Running a woman-owned online marketing agency, I love following and connecting with other amazing women online. These women not only teach me, my team and my clients, but they inspire me to love more, give more and be more daily.
That's why I wanted to take a moment to recognize each of them for everything they do as badass entrepreneurs and business owners. Each of these women is someone I am proud to know and call my friend.
These women are knowledgeable, giving, passionate, heart-centered, visionary women who ROCK their industries! Check them out so that you can learn from them, celebrate them and see what they're doing with their business... it might just inspire you!
So, let me introduce you to some of my favorite women to follow and why, in no particular order.
—Jessika Phillips, President of NOW Marketing Group
1. Lauren Colbert
Company Name: Laughing Lovebugs
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2. Jenn Herman
Company Name: Jenn's Trends
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What She's Known For: Jenn Herman is a social media consultant, speaker, and globally recognized Instagram expert. She is the forefront blogger on Instagram marketing and her blog, Jenn’s Trends, has won the title of a Top 10 Social Media Blog over multiple years. She is a sought-after and international speaker providing tips, resources, and training for organizations of all sizes that need to structure their social media strategies.
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3. Kelly Mirabella
Company Name: Stellar Media Marketing
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What She's Known For: Kelly Noble Mirabella is an internationally sought-after Messenger Marketing trainer, consultant, and builder. She is the creator of Baby Got Bot and the owner of Stellar Media Marketing. She has worked with such clients as ManyChat, Kerwin Rae, and Agorapulse and has helped countless professionals get their bot-building to the next level. Before discovering Chat Marketing, Kelly had an action-packed, 11-years of business ownership: Stellar Media Marketing, which attributes to her vast knowledge of not only digital marketing but also running a successful bootstrapped business. Over the years, Kelly has helped teach and mentor digital marketers, REALTORS, entrepreneurs, and professionals across various industries to not only use the digital marketing tools and platforms available today but also in the starting and running of new entrepreneurial adventures. Kelly’s depth of knowledge is well known in the industry and some have even joked that she is like a digital marketing encyclopedia.
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"The numbers don't matter if the people don't care." @stellar247 (click to tweet)
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Stephanie Liu because she brings so much value in an authentic and real way. She is a joy to watch and I have learned so much from her.
4. Ai Addyson-Zhang
Company Name: Classroom Without Walls
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What She's Known For: Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang is an educator and an entrepreneur. She received her MA and Ph.D. from Syracuse University and the University of Maryland. Ai is the founder of Classroom Without Walls, an alternative school to future-proof the next generation. Ai is also an Adobe Insider, Adobe Education Leader, and HubSpot Academy Instructor. Dr. Ai’s work has been featured in Forbes, Inside Higher Education, Pearson Education, Entrepreneur, The Today Show, & others. Additionally, Dr. Ai hosts two weekly live streaming shows, where she interviews industry leaders in Business and Education, such as Seth Godin and Guy Kawasaki. Dr. Ai additionally serves as a SEMrush Webinar guest and host. Dr. Ai frequently speaks at academic and industry conferences including Inbound, VidCon, SEMrush Global Marketing Day, Social Media Day, Social Media Week Lima (the largest social media marketing conference in the midwest), and others.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Jessika Phillips of course! I LOVE Jessika because she is so genuine and authentic. She walks her talk as a relationship marketing expert. We need more female leaders like Jessika!
5. Julia Jornsay-Silverberg
Company Name: NOW Marketing Group
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What She's Known For: As the Brand Manager at NOW Marketing Group, Julia loves all things social media and digital marketing. Her specialty? Taking the anti-highlight reel approach to social media. Julia believes that when we use self-awareness as our superpower to tap into what makes us special, we have the ability to bring that front and center on social media to TRULY create connections. Julia’s thing is helping other people show up, take up space, and speak openly.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Jera Foster-Fell. She is an amazingly creative woman with the cutest doggos and a fun-loving personality.
6. Bri Seeley
Company Name: The Unapologetic Entrepreneur
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What She's Known For: Google’s #1 Entrepreneur Coach, Bri Seeley, helps entrepreneurs create long-term, sustainable and scalable success… on their terms! Bri distills her 14-years of real world experience into digestible, tangible tools to help entrepreneurs thrive and profit. Bri is a 2020 Stevie Award winner for both Coach and Woman of the Year, a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, and author of the best-selling Permission to Leap. Her expertise has been featured in over 50 press outlets and hundreds of podcasts.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: @LaurieBStyle - she's a stylist out of LA, but she focuses on serving real women with real bodies. I love her uplifting vibe, her body positivity and her encouragement for women to dress for the vision they have for their lives!!!
