About Zach

20 May 2009 by Zach Davis, 7 Comments »

Zach Davis

Reverse Chronological Order of Important Events

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April 2012: Tim Ferriss likes Appalachian Trials.

February 2012: Zach takes the position as the director of marketing for Tech Cocktail.

January 2012: Zach publishes his first book, Appalachian Trials, a psychological and emotional guide to thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. He trades the Pepto Bismol for champagne when the reviews come back overwhelmingly positive.

September 2011: Zach completes his thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail.

March 2011: Zach embarks on the Appalchian Trail.

January 2011: Friend John tells Zach of his intentions to hike a 2,181 mile trail that extends from Georgia to Maine. Zach thinks John is insane. Zach decides to join John. Zach realizes that he too is insane .

October 2010: Zach learns that being self-employed is both a blessing and a curse. He dedicates a nauseating amount of hours to staring at his computer screen. Unsatisfied, he looks for a way to snap the unsatisfying routine.

January 2010: Zach discovers that his passion for sports has been surpassed by his passion to write and scratch the creative itch. He switches careers to become a self-employed Internet Marketer and a featured writer for Tech Cocktail.

2009: With only six weeks of training, Zach runs his first marathon. He vows that it will be his last. Little does he know…

2008: Zach graduates with a BBA in Marketing from the UW School of Business. Despite his deep admiration of Madison, Wisconsin he seeks reprieve from the miserable whore that is Midwest winters. He flees to the consistently ideal climate of San Diego to take a job working in the San Diego Padres front office. Win.

2006: Zach studies abroad in London. He loses lots of weight, all from his wallet. Traveling addiction commences.

2005: 2005 renders zero memories. Too much drinking.

2004: Zach attends the University of Madison-Wisconsin and in the process develops a new passion for education. Even more so, he also enjoys not living at home. Adventure/education addiction commences.

2003: Bored with school, Zach runs a satirical campaign to get his friend Tyson elected as Prom King. This campaign includes between-class, live performances of original sophomoric songs in the hallways and informational pamphlets posted throughout the school’s walls. Tyson is elected Prom King.

2002: Zach takes his first stab at an entrepreneurial venture in starting a profitable ticket resale operation.

2001: Zach discovers that being fat is un-fun. He develops a mild obsession with exercise.

1999: Despite good grades, Zach is repeatedly sent to the principal’s office for making friends laugh (or “disturbing classmates” from the vantage point of those who don’t appreciate said humor). Parents forget to punish. No lessons are learned.

1998: To add to his computer game addiction, Zach discovers online chat rooms. More hours than can be counted are wasted debating who should be the Chicago Bears starting quarterback with strangers. As it turns out, the correct answer was, “it doesn’t matter”.

1996: To complement his already highly sedentary lifestyle, Zach develops a passion for both video and computer games.

1990-1995: Zach develops a severe sports addiction as a direct result of being in the Chicago-land area during the reign of Michael Jordan. This is both humorous and tortuously ironic because young Zach is quite fat and un-athletic.

December 1985: Zach escapes the womb. His plot to escape the working world would begin minutes later.

Contact Zach at:

thegoodbadger@gmail.com

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Meghan

how does one procure a zrdavis t-shirt?
http://zrdavis.com zachrd99

Hahaha.

Answer = $5.

As in how much I will pay you to wear that every day.
http://tips2liveby.tumblr.com Meredith Sletten

Frederick Cichy pretty much ruined my life by showing your blog to me. Until this sad moment, I had dreams that my blog would someday be all the rave. Perhaps one day it will, but it’s apparent you currently have me beat. Bottom line: I like.
http://zrdavis.com/ zrdavis

Meredith-

1) Thank you for the kind words. I aim to ruin lives so your comment brings me only joy.

2) You’ve got Fred in your life, so I’m afraid you’re the one who has me beat.

3) In terms of being a good blogger (not to be confused with a good badger), you already possess the most crucial ingredient- the ability to write. Without this, there is no hope, so kudos to you. Not that I should be giving pointers on how to “be all the rave”, but in my experience developing a community on one’s site has a lot more to do with what you do off your site than on it (commenting, networking, begging on street corners, etc.). I like your approach of giving a learning lesson backed examples in your own life. Too many blogs fail because they’re simply talking about their daily lives, which is basically an extension of their Facebook page. Only celebrities can pull off the mega-ego approach. The more value you have to offer, the higher your ceiling. You’re doing a great job, so keep on keeping on.

When I get eaten by a Black Bear, you can have my readers. I’m writing that into the will as we speak. Please take good care of them.

Zach
DIYDAD

Holy shit! I’ve been involved in Internet Marketing since 1997. We need to compare notes at some point in the future.

I own a number of active sites that generate about half my income at the moment. I have a JOB too where I am the eCommerce manager. I kind of do it all….SEO, SEM, Internet Marketing, creative writing, blogging, Magento,etc.

Look forward to following the rest of your AT trek.
annnnnonymous

Job? You’d be much more marketable if you bring your creativity and marketing to the Pacific Crest Trail. Dooooo it.