Welcome to my little corner of the marketing world. My name is Andrew Kordek and I am currently the Manager of Optimization at Groupon. I have spent almost 17 years in sales and marketing, am a recognized email industry expert and an avid learner of new ways to become a better marketer. I am bold in my approach to marketing and love to push the envelope as often as I get. I understand the mentality of the sales side and market in reality, rather than corporate fluff. I am an advocate in doing what is right, rather than what is quick.
I blog for passion and love of marketing.
I am a competitive softball player with an incredible family life. I enjoy my privacy when I am off the grid and I love hanging out at home raising my son, being a great husband and grilling and chillin in the summer time. Music, church, family, the Cubs and football are five things that I hold sacred.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and if you have any suggestions, feel free to drop me a line.
A couple other places you find me are:
Twitter: @andrewkordek
AIM: andrewkordek
***The posts on this blog are provided “as is” with no warranties and confer no rights. The opinions expressed on this site are mine and mine alone, and do not necessarily represent those of my employer***
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The Stovers 8:48 pm on February 7, 2007 Permalink |
We were here, interesting blob! You are really high-tech.
Assalyma !
Chris Hoskin 10:54 am on June 22, 2007 Permalink |
Chris Hoskin 2:06 pm on August 6, 2007 Permalink |
Andrew,
I wonder if you could give me (us) an update on your viral Quest videos. I would really appreciate your comments on lessons learned if it’s possible?
Chris from rawstylus.wordpress.com
Rob Dunn 10:29 am on October 31, 2007 Permalink |
Hey, like the blog…it’s personal with some information regarding corporate tech & Quest info thrown in there for good measure. Like it a lot.
Funny thing was I saw your address (thescrappysoftwaremarketer), and I almost thought it said theCrappysoftwaremarketer, and thought “that’s not a good name…”
Nonetheless, I got a good laugh out of it!
Will be checking back again (btw, LOVE SoW).
Regards,
Rob
thescrappysoftwaremarketer 10:33 am on October 31, 2007 Permalink |
Hey Rob,
Yup…I pick your blog up when you reviewed SOW and then visited. Glad you like it and if you ever need anything relating to that product, let me know as I have the direct line to some folks. Glad you like the blog as I will be checking out your blog as well. Cheers.
Kirk Brown 9:19 pm on December 12, 2007 Permalink |
Hey Rob-
Great Blog! Just stopped by to let you know about our company DiscoverOrg at http://www.discoverorg.com. We provide contact information on the key technology executives and managers and small to midsize companies — companies with less than $1.7 billion in revenue. We provide these contacts through our online contact database and also provide reporting structure for them in org chart format.
I thought that our product might be of interest to you after reading your blog. Give me a call or send me an email if you’d be interested in learning more.
Keep up the good work here.
Kirk
kbrown@discoverorg.com
marc 5:20 pm on February 5, 2008 Permalink |
I checked out the discoverorg database myself. It is very extensive and would be an awesome contact list to have. I am trying to get my sales manager to purchase it for our company.
M
Steve Foster 10:43 am on January 15, 2009 Permalink |
Hey Andrew – I’m having some difficulties submitting a relevant comment to the thread at http://thescrappysoftwaremarketer.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/eventgainnet-a-fraud-email/#respond
Won’t accept my comment – just generates a blank page with the word “discard” on it. Any special requirements for posting?
Thanks
SF
thescrappyemailmarketer 11:13 am on January 15, 2009 Permalink |
@Steve none that I am aware of. Can you post your comment here and I can then cycle it over?
Steve Foster 11:42 am on January 16, 2009 Permalink |
Here it is – might be a bit too long…
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This is a very true story – and it is much more widespread than you might think.
These people are not one company, but a network of company umbrella names that they use to defraud companies across the country. You might get an email from EventGain, SixChannels, OptinLists – or any number of others.
It appears that they are owned by a Parent Company Sloan Marketing out of India.
Read http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200804/1228401305.html and http://www.toastedspam.com/articles/disptext/emailappenders.com_0001
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/206/RipOff0206624.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/369/RipOff0369319.htm
http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~levine/spam/SloanMarketing/index.html
Ask yourself these questions – if they are in fact a legitimate company, why do their primary listed business #s go into a generic voice mail box.
Why do the require you to send them a company check in full prior to starting work?
Why do they need to run the same business under so many multiple company names?
Bottom line – do your homework and beware.
Steve Foster 11:44 am on January 16, 2009 Permalink |
I tried – but it doesn’t seem to take. It’s fairly long – has lots of information in it related to the thread. Around 900 characters. Perhaps I’m exceeding allowable limits?
Thanks for all your help
Steve
thescrappyemailmarketer 11:52 am on January 16, 2009 Permalink |
split it up then.
FB 9:08 pm on January 19, 2009 Permalink |
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Thank you
Brody Sanders 8:57 am on May 25, 2009 Permalink |
Andrew,
If you want to add Facebook or email sharing buttons to your blog posts, there’s a plugin that does it for you: http://tinyurl.com/sharebuttons
Hope you find it helpful!
Cheers,
Brody