7. Amy Airom
Company Name: Capitalize Social Media
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"Look for the good and you will find it!" -Amy Airom (click to tweet)
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: I’m lucky to be surrounded by a community of amazing women and couldn’t possibly choose one. I’d have to say all the queenies, Stephanie Liu, Mary Fain Brandt and so many more!!! ❤️❤️❤️
8. Erin Cell
Company Name: Socially Powered
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What She's Known For: Erin Cell is a social media strategist, consultant & speaker who is passionate about helping businesses understand the power of social media. She has helped thousands of business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives improve their online presence while saving them time and money.
The Quote She's Known For: I think the best advice is that you don't need to be everywhere on social media.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: There are too many to choose from, but if I have to pick one it's probably Marie Forleo. I think she is inspiring but also not afraid to tell it like it is. Plus, she curses! 🤣
9. Fiona Lucas
Company Name: iRespectOnline®
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What She's Known For: Fiona Lucas is a Social Media & Online Community Strategist and Manager and Speaker. She works with both large enterprise and small businesses. She is all about creating change to make online spaces safer and more kind and positive. To help businesses to love their customers and to value service. When she's not working with clients she is helping folks on Clubhouse or unpacking the social impact of future tech.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: So hard to pick a favourite as so many women in my circle are amazing. Those who lead with heart, with generosity and a collaborative approach. Jessika Phillips ticks all my boxes with her heart-led businesses. I'm also inspired by Australian Dr. Catriona Wallace, the founder of Ethical Ai Advisory.
10. Jen Bennett
Company Name: Dr. Jen Bennett
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What She's Known For: Dr. Jen Bennett is a passionate Christian Communicator who has a unique way of connecting with her audience. She enjoys teaching, leading, and building and is devoted to helping others be successful. Her calling is to help college students and faith-based women discover their voice and develop their expertise so that they can impact and influence culture for Christ through their work and leadership. Jennifer has had the opportunity to train and work with a recognized Forbes Top 10 Social Media Influencer. Additionally, she has taught and trained a variety of entrepreneurs, small business owners, ministries, organizations, and college students on social media, marketing, and public relations. Jennifer was recently chosen as one of 55 social media influencers (out of 700 applicants) to attend #NASASocial for the Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch. She is also the Founder of #SheImpactsCulture and author of the book, “#BeWorthFollowing: How to be Different and Influence People in a Crowded Social World.” Jennifer holds an EdD in Instructional Leadership and Curriculum Development from Nova Southeastern University, a Masters in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a BA in Communications from the University of North Florida. She has been a speaker at both regional and national events and is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication at Indiana Wesleyan University.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Dee Ann Turner, Best Selling Author who has 30+ Years experience as a Senior Talent Executive. Dee Ann shares a wealth of practical information for anyone that wants to Crush Their Career and be extraordinary. Her years of experience and expertise make her someone that is definitely worth following!
11. JoAnn Krall
Company Name: JoAnn Krall - The Sensible Organizer
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What She's Known For: JoAnn Krall is a Virtual Professional Organizer Coach and Strategist that helps women get organized in home, business and life so they stress less and profit more.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Deb Coman because not only does she provide excellent information about content creation but she is one of the kindest people I know. She is always lifting others up!
12. Ileane Smith
Company Name: Ileane Smith
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What She's Known For: Ileane started live streaming in 2012 and loves to stream on YouTube. She helps others when they get stuck with using all the tools and tech they need to get more exposure online with live streaming, podcasting and social media.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Lisa Irby from 2createawebsite.com inspired me to start using YouTube to grow my audience back in 2009. Over the years, I've watched how Lisa was able to overcome having her content and ideas stolen and plagiarized. She pivoted her focus and leveraged podcasting to grow a successful business using Print on Demand. She now runs PassiveShirtProfits.com and continues to teach and inspire others with her online course offerings.
13. Karlyn Ankrom
Company Name: Oh Snap! Social
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What She's Known For: Karlyn is the founder and lead strategist of Oh Snap! Social and the creator of the of the Fan Firestarter Framework, a new approach to social media marketing made specifically for businesses “tempted to fake their own death and flee to Tahiti at the mere thought of content creation.” Ankrom developed her user-friendly strategy after working for a decade with a variety of brick and mortar businesses who were decidedly social allergic, as she calls it, not because they didn’t want to do social media, but because they were intimidated by it. In response, her new system helps newbies get on the fast track to “unsucking their social media” in just one hour per week.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: I absolutely love following my business mentor @NicoleWalters she's candid in her journey and keeps it completely real from running a business to being a mom to 3 adopted daughters. She does it with grace, style and some humor as well.
