Ken McCarthy (a pioneer in online marketing… really!) reveals his Top Ten list of books that have made the “biggest” impact on his business.
I did a few searches and found 4 available online for free. The links are added. I also, see I am missing 2. Time for a late Christmas present. ![]()
From Ken McCarthy’s Blog
Ken says… “The secret, ‘they’ hope you never find out”
As I’ve told all my students since Day One and repeat at every System Seminar: “Soak your brains in these books.They will change your life.”
… The most successful marketers I know are invariably the most serious readers – and the very best ones never stop.
Here is Ken’s Top 10 Reading List
- My Life in Advertising – Claude Hopkins
- Tested Advertising Methods – John Caples (Fourth edition or earlier)
- How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling – Frank Bettger
- Scientific Advertising – Claude Hopkins
- How to Write a Good Advertisement – Victor Schwab
- My First Sixty Years in Advertising – Maxwell Sackheim
- Secrets of Successful Direct Mail – Richard Benson
- Breakthrough Advertising – Eugene Schwartz
- The Robert Collier Letter Book – Robert Collier
- Common Sense Direct and Digital Marketing – Drayton Bird
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