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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: April 2011
Tungle.me Acquired by RIM
I’m a big fan of Tungle.me since Jim clued me into their scheduling platform. But all great things must come to an end I guess. And today Tungle.me announced they have been acquired by RIM. This is the funny part from their announcement email I received this morning: Today, we’re excited to announce that Tungle has been acquired by RIM. What does this mean for you? It means that Tungle is about to get even better. Does anyone believe that? How often do startups get BETTER after they are acquired? It does happen, but it’s not the norm. I wish it were true. But I’m not holding my breath.
Living Up To, and Reaching, Your Full Potential
The topic Darin at Productivity Junkies covers today is a good one — “Are you living up to your full potential?“. On that same topic, I’d recommend watching this short video I posted a couple months ago. Don’t be one of those people meandering around life without any idea about why you are doing what you are doing. PS, the movie Darin mentions — Limitless — looks awesome; it’s on my short list.
Becoming an A-List Blogger
Just randomly thinking tonight whether Jason Calcanis‘ advice from a couple years ago to becoming an “A-List blogger” still holds true? The advice was: Go to Techememe Blog something intelligent about the top story of the day Link to and mention all the people who have said something intelligent Repeat for 30 days Go to a couple conferences a month You’re an A-list blogger. I just found an entire membership site revolving around becoming an A-List Blogger, so maybe there is a little more to it? What do you think? Is it still that easy? What does “a-list blogger” mean anyway? What got me thinking about this? I don’t know. Call it a random Sunday … Continue reading
Google Offers is a Branding Mistake
Personally, I don’t understand “Google Offers” from a branding perspective (TechCrunch article on Google Offers). If they want to take on Groupon (and we all know they do) – they should build a new brand from scratch to give it a chance to succeed. Google is known for SEARCH; not deals. Overcoming that is going to be challenging, and I don’t get why they’d try. But that’s just me.
Kenya Memories
I miss Kenya. Such a great time and amazing people. Powerful memories. I need to go back at some point soon. And build a school. SO much to do.
When You Buy ANYTHING, do You Want to Pay For Time Spent on Other Clients Who Don’t Work Out?
No. Of course not. You’d rather only pay for the time someone actually spends on your specific business transaction. Tonight, I came across this post about commissions in Zillow Advice and it caught my attention, and in particular the following two excerpts (for different reasons). The first relates to the reality of overhead in any business, it was by Dunes: 6% of a $700,000 home is $42,000 Do your most common I have to split with yadda…$10,500 for each Agent (Buyer/Seller) and each of the 2 Agencies Pay for Marketing? and your marketing is? Cost what? Time? What time? doing what? You figure your time is worth what?..Why? When Robert pays $42,000 (Agents say the … Continue reading