14. Amelia Tran
Company Name: iSpot.tv
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What She's Known For: Named “top 30 women in digital you should be following” by NOW Marketing, Amelia is a Digital Marketing Lead with a decade of experience managing startups & global Fortune 500 brands (Google, Bayer, Shell, L’Oreal). In 2021, she joined iSpot.tv, a TV ad measurement company, as their Head of Digital. Her passion for marketing and connecting with others led to features in eMarketer, Business Insider and related publications & podcasts, as well as speaking engagements at Social Fresh & Social Media Marketing Summit. Since 2017, she’s had the pleasure of teaching Marketing at New York University, and currently continues to teach Part-Time at Baruch College. She is also recognized as a runner-up for Cannes Young Lions and for winning pitch competitions within GroupM, and in 2020, Amelia was accepted into the prestige AD CLUB of NY’s Women’s Leadership Fellowship program, and became the sole recipient at MediaCom.
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15. Kate Bradley Chernis
Company Name: Lately
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What She's Known For: Kate Bradley Chernis is the Founder & CEO of Lately, the only social media management platform that creates content FOR you with the power of AI. As a former marketing agency owner, Kate initially created the idea for Lately out of spreadsheets for then-client, Walmart, and got them a 130% ROI, year-over-year for three years. Prior to founding Lately, Kate served 20 million listeners as Music Director and on-air host at Sirius/XM. She’s also an award-winning radio producer, engineer and voice talent with 25 years of national broadcast communications, brand-building, sales and marketing expertise.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Can I say myself? #realtalk is where it's at.
16. Crystal Washington
Company Name: CWM Enterprises
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What She's Known For: Crystal Washington, CSP works with organizations that want to leverage technology to increase profits and productivity! As a technology strategist and certified futurist, Crystal takes complex social media, app, and web topics and makes them easy to understand and accessible for everyday people. Crystal’s clients comprise Fortune 500 companies including Google, Microsoft, and GE, and as a sought-after keynote speaker, she has entertained and educated audiences around the globe. As one of Forbes’ 50 Leading Female Futurists, she has appeared in numerous publications including Entrepreneur and Bloomberg Businessweek. She is regularly called on by major television networks as a tech expert. Crystal is the author of the books One Tech Action and The Social Media Why.
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"I eat fear for breakfast everyday." @cryswashington (click to tweet)
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Jane McGonigal
17. Valerie Morris
Company Name: Tintero Creative
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What She's Known For: Valerie Morris is a digital marketing strategist who believes that you can be successful in marketing AND have balance in life. She understands social media growth tactics and how they fit in with other digital marketing disciplines. Valerie founded Tintero Creative, a digital agency based in Colorado. Valerie is active in the digital community in Denver and a speaker and trainer. She is also the author of the book We're All Ears: How to increase your impact, influence, and success online in a noisy world. When Valerie "shuts off" her devices, this former girl from the burbs can be found learning how to homestead and enjoying some Colorado sunshine on a hike!
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Jen Hatmaker - I love seeing her get after causes she cares about and encouraging women to be strong, loving, and fierce!
18. Donna Moritz
Company Name: Socially Sorted
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What She's Known For: Donna is an Australian Visual Content Strategist, and founder of Socially Sorted, where she helps marketers and brands leverage the power of visual storytelling and content strategy in their business. She also speaks and consults for martech and tourism brands internationally.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Sara Blakely, founder and CEO of Spanx. Yes, she shares business and life advice from building her billion dollar company, but it's her behind the scenes, no-holds-barred "real" content that makes her so relatable. From wardrobe malfunctions to laugh-out-loud parenting fails and wins as a working mother, it's her storytelling and her 'real-ness' that connects me with her brand. Even more than Spanx's marketing or her savvy business advice (both of which are also excellent, by the way).
19. Winnie Sun
Company Name: Sun Group Wealth Partners
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What She's Known For: Winnie Sun is one of the most trusted financial voices on social media today. With 20+ years of experience in the financial services industry, Winnie serves as Managing Director of Sun Group Wealth Partners, CNBC Financial Advisor Council, Forbes contributor, regular Good Day Los Angeles, and is also tv host of LevelUp With Winnie Sun on NASDAQ, Amazon Fire, Roku. Her trending business tweetchat averages over 150MM impressions per week.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: There are too many to list. Sarah Evans is wonderful, Chelsea Krost is my bud, Bethany Walsh, Rani Mani, Kelly Hungerford, and so many more.
20. Kim Garst
Company Name: KG Enterprises
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What She's Known For: Kim Garst is one of the world's most retweeted people among digital marketers. She is a renowned marketing strategist, keynote speaker and an international best-selling author of Will The Real You Please Stand Up, Show Up, Be Authentic and Prosper in Social Media. Kim focuses on helping entrepreneurs grow their business using social and digital media strategies. Kim is also internationally recognized as a thought leader in the social media space. Forbes named her as one of the Top 10 Social Media Power Influencers. Her blog, kimgarst.com, is one of the top social media resources in the world.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Chalene Johnson because she is real and steps into that each and every day by showing up and being relatable to her community.
