iCitizens
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iCitizens are personal brands. Self-styled celebrities, long tail tastemakers, social networking sensations, millennial Web 2.0 mogul, and everyday people using the tools of the web to accomplish their goals. Tell us about someone you think is an icitizen and why brands would want to know about them. Give us their name, notoriety and network effect, a kind of name, rank and serial number so we can learn more about who’s populating the social web.
[edit] List of iCitizens
- Dr. Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford Not only is she a research scientist in neurophysiology at the University of California Davis, specializing in learning and memory, Sanford is also a rising new-media star as host of the radio show/podcast "This Week in Science", On Networks series "Food Science" and Revision3's "Pop Siren"
- Cali Lewis Coding web pages since the age of 14, the podcaster and online personality is best known as the host of her video tech podcast, Geek Brief
- Veronica Belmont The video game expert and former CNET producer has amassed tremendous online popularity as the co-host of the Revision3 show "Tekzilla" and the Playstation Network's show "Qore"
- iJustine Justine Ezarik, known as iJustine, is a 24 year old viral video comedian and lifecaster. She is considered one of the most-viewed new-media stars to date, contributing on her Justin.tv channel, ijustine.tv, "MacBreak" and her site tastyblogsnack.com
- Brian Killian Food blogger turned uber-influential when he aggregated food bloggers on his site - becoming a one-stop shop for brand-to-blogger outreach
- Nick Haley 18-year-old English student and Apple devotee catapulted to the spotlight when Apple remade his commercial
- KipkayMetaCafe's top video earner to date, earning more than $90,000
- Joel Levinson: Comedian and professional contest writer
- David Ponce: 26 year old MIS student and founder of oh Gizmo
- Bob Saldeen: Lead recycling effort in his office using The Point Social Media site to gather support of coworkers
- MoneyGuyBK: Gold Level Dell communty member with over 2400 posts to date
- Cheryl: One of 4 Fisk-a-teers - the crafting ambassadors!
- Tay Zonday: the YouTube star featured in a Dr. Pepper video
- Gary Vaynerchuk: Wine library TV founder on a mission to help everyone love and access wines
- Perez Hilton: Celebrity gossip blogger who inspires controversy with every post
- Harriet Klausner: Posted more than 14,000 book reviews on amazon.com
- Frank Warren: Started online community art project based on secret confessions sent on postcards
- William Sledd: Internet phenom and star of “Ask a Gay Man" fashion series
- Ze Frank: Digital performance artist
- Jaymes Thorp: British Television Personality inspired from Youtube UK
