It’s easy to waste a lot of time on Twitter.
The constantly updating feed, the easily digestible length of the posts, and how funny all the memes are all add up to make it a place where a couple minutes can quickly turn into a couple of hours. Fun to use does not always mean productive to be on—unfortunately for us all.
The secret to making Twitter time less wasted is to make sure that, in between the memes and the goofy videos, there is actual content that can help you become a better marketer. Lucky for you, there’s plenty of it available on the platform.
Here are 7 Twitter accounts that every marketer should follow.
Knowing the trends of the industry is integral to a marketer’s success, and this page provides exactly that. Because it is run by Google, it gives you up-to-date news and analysis about Google analytics and YouTube trends. They also discuss the marketing industry and where their experts think it is headed, which means a lot coming from the company that provides some of the best analytics software that marketers use. This page provides a little bit of everything for marketers, and it’s definitely a must-follow.
DigitalMarketer
After 10 years of building digital marketing courses and teaching over 120,000 marketers, DigitalMarketer has changed the paradigm of the marketing profession. DigitalMarketer has helped turn marketers from overlooked and temporary individuals into vital and indispensable components to business success.
We did this by creating a systematized process that combines the ever changing methods of marketing (email, social media, content, influencer, SEO, etc.) into a cohesive process that delivers results.
Goldie Chan
Goldie Chan is a social media strategy leader, author, and personal branding expert with over 10 years of experience working for major tech and entertainment companies. She is also a LinkedIn Top Voice for social media with over 8 million content views and has been featured on various publications.
Goldie is currently working on her first book, “Personal Branding for Introverts,” and leads the strategy at her social media agency for major brands and Fortune 500 C-level executives.
She is open to consulting and speaking on social media strategy, community building, and personal branding for leaders. Goldie also produces top-performing LinkedIn videos and partners with amazing brands.
Jeremy Enns
Jeremy is a podcasting expert who has worked with various podcasters and online business owners to launch and improve their shows, develop marketing strategies, and build production systems. He is the creator of The Cut The Bullshit Podcast Community and has connections with many podcasters and industry leaders.
At Counterweight Creative, Jeremy runs a podcast agency based on the belief that people can change the world when brought together around a common goal. He offers services to anyone looking to take their podcast to the next level or get started in podcasting
Ann Handley
As the Head of Content at MarketingProfs and a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Ann Handley is constantly called upon to share her expertise in the marketing world. And she does this through her Twitter. Not only does she post podcasts and articles of her own, but she often links to other great content that other marketers post.
Her content also often features other experts in the industry, giving you lots of different perspectives on topics. Handley’s page is the epitome of tactical, and is undeniably worth your time.
Jay Baer
Baer primarily uses his Twitter page as a place to link to all of his live recordings, audio clips, and podcasts. He covers everything from B2B marketing tactics to LinkedIn advertising, and he’s a great follow for people who are interested in how to become better marketers.
He also interviews industry leaders and other marketers for successful brands. And if you use his page more like a list of resources instead of a traditional social media page, you’ll maximize what you can get out of it.
Amy Porterfield
Amy Porterfield is a marketing trainer who posts lots of the helpful webinars, podcasts, and online courses that she provides—many of which are free. She runs milti-part seminars that people can sign up to attend and also shares articles from her website. She doesn’t post as often as some of these other pages do, but when she does, it’s worth paying attention to.
Content Marketing Institute posts articles, infographics, statistics, and links to webinars. With almost 300,000 followers, they’re definitely one of the more popular content marketing accounts on Twitter right now, probably because their followers actually get something out of their content. And they post a lot of it, so there’s always new content marketing tactics for you to read up on and learn about.
AJ Ghergich
AJ Ghergich is an SEO and content marketing expert with lots of stories and guides for his followers to consume. He exclusively shares content marketing and SEO content, so his posts are extremely focused and hyper-tactical. He posts things that he creates himself, but he also shares the best content marketing news, tips, and guides available on Twitter. If you’re a content marketer, you’ve got to check out AJ Ghergich.