21. Nathalie Gregg
Company Name: Nathalie Gregg
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What She's Known For: Change agent, adjunct professor, public speaker, and television personality all describe Nathalie Gregg. She is a women’s leadership and empowerment strategist who’s focus is high performance women who dare to #LeadLoudly Nathalie challenges the way #women #think and how they #practice #leadership through her weekly #LeadLoudly Twitter Chat. #LeadLoudly is the battle cry for #women to live #bold #confident #fearless!
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Madalyn Sklar! She is my Twitter Coach! She encouraged me to launch the #LeadLoudly Twitter Chat to build my brand and community!
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22. Yvonne Heimann
Company Name: Ask Yvi
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What She's Known For: Yvonne Heimann is not only the leading ClickUp Youtuber, but also a highly valued Consultant to its developers, as well as a passionate Business Efficiency Consultant to Live Streamers, Social Media Managers, YouTubers, and Coaches. Using her knowledge of 12 years running multiple businesses, she helps her clients organize, strengthen, and streamline their businesses into profitability and success. Her own life-changing challenge came in 2014 when she lost her husband to cancer. Yvonne was determined to resume her passion for building “bulletproof businesses” that can withstand anything. Yvonne's work is driven by a vision of the world where female & minority entrepreneurs not only make a living with what they are passionate about but thrive and proudly wear it as a badge of honor. A world where no one is ever faced with the decision of having to put business and making money over family loved ones, and spending time with them.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Trilce Jiron Garro, the perfect combo of nerd, badass, and real
23. Lisa Monks
Company Name: ChipMonk Media
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What She's Known For: Social Media strategist and consultant helping local businesses rock their Social Media marketing by providing Social Media strategy, training & done-for-you social media management.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Annette McDonald, founder of Easil. I first met Annette when I needed help whilst creating a design inside Easil and used their online help chat feature. Little did I know, at the time, the person who assisted me and went out of their way to help trouble-shoot my problem was the founder of the company. Annette is one of my favourite women to follow as I admire what she is building, the importance she places on relationships and customer service and her passion for helping businesses of all sizes keep their visual brand, on-brand, with this easy to use DIY design tool.
24. Amy Tischler & Caitlin Jenkins
Company Name: Simply Social Media
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What They're Known For: Simply Social Media is a woman-owned business powered by two tireless super-connectors. Since day one we’ve believed in a community-first approach to social media—in fact, chatting on Instagram is how we met. What began with authentic engagement on each other’s profiles turned into a dynamic, successful business duo! With our backgrounds in communications, photography, tech, event organizing, and our enduring love for our home state of New Mexico (and Champagne), we’ve built the go-to agency for social media and micro-influencer marketing.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Jennifer Ast! She is one of the most positive and supportive women that we know and is a literal ray of sunshine!
25. BabbleOnBrooke
Company Name: BabbleOnBrooke
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What She's Known For: BabbleOnBrooke loves people! She is a Motivational Speaker and Top Clubhouse Moderator who combines her background as an International Award-Winning Host, TV/Stage Actor & Fortune 500 Spokesperson/Consultant with a life-threatening 9+ year spinal injury recovery journey, “From Hollywood To Housebound To Healing”, to inspire, engage and educate audiences worldwide. Brooke is also a Speaking and Social Media Coach for entrepreneurs and fellow coaches, helping them become more clear, confident and creative, both online and off, in order to attract their ideal demographic. She is passionate about empowering others who have a valuable message, product or service to share, and enjoys supporting them to make the difference in this world that they were put here to make.
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"When you wake up breathing, it's a good day!" @babbleonbrooke (click to tweet)
I struggled to breathe for YEARS due to my spinal injury. There were many years where every minute was extremely challenging and exhausting. I share these words often with others to help put things into perspective. Every single breath is a gift. And "Babble On", which to me means KEEP GOING and the mantra I created to help myself do exactly that. So always Babble On, friends - no matter what - babble on! :)
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: How could I possibly choose just one??
26. Precy Tripoli
Company Name: Precy Tripoli
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What She's Known For: A former pharmaceutical sales veteran, Precy is a digital marketer and course creator with specialties in content, email, and social media marketing. Based in the Philippines, she has worked with 100+ clients from the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia over the last 11 years. Since 2018, she now pays it forward as a volunteer coach to aspiring Filipino social media managers with Virtualahan, a pioneering and globally awarded virtual school for Persons with Disabilities and some of society's most excluded populations.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Stephanie Liu of Lights, Camera, Live. Her energy and confidence in live streaming and the golden nuggets of marketing wisdom she and her guests share inspire me all the time. There's always something new to learn and implement immediately from each episode.
27. Breanna Jacobs
Company Name: Social Media Strategies Summit / GSMI
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What She's Known For: Breanna manages GSMI’s conference production team and is the lead for the company’s Social Media Strategies Summit portfolio, founded in 2009. She produces 10+ conferences per year, working directly with senior level speakers and collaborating with marketing and sales teams to drive event publicity and content marketing initiatives. Prior to GSMI, Breanna was an ESL teacher and studied and taught abroad in Spain (Olé!). She graduated with a BA in Global Studies from UC Santa Barbara. You can find her at her happiest over coffee and a book, or backpacking in the great outdoors.
