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Spammers, scammers and dullards, oh my! Search for marketers on Twitter without knowing where to start, and that’s largely what you’ll find. Trust us, we know. But there are actually some few genuinely interesting ones out there. We scoured our followers and searched beyond, delving deep into the Twittersphere to find some so-called marketing gurus who are actually worth listening to. Here are ten tweeple who tweet useful info and advice about social media marketing and are otherwise interesting folks to follow.

@ChrisBrogan
If you have any interest in social media marketing, you’ll be familiar with this name. He Tweets about his social media ideas and daily life quips.
@adfreakThis Twitter stream keeps you informed of both great and awful marketing efforts from around the world, adding a sharp commentary to go with it.
@andybealThe CEO of Trackur.com and editor of MarketingPilgrim.com Tweets his views on the latest social media developments. One of the most consistently interesting.
@jowyangHe picks out some of the best social media related articles and comments on social media trends. You’ll also find him chatting with other marketers about their common challenges.
@steverubelA columnist for AdAge and Forbes, Steve digs up interesting social media news and has an interesting take on things.
@TheGrokA great source of info and statistics from a professional speaker and author on marketing.
@danavanA good source of advice on social media marketing tactics and new ideas for getting more out of your efforts.
@WeAreVividThis group from England tweet a lot about using Twitter and Facebook in marketing while writing in a highly entertaining voice. Also, they have an awesome neon zebra for their icon.
@richardsedleyA Course Director of Social Media Marketing, Richard does his best to uncover the truth of what the medium can accomplish and tweets about the projects he’s working on.
@brandranter Hopefully you’ll forgive us this bit of shameless self-promotion. Brand Ranter is The Duffy Agency’s founder, Sean Duffy, and he has one of the most useful and interesting Twitter feeds for anyone who wants to learn more about social media marketing.
Those are ten of our favorites. If we’ve missed any of yours, leave a comment telling us who they are and why we should be following them.
Jason
Ross is a copywriter for The Duffy Agency. He loves working on both
traditional and social media projects and speculating on the future of
the ad industry.