Twitter Bio:
“The leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. Author of Me 2.0, blogger, speaker, publisher & social media specialist at EMC”

More about Dan:
“Dan Schawbel is the leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. He is the author of “Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 2009).”

Presently, Dan is a Social Media Specialist at EMC Corporation, which is one of the leading technology companies in the world. He has helped revolutionize the way EMC communicates and collaborates with all stakeholders. He has spearheaded the company’s Twitter, Facebook, social media press release/newsroom, social bookmarking and blogging strategy in the past year.

Dan has introduced a whole new generation to personal branding, as he opens up new opportunities and strives to elevate the practice. His Personal Branding Blog is consistently ranked in the top 70 marketing blogs in the world by AdAge, and has achieved syndication from Forbes, Reuters and Hoovers. Dan publishes Personal Branding Magazine, is the head judge for the Personal Brand Awards and directs Personal Branding TV.” Read more…

Why you should follow Dan:
Dan is a perfect example of the power of Social Media when you put in enough effort. Dan has built his own brand from the ground up through self-promotion and the sharing of information. Dan has only just started his journey – you should follow him not only to learn but to see where he goes. 

More Info:

• Personal Branding Blog
• DanSchawbel.com 

Twitter Bio:
“New media chick / Apple fan girl — I make funny videos and blog about everything from technology to pop culture. Read my blog ijustine.com”

More about Justine:
“New media chick, Apple fan girl and the internet. Blogger, geek, internet video producer / editor, designer, tech addict, iPhone app obsessed! I edit all of my own videos! ”

Why you should follow Justine:
Justine, or iJustine, was one of the first people to see the true potential of Twitter for communication and self-promotion. She offers a different perspective on technology, blogging and New Media that is much needed. On top that she is definitely not shy about sharing her life either via text or video.

More Info:

• TastyBlogSnack.com
• iJustine on YouTube

Twitter Bio:
“RSSurai with Annie Colbert, Gina Ruiz, and Bill Meade”

More about Guy:
“Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of nine books including Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.”

Why you should follow Guy:
Guy is huge voice online when it comes to online business, social media and all thing digital. Guy is also the co-founder of the “online magazine rack” AllTop.com and noted digital author.

More Info:

• Alltop.com – All the top stories
• GuyKawasaki.com

Twitter Bio:
“Fundraising 2.0 | Founder @sm4sc | Sales @firstgiving. Lover of @megfowler and dad to the coolest kid ever.”

More About Gradon:
“I’m a Boston-based social media, technology and design aficionado who never leaves home without his laptop and his camera. I’m also a proud dad of the best kid in the world — seriously. This is where I’ll be putting down my thoughts on pretty much any of the above… and sharing any other big ideas and projects that I’m working on right now.”

Why You Should Follow Gradon:
Social Media is a powerful tool on many levels – for business, for personal or for helping. Gradon has a firm grasp of not only the power of Social Media but the good it can do. Through his organization of Social Media 4 Social Change – a must attend event – Gradon is putting talk into action.

More Info:

• GradonTripp.com
• Social Media 4 Social Change
• LinkedIn Profile
• .designboston

Twitter Bio:
“I am the president of 10e20 & run http://www.10e20.com/blog”

More About Chris:
“Chris Winfield is the President and Co-Founder of 10e20. Chris is responsible for the overseeing all of 10e20 campaigns and the strategic direction of the company. He has been featured in multiple articles by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, The Boston Globe and over 100 other media outlets. Chris is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany and attended University at Westminster in London.”

Why You Should Follow Chris:
Chris is a true topic expert when it comes to Social Media Marketing and general Digital Strategy. Chris speaks at numerous conferences and industry events and never fails to wow the crowds with his insight and knowledge.