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28. Susan Beebe
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What She's Known For: Fortune 100 Brand Marketing expert. Passionate about digital & emerging tech. Clubhouse👋 Host🎤Speaker🎙Mod ✳️ 💼Ex: @WalmartInc @TysonFoods @Dell She/Her
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Indra Nooyi, former CEO of Pepsi. Indra is a champion of human rights, equality, and demonstrates exceptionally high EQ. She is a perfect role model for executive leadership. Indra is humble and powerful all at the same time, just love her!
29. Kendra Ramirez
Company Name: Kendra Ramirez Digital Agency
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What She's Known For: Kendra is Founder and CEO of Reset and Kendra Ramirez Digital Agency. She has been recognized as a Women of Influence Honoree, John Barrett Entrepreneur Vision Award recipient, Cincy Chic Woman of the Year, AMA Marketing Legend and a finalist for the Social Media Innovator of the Year. Since 2005, she has helped hundreds of small businesses leverage digital technologies. She has spent the last 15 years rebuilding herself after divorce, depression and a failed business. She leads a life of joy and a successful digital agency. Her mission is to empower others.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Gabby Bernstein, she is always serving others and keeps it real.
30. Judi Fox
Company Name: LinkedIn Business Accelerator
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What She's Known For: Judi Fox Generated over 5 million views on LinkedIn in the last 2 years and is listed as a Top 10 LinkedIn Coach for 2021 in Yahoo Finance. She is featured in Inc Magazine, CEO Magazine, Vidsummit, Video Marketing World, People of Video, and on several Top 100 Marketing Podcasts. With over 18 years experience in business development and sales, Judi Fox developed the LinkedIn Business Accelerator Method. Clients are implementing this LinkedIn method to achieve more business and over 1 million content views in 90 days.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Chelsea Peitz, I am inspired by her drive and follow through to create engaging, informative, and actionable content that impacts so many people, including myself.
31. Courtney Smith Kramer
Company Name: H2H Companies
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What She's Known For: Courtney is an Executive Creative Director and Executive Marketing Consultant and Coach for purpose-driven companies, and co-founder of H2H Companies and purematter with Bryan Kramer. She was named a Top 200 Global Marketing Influencer and Top 20 “Agency Strategy” Global Influencer by Onalytica. Her latest book, “Be Your Creative SEXY Self: Humorous Stories to Help You Live a Happier Life" was launched in June 2020. She believes in the intense power of creativity and laughter to change the world, and her superpower is helping brands get clear and thinking big.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Too many to mention but #marketingTwitter and @pressSec have been guiding lights these past few months :)
32. Debra Trappen
Company Name: d11, LLC
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What She's Known For: Debra Trappen (tray-pen) is a sought-after strategist, best-selling author, podcaster, professional keynote speaker, and respected voice of women’s empowerment movements. She is known for her signature “truth, wrapped in grace, with sides of sass, moxie, and fire” way of communicating and engaging her beloved communities. When she is not idea-storming her next adventure, reading-writing-recording in her Fire Up! studio, or sprinkling moxie from the stage – you will find her walking Lizzie her JackChi pup along the water’s edge, editing photos, watching Sci-Fi and 80’s flicks, or traveling and wine tasting with her husband and besties! Her first book, Fire Up! Taking Your Life and Business to 11 and the Fire Up! Podcast are both accessible on her website - debratrappen.com. When you are ready to live your best life out loud, on purpose, and on your own terms – reach out and connect. She dares you.
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33. Lauren V. Davis
Company Name: Lauren Davis Creative
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What She's Known For: Lauren Davis will help you create memorable personal branding messages that convert. Originally (and still) a record store owner since 2006, Lauren learned early on how to transform one-hit tactics into personalized branding that drives legendary visibility. The leadership and drive Lauren found building an iconic staple in her community and nationwide inspired the creation of Lauren Davis Creative in 2010, a consultancy that works closely with entrepreneurs on aligning, developing, and encouraging the personal brand inside them, making them highly visible, and creating authority in their industry. Lauren has received senate recognition for her support of small-businesses through her non-for-profit that helps educate Local Businesses for free and is a featured marketing expert in Reader’s Digest, HuffPost, and on global top-rated podcasts. Finally, Lauren host’s her own show, The Real Personal Branding Podcast, where she uncovers the secrets of personal brand building online from some of the top thought-leaders, speakers, authors, and coaches in the world.
The Quote She's Known For: So many pieces of advice have made an impact on me, but doing an Impactful Women 4-Part Series on my podcast recently, I found there were a few resounding themes that stuck out to me.
