These guys have changed the way millions of people think about marketing, technology, and communications. They are not only authorities in their fields, but also excellent educators, speakers, authors and thought leaders.

Fans have until March 31 to go to the article and vote for their biggest social media crush.  As I write this, Mike Michalowicz -aka- The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur guy-  is crushing the competition with 41% of the vote!  Here is a recap of our top Social Media Man Crushes of 2010…..

Peter Shankman

Entrepreneur & Founder of Help A Reporter Out aka HARO

Peter Shankman is PR savvy, witty, and an international man of mystery (well- he travels a lot anyway). We put him on our 2010 Top Web Marketing Man Crush list for turning the PR and media world on its’ head when he launched the wildly popular service: HARO which stands for “Help a Reporter Out”; a site that helps journalists connect directly with experts for story ideas. Peter had the foresite to recognize that “Everyone is an Expert at something” and wanted to create a way for your average Joe (who does not have a PR agent) to connect with major and not so major media outlets and blogs.

Since launching HARO nearly 30,000 members of the media have quoted HARO sources in their stories. HARO has changed the way we do PR and gives a voice to people who may never had that opportunity. HARO is the largest free source repository in the world, sending out over 1,200 queries from worldwide media each week.

Peter himself is a writer and an adventurist who frequently travels, runs, and occassionally will jump out an airplane. We also hears he throws excellent parties and loves his 2 cats- and is quite good at public speaking. With all of these qualities; it is no wonder Peter Shankman made our TopWeb Marketing Man Crush list this year! Hurrrah for HARO!

Chris Brogan

Blogger, Author, Social Media Marketing Thought Leader

What is not to love about Chris Brogan? Everyone loves a man who listens- and Chris Brogan encourages businesses to utilize social media channels to actively listen….or Grow Bigger Ears!

Not only is is Chris a great listener; he is an infinite source of stellar advice for businesses of all sizes. Hismarketing tips are always spot on and the Wild Web Women recommend putting ChrisBrogan.com in your daily reading list. He is an in bound marketing thought leader who always seems to have his fingers on the pulse of what’s really going on. And for a perfect Friday night, curl up with a glass of wine and the book Trust Agents http://www.chrisbrogan.com/where-to-buy-trust-agents/, which he co-authored with Julien Smith.

So gaze into those dreamy blue eyes and say- Thank You Chris Brogan for everything you contribute to Web Marketing.

Mike Volpe

Co-Host of Hubspot TV & VP Marketing at Hubspot

Look out Matt Lauer….our favorite co-host is the sizzling hot Mike Volpe of Hubspot TV. If you want to become wicked smart (we love Boston talk) tune in every Friday at 4pm EST for the HubSpot TV Live Video Podcast where Mike and his wicked hot co-host and winner of our Web Marketing Girl Crush poll- Karen Rubin. The pair dishes out the latest inbound marketing news and interviews top industry movers and shakers.

For a healthy dose of Web Marketing Therapy that is both informative and entertaining- tune into their weekly show (and drop by their studio if you are in the Cambridge, MA area) and listen in on some of Hubspot’s Webinars (often free) for some damn good marketing advice. The Wild Web Women appreciate Mike’s keen sense of humor; after all laughter layered on top of sense of technology is the best medicine- and that is why Mike Volpe makes our 2010 Top Marketing Man Crush list.

Lee Odden

Founder and CEO of TopRank Online Marketing

When internet marketing specialist Lee Odden launched TopRank Online Marketing in 2001, he established an important organization that would bring the concept of marrying SEO with Public Relations to the masses. He continues to be one of the most sought after speakers on this topic and we love his vast wisdom on new media marketing methods and content marketing. Lee shares his expertise in his company blog and through his outstanding Webinars (if you ever have a chance to attend one of his engagements or Webinars- do it!).

