It’s time again for another Unanchor Kindle Travel Guide 2-day sale! Starting today (May 9) through Friday (May 10), we have 100 Unanchor Amazon Kindle travel guides available for FREE! See below for direct links to every guide.
The past year I’ve been working for This Week In and LAUNCH. My job has primarily been comprised of sales and business development. It’s my first sales job and has been a huge learning experience from prospecting, to finding almost anyone’s email address, learning empathy, and most importantly, how to write a good email. While I still have a long way to go on the email front, I wanted to share my favorite email template.
This email has gotten such a high response rate that I debated just keeping it to myself. Many people have literally not responded in months to me and then they get this email and are so impressed by it that they’ve not only responded, but have complimented me on the email. Continue Reading →
The dream of Unanchor is still alive and kicking. The amount of time I can personally dedicate to working on the site has significantly decreased, but despite that, the site continues to grow. We have over 130 itineraries on Unanchor.com and over 70 Kindle books now. In 2012 we’ve had monthly revenue grow from $100 per month to over $1500 per month. It’s been a fun 2012. And we’re ending the year with a HUGE sale.
It’s time again for another Unanchor Kindle Travel Guide 2-day sale! Starting today (12/13) through Friday (12/14), we have over 70 Unanchor Amazon Kindle travel guides available for FREE.
Why do we run these sales? To get reviews! If you download a guide, it would be a tremendous help to us if you could also leave a review. See below for all of the links and details.
It’s time again for another Unanchor Kindle Travel Guide sale! Our last sale was a huge success and we’re making it bigger and better this time. We have over 20 Unanchor Amazon Kindle travel guides available for FREE. See below for all of the links. Continue Reading →
It’s hard to believe we were still residents of South Korea a little over 3 months ago. We have changed virtually every aspect of our lives since then; Jason works full time while I am now the Housewife, we live in a city where we can communicate without circus gestures, we have carpeted floors in our apartment, our shower is a separate entity from the bathroom as a whole, we’re expecting our first baby (girl) in October, and most importantly… we have a garbage disposal.
It’s been a common question — what’s it like being back home? In this hodgepodge post I wanted to give an update on the “reverse culture shock” I experienced, what it’s like being back home and what I’m doing now for work.
Sharon and I have settled down in San Francisco’s Nob Hill area and are really enjoying being back. I’ve even found myself a day job — more on this in a future post.
I haven’t given up on Unanchor though. Mohammad and I are still plugging away on the business as our nights & weekend project.
As a quick reminder — Unanchor is a marketplace of online travel guides that we call self-guided tour itineraries. Our itineraries are all written by local experts and are the perfect solution for the last-minute traveler. We say it’s like having your own local tour guide, but at your own pace. Check out an example of San Francisco.
We’re continually exploring ways to get our awesome itineraries in the hands of more travelers. Our most recent channel to do so is through the Amazon Kindle store. And to kick things off, we’re offering 10 of our most popular itineraries for FREE today & tomorrow only. Please tell your friends, and as always, let us know what you think of the guides — we need your feedback to make them better.
Here’s what’s available:
We are officially San Francisco residents! Jason and I might have thrown in our travel towels for the time being, but our time abroad did leave us with some valuable insight into the many different types of accommodations to choose from. Many people assume that all long-time backpackers book hostels and that all short-time vacationists choose hotels. In reality, there are infinite ways to mix and match, and I personally believe it makes your trip more exciting; one week you’re in a hostel, then the next weekend you’re in a homestay followed by a week at a $7 luxury hotel (only if you’re in a country as cheap and awesome as Vietnam).
Here are the main forms of accommodations that we would recommend to any traveler: Continue Reading →
My eyessss! My eyessss!
Technology is amazing. One day you’re blind and the next day you can have better than perfect vision (after shelling out thousands of dollars for someone to cut holes and burn your eyeballs with lasers, of course).
I never thought I would undergo eye surgery while wide-awake; the concept always freaked me out. Last week, however, I found myself in a hospital gown and cap with a Korean nurse wiping my face with brown disinfectant, asking me what type of music I wanted to hear in the operation room. It was actually happening- I was getting LASIK! Continue Reading →
We quit our jobs, sold all of our stuff and left the states in October of 2009. We traveled through Asia and visited 10 different countries. Next, we headed back to the states for a couple months and got married. Most recently we’ve lived in South Korea for a year teaching English (Sharon) and launching an online business (me). The next phase of our life has finally been decided — Sharon and I are officially moving back to San Francisco. We’ve booked our 1-way tickets back home – February 17th ICN-YVR-SFO. Continue Reading →
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Jason Demant & Sharon Duckworth left their Silicon Valley jobs in 2009 to pursue a Life After Cubes. This site chronicles their travels and entrepreneurial aspirations. Read More...
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