There is a season for everything: Sometimes as women, we take on a lot of responsibility. Sometimes because it's placed on us by others or society. Sometimes by ourselves. We think we have to be everything to every body at once. We think we have to do everything at once, but there is a season for everything. Maybe the season you are in right now is exactly where you need to be.
Start Early: Don't wait for the perfect opportunity to begin. There will never be a perfect time to start. Imagine you are in the future, looking back. Early is now.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: One of my favorites is @Riverandquill. She is an author, a coach, a mom, a friend, and a chronic illness warrior. She is not only one of my dear friends, but she inspires me every day to live a life that is true to myself.
34. Rebekah Radice
Company Name: Rebekah Radice Media and BRIL.LA
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What She's Known For: Rebekah Radice is the founder of Rebekah Radice Media and the co-founder of BRIL.LA, a women-owned digital marketing and CX Design firm, author of, “Social Media Mastery: A Comprehensive Guide to Strategic Growth,” and the creator of the PREP Performance Method. With over 20 years experience, Rebekah has trained thousands of growth-driven leaders on her PREP Performance Method. Through this four-step process, entrepreneurs to enterprise get the skills, systems, and processes necessary to improve social media engagement, generate quality leads, turn conversations into conversions, and increase revenue.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Amee Vanderpool and her Shero Newsletter: shero.substack.com
35. Madalyn Sklar
Company Name: Madalyn Sklar
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What She's Known For: Madalyn Sklar is a serial entrepreneur, community builder, and leading Twitter marketing expert. With 25 years of digital marketing experience and 16 years of social media marketing under her belt, it’s no surprise she’s been ranked the #1 Social Media Power Influencer in Houston. Every week Madalyn hosts the popular #TwitterSmarter Twitter chat.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Janet Machuka. She's a fellow digital marketing strategist who is super smart, shares great advice in her tweets, and hosts the popular #AfricaTweetChat.
Why I Adore Madalyn: Madalyn builds communities like a boss! She is a great teacher and a cheerleader for others. Madalyn is someone who practices what she preaches. She’s consistent, she uses social media to build relationships and she focuses on serving versus selling to earn trust online. Madalyn is one of the most giving people I know. If you want to know how to rock your Twitter game, watch the master in action.
36. Bella Vasta
Company Name: Jump Consulting
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What She's Known For: Bella is known as an expert on growing Facebook Groups and growing pet-related businesses.
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“Be the destination, not a drive by.” @Bellas_Pets (Click to Tweet)
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37. Cathy Hackl
Company Name: Futures Intelligence Group
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What She's Known For: The CEO's Personal Guide To The Metaverse (Thinkers50 - The “Oscars” of Management Thinking), Top 10 Most Influential Women in Tech, Top 10 Tech Voice on LinkedIn, “Cathy Hackl is a force of nature.” ~ Al Roker - Today Show Co-Anchor and CEO of Roker Media “Get a glimpse into the future.” ~ Victoria Taylor, Community Editor at LinkedIn. Cathy Hackl is a leading tech futurist and globally recognized business leader specializing in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), spatial computing, & the metaverse. She is one of LinkedIn's top technology voices (the highest honor on the platform) and a champion for diversity in tech. Hackl has worked with some of the biggest names in tech including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Magic Leap, and HTC VIVE. She leads the Futures Intelligence Group, a futures research & consulting firm that works with clients in tech, fashion, media, government, and defense implementing innovation strategies, strategic foresight, and emerging technologies. Hackl also serves as VP at Avatar Dimension, the only Microsoft Mixed Reality volumetric video capture studio on the East Coast helping brands in entertainment, fashion, enterprise, and beyond create holograms. Avatar Dimension helped Dimension Studio in London with some of the work on Balenciaga’s futuristic fusion of volumetric capture and video gaming for the launch of their 2021 Fall Collection.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Cindy Gallop, she's a firestarter
38. Megan Powers
Company Name: Powers of Marketing
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What She's Known For: Megan Powers is passionate about helping business owners strategically market their products and services through all channels to drive sales. She does this through her client work, through teaching & speaking, and hosting podcasts -- Making a Marketer began in 2017 and is going strong. Megan has worked as a technical writer, in marketing communications & product marketing for tech companies and the meetings & events industry, and for a non-profit, before starting her own business in 2013. Her company Powers of Marketing is a boutique strategic marketing agency, serving small- to medium-sized businesses.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Stephanie Liu is constantly innovating and sharing what she learns with her community and beyond -- I want to be her when I grow up!
