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ShoeMoney Pool Logo From windowsigns.com

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After being featured in Zac Johnsons article on affiliate workspaces a few people have seen pics of our new pool and asked how we did the ShoeMoney logo. I did quite a bit of research on how to put the logo on the pool… everything from painting to stickers.

Our pool contractor told me I wanted to get something removable so it did not decrease the resale value of the house (he must not know people would want the shoemoney logo). Any way he told me to goto grafia.com which redirects to windowsigns.com and its the worst flash site ever… I could not find the pool things to save my live… But thanks to google’s site: paramater I found the pool logos page.

I got the 299$ one and tried to bargin with them saying how I was “kind of a big deal” and would give them exposure… they had heard that one before and was steadfast on the price. We ordered and about 5 days later it showed. Put it down in the pool… I think it turned out pretty good.

posted on May 29th, 2008:
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Microsoft Incentivized Search, More On SEO, And Copyright Law

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I thought it was a really good show this week. Jen and I took several calls and also flipped on the live cam this week.

Here is the download link for the show. Thanks to all those who called in.

I keep meaning to do a “how to subscribe” post so here it is.

In Itunes under the advanced menu goto the subscribe to podcast option

Then when the box comes up enter http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheShoemoneyShow

And thats it! Now you will instantly be downloading the latest shoemoneyshows.

posted on May 29th, 2008:
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Nintendo Wii Workout “Hot Girlfriend” Ad

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I noticed today on the Digg Most Dugg stories there was one on “Why you should buy your girlfriend Wii Workout” which had a thumbnail of some girl in