Social Media Experts You Need To Follow
One of the best ways to stay on top of social media trends is through social media itself. For anyone wanting to work in the social media industry, I highly recommend following social media professionals to keep up with the latest trends, tips or tricks for you to implement into your own content.
Why Follow Social Media Experts
Social media is constantly evolving. New features and updates added regularly, algorithms changing, new platforms emerging. It can be a lot to keep track of!
If you want your business or brand to stay relevant and content seen, one needs to keep up with it all!
Below is a recommended list of social media professionals to follow to help with all of this.
Who To Follow
Obtaining Social
Obtaining Social is a social media marketing agency that can primarily be seen on Instagram, and the co-founder can be found on TikTok @amayadamme. Both accounts share posts to help social media marketers and provide recommendations to make things easier, such as what apps one needs for social media to stay organized and level up your socials. Obtaining Social can be found on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest.
Michael A. Stelzner
Michael Stelzner “is the founder of Social Media Examiner (Durfy, 2018).” There you can find social media statistics, trends, and tactics for digital marketers. One can also find marketing help geared towards each social media platform. Michael can be found on Twitter, and Social Media Examiner on an assortment of platforms. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Clubhouse.
Jay Baer
Baer is a digital marketer and customer service consultant. According to a post by Post Beyond, “Jay is a best-selling writer on inspirational social media expert widely known for his book, Hug Your Haters (Durfy).” Baer is also the founder of ConvinceandConvert.com, “one of the world’s most popular online resources for marketers and business owners (Blog and podcasts, n.d.).” Additionally, he has a podcast and can be found on Twitter @jaybaer.
Neil Patel
Neil Patel is a well-respected digital marketer, who “writes on social media as well as content marketing and SEO topics (Durfy).” He is also a New York Times bestselling author, as well as an entrepreneur and marketer. Patel can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn as well as his blog neilpatel.com.
Social Media Today
Although not a person or social media professional, Social Media Today is a great website to keep up on what is new in the social media world. There, blog posts covering social media updates, social marketing, digital strategy, content marketing and more can be found.
These are of course just a few suggestions of people and blogs to follow regularly. There are many others out there in the world of social media. With social media constantly changing and evolving, keeping up with other social media professionals is in your best interest.