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39. Molly Mahoney
Company Name: The Prepared Performer
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What She's Known For: Molly is a digital strategist who specializes in creating authentic Live Video Content, Organic Social, and leveraging Bots to drive more human connections and skyrocket sales. After her video reached one million organically, she developed her signature “Go Live And Monetize” GLAM method. She's been featured in Inc. Magazine, Forbes, and Entrepreneur, and seen speaking at Social Media Marketing World, T&C and more.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Mary Pendleton - She provides AMAZING advice, she's funny, has HEART, and... she's my sister. ;)
40. Nancy Lewis Hill
Company Name: The Lightened Up Entrepreneur
What She's Known For: Nancy is known for bringing smiles to the members of your communities and events. She shows how powerful it can be to lighten up! Her strategies allow you to set a welcoming tone to engage the community, increase conversations, and deepen connections. This allows you to build and bonds your connection with your community so they want to buy and shout your praises from the rooftops.
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"Happiness value increases when we share it and when it's encouraged" @mycoachnancy (click to tweet)
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: I follow Molly Mahoney because she leads with joy and a brilliant business sense. One of the most attractive reasons is because Molly has shown, time and time again, that by being exactly who are, you allow others the space to know they can do the same - it's freeing and empowering and incredible leadership.
41. Julie Riley
Company Name: StreamYard
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What She's Known For: Julie Riley is the social media manager for StreamYard. She began working in digital marketing in 2007 for a Harley-Davidson dealer and has worked in many aspects of digital marketing since that time. This includes working in e-commerce, SEO, social media marketing, chatbots and more. She has worked for an agency, worked with Social Media Examiner, and owned an agency in Wichita, KS before joining the StreamYard team in 2020. In 2019, she received the award for Marketer of the Year from the American Marketing Association - Wichita Chapter and was nominated for small business of the year from the Small Business Association. She is passionate about seeing others succeed in their business and leveling up their live streams.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: My favorite woman, is not one person. It is all of the amazing women that I see everyday working hard, growing a business, living their passion, and lifting other women up all around them.
42. Tiffany Lanier
Company Name: The Morning Shift Co.
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What She's Known For: Tiffany Lanier is a leading millennial voice in personal growth, well-being, and conscious leadership. As a Public Speaker, Writer and Founder of The Morning Shift Co, Tiffany works to bridge the gap between work and well-being. She specializes in helping individuals and company teams create life-altering morning routines and rituals so they can fully show up for how they live, lead, and work.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Natasha Samuel of Shine with Natasha. She’s a Instagram strategist that really helps her audience show up authentically. She makes learning IG fun and accessible.
43. Viveka von Rosen
Company Name: Vengreso
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What She's Known For: Von Rosen is known for everything LinkedIn. Marketing with LinkedIn. #SocialSelling with LinkedIn. LinkedIn Video. Writing about LinkedIn. Speaking about LinkedIn. If her career were a buffet there would be one dish on it—LinkedIn! It might be boring, but she does it well.
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44. Mari Smith
Company Name: Mari Smith International, Inc.
What She's Known For: Often referred to as the 'Queen of Facebook,' Mari Smith is known around the world as the Premier Facebook Marketing Expert. Forbes magazine says, "Even Facebook asks for her help!" Mari is an in-demand keynote speaker, top strategist and consultant for SMBs and major brands. Facebook headhunted and hired Mari to go on tour with the company and teach businesses throughout the US. She is currently working with Facebook on a new Blueprint certification program.
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"Content is King, but engagement is Queen and she rules the house." @MariSmith (Click to Tweet)
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45. Chelsea Krost
Company Name: Chelsea Productions LLC
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What She's Known For: Chelsea is a Millennial Expert & Marketing Strategist, Global Speaker, LinkedIn Instructor, Host of #Millennialtalk Twitter Chat.
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46. Stephanie Liu
Company Name: Lights, Camera, Live®
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What She's Known For: Helping clients go from unknown to unforgettable with live video.
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47. Mia Voss
Company Name: Mia Voss Live
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What She's Known For: Lifestyle blogger, podcaster, building inspector, brand promoter & mouthy activist.
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48. Jaime Cohen
Company Name: The Right Words
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What you’re known for: Jaime helps leaders with thoughts become thought leaders. She teaches individuals and organizations to tell better stories, build stronger relationships, create supportive communities, and feel confident on video. Her communication method, #TheRightWords, provides a framework for meeting goals both interpersonal and financial.
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49. Brooke B. Sellas
Company Name: B Squared Media
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What She's Known For: Brooke is known for her done-for-you social media management, customer care, and advertising services.
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“Think conversation, not campaign!” @brookesellas (Click to Tweet)
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50. Kathy Klotz-Guest
Company Name: Keeping it Human
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What She's Known For: Kathy is known for using improv and comedy to power more human and creative marketing, storytelling, and work!
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“Never, ever judge your story; that’s what your family is for.” @KathyKlotzGuest (Click to Tweet)
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51. Louisa Garrett
Company Name: #MakeKindLoud
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What She's Known For: Spreading as much love, joy, and kindness as possible.
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52. Savannah Peterson
Company Name: Savvy Millennial
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What She's Known For: Savannah is making the future less scary, dispelling technology myths, and building communities around new products.
