Dave Kerpen

Dave Kerpen

NY, US
Dave is a serial entrepreneur, New York Times best selling author, and global keynote speaker. He is the Founder and CEO of Likeable Local, and Chairman of Likeable Media.

Dave Kerpen is the founder and CEO of Likeable Local, a social media software company serving thousands of small businesses, as well as the cofounder and Chairman of Likeable Media, an award-winning social media and content marketing agency.

Following Kerpen's sponsored wedding which raised over $100,000 including $20K for charity, he and his wife Carrie started and transformed theKBuzz (founded in 2007) into Likeable Media, the only 3-time WOMMY Award winner for excellence from the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the US according to INC Magazine for consecutive years. Kerpen is among the most popular writers in LinkedIn's Influencer program, one of the most-read contributors for Inc.com , and has been featured by CNBC, BBC, ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Early Show, the TODAY Show, the New York Times, and more.

He has also keynoted at dozens of conferences across the globe including Singapore, Athens, Dubai, San Francisco and Mexico City. Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook and Other Social Networks, was Kerpen's first New York Times bestselling book. He followed Likeable Social Media with two more bestselling books, Likeable Business and Likeable Leadership. His fourth book, The Art of People, offers 53 bite-sized, easy-to-execute, and often counterintuitive tips, to learn and master the 11 People Skills that will get readers more of what they want at work, at home, and in life.

Dave Kerpen is the founder and CEO of Likeable Local, a social media software company serving thousands of small businesses, as well as the cofounder and Chairman of Likeable Media, an award-winning social media and content marketing agency.

Following Kerpen's sponsored wedding which raised over $100,000 including $20K for charity, he and his wife Carrie started and transformed theKBuzz (founded in 2007) into Likeable Media, the only 3-time WOMMY Award winner for excellence from the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the US according to INC Magazine for consecutive years. Kerpen is among the most popular writers in LinkedIn's Influencer program, one of the most-read contributors for Inc.com , and has been featured by CNBC, BBC, ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Early Show, the TODAY Show, the New York Times, and more.

He has also keynoted at dozens of conferences across the globe including Singapore, Athens, Dubai, San Francisco and Mexico City. Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook and Other Social Networks, was Kerpen's first New York Times bestselling book. He followed Likeable Social Media with two more bestselling books, Likeable Business and Likeable Leadership. His fourth book, The Art of People, offers 53 bite-sized, easy-to-execute, and often counterintuitive tips, to learn and master the 11 People Skills that will get readers more of what they want at work, at home, and in life.

Get What You Want By Improving Your People Skills

  • A powerful speech directed wider audience
  • Dave shares his life experiences
  • Dave elaborates on the eleven key areas he highlights in his book, The Art of People
Inspirational / Life-changing

7 Simple Ways to Get Results.

  • This topic is mostly targeted at business owners and marketers
  • Dave demonstrates the power and value of social media marketing
  • Dave leaves the audience with action-item take-aways that they can use to drive business results
Educational / Informative

Why It Pays To Be Likeable

  • Dave combines branding and personal skills in this keynote
  • He shares the value of creating a strong network has had on his life and how it can help you (the audience)
  • Dave explains the value of social media with regards to marketing and beyond
Educational / Informative

How to Infuse Entrepreneurship Skills Into Everything You Do

  • Dave shares his secrets to entrepreneurial success
  • The take-aways can improve any and everyone's life, regardless of if they are an entrepreneur.
  • Dave demonstrates the power of personal branding, and how it adds value to everyone's life
Inspirational / Life-changing