Generative AI went mainstream in marketing this year. ChatGPT's late-2022 launch had already upended content workflows by January, and Google announced its Search Generative Experience at I/O in May 2023 — the first public preview of AI-generated answers sitting above the traditional blue-link results page.
10 Professionals
Worth Knowing This Year
- 01
Areej AbuAli
Visit →Founder, Women in Tech SEO
Launched her freelance SEO practice Crawlina in January 2023, building on the Women in Tech SEO community she founded back in 2019.
- 02
Ryan Robinson
Visit →Content marketing consultant
Advised startups and enterprise brands on content marketing strategy.
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Spencer Haws
Visit →Founder, Niche Pursuits
Kept documenting SEO and niche-site strategy through Niche Pursuits.
- 05
Dave Gerhardt
Visit →Founder, Exit Five
Founded Exit Five, a community for B2B marketers, after stints as CMO at Privy and VP of Marketing at Drift.
- 06
Amy Landino
Visit →Video marketing & personal branding consultant
Kept building her audience around video marketing and productivity.
- 07
Scott Brinker
Visit →Creator, chiefmartec.com
Tracked the ever-expanding martech landscape through chiefmartec.com.
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Joe Pulizzi
Visit →Founder, Content Marketing Institute
Kept shaping content marketing thinking through the Content Marketing Institute's legacy.
- 10
Mike King
Visit →Founder, iPullRank
Grew iPullRank's reputation for technical SEO right as AI-driven search started to matter.
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