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53. Vicki Hainault Fitch
Company Name: Vicki Fitch Enterprises
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What She's Known For: Vicki is a Direct Sales Expert, Serial Entrepreneur, and author of the #12Books12Months series that helps people to become the best version of themselves. She is also the creator of the #YouAreEnough Global Initiative, helping people to recognize their internal value and to live by the motto #YouAreEnough… just the way you are.
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“Don’t accept unacceptable behavior… even from yourself.” @Vicki_Fitch (Click to Tweet)
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54. Holly Chessman
Company Name: Holly Chessman Marketing
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What She's Known For: A seasoned marketer, writer, and speaker, Holly enables clients to achieve business goals through exceptional strategy, branding, content, and social media management solutions.
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55. Lisa Loeffler
Company Name: Influencers Management Group
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What She's Known For: Lisa is known for her brand growth and content marketing.
The Quote She's Known For: Treat every person you meet like the most important person you’ve met in your life.
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56. Christine Gritmon
Company Name: Christine Gritmon Inc.
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What She's Known For: Christine is known for helping overwhelmed small business owners demystify social media.
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57. Kate Volman
Company Name: Kate Volmam, CEO of Floyd Consulting
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What She's Known For: Kate is a positive collaborator and dynamic speaker who helps people and teams grow.
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58. Jennifer Watson
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59. Amanda Robinson
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60. Ilana Wechsler
Company Name: Teach Traffic
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What She's Known For: Ilana is a former data analyst, turned Pay Per Click marketing expert. An authority in both Google and Facebook advertising, she is the founder of boutique digital agency Green Arrow Digital which has managed over $30 million in Pay Per Click campaigns. Now, she runs an online training program, called Teach Traffic, where she teaches business owners exactly how to run profitable digital ad campaigns for themselves, without needing an agency. Ilana is also the host of a popular Podcast called Teach Traffic.
The Quote She's Known For: Being a former data analyst, I am a big advocate of the data driven approach to marketing, especially ad campaigns.
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61. Donna Gilliland
Company Name: MOS Training, Incorporated
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What She's Known For: Donna is a business technology speaker and educator. Her career spans 30 years. She is passionate about helping people learn how to use technology to better both their professional and personal lives. She is focused and passionate about teaching others how to use digital technologies to build relationships, personal brand, and how to become an effective speaker in-person and virtually.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Jessika Phillips, because she epitomizes what it really means to teach, give, inspire, love others, and never give up. She is a mentor to people.
62. Jen Cole
Company Name: X-Stand
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What She's Known For: Jen Cole is Owner of X-Stand, Co-Host of Making a Marketer Podcast. Jen has a passion for bringing people together to build true community, and for promoting healthy habits and a positive attitude.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: I love following Jennifer Garner because she's constantly positive and funny... but she's real too. I love seeing the real side of people.
63. Brie Anderson
Company Name: BEAST Analytics
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What She's Known For: Brie E Anderson is an Analytical Nerd with a Soft Spot for Strategy. She's spent the last 10 years helping businesses of all sizes execute data-driven strategies to increase ROI. Today Brie runs BEAST Analytics, a digital marketing analytics consultancy, and contributes to leading industry publications such as Moz and Search Engine Journal.
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"Data is important; collect it before you need it." @brie_e_anderson (click to tweet)
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Jennifer Watson (listed above!) - She brings light and happiness to my feed EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
64. Deb Mitchell 
Company Name: Agorapulse
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What She's Known For: Deb Mitchell is the Community Manager for Agorapulse and Social Media Pulse Community. She's a community-building marketing expert. You'll often find her behind the scenes helping clients create amazing experiences for their customers. She's owned a digital marketing agency for over 25 years. Recently she founded Membership Wow and Community Builders' Paradise to help course creators and membership owners build their communities while marketing their businesses.
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: Molly Mahoney. I love Molly...she stands for joy and is always so positive. I've learned so much from the many nuggets she shares!
65. Samantha Savoia
Company Name: SS Social
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What She's Known For: Toronto-based marketing agency specializing in social media marketing, brand reputation marketing, and personal branding.
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"Be authentic online, showcase who you are and not what you're selling. Build trust first and always show kindness and care." @ss_social_ (click to tweet)
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Who Is Your Favorite Woman To Follow Online: I can't say I have a favorite specifically - I follow many women online and each brings their own sparkle and inspiration to my feeds. I enjoy following anyone who is a genuine, strong, and respected businesswoman.
There you have it, the women I love to follow on social media. There are many more I need to add but this is my first list! They've inspired me over the years to do be a better woman. Did we miss anyone? Let us know the women in digital you love following online!
These women have inspired me over the years to love more, give more and be more and I am so thankful for them.
Do you think we missed anyone? Please let us know! Share the women in digital that you love to follow in the comments below!
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