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About Drew Meyers
Drew Meyers currently runs ESM Exec Designs, a design shop specializing in corporate and personal blog design. Travel addict managing Oh Hey World, a travel blog focused on generation X & Y, and real estate technology enthusiast. In his free time, Drew enjoys reading, traveling the world, spending time with passionate people, and is active member of the microfinance community.
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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Snail Nail Marketers Still Don’t Freaking Get It
The picture below shows what awaited me in my mailbox today: Those papers were immediately discarded into my “spam box” in my kitchen. Why don’t snail nail spammers get with the program? This crap doesn’t work. Though I’m obviously biased, if I was a marketer trying to reach a local audience, I’d choose to use showcase ads to buy share of voice in a ZIP code over snail mail anyday of the week.
The Airlines are Hurting
I haven’t flown much over the past few months, but I had the chance to fly to Houston last week to attend REBarCamp and noticed something I haven’t experienced before — an airline charging for a (non acoholic) beverage. Even though it’s just $2, it still feels wrong to have to pay for a beverage on an airplane that cost me $400 to get on. If airline executives really want to charge for the beverages served on board (which have always been free in the past), just add another $2 to the cost of the ticket — 99.99% of the people won’t notice the difference and you won’t give the impression of being cheap. Is … Continue reading
The Thought of Self-Publishing a Book
I’ve often wondered whether I’ll end up writing a book at some point in my career. I still don’t have the answer to that question, but there’s an article at MediaShift that’s worth a quick read for those who have thought about writing a book — 6 Ways Authors Can Succeed by Self-Publishing Books.
Off to Houston for REBarCamp Tomorrow
I’m off to Houston tomorrow morning for REBarCamp Houston — looking forward to my first ever trip to Texas (outside of the Houston airport)! If you’re in the Houston area and want to meet up at some point, shoot me a mail at meyers dot drew at gmail (dot) com.
Can BarTab Work? Yes — If Yelp Buys Them
Facebook announced the 25 recipients of their fbFund who received $25k grants today — BarTab was on the list and the description caught my attention: Send a drink to a friend, with Facebook! BarTab allows users to send real drinks to each other for only $1. Drinks are redeemed through the user’s cell phone at partnered bars and restaurants. I think a lot of pieces will have to fall into place for this to work, but there is potential for this application to both improve drinking for the 21-30 crowd and increase overall sales at bars & resaurants. Here are a few challenges they’ll need to overcome: critical mass of bar goers awareness with bar … Continue reading
