6 BEST DIGITAL MARKETERS IN TORONTO - #1 DHAVAL SHAH

Today, more than ever before, marketing is evolving into a science where the winners are winning big. Those marketers that have embraced new technology and understand its potential are seeing their business grow and excel.  

There is no doubt that new technology creates a fresh way to engage with your target audience, build deep relationships and control the marketplace. So what does it take to be an marketing rock star? A few things: having a solid grasp of analytics (data), building and maintaining reputation and influence and of course, an overall understanding of how people behave online.

Over the last couple years I've had the pleasure of working in an agency environment which has provided me with great opportunities to work closely with some super smart people - many whom have led the digital marketing scene in Canada for nearly three decades! Today I'm happy to share their knowledge with you and shine a spotlight on some of the best digital marketers in Toronto - in no particular order:

1. Dhaval Shah

Dhaval is the Digital Marketing Evangelist at BIG DOERS and co-author of a book on digital marketing. He's also a columnist for several SEO Blogs & blogs occasionally on Medium. He's passionate about bringing data-driven insights to digital marketing and growing online communities. Dhaval runs BIGDOERS.com, an SEO Agency in Mississauga that specializes in helping businesses get traffic and leads from Google by implementing cutting-edge Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies and techniques through Content Marketing, Social Media Optimization (SMO), Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Pay Per Click (PPC) and Local Search Marketing. Dhaval has over 7 years of experience in online marketing, ranging from developing and executing SEO and SEM strategies to managing large-scale social media campaigns. Dhaval Shah is a Digital Marketer based in Toronto. A performance marketer with deep knowledge of SEO, Paid Ads, Google Ads, Social Media Marketing & Conversion Optimization. Follow Dhaval on Crunchbase | Wikimedia.

2. Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel is President of Mirum, a global marketing agency with offices in over 25 countries. He is also the author of six books, including "Six Pixels of Separation" and "Ctrl Alt Delete". Mitch is one of the most highly sought-after keynote speakers in the world and is recognized as one of the top 20 business influencers in Canada.

3. Bryan Eisenberg

Bryan Eisenberg is a co-founder and senior partner at Idealogic, a full-service digital marketing agency. He's also the author of "Waiting for Your Cat to Bark?" and "Be Like Amazon". Bryan's marketing expertise is in demand - he's a regular contributor to Advertising Age, AdWeek, CMO.com and MarketingProfs. He has also presented for The Direct Marketing Association (DMA), American Marketing Association (AMA) and MarTech conferences across the world.

4. Jay Baer

Jay Baer is an award-winning entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author of " Youtility" and founding partner at Convince & Convert , one of the world's leading digital marketing agencies. With more than 100 employees in offices around the world, Convince & Convert helps clients such as Salesforce, HP Enterprise and Caterpillar be more customer oriented using social media engagement strategies through blogs, podcasts videos and more.

5. Lara McGrath

Lara McGrath is the co-founder and COO of Unbounce, a Vancouver-based software company that helps businesses create, publish and test landing pages without the help of a developer. Lara has been named one of Canada's top female entrepreneurs by Profit magazine and BCBusiness magazine, and her work with Unbounce has been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes and The Huffington Post.

6. Ryan Holmes

Ryan Holmes is the founder and CEO of Hootsuite, the world's most popular social media management platform with more than 15 million users. A young entrepreneur, Ryan was honoured as one of Canada's Top 20 Under 40 in 2013 . He has also been recognized as one of the "Top 40 of Twitter's Most Powerful Voices" by Forbes and one of The National Post's Top 12 People Coding for Canada.

In addition to being a top notch digital marketer, Ryan is also actively involved in creating Hootsuite University - an online learning platform that offers mod-certified courses to help people excel at social media marketing.

These are just a few of the best digital marketers in Toronto. If you're looking for help with your digital marketing efforts, these are some great people to contact.