Lee and his super team of internet marketing specialists continue to pave the way in our industry by teaching businesses how to intersect of SEO withSocial Media Marketing. Lee contributes so much and has made a big impression; and that is why he is on our 2010 Top Web Marketing Man Crush list.

David Meerman Scott

Author, Marketing Strategist, Social Media God

Why do we love this man? David Meerman Scott LITERALLY wrote the book on Social Media and Web Marketing: New Rules of Marketing and PR. This book changed the Wild Web Women’s lives and is their agency’s marketing bible. If you take nothing else from this article: go get his book and read it immediately -then read it again! Web Marketing Therapy students and employees are required to read this book; we bring this book to speaking engagements and pass it around.  You can say David Meerman Scott’s book is a “Healthy Addiction” ; as you can see team WMT frequently tags him in their blog.

The “Wild Web Women” team professes their love to David Meerman Scott openly and he will always have a place in our Top Web Marketing Man Crush list. Thank you David for being such a healthy influence on the world of Web marketing; for changing the way we do marketing and PR; and setting such an amazing example by always practicing what you preach in your speaking engagements, interviews, Webinars (which Amy Dunn, WMT’s Web 2.0 Fear Specialist, has sat in on herself)

Be sure to add David’s smart marketing blog, Web in the Know, to your daily reading list.

Pete Cashmore

CEO & Founder of Mashable & Social Media Hottie

Pete Cashmore of Mashable is the Brad Pitt of the Web-lebirty world- but 20 years younger (sorry Brad). He earned major props last year when he was listed in Inc Magazine’s 30 Under 30, Forbes’ Top 25 Web Celebs and the Huffington Posts’ Top 10 Game Changers 2009….and now- he can add the very prestigious honor of making the 2010 Wild Web Women Top Web Marketing Man Crush. Yes- he is a total cutie (look at him!)…but this Social Media rock star has much more to offer.

He is the mastermind behind one of THE most important Blogs in the Social Media industry- Mashable.com – which he founded at the ripe old age of 19! His blog reaches over 10 million monthly readers and helps marketing junkies like us adapt best practices and get up to the minute information on trending topics happening online.

You can also read his column on technology and media at CNN.com and is currently regarded as one of the most influencial Twitter users (look out Guy Kawasaki!!)

John J. Wall & Christopher Penn

Dynamic Marketing Duo and Hosts of Marketing Over Coffee

John J. Wall & Christopher Penn are the clever and marketing-savvy pair who dish out a weekly dose of tough love advice over a cup of java in their popular podcast Marketing Over Coffee recorded in a local coffee shop. We love that they recognize there are still relevant practices in traditional marketing and guide their listeners on how to embrace new media.

John J. Wall is the show producer and a marketing, sales and technology connoisseur. He keeps the show short, sweet and chalk full of valuable marketing tips that anyone can download and listen to at their leisure. Co-Host, Christopher S. Penn is Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at Blue Sky Factory and co-founder of the groundbreaking PodCamp New Media Community unConference. This duo has a keen sense of industry trends and best practices and we strongly recommend tuning or downloading their show for top notch marketing tips that are practical and easy to implement.

Mark Zuckerberg

Founder and CEO of Facebook & Really Really Really Rich Guy

Mark Zuckerberg co-founded a little known site called Facebook with his Harvard chums from his dorm room in 2004. Little did he know he would be making social media history. Facebook is a world-wide phenomon with over 350 million users and continues to adapt and remain relevant in today’s media culture. His creation has revolutionized how we connect to each other and how we conduct business.

Business leaders everywhere rely more and more on social networking communities such as Facebook to connect them directly with their customers and engage with them in ways never thought possible. Mark is not only a gagillionaire, adorable, and heads the most successful online Social Networking community in history. The Wild Web Women love Mark and his classmates for this contribution and for giving us this incredibly valuable tool.

