Christine Perkett

In public relations, connections are crucial. Social media is the first step to having them. PRNews.io encourages readers to follow these Top 30 PR influencers to inspire and help them stay on top of news in the PR world.

PR influencers to inspire you and help you stay on top of news in the PR world.

Named one of the top 50 social media influencers raising the bar for social media marketing in 2020.

The objective for this list is to present insightful Public Relations tips to small business owners directly from the experts themselves. We found that the PR influencers listed have excellent credentials, expertise, and success within the Public Relations industry, as well as an impressive quantity of social media followers.

Ranked #52 among influential women including Arianna Huffington, Melinda Gates, Marissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg and others. Chosen by a unique measuring tool called “True Reach," which was devised by Klear. While users of social media will often point to their follower count as an indicator of how influential they are, it’s easy to debunk that as a valuable metric. As is often the case, people use social media as a way to validate their ego and vanity, but True Reach cuts though that. Rather… Show more

Ranked #52 among influential women including Arianna Huffington, Melinda Gates, Marissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg and others. Chosen by a unique measuring tool called “True Reach," which was devised by Klear. While users of social media will often point to their follower count as an indicator of how influential they are, it’s easy to debunk that as a valuable metric. As is often the case, people use social media as a way to validate their ego and vanity, but True Reach cuts though that. Rather than simply counting how many people are actively following an account, True Reach measures how many people have seen a status update or post across multiple social media accounts; which provides a much more accurate picture of what someone’s influence looks like.

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In the world of public relations, it’s all about making connections. But who’s at the top of the heap when it comes to those connections? Who has the most followers in the PR world? Get to know some of the top PR influencers who are tweeting, ‘gramming, or blogging today.

https://izea.com/2017/07/12/top-pr-influencers/

Combining research with a set of unbiased metrics, Richtopia began compiling its list of the top 250 most successful female leaders from around the world in November 2015.

https://www.rise.global/top-women-leaders/

Richtopia is a digital business magazine that is dedicated to bringing today’s leaders the latest news and interesting stories from the worlds of business, tech, finance and economics as well as providing insights from the world’s most innovative, successful and… Show more

Combining research with a set of unbiased metrics, Richtopia began compiling its list of the top 250 most successful female leaders from around the world in November 2015.

https://www.rise.global/top-women-leaders/

Richtopia is a digital business magazine that is dedicated to bringing today’s leaders the latest news and interesting stories from the worlds of business, tech, finance and economics as well as providing insights from the world’s most innovative, successful and inspiring people. The platform seeks to be the go-to resource for seekers of valuable knowledge about subjects such as entrepreneurship, management, work/life balance, investments and leadership. Show less

An award recognizing the city’s inventors, disrupters, luminaries, and newsmakers across all industries, 50 On Fire has thousands of nominations and only 200 finalists. The award honors people and organizations driving innovation in Boston and beyond.

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/all-series/announcing-this-years-50-on-fire-finalists/?utm_content=buffer50277&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Identified as one of the top marketing and media influencers to follow on Twitter.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgoodson/2013/12/17/must-follow-marketing-minds-on-twitter-2014/

Regular Twitter users know self-proclaimed social media experts gurus and ninjas are a dime a dozen. How can you sort through all the fluff?

You could scan through millions of tweets and vet the Twittervese, or you could let Vocus do the work for you.

By leveraging Vocus product technology, our algorithim determined the top social media professionals to follow on Twitter through contextual analysis, engagement levels, reach and relevancy. Unlike other methodologies, Vocus’… Show more

Regular Twitter users know self-proclaimed social media experts gurus and ninjas are a dime a dozen. How can you sort through all the fluff?

You could scan through millions of tweets and vet the Twittervese, or you could let Vocus do the work for you.

By leveraging Vocus product technology, our algorithim determined the top social media professionals to follow on Twitter through contextual analysis, engagement levels, reach and relevancy. Unlike other methodologies, Vocus’ technology populates its pool of candidates based on more than keyword searches alone.

Here’s our top 50, listed alphabetically.

http://www.cision.com/us/2014/10/50-top-social-media-pros-to-follow-on-twitter/ Show less

PRNewser rang in the New Year with a list of the people we considered the Real Top 14 PR Twits to Follow in 2014.

Whelp, after reviewing our rules for what makes a “real PR twit” and realizing how many social media studs we couldn’t put on our initial list because numbers, we threw caution into the wind and decided to write a sequel. So, break out your Twitter feed and get ready to follow everyone on this “hotly anticipated”… Show more

PRNewser rang in the New Year with a list of the people we considered the Real Top 14 PR Twits to Follow in 2014.

Whelp, after reviewing our rules for what makes a “real PR twit” and realizing how many social media studs we couldn’t put on our initial list because numbers, we threw caution into the wind and decided to write a sequel. So, break out your Twitter feed and get ready to follow everyone on this “hotly anticipated” follow-up.

http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/the-other-real-top-14-pr-twits-to-follow-in-2014_b82317 Show less

Have a look and be inspired to think bigger in 2014 about marketing challenges and opportunities with the words of these inspired souls who offer up their ideas and fresh perspectives in the days ahead.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgoodson/2013/12/17/must-follow-marketing-minds-on-twitter-2014/

To honor companies, organizations, vendors, apps and people who have made a significant impact on the North American small business market. The first phase consisted of the small business community nominating and choosing their key small business influencers. The second phase included an all-star judging panel voting for the top 100 champions.

http://influencers.smallbiztrends.com/2013-top-champions-and-honorable-mentions/

We think so! In fact, we’re so convinced about it that we’ve tried to identify (objectively, of course) the most influential people in small business on Twitter. (The process we used to develop the list is described at the bottom of this blog post!). The ranking shows not only the person’s name and Twitter handle, but also their peer rating percentage based on our measurements and their “Klout” score to give you an idea of how their tool measures someone’s overall Twitter presence (not… Show more

We think so! In fact, we’re so convinced about it that we’ve tried to identify (objectively, of course) the most influential people in small business on Twitter. (The process we used to develop the list is described at the bottom of this blog post!). The ranking shows not only the person’s name and Twitter handle, but also their peer rating percentage based on our measurements and their “Klout” score to give you an idea of how their tool measures someone’s overall Twitter presence (not necessarily their impact with the small business space, which is more interesting to us!).

http://blog.dandb.com/2011/06/20/most-influential-small-business/ Show less

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