About Zach

20 May 2009 by zachrd99, 7 Comments »

Zach Davis

Reverse Chronological Order of Important Events

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December 2011: In anticipation of the completion of his soon-to-be released book, Appalachian Trials, Zach begins seeking the ideal company to contribute his skill set to.

September 2011: Zach completes his thru-hike of the Appalachian 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 can be both a blessing and a curse. More hours than he is comfortable with are spent in front of the screen of his laptop. Unsatisfied, he begins seeking a radical change to his current lifestyle.

January 2010: Zach discovers that his passion for sports has been surpassed by his passion to write and build engaging content. He switches careers and becomes a self-employed Internet Marketer and a featured writer for Tech Cocktail.

2009: With only six weeks of training, Zach successfully runs his first marathon.

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

2006: Zach is turned onto the prospect of studying abroad. He spends the next half year in London and traveling around Europe. The traveling addiction begins to take shape.

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 begins to take shape.

2003: Bored with school, Zach runs a satirical campaign to get his friend Tyson elected as Prom King. The campaign includes live performances of original sophomoric songs in the hallways as well as 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 his own profitable ticket resale operation.

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

1999: Despite getting straight A’s throughout most of his scholastic career, Zach continues to regularly get in trouble for disturbing the class in attempts of making friends laugh. Parents forget to lecture or 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 complete strangers.

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.

Contact Zach at:

thegoodbadger@gmail.com

May I also suggest joining the Good Badger Facebook party?

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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.