Dan S. Kennedy
Dan S. Kennedy is an American business author and direct-response marketing strategist whose work centers on copywriting, sales, entrepreneurship, and customer acquisition. He is best known for The Ultimate Sales Letter, How to Make Millions with Your Ideas, and the No B.S. series, and has written more than 20 business books.
Biography & Author's Journey
Dan S. Kennedy built his reputation from the pragmatic side of American business rather than from a university podium. Raised in northeast Ohio, around Bath and Barberton, he has described an early exposure to sales and to the local direct-mail world associated with copywriter Gary Halbert. Kennedy took a first freelance copywriting assignment while still in high school, tried a brief stint in traditional advertising, and quickly concluded that image advertising often served agencies better than clients who needed measurable returns. By his own account, his lasting education came through self-directed study of mail order, salesmanship, and response-driven media, and he has said he has worked entirely in direct response since 1975. ((https://ilovemarketing.com/episode-16the-one-with-dan-kennedy/))
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"Dan Kennedy is a celebrated direct marketing and direct-response advertising strategic advisor"
— Forbes Books
"Craig Simpson and Dan Kennedy paint a powerful picture of the 'A to Z' you need to know about direct mail"
— Dr. Tom Orent
"Dan Kennedy didn’t just influence direct response marketing. He redefined it"
— Digital Journal
"DAN KENNEDY is Founder of Magnetic Marketing(R), Renegade Millionaire(R) system, and one of the most revered marketing advisors"
— Bookshop.org
"In direct contrast, this book details how to take Dan Kennedy-style direct response marketing and apply it to social media to ensure real results"
— Rich Schefren
"Dan S. Kennedy is the provocative, truth-telling author of the popular "No B.S." book series"
— Bookshop.org
"Dan S. Kennedy is a multi-millionaire serial entrepreneur with past and present interests in diverse businesses"
— Porchlight Book Company
"Dan Kennedy is one of those people who really delivers"
— Gary Halbert
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