Top 18 Content Marketing Experts to Follow in 2026

Robert Rose is a strategic content advisor, author, and founder of Seventh Bear who remains chief strategy advisor to Content Marketing Institute and advises marketing leaders worldwide.

Rose treats content as a…

Ann Handley is chief content officer at MarketingProfs, a keynote speaker, and author of Everybody Writes, drawing on decades of work in digital content, writing, and marketing education.

Handley has made…

Andy Crestodina is co-founder and CMO of Orbit Media Studios, where more than two decades in digital marketing have shaped his work across content strategy, SEO, analytics, and web strategy.

Crestodina combines…

Joe Pulizzi founded Content Marketing Institute and The Tilt and has written influential marketing books including Epic Content Marketing and Content Inc. on audiences and content businesses.

Pulizzi helped establish content marketing…

Ross Simmonds is CEO of Foundation and Distribution.ai, combining a B2B marketing agency and content distribution software with his work as a strategist, author, speaker, and investor worldwide.

Simmonds builds around the…

Melanie Deziel is a Creative Systems Architect, speaker, consultant, and author of The Content Fuel Framework and Prove It, drawing on journalism, branded content, and marketing experience.

Deziel turns creative work…

Amanda Natividad is chief evangelist at SparkToro and founder of Zero Click Marketing, a consultancy and media company focused on content, audience strategy, and marketing for a clickless web.

Natividad's zero-click approach…

Ahava Leibtag is founder and CEO of Aha Media Group, the healthcare content agency she started in 2005 to make complex health information clearer, more useful, and easier for people to understand.

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Marcus Sheridan is an author, keynote speaker, and communication expert whose They Ask, You Answer framework grew from using transparent educational content to transform River Pools' marketing.

Sheridan's framework starts with the…

Jay Acunzo is a speaking and storytelling advisor, author of Break the Wheel, and former marketing leader at Google and HubSpot. He helps business experts develop ideas that resonate.

Acunzo focuses…

Tim Soulo is CMO and product advisor at Ahrefs, where he has helped grow the marketing intelligence company while contributing research, writing, and practical thinking on SEO and digital marketing.

Soulo's work…

Pam Didner is a B2B AI strategist, fractional CMO, keynote speaker, and author whose career includes more than two decades in corporate marketing and sales enablement, including at Intel.

Didner works across…

Sonia Simone is a content marketing strategist, educator, and founder of Remarkable Communication. She spent two decades leading content strategy, copywriting, and marketing education.

A longtime Copyblogger leader, Simone has taught marketers…

Erin Balsa is founder of Port Research, drawing on 15 years in content and B2B SaaS marketing to help companies create original research that strengthens credibility and thought leadership.

Balsa specializes in…

Michael Stelzner is CEO and founder of Social Media Examiner, the marketing education company he launched in 2009, and host of programs helping marketers navigate social media, content, and AI.

Stelzner built…

Garrett Sussman is director of marketing at iPullRank, bringing more than 15 years in digital marketing to work spanning content strategy, SEO, generative engine optimization, and audience growth.

Sussman works where content…

Heidi Cohen is chief marketing officer at Actionable Marketing Guide, a marketing educator, consultant, and professor whose career spans publishing, major brands, digital media, and business strategy.

Cohen turns marketing theory and…

Tameka Bazile leads B2B social and content at Business Insider and is a social strategist, creator, and speaker. Her career spans media, brand campaigns, audience engagement, and digital culture.

Bazile works at…