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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: November 2011
Random, Serious Question about Fish
Do fish pee? Do they drink the water they swim in? Don’t ask me what brought this question up. But if you know the answer, let me know.
Klout
I’m not a fan of Klout. At all. I don’t see any value being added to the world by what they are doing. Jeff Turner just deleted his Klout profile, and ended the post with: I’d rather use my influence to make other people’s lives better. Mine’s pretty damn good already. That, my friends, is why I love Jeff Turner. If you are reading this post and don’t think you have it pretty damn good already, think again.
5 Money Making Ideas – Volume 7
Partner with Major League Soccer — and sell their MLS gear in Asia with a revenue share in place Traveler’s electronics service – buy/sell electronics and deliver them to travelers/expats all across the globe. You’d have to build an intricate delivery system that allows travelers to pick up goods and drop them off. For example, I’d happily deliver a Kindle from the states to someone in Asia/Africa/Europe/etc if I was on my way there anyway — particularly if I got a small delivery fee, or a discount on some other electronics equipment in return. A “breathalyzer” app for the iPhone/Android – charge $4.99 per download Travel T-shirts with random/out there/quirky travel slogans Thai food delivery to Portola, San Francisco. I … Continue reading
5 Money Making Ideas – Volume 6
I’m way behind, but here are another 5 ideas… Build a site around highlighting great and horrible social media stories. Charge marketings a monthly subscription for the content, and have someone available to help people find a specific story that would help them with their specific presentation. Build better consumer facing MLS sites (the new Sandicor one needs LOTS of work) Sell stuffed animals, and give one stuffed animal to charity for every one sold. Start a dating site targeted at white men who want to date asian women THIS
5 Money Making Ideas – Volume 5
Damn, I’ve missed 4 days of my 5 money making ideas a day — just goes to show you the challenge with pumping out blog posts every single day. Anyway, here is volume 5: Start a hostel in Hong Kong (the hostel I stayed at in Hong Kong a few years ago was the worst one I’ve ever been to) Hostel membership group – backpackers pay $30/mo for discounts to all hostels that are members. Paying for 4 hostels a month should equal the monthly membership fee. Hostels pay some small fee per month to be a member of the network. Come up with a formula for how many hostels per city to allow to … Continue reading
5 Money Making Ideas – Volume 4
Sewing aprons and selling them at farmer’s market (if i could sew) Moving to Nebraska to start a corn farm Run a food truck and sell elephant ears Move to Brooklyn and work on an urban farm, and start a YouTube show chronicling the experience Build the most “green” and environmentally self-sufficient school in the world 4 down, 361 days to go.
