Playing Blog Tag - 5 Things You Don’t Know About Andy Beal
Thursday, December 14th, 2006;
-- Andy Beal |
OK, so when I first heard about “blog tag”, it sounded like one of those chain-emails, you know the ones - “Pass this on to someone else and you’ll receive good luck.”
After being tagged by blogging-buddy Avinash, I figured it might be fun to share the requisite five things you don’t know about me. So here goes…
- Not many people know that I didn’t go to college. Growing up in England, there’s not quite the pressure to get a college degree. Even so, I just couldn’t stand the thought of sitting still in a classroom over a 4 year period. So I grabbed my A-levels and scarpered.
- You can trace my ancestors back to Sir Christopher Wren - he being the famous architect who designed England’s St. Paul’s Cathedral and helped rebuild London after the great fire.
- Before my career as an internet marketer, I worked as a paralegal, financial planner and mortgage broker.
- I first went “online” in 1987 (ish) using the UK’s Micronet service and became addicted to the multi-player game Shades - where wizards and witches competed.
- Dachshunds are the coolest dogs in the world!
Ok, so I get to tag five bloggers and see if they’ll play along. Let’s see, who should I tag…
Ben Wills, Robert Scoble, Shoemoney (cos I know nothing about him), Neil Patel and Jeremy Zawodny.
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December 14th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
[…] Wow I just got blog tagged by Andy Beal. Seems like a pretty cool topic… 5 things you might not have known about me.. hrmm ok here goes! […]
December 14th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
Andy: Thanks for playing along!! Now we all know a little bit more about the man behind the magic.
-Avinash.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
i see the similarity between you and sir christopher wren!
mine’s coming up
thanks!
ben
December 14th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
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December 15th, 2006 at 3:03 am
It’s cool to know that 2 of us did not go to school. Personally when I hire people I look for the candidates without and education before the ones with.
I have had great luck with this practice.
December 15th, 2006 at 3:13 am
thats a really interesting career switch, law to insurance to real estate and now internet… just curious to know from you next time, what guided you to cross over to internet? =)
December 15th, 2006 at 8:02 am
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December 15th, 2006 at 8:46 am
andy,
nice blog tagging game.
if you’re not careful this thing could turn viral!
December 15th, 2006 at 9:07 am
Bjorn, the mortgage and financial planner jobs were really about marketing and sales. When I moved to the U.S. it was a chance for a fresh start, so I took my passion for the internet and turned it into a career.
December 15th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
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October 18th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Ah-hah, I like your first statment! Nowadays, people like me prefer to stay at home, learn at home, and work from home!
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January 6th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Really great post Andy, good to find out some more information about you.
Great sites you tagged to aswell, good thing I read all of them, yey!