One of the great privileges provided by the Writer’s Extravaganza is the chance for aspiring writers to be mentored by world-class leaders like John Kilcullen, the marketing genius behind the For Dummies™ series of books. John is a renowned entrepreneur, branding expert, and business executive with expertise in advertising, retail, wholesale and global distribution, sponsorships, subscriptions, joint venture partnerships, and direct-to-consumer revenue models. John is one of the most prominent contemporary media industry leaders with proven proficiency in turning ideas into business opportunities.
John has been a leader and speaker at many conferences related to books, magazines, the Internet, mobile media, and the evolving world of digital media. As a founding member of IDG Publishing, he led the company to more than $240 million in revenue in 10 years. His marketing genius guided the creation of the company’s For Dummies™ brand. The continual content produced by the For Dummies™ line has created dozens of top selling books on the Billboard, Business Week, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal best seller lists. With more than 100 million copies in print, the line embraces more than 20 languages and includes videos, board games, multimedia CDs, and a popular [http://www.dummies.com/ website].
John’s accomplishments as Senior Vice President of Nielsen Business Media’s Music and Literary/Film & Performing Arts Groups included launching Billboard.Latino.MSN.com, Billboard Radio Monitor, Billboard.biz, Mobile Entertainment Live and the DEMMX executive conference series, which showcases mobile and digital entertainment excellence. He is a publisher of Billboard and the Hollywood Reporter, and involved with Back Stage, Film Journal International, The Bookseller, Kirkus Reviews, and several film-related expos and conferences. John has continued to produce business opportunities and create financially successful joint ventures and partnerships globally within the rapidly changing mobile and digital entertainment industries. He and his team took the company public in 1998, receiving 155 editorial quality awards along the way, and sold the company to John Wiley and Sons in 2001.
Over the course of his career, John has received many awards recognizing his business acumen, including recognition as a key influencer in Folio Magazine’s 2006 Folio 40 List, Media Industry Newsletters “21 Most Intriguing People 2006” List, Ernst and Young’s 1999 Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and awards from Advertising Age and The Irish America Magazine. Profiled in Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, The New York Times, People, the San Francisco Chronicle, Success, Selling Power, and USA Today, John has also appeared on popular television shows in the USA and many other countries.
John Kilcullen frequently lectures on corporate entrepreneurship at the School for Executive Education at Babson College, on brand strategy at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, University, and on cross-media publishing at the Stanford Professional Publishing Course. He graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Communications from Fordham College, and has taken executive development courses at Babson and Stanford. He lives in Pacific Palisades, California with his wife, Jessica, and their three sons.
John will be joining a world-renowned panel of speakers and top industry experts to share his knowledge of creating, branding, and marketing life-changing business opportunities at the Writers Extravaganza. If you are ready to be mentored by the best as you turn your ideas into effective and successful action, [https://www.writerextravaganza.com/order.php?&affiliate=0 register now] to join us on May 6th and 7th.