20 Most Influential Bloggers to Watch

I have nurtured a passion to be at the top of the industry but ever since I started blogging, there have been some quite powerful bloggers I don’t miss visiting their blogs. This list can continue but I sure bet it, this 20 have been the best ever based on my criteria. These are bloggers who have made tremendous impact in the blogosphere. The blog world continues to advance as more aggressive young startups keep pushing up the ranks. Some are old veterans who have been on the scene and have become authority bloggers still keeps dominating the blogosphere. You really need to watch them.

This list is to encourage fellow young startups like us to maintain course and increase the fire of blogging. Learn their personal brands, their writing styles, their impacts, success and failures. It fires you up to be like them as well as dominate your own niche.

Darren Rowse: If you don’t know Daren till now, it is either you are kind of new to the blogosphere or you have failed to ask about the elites in the blogging. With over 106,000 Twitter followers, he has created a landslide in blogging that you may never forget him in a hurry whenever the blog topic is mentioned. He continues to churn out insightful posts every week with ever increasing fan base. His 31 Days to Build A Better Blog has simplified blogging as well as made many bloggers successful. I have been a beneficiary of this wonderful guide. Darren should be one of those guys you need to follow. He has been around the blog-o-sphere for quite some time. www.problogger.net  www.twitip.com  

Jeremy Shoemaker: Well Jeremy is the hard veteran blogger you need to know. He is the founder of wildly successful AuctionAds, an EBay affiliate marketing platform. He is an epitome of extreme passion to success amidst dificulties. He runs an authority blog where he shares his secrets to success. He is one of those top DotCom Moguls of all time. You can check him out. www.shoemoney.com

Seth Godin: well the first time I personally heard about Seth and visited his blog, I chuckled. His blog is so simple that it will make you smile and really a goldmine. This guy has a lot of accomplishments offline under his belt. He is an author of 12 bestselling books and a business and public speaker. Not only that, Seth Godin is an authority in the business world and the founder of Squidoo, a popular blogging platform for bloggers. He doesn’t just post any nonsense in his blog at Typepad, all his posts has a value to add. He is not only living the DotCom lifestyle but also an offline huge success. He is an authority blogger. www.sethgodin.typepad.com

Yaro Starak:  Yaro is one of those great teachers you may have come across. He runs EJ and and Blogmastermind, a platform he uses to teach thousands of bloggers worldwide. He is one of the top most influential bloggers and a wildly successful dotcom mogul. From the comfort of his grande but simple home, he runs his dotcom empires and makes lots of money per month. His newsletters are bomb shells of blogging secrets. He is a blogger you need to follow. www.entrepreneurs-journey.com  www.blogmastermind.com

Erica Douglas: I have respect for Erica. she doesn't post always in her blog, usually once in a month, but each post is a killer. with over 100,000 subscribers, she is quite a guru having sold her blog for over 1Million Dollars, she now teaches people how she did it. She is currently running a startup which I believe shall be a huge story soon.

www.erica.biz

Derek Halpern: this is the guru behind social triggers. He is the experimental blogger with facts not assumptions. In less than a year, he took his blog worldwide and became one of the largest blogs on the internet. A real simple but cool blogger. Derek has made so much impact within one year that he has tripled what most will achieve in two years. He is one of the best. www.socialtriggers.com












Neil Patel: This guy is a blast in the internet entrepreneurship. With two wildly successful companies Kissmetrics and CrazyEgg he started, Neil has become the hot guy big brand like Amazon, Techcrunch, Micosoft and several others go to for conversion optimization and profit domination. Neil Patel continues to amaze his large fan base and subscribers with killer contents that makes me visit his blog at least twice every week. He is one of the gurus we have today in the internet rich list. His blog Quicksprout is among the top 100 Technoratti blogs. If you really want to know what it take to both get traffic, reduce bounce rate, increase website profitability and build and online empire, I suggest you check him out. www.quicksprout.com  www.neilpatel.com

 

 

Brian Clark: Brian Clark is very famous blogger in content marketing and copywriting. With over 130,000 subscribers, he is the go-to guy for absolute killer content strategy. Brian knows how to craft his posts such that a dummy will understand it. He runs Copyblogger, a blog that makes him thousands of Dollars every month. He is another powerful authority in blogging. www.copyblogger.com

Rand Fishkin: Rand Fishkin is arguably the best SEO blogger in the world. His outstanding success on the internet has made him featured in the “40 under 40
List” and the “30 Best Under 30 Young Entrepreneurs.″ He is the wizard behind a world class popular SEO company that specializes in Search Engine Optimization, Seomoz helping thousands of business websites and blogs to be found during search engine results. He has been on the internet as far as 1993 and since then, has become a sample in SEO techniques. Quite a cool person you need to learn from. Now head straight to Seomoz and close the hassles on SEO. www.seomoz.org

Chris Pearson: a wildly successful blogger with funny and insightful blog posts. One of his abilities is to make a blog become a humour spot in the blogosphere besides Seth Godin’s blog. You know what, Chris is the creator of “Thesis”, and a wildly used Wordpress Theme around the world that features among the DIY web creators we have today. Well Chris is not just a successful blogger but also can be listed among the coding elites that rake in cash from their techy skills. You need to check him out. He is good. www.pearsonified.com  www.christopherpearson.com

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Mathew Mullenweg: Well done Mathew. Guess who this guy is. 60-70 percent of top blogs in the world are very grateful to him. Not just that he is a public speaker or even a blogger, he is a hero. I will rather call him an inventor. The Google gods dominated with Blogger before Mat decided to create the very popular and versatile Wordpress. Yes, his is the creator of what every blogger knows how to use today. Mat has blogs he shares his ideas to the public. Do not miss him. He is a top techy developer. You will love to hear from him. www.mullenweg.com  www.ma.tt  www.matt.wordpress.org  

