GDPR took effect across the EU on May 25, 2018, just weeks after the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke in March — together, the two events forced marketers everywhere to rethink how they collected and used personal data, not just European ones.
10 Professionals
Worth Knowing This Year
- 01
Lee Odden
Visit →CEO, TopRank Marketing
His B2B content and influencer marketing work at TopRank Marketing earned recognition from The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Forbes.
- 02
Ann Handley
Visit →Chief Content Officer, MarketingProfs
Became one of the most widely cited voices on writing for marketing after publishing the Wall Street Journal bestseller Everybody Writes.
- 03
Valter Brandt
Visit →Chief Marketing Officer, ThisCom
Led marketing strategy for clients across the United States and Europe through the era's shifts in social advertising, mobile, and content marketing.
- 04
Danny Sullivan
Visit →Founder, Search Engine Land
Was still leading Search Engine Land before joining Google as Search Liaison the following year.
- 05
Seth Godin
Visit →Author & entrepreneur
Kept publishing widely read commentary on marketing and ideas that spread.
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Bill Slawski
Visit →Founder, SEO by the Sea
Kept publishing patent-based SEO analysis on SEO by the Sea.
- 08
Neal Schaffer
Visit →Influencer marketing consultant
Remained an established voice on influencer and social media marketing.
- 09
Joe Pulizzi
Visit →Founder, Content Marketing Institute
Continued shaping the content marketing field through the Content Marketing Institute.
- 10
Scott Brinker
Visit →Creator, chiefmartec.com
Was running the influential MarTech conference alongside chiefmartec.com.
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