Digital marketing consultants, in addition to showing their geniuses in successful campaigns, are also influencers. They work with companies to create and implement strategies centered on the business and its products, services.

Marketing consultants are great sources to learn more about specific aspects of marketing. Nowadays, there are tons of digital marketing experts to choose; from speakers to writers, for small or big companies, from researchers to doers and more.

So if you want to learn from some of the top consultants and know what they are currently working on, take a look at our list of 8 Brilliant Digital Marketing Consultants to follow.

1. Matthew Barby

Director of HubSpot and co-founder of Traffic Think Tank, Matthew is a great teacher and speaker.
Always working on emerging trends, he is currently engaged in the advanced of chatbots and messaging.

Heard about #TrafficThinkTank but not quite sure either what it is or whether it's for you? Watch this quick explainer from me, @nick_eubanks & @ianhowells and it should help clear things up 😁 https://t.co/k1e7iES6oB

— Matthew Howells-Barby (@matthewbarby) January 7, 2019

2. Jonathan Franchell

Franchell is the founder of the New York agency Ironpaper. Design, content and technology along with the incorporation of B2B technology are his strengths. Jonathan’ ideas on digital transformation of the world, go hand in hand with sustainability.

64% of companies find it a difficult to foster a sales and marketing alignment (Gleanster Research).

A lack of alignment between marketing and sales is a huge opportunity loss for most organizations. #sales #marketing #B2B #contentmarketing
👉 https://t.co/HznqrXH0FO pic.twitter.com/ocQKP0HrRI

— Jonathan Franchell (@xaltd) February 13, 2019

3. Sean Ellis

Besides of being the CEO of GrowthHackers, Sean is also the inventor of the term growth hacking. He has commanded companies such as Dropbox or Eventbrite, and is responsible for the construction of the largest community of professionals in the world.

Hacking Growth now available in Spanish https://t.co/2XaB3gkiZV

— Sean Ellis (@SeanEllis) January 24, 2019

4. Mari Smith

Leader of opinion in social networks, Mari is known as the queen of Facebook. So badly that she was even hired by the company to carry out training in the use of the network.

Top 5 Instagram Marketing Trends Marketers Must Know for 2019 via @socialbakers | Focus on engagement, thumb-stopping content and utilizing the power of Influencer Marketing even at 'nano' level. 😎 ⚡ https://t.co/hO01AKHQhs

— Mari Smith Ⓜ️ Top Facebook Marketing Expert (@MariSmith) February 10, 2019

5. Jeff Bullas

Jeff is one of the most recognized figures in digital content marketing and blogging. He has more than half a million followers on Twitter. His blog is the ABC of digital marketing.

How Machine Learning Will Change SEO Forever #machinelearning #SEO https://t.co/qBvfAfR2yM pic.twitter.com/kL5HdEbHMV

— Jeff Bullas (@jeffbullas) February 15, 2019

6. Rand Fishkin

Founder of SparkToro and co-founder of Moz, last year he wrote his latest book “Lost and founder”.
Based in Seattle, Rand is one of the most colorful marketing professionals in the United States.

My new book: Lost and Founder https://t.co/ZIe0cLn1O5 exists to bring transparency to topics the startup world seems scared to tackle:
– Depression
– Layoffs
– Failure
– Why growth hacks fall flat
– Why pivoting sucks
– Why MVPs fail
– How much $$ founders+employees actually make pic.twitter.com/6rEMPTqd90

— Rand Fishkin (@randfish) April 4, 2018

7. Heidi Cohen

Heidi is known for its innovative marketing and branding strategies, with high-profile clients such as The New York Times, Citibank and Columbia House. Her blog has received several awards and is a permanent source of consultation on the new perspectives of digital marketing and social networks.

Need help to get your social media on track?

Use this One Page Social Media Strategy https://t.co/uExsKfzLQP #socialmedia #digitalmarketing pic.twitter.com/JdZ4BAs2rM

— HeidiCohen (@heidicohen) February 4, 2019

8. Brian Halligan

CEO and co-founder of HubSpot, Brian Halligan is also tenured professor at MIT. He coined the term inbound marketing developed in his famous book with Dharmesh Shah “Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs”. Barack Obama follows him on Twitter.

We want HubSpot to be a company our grandkids will be proud of. That starts with making diversity and inclusion priorities at HubSpot We have made much progress, but have much work left to do. Check out our new diversity & inclusion section: https://t.co/tSYs7tuXPj

— Brian Halligan (@bhalligan) February 13, 2019

What did you think of our list? Did you remember someone that has been left out? Feel free to leave a comment and let us know of other brilliant digital marketing consultants that we should not stop following.

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