- 2019
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2019
In-house CMOs, SEO scientists and email marketing strategists.
10 pros →
- 2018
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2018
B2B content marketing leaders, SEO veterans and martech conference organizers.
10 pros →
- 2017
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2017
Technical SEO practitioners, analytics consultants and email marketing researchers.
10 pros →
- 2016
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2016
In-house marketers, Moz scientists and social media strategists.
9 pros →
- 2015
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2015
Analytics consultants, technical SEO founders and conversion copywriting pioneers.
10 pros →
- 2014
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2014
Content marketing authors, LinkedIn Ads and email marketing founders and Moz leadership.
11 pros →
- 2013
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2013
Marketing automation executives, SEO bloggers and growth agency founders.
10 pros →
- 2012
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2012
International SEO consultants, conversion optimization founders and email marketing researchers.
10 pros → - 2011
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2011
SEO agency founders, social media strategists and content marketing pioneers.
10 pros →
- 2010
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2010
SEO agency founders, independent bloggers and the earliest martech and content marketing pioneers.
10 pros →
- 2009
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2009
Social media leaders, a location-based pioneer and App Store Optimization's earliest practitioners.
6 pros →
- 2008
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2008
Social customer service pioneers and the earliest App Store marketers.
2 pros → - 2007
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2007
Mobile advertising network founders positioning for the smartphone era.
2 pros →
- 2006
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2006
The marketing team behind digital advertising's first true viral video hit.
2 pros →
- 2005
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2005
Podcasting's first advertiser-facing pioneer and search marketing leadership.
2 pros →
- 2004
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2004
Search marketing journalists, SEO bloggers and agency leaders.
6 pros → - 2003
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2003
Affiliate marketing founders and search industry trade-body builders.
3 pros →
- 2002
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2002
Search marketing's earliest professional organizers and web analytics pioneers.
3 pros →
- 2001
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2001
Email and marketing automation platform founders.
4 pros →
- 2000
Top Digital Marketing Experts in 2000
Pay-per-click's inventor and the first dedicated search marketing agencies.
4 pros →
