Beatrix Potter, the English author who wrote famous books such as Peter Rabbit once said, “I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.”
That is also a view I share as well, the influencers of today motivate and inspire the influencers of tomorrow. But the question is, who are currently the top 10 influencers on LinkedIn you should be looking at? Here is my top 10, if there is anyone you think should be in the list, please say in the comments below!
Top 10 LinkedIn influencers
1) Dharmesh Shah
Founder and CTO at HubSpot
Best article – The core beliefs of the delightfully successful
2) Jeff Weiner
CEO at LinkedIn
Best article – A simple rule to eliminate useless meetings
3) Claire Diaz-Ortiz
Manager of social innovation at Twitter
Best article – Why you need to break the rules at work
4) Clara Shih
CEO of Hearsay Social
Best article – The future of brands? Individuals.
5) Sallie Krawcheck
Business Leader at Ellevate Network
Best article – Doing the job when no one thinks you can
6) Pete Cashmore
Founder and CEO, Mashable
7) Guy Kawsaki
Chief Evangelist at Canva
Best article – The art of evangelism
8) Arianna Huffington
President and Editor-in-Chief at The Huffington Post Media Group
Best article – Best advice: You are in control of the clicker
9) Jonah Peretti
Founder and CEO of Buzzfeed
Best article – Memo to the Buzzfeed team
10) Andreas von der Heydt
Head of Kindle Content at Amazon
Best article – What the best brands will do in 2014
We also have an emerging influencer at The Social Media Academy, Mark Hamilton-Taylor (Ted Talks – The Top 10 of all time!)
Mark Hamilton Taylor
Social Media & LinkedIn Strategist - 5★Awarded Social Media Trainer - Digital Marketing at The Social Media Academy
After studying biotechnology: I went into the corporate field, working within large organisations.
► My personal goal is to make an authentic difference to society.
► My professional goal and passion is developing people and businesses.
► My personal goal is to make an authentic difference to society.
► My professional goal and passion is developing people and businesses.
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