A Complete Compilation of the 2012 #FollowFriday Recommendations

As most of you know, there is a thing called #FollowFriday that happens on Twitter.

At its purest, it has good intentions – highlight the people you like to follow on Twitter so others can get to know them too.

But, like anything else in life, people got lazy and found shortcuts and suddenly your Twitter stream every Friday was full of tweets that just had Twitter handles included without any context or reason to follow those people.

There is no value in that and, let’s be real, it’s pretty annoying.

So, on May 29, 2009, we started doing #FF a little bit differently. At first, it was a list of people in a blog post with a couple of sentences about each person. Eventually it evolved into one person per week and has become one of our most popular blog posts.

Here is the complete compilation of the 2012 recommendations.

1. Kristine Simpson: You can find her on Twitter, Google+, and Running a PR Life…and even interviewed by us on Inside PR as The Real Podcaster.
2. Krista Giuffi: You can find her on Twitter, on LinkedIn, on SlideShare, and blogging at PR in Pink.
3. Tyler Orchard: You can find him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, and writing at Talking Points, his blog.
4. Tony Bennett: You can find all of his social networks by clicking here.
5. Adam Justice: He has a couple of websites and blogs (you can find him writing about social media atadamjustice.me and about technology and the web at adam-justice.com), but mostly you should check out Social Media Sun.
6. Frank Strong: You can find Frank on Twitter, on LinkedIn, on Google+, on the Vocus blog, and writing on his own blog, The Sword and the Script.
7. Heather Tweedy: Check her out on Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and her own blog.
8. Paul Roberts: Check him out on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, or even old school it and email him.
9. Andy and Trout: So check them out, subscribe, friend them  on Facebook, and tell them I sent you so I can get buttons!
10. Keith Privette: Check him out on Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Facebook, and on his blog.
11. Ifdy Perez: heck her out on Twitter, Google+,LinkedIn, Pinterest (!!!), and on Blip TV where she does an Ignite presentation on Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington.
12. Patti Knight: You can find her on Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, our Facebook page, in the comments here, and as my keeper.
13. Paul Sutton: You can find him on Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Bottle PR Uncorked, and FutureComms.
14. Kevin Fawley: Check him out on Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, at Fearless Hustle, and on my favorite…Pinterest!
15. Andrea Hypno: You can find him on Twitter, Google+, on StumbleUpon, on his blog, and in the comments here several times a week
16. Ted Weismann: You can find Ted at Down to Social Business, on Twitter, on Google+, on LinkedIn, and on Facebook
17. Dallas Kincaid: You can check him out on Twitter, his blog, and maybe (if you’re really nice) he’ll accept you as a Facebook friend
18. Kelly Dietrich: He’s not really online, but you can check out his recommendation by clicking the link over there <—–.
19. Lisa Grimm: Check her out on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and her blog
20. Lisa Gerber: You can find her on Twitter, Google+, and her blog at Big Leap Creative.
21. Pat Rhoads: This is a little bit different recommendation. Pat lost his wife unexpectedly and wrote about his loss. You can find the first post here. You’ll also find Pat’s and Rowan’s (their daughter) first Christmas without Aimee, and their anniversary, and Valentine’s Day, and her birthday, and Mother’s Day.
22. Michael Bowers: You can find Mike on Twitter, Ideas to Deals (his blog), and hanging out on the Ohio Growth Summit blog
23. Nate Riggs: You can find Nate all over the web, including Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Vimeo(where you’ll see a video with me; skip to the very end to see the outtakes), Quora,Google+, and his blog.
24. Rebecca Todd: You can find her on Twitter and LinkedIn.
25. Yvette Pistorio: You can find her on Twitter (Spin Sucks and personal), Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest,Google+, and here.
26. Deb Dobson: You can find her on Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and on Just My Take (even though she hasn’t posted there in nearly a year, which I will shame her into doing).
27. Anne Reuss: You can find Anne not only on her personal accounts (Twitter, Pinterest,Google+, LinkedIn, and her own blog), but also on Twitter and Facebook for 360Connext.
28. Jennifer Windrum: Like her SMAC! Facebook page so you are updated as her lung cancer campaign grows, subscribe to WTF, Lung Cancer?
29. Allen Mireles: You can find her on Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, on our Facebook page, and on her own blog
30. Barrett Rossie: He’s on his blog, he’s on Twitter, he’s on Google+, and he’s onLinkedIn.
31. Lindsay Bell: You can follow her on Twitter, find her on Google+, connect with her on LinkedIn, subscribe to her blog, or hang out with her on Spin Sucks.
32. Ralph Dopping: There are many places you can check him out online, including: Twitter, Facebook,LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, and his blog.
33. Kate Finley: Follow her on Twitter, subscribe to her blog, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
34. Karl Sprague: Follow him (on Twitter), connect with him (on LinkedIn), and read and subscribe to his blog.
35. Adam Toporek: You can find him on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. You also should subscribe to his blog
36. Laura Click: You can find her on Twitter, Google+,LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slideshare, and on her blog.
37. Bill Dorman: You can find him on his blog, on Google+, on LinkedIn, and on Twitter.
38. Tom Webster:  You can find him on Brand Savant, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and on an awesome podcast with Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson.
39. Kat Krieger: You can find her on Twitter, Google+,Pinterest (!!!), LinkedIn, and the Brand Fast-Trackers blog.
40. Andy Crestodina: You can find him on Twitter, Google+,LinkedIn, and on the Orbit Media blog.
41. Carmelo Bryan: You can find him on Facebook, LinkedIn,Google+, and Twitter. And, if you have a few extra minutes to spare, I highly recommend you read his story.
42. Joe Thornley: You can find him on Twitter, Google+, Flickr, LinkedIn,Pro PR (his blog), and on Inside PR, in our Facebook group, or in our Google+ community.
43. Heidi Massey: You can find Heidi on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and on The Nonprofit Connection.

There will not be a Gin and Topics or The Three Things this week.

Have a happy weekend and a very happy New Year! See you in 2013!