More Info:

• 10e20
• LinkedIn Profile

Twitter Bio
“Much excitement and geekiness about where this all leads. www.oneforty.com. Read @pistachio REPLIES http://bit.ly/2Z2k DISCLOSURES: http://bit.ly/pD9m”

More about Laura
“Laura “@Pistachio” Fitton is leading the charge of sussing out intelligent and productive business uses of emergent technologies like Twitter, where she is read by thousands of community members. The first to publish a white paper on “Enterprise Microsharing” (popularly called “Internal Twitter”) she also writes for an runs the TouchBase blog and is an early beta tester of Seesmic and Qik. She re-launched Pistachio Consulting in September 2008 to connect businesses to new ideas and innovations using all the tools of microsharing. Pistachio comprises the TouchBase blog (covering business use of microsharing), the TouchBase Link Blog (stream of Twitter and microsharing articles for businesspeople, wherever they are published), serves clients like Johnson & Johnson, Ford Motor Corporation, PeopleBrowsr, The Sister Project, Transplant-1 and CommuNteligence, and is writing Twitter for Dummies for Wiley publishing, due July 2009.”

Why you should follow Laura on Twitter
Laura is a true authority on numerous digital topics but separates herself from a crowded field when it comes to how companies can leverage Social Media – especially Twitter.

More Info

• Pistachio Consulting

Twitter Bio
With over a year of Online Marketing experience I like to stay current on the major changes and new trends.

More about Joshua
With a year of Online Marketing experience, Joshua Russak has networked his way deep into the interactive space. Recently headed up all Online Marketing efforts at AC Lion Interactive Recruitment, his day-to-day tasks included Blogging, Social Networking, Analytics, E-Mail Marketing, SEO and other related projects. Recently, he launched RezRedo, LLC., a vertical search engine for resume job experiences and blogs daily for, MarketingBlog.NET.

Why you should follow Joshua
Well networked and blogger for MarketingBlog.NET. Joshua knows how the get the job done or find someone else to do it. He has never been quoted, published a book, or BASE jumped…but he’s definitely growing as a trusted individual in the online space.

More Info

• RezRedo.com
• MarketingBlog.NET

Twitter Bio
President, New Marketing Labs, a social media agency and education company.

More about Chris
Chris Brogan is a ten year veteran of using social media and both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Chris speaks, blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds at [chrisbrogan.com], a blog in the top 10 of the Advertising Age Power150, and in the top 100 on Technorati.

Why you should follow Chris
Co-founder of the PodCamp new media conference. Chris won the Mass High Tech All Stars award for thought leaders for 2008. He has been quoted in US News & World Report, The Montreal Gazette, Newsweek, and some other places. Social Media Marketing authority.

More Info

• ChrisBrogan.com
• Inbound Marketing Summit
• CrossTech Media
  

Twitter Bio
Working for the collective good. Curator of awesome. Work @ MTV, give @ SM4SC, teach @ NYU. 

More about Matthew
(From tagsmith.org) “I am a technologist, someone who can take the building blocks of the Internet, and the social experience that the web is continuing to provide, and put them together to build dynamic, exciting and profitable products for forward-looking corporations. My passion is innovation, and the web provides the perfect avenue with an ever-changing landscape of new trends and technologies.”

Why you should follow Matthew
Technologist, Social Media proponent, Co-Founder & Web Marketing and Technology (Volunteer, Part-Time) at Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC)

More Info

• tagsmith.org
• LinkedIn
  

Twitter Bio
Wine guy, host of Wine Library TV. Video blogger & Businessman that loves people and the hustle

More about Gary
What motivates this revolution, you ask? Our movement seeks to break down the barriers, stereotypes, and misperceptions that otherwise prevent people from exploring and enjoying the exciting and rewarding world of wine. Gary Vaynerchuk (VAY NER CHUK), the star of Wine Library TV, is Director of Operations at Wine Library in Springfield, NJ. With his unconventional, often irreverent commentary on wine, Gary has attracted a cult-like following of more than 80,000 viewers a day. In the name of “expanding one’s palate”, Gary convinced Conan O’Brien to lick salted rocks and shared samples of dirt and grass with Ellen Degeneres. He routinely pans popular wines (even ones sold by Wine Library). He interrupts his webcasts with rants about his beloved New York Jets. This is not your typical wine expert.

Why you should follow Gary
Social Media rock star who puts himself out there for the world to see. A huge voice for the power of the “hustle” and doing anything and everything to succeed.

More Info

• Wine Library TV
• Gary on Tumblr