Inbound Web Design

Person of Interest: Chris Brogan

AKA: The Communicator

Known Associates:

• Jacqueline Carly
• Christopher S. Penn
• Brian Clark

Profile: When earning your spot among the short list of the very best inbound marketers, going beyond the realm of simply creating posts in your underware is probably a nessecity. Chris Brogan's contributions, both in- and outside of blogging, have made him a go to communicator with large-scale businesses, many of which who call on him as a sounding board to assure their digital media strategy is top notch. Brogan is the CEO and President of Human Business Works, a network which has garnered thousands of fans for its informative content on online marketing and business strategy. Brogan is also co-founder of PodCamp, which describes itself as "the new media community unconference."

Person of Interest: Brian Halligan
AKA: The Brain
Known Associates:

• Dharmesh Shah
• Mike Volpe
• Marc Benioff

Profile: One of the most well-known online media and marketing software companies, with a blog that is as ubiquitous as Facebook in the social networking sphere was co-founded by Brian Halligan. HubSpot, who has since raised tens of millions in funding, starting out as a humble marketing service company serving up websites, hosting, and other marketing tools for the early stages of online marketing. However, HubSpot was named one of the fastest growing technology companies to date, with the statistics to back it up. Halligan was part of that extreme growth, eventually becoming CEO of a highly profitable--and well known--company, earning him to be on the list of best inbound marketers.

Person of Interest: Pete Cashmore

AKA: The Young Gun

Known Associates:

• Ben Parr
• Lance Ulanoff
• Robyn Peterson

Profile: Originally founded in Aberdeen, Scotland, Mashable has become a household name for most because of its huge archive of information best suited for marketers as well as wealth of technology, entertainment, and science news. The man behind Mashable is Pete Cashmore, The Young Gun, who founded the website in 2005 at the mere age of 19.

Person of Interest: Chris Pirillo

AKA: Nick the Geek

Known Associates:

• Diana Pirillo
• Kevin Rose
• Robert Scoble

Profile: Founder, creator, and geek personality, Pirillo has been online and an inbound marketer since 1996, having started out with the website and blogging network Lockergnome. He has built up an entire, sprawling network of blogging networks, websites, and most notably online video content. Previously, Pirillo hosted a television show called "Call for Help" on 24-hour technology and gadget channel TechTV, which is now defunct. Because of this media exposure, especially to video, Pirillo now regularly contributes to CNN, is a partner at YouTube, hosts daily Ustream.tv shows, is a regular guest at CBC, and even has his own video shows all about technology, Internet, and other things that interest him.

Name: John Jantsch

AKA: Sticky Fingers

Known Associates:

• Brian Halligan
• Seth Godin
• Guy Kawasaki

Profile: Jantsch is the creator and founder of Duct Tape Marketing, a website which offers small business consulting in marketing and advertising online with a small budget. In fact, Duct Tape Marketing has become one of the best cited and well known marketing resources for small business, having been mentioned by Forbes, CNN Money, and even the Wall Street Journal. The blog in particular offers real-world advice on marketing for small business owners and Jantsch has rocketed himself into being one of the best known inbound marketers.

Person of Interest: Guy Kawasaki

AKA: The Godfather

Known Associates:

• Seth Godin
• Steve Jobs
• Rich Karlgaard

Person of Interest: Rand Fishkin

AKA: The Moz

Known Associates:

• Geraldine Fishkin
• Danny Sullivan
• Chris Winefield

Profile: The Wizard of Moz, also simply known as "The Moz," Rand Fishkin is the founder and CEO of SEOmoz, a premier Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and social media software company. With his industry-leading blog on the importance of SEO and the power of inbound marketing, Rand had earned himself the high rank of SEO grand master among the very best inbound marketers. Akin to other inbound marketers-turned SaaS company CEO's, Fishkin built SEOmoz from the ground up and now offers a full suite of keyword optimization and social media management tools.