Mike Michalowicz

The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Guy

Comeon, any guy who wipes his web marketing with a name like “Toiler Paper Entrepreneur”, can get away with it AND look good doing it HAS to make our social media man crush list!! Mike M rocks the power of user generated content with his kick-ass system that allows entrepreneurs to post their wisdom based on the theme de jour. This Toilet Paper Entrepreneur rocks the web with his wit, technology, community-driven approach and guts to go where no man has gone before with his marketing…to the toilet. This marketing maven drives home the idea of “riches in the niches” by spinning an un-sexy theme then savvy-ing it up with his tagline of “cleaning up your business, even when you are at the end of your roll” has to earn a seat on the Wild Web Women’s super hero seat!

The Wild Web Women respect a man with marketing balls, and this social media man wears them brilliantly.

Guy Kawasaki

Marketing & Business Expert, Entrepreneur, Twitter Royalty

How Tweet He Is…..In a world where Ashton Kutcher is the “King of Twitter”; Guy Kawasaki is Prince Charming…. He has had an extraordinary influence on how this social media network is used for businesses and building your personal brand. His expertise on building a brand roots back to the mid 80s when he worked for Apple and was marketing the Macintosh.

Guy is an active writer having published 9 books and is changing the world one blog post on How to Change the World – A Practical Blog for Impractical People. He also publishes Alltop.com a site that aggregates the latest headlines from the worlds most reliable sources (helps to avoid search engine overload). We think he is a wonderful role model for new Twitter users (if ever in doubt, ask yourself – What Would GK do?) He believes in 2 way communication because he listens and responds to his followers. If you want to get an idea of what will be hot in the future- stay in touch with Guy….he always seems to be ahead of the rest of us.

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Check out the Top 100 Lenses on Squidoo!

As part of her List of Favorite Social Media Sites, Amy mentioned SQUIDOO - a popular a network of web pages (called “lenses”) that users can build on any and every topic under the sun! The site’s creator Seth Godin encourages lensmasters to donate their royalties to charities, including the Acumen Fund. In October 2008, Squidoo donated $80,000 to charity. This is another reason why we love Seth Godin!

So the idea behind Squidoo is that anyone can create a lens about anything that they are passionate about. This means you can build a lens too!

And the reason it’s one of our web marketing obsessions is because you can leverage Squidoo to enhance your marketing strategy! By creating lenses that focus on a specific aspect of your product or service and serving up quality content that is relevant and informative (being entertaining doesn’t hurt either!), your lens can rank for that specific topic and link back to your web site.

This offers great value for linkbuilding, driving visitor traffic, and PR. It also helps give your web site a boost in organic search as your lens will show up in searches (on the Squidoo engine as well as major search engines) for key terms. Search engines like Google seem to favor certain websites – and Squidoo is definitely one of them. And by strategically creating our own lens, you too can benefit from Squidoo’s SEO authority!

Improve Your Search Engine Visibility
Your Squidoo lens will act like your own mini-site that will achieve it’s own rank in Google as well as improve the search engine rank of your main web site.

It also offers a way to promote your company’s blog by incorporating a feed with your latest headlines – so there is always fresh content from blog constantly rotating on your lens!

Optimize Your Lenses with Keywords
Squidoo lets you include 40 keyword tags with each lens! So make sure you use as many relevant tags in all variations (think long-tail phrases too). Also, make sure your titles, subtitles and copy is keyword rich.

Create Multuple URLs
Break your lens up into multiple modules, or sections. This enhances usability by offering readers a logical progression to your content. Additionally, each module gets a separate URL, which can be indexed by engines to return yet another search result!

Squidoo Makes Multi-Channel Marketing Fun And Easy
As Amy mentioned in her post, you can also expand on your content by adding modules that connect with other social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. You can also provide additional value to users by promoting even more interactions – For example, link to your favorite books or products via Amazon!

Extra credit: Check out SquidWho
Seth’s latest experiment on the Squidoo platform helps you tell another story about your product or service. And the best part is, your SquidWho lens taps into the tools and power of the mighty Squidoo engine!