Kenneth A. McArthur

In 2014, McArthur started to re-focus his events around his Impact brand and advanced marketing thought leadership.

In 2013, the brainchild of Seth Godin, Change This, selected McArthur's manifesto, The Impact Manifesto: You Make A Difference Whether You Want To Or Not, for publication which places it in the company of manifesto's from Seth Godin, Hugh MacLeod, Guy Kawasaki, Chris Anderson, Jay Conrad Levinson, Tom Peters, Malcolm Gladwell and Robert Scoble.

In 2013, McArthur created a continuing series of Impact Factor pod casts about creating massive impact for ideas, products and services and making a real difference in a very noisy world.

In 2011, McArthur began a series of One Day Intensive events around the United States to do small group mentoring and masterminds as well as his Impact Meetups which has grown to over 20 locations world-wide.

In 2010, McArthur was featured in the Fast Company Influence Project and listed in the Top-20 Most Influential People Online.

In 2009, McArthur's best-selling book, IMPACT: How to Get Noticed Motivate Millions and Make a Difference in a Noisy World, was chosen by PR Channel and listed as the number one choice in its "6 Must-Read Books for Public Relations People" list.

In 2009, McArthur founded Tobri, LLC and created a social network called Tobri.com that in beta mode reached the top 3,000 sites on the Internet according to Alexa.com

From 2005 until 2014, McArthur held a series of live events called jvAlert Live in which he brought together top-level marketers to create joint ventures and learn about the latest marketing techniques.

In 2003, McArthur created a joint venture alert system called jvAlert.com and on September 15, 2003 it was ranked by Alexa.com as number 362 out of all of the Websites on the Internet and was added to its Movers and Shakers list of top-ranked Websites.

In 2002 he launched Affiliate Showcase.com an affiliate program search engine and directory system based on the Portalcube software which was ranked in the top 3,000 Websites on the Internet by Alexa.com.

In 2000, McArthur developed a community based portal system called Portalcube which he marketed to non-profit organizations seeking to create highly engaged communities online.

In 1999, McArthur created the MBS Internet research Center, one of the first online research organizations based on the Internet.

In 1997, McArthur left the corporate world to found McArthur Business Systems an Internet development organization for McArthur's activities focused on creating massive impact.

In 1994 McArthur was selected by Arete, Inc. to become part of a key team of programmers working on forecasting and logistical software for PepsiCo, Inc, where he was able to develop experience with the power of the Internet at the start of the Dot Com boom.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, McArthur graduated from Delta High School in Delta, Colorado in 1968 and became an entrepreneur with the purchase of a pet store in Lakeland, Florida at the age of 20. McArthur pursued a variety of interests over the 25 years becoming a policeman, recording studio owner, programmer and music teacher.

Ken McArthur (born Kenneth A. McArthur on July, 17th 1950), is an American author, entrepreneur, marketer, event producer, speaker and business consultant.