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Ann Handley

Digital marketing & content expert. Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Keynote speaker. Writer & defender of the em dash.

Top VoiceMarketingUnited StatesGreater BostonView on LinkedIn

Followers

523,645

Typical engagement per post

1,458

How often they post

Every 2 weeks

Engagement per 1,000 followers

2.78

Profile figures as of October 2026.

About

As the world's first Chief Content Officer, Ann Handley speaks and writes about how you can rethink the way your business markets. Cited in Forbes as the most influential woman in Social Media and recognized by ForbesWoman as one of the top 20 women bloggers, Ann Handley is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs, a training company that empowers marketers internationally with the skills they need to drive success at their companies. Ann is a speaker, author, and member of the LinkedIn Influencer program. She is the author of the Wall Street Journal best-seller on business writing, "Everybody Writes," and the co-author of the best-selling book on content marketing, "Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business." A pioneer in digital marketing, Ann is the co-founder of ClickZ.com, which was one of the first sources of digital marketing news and commentary. Ann is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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