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Pat Flynn: oh ow! Pat, when I visited his blog at SPI, I got lost. The volumes of podcasts, interviews and exceptional blog posts coupled with powerful digital products makes this guy thousands of Dollars. Pat, keep it up. Soon, he will become a millionaire blogger. Pat has been a huge success online via SmartPassiveIncome, a top authority blog he runs where he teaches thousands of bloggers the principles of blogging and internet secrets. He is an advocate of stay at home but, maybe keep your day job, but become quite rich passively. He is a top Net-preneur you need to follow. A very straight forward an insightful blogger. www.smartpassiveincome.com

Syed Balkhi: Syed Balkhi  has kick started several people who never thought online business is possible. The sites he started at a young age in 2009 has pulled over 144,000 visitors worldwide. He is quite simple but has absolute blasting potentials that will not only endear him to you but will stand as a challenge to pull yourself up from the rags of procrastination to the mountain peak of dotcom riches. He is definitely one of the few young bloggers who are taking the world by storm. Follow his blog and websites and never regret.www.wpbeginner.com  www.balkhis.com
  

Rob Sutton: is quite rare to see a Mr. Nice all-round guy at the age of Rob who gives out useful contents, freebies, blogging strategies, advices, inspiration at the same time runs a successful blog you will definitely love to read from. Rob is young yet a behemoth of information as well as easy going. Blogging is just one of his many passions. He is living the Dotcom lifestyle, internet rich elite. He is a top blogger in the blogosphere. You really need to visit his blog at www.robbsutton.com








Daniel Scocco: well he is quite popular with a simple blog yet this his blog is a goldmine. You may not exhaust all his insightful posts in a week.  Daniel has been around the blogosphere for quite some time, making real passive income from his blog Dailyblotips. For those who don’t know how to start or end well in blogging, here is a rich resource. Daniel started his blog in 2005 and since then he has garnered thousands of followers worldwide. His blog is really the main place to learn how to blog. Not just an entrepreneur but also a scholar. He has won “Best weblog development blog” in 2007 and teaches a variety of all it takes to be successful online. He is an authority blogger. www.dailyblogtips.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glen Allsopp: Glen is one of those early risers that understood the leverage power of the internet to create internet business as well as social media marketing. At the age of 18, he has become a social media manager for major brands. Just two years later, Glen sold the 10^th world largest personal development blog. Just starting at the age of 15 to experiment the dotcom lifestyle, he has become a high profile blogger and a challenge to young hearted and aspiring bloggers all over the world. You certainly would not like to miss him. He is a star. www.viperchill.com 

 

 

 

 

Chris Guthrie: Chris  Guthrie, at just 26 years has become top blogger in the blogosphere. Those of us that played Halo 2 with only fun in mind never new how such game can sharpen the skills of Chris. With over $12,000 monthly online income, Chris has amassed so much influence in the online world that getting fired became a real advantage. Starting from selling pokemon cards, the business skills he learnt has become very beneficial to him. Chris is a young blog and soon, he may become a millionaire blogger. Check him out. www.chrisguthrie.com

 

 

 

 

Adii Rockstar:  having a bachelors degree in Accounting, Adii went on to create a an outstanding theme in Wordpress. Wordpress, a very popular platform developed by Matt Mullenweg has been a platform of expertise for heavy developers. Among these elites is the exceptional Rockstar man behind the wildly successful Woo Themes. Now, don’t bother about setting up your blog to become business like, make use of Woo Themes and you are good. Adii is a very successful guy you need to watch. www.woothemes.com www.adiirockstar.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lewis Howes:  Lewis has started two companies that are quite successful. It is a very big challenge to young startups who are seeking to make a headway in the internet world. A professional blogger and a bestselling author in social media marketing via LinkedIn, he has become a top guy to reckon with in blogging. Having thousands of Twitter followers, he is not just a blogger but a celebrity. Lewis is an honourable mention and that’s why he has made my list. Results speak volumes and Lewis Howes can never be left out. He is an insightful blogger. www.sportsexec.net   www.sportsnetworker.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Risely: Dave is cool, one of those hot bloggers that you need to know. Seriously, he is a huge success. Most people start a blog without vision; He helps them convert their blogs into a real business. He does not beat about the bush, he says how it is. David is genuine with serious wealth of information you may really need. Make his blog a top priority when searching for inspiration and you will never be disappointed. He is definitely a high profile blogger in the world. www.davidrisely.com  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Humphrey: This is the brain behind ContentDesk.com and Blogsuccess.com both which is successful aimed at teaching bloggers how to successfully market their expertise, products and services to a large variety of audience. Jack has written a very powerful and popular EBook on link building he titled POWER LINKING. Jack is a humorous but serious minded blogger full of insight. He is one of those teachers that will take you through the blogging process, blog marketing and becoming a successful blogger. Numerous and powerful blog posts without readers and traffic equals frustration. That’s exactly what Jack Humphrey has been doing. He is an authority in internet entrepreneurship. You really need to hear from him. He has been around for some time and also quite successful. www.fridaytrafficreport.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kristi Hines: Well, if you have not known her, then probably you may not know much of outstanding female bloggers. Kristi is a power in blogging, freelance writing and social media marketing as well as business. Visiting her blog gives me a lot of insigths. Kristi writes for top Fortune 500 companies. if you are ever going to be inspired, visit her blog rigth away. www.kikolani.com 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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