# Harry Dry

> Harry Dry is a British solo entrepreneur and the creator of Marketing Examples, the self-proclaimed #1 marketing newsletter with 130,000+ subscribers. Built from a pre-marathon epiphany in Paris in May 2019, his newsletter distills world-class marketing and copywriting into sharp, visual, bite-sized breakdowns sent every Monday. With zero paid ads, he grew an audience of 110,000+ across platforms, earned the endorsement of writer David Perell who called him 'the best copywriter I know,' and turned a $1,000 investment into a full-time business - all while operating as a one-man show.

- **Role:** Founder at Marketing Examples
- **Organizations:** Marketing Examples
- **From:** Guildford, United Kingdom
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** Economics (did not complete), University (London)
- **Known for:** Built Marketing Examples to 130,000+ email subscribers with zero paid advertising, Grew combined social following to 110,000+ organically across Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Named '#1 marketing newsletter' by subscribers

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Left university in second year to pursue coding and entrepreneurship
- **2017** — Worked at Crowdform, a London web development agency, negotiating part-time (2 days/week) to pursue side projects
- **2017** — Launched 140 Canvas - printed fake tweets as canvases for £30; 17,000 visitors, only 20 sales
- **2018** — Created Yeezy.Dating, a dating site for Kanye West fans with 'Taylor Swift fans are banned' tagline - 2,500 signups in 24 hours, covered by The Guardian and Fox News
- **2019-05** — While in Paris for a marathon, watched a Muhammad Ali documentary the night before the race and was inspired to build Marketing Examples
- **2019-05** — Founded Marketing Examples (marketingexamples.com) with a $1,000 investment
- **2019** — Landed first newsletter sponsor Email Octopus; went full-time on Marketing Examples
- **2020** — Reached 38,000 email subscribers in first year of the newsletter
- **2022** — Surpassed 130,000 email subscribers with zero paid advertising
- **2023** — Continued growing newsletter and social presence; launched 'Roast My Homepage' service

## Achievements

- Built Marketing Examples to 130,000+ email subscribers with zero paid advertising
- Grew combined social following to 110,000+ organically across Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram
- Named '#1 marketing newsletter' by subscribers
- Endorsed by David Perell as 'the best copywriter I know'
- Yeezy.Dating viral campaign covered by The Guardian and Fox News
- Converted a $1,000 investment and 160 days of work into a full-time business
- 42,800+ Twitter/X followers, 53,300+ LinkedIn followers, 26,000+ Instagram followers
- Featured in multiple top marketing and indie hacker podcasts
- Launched popular 'Roast My Homepage' copywriting critique service

## Latest updates

- **2023-01** — Continued publishing weekly newsletter to 130,000+ subscribers with Monday editions featuring 3 marketing examples, 2 copywriting tips, and 1 favorite tweet
- **2023-06** — LinkedIn following surpassed 53,000 with strong organic growth of ~1,900 new followers per month
- **2023-09** — Running 'Roast My Homepage' service offering copywriting critiques of landing pages

## Links

- Website: https://marketingexamples.com
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/harrydry
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/harrydry
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketing_examples/

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Last updated: 2026-04-23