Maggie Fox is the Founder and CEO of Social Media Group, one of the largest independent social media agencies in the world. While working at SMG, Maggie has helped to create and execute social media strategies for the  likes of Ford Motors, SAP, Thomson Reuters, 3M and CNN. Maggie is a regular  speaker at the top social media events and has been interviewed by The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, CBC Radio and CTV News. She was named one of the Top 100 Marketers in the 100th anniversary edition of Marketing Magazine. Maggie also sits on the Advisory Board for Social Media Today and My Venture Pad sites.You can follow Maggie on Twitter , Facebook or LinkedIn. Read the full story

Tom H. C. Anderson is the founder and managing partner of Anderson Analytics, a full-service market research consultancy that takes a “next generation” approach to research by fusing advanced analytics and traditional methodologies with leading edge technologies. Named the “Uncrowned Father of Web 3.0 Market Research” (Research Business Report, 2009), Tom is also a prominent blogger, recognized authority on social media, and the founder of Next Gen Market Research (NGMR), one of the most active networking groups for market researchers on the Web. Tom served as the elected U.S. representative to ESOMAR in 2010, an international professional association for market researchers and is chairman of the Foundation for Transparency in Offshoring (FTO). You can follow Tom on Twitter , Linkedin or Facebook.  Read the full story

Robyn Tippins is a community manager at ReadWriteWeb with 15 years online marketing experience. Robyn is an  author of Community 101 book. She has blogged for blog networks and corporations, podcasted for small and large businesses, advised social networking sites, and worked with Fortune 500 companies, including Yahoo!, Intel, MTV, ATT, Fleishman Hillard, Behr Paints, Current TV and Get Satisfaction. You can follow Robyn on Twitter,  Linkedin or Facebook.

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Joost de Valk is Web Development and SEO expert whose clients list is ranging from large corporates, such as eBay, Conrad Electronic and Salesforce.com, to smaller web based ventures. He has written over 20 plugins for WordPress which, combined, have had more than 3 million downloads. In 2010 Joost developed QuixApp.com– a powerful browser tool that has been featured on hundreds of websites including Mashable, Lifehacker and Web Worker Daily. He is one of the hosts of the WordPress podcast, where he interviews luminaries of the industry and discusses ways for bloggers to improve their blogs. Recent guests have included Pete Cashmore of Mashable and Matt Cutts, head of web spam at Google. Joost regularly shares his knowledge and experience via his blog at Yoast.com. You can follow Joost on Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin. Read the full story

Rebecca Lieb is a Vice President at Econsultancy, one of the most famous and biggest communities in the world for digital marketing and ecommerce professionals. Previously, Rebecca was a VP & Editor-in-Chief at The ClickZ Network and was running the redoubtable at SearchEngineWatch.com too. She is also an author of the book -“The Truth About Search Engine Optimization”. You can follow  Rebecca on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or good old Google. Read the full story

Layla Sabourian-Tarwe is Senior Social Media & Online Community Manager at Yahoo! with 5 years of leadership experience, living and working in Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the US. Previously, Layla has been an International Community and Communications Manager at eBay , Community Manager at Logitech and Global Partner Network Community Rep at Oracle . You can follow Layla on Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook and her blog.

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Monikas Katkute is Community Manager at LBi, one of the largest digital agencies in Europe. She is responsible for managing social communications on behalf of  leading beer brand. Also, Monika is developing  two ventures: Bit greener – sustainable business directory & community and Craft Fields –  marketplace & cultural space of Lithuanian artisans.  You can follow Monika on Twitter, Linkedin or Facebook or her blog.
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Lizzie Gold currently works for The Social Practice as their Community Manager for a range of clients. She started her career as an Online Producer for GCap Media.  Later, she went on to be the in-house CM for Global Radio before moving to Yelp UK, as their Community Manager for London. You can follow Lizzie on her blog, Twitter and Linkedin. Read the full story

Will Long currently works as a Freelance Community Manager across a range of clients. He started his career in PR, working for a number of music clients before progressing to work on the Virgin Media and Sony accounts at Mark Borkowski’s agency in London. You can follow Will on his blog, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Philip is Community Manager at Zmags. Previously, he was community manager of  FIFA UK at Electronic Arts and Digital Producer at The Walt Disney Company. You can Follow Phil on Twitter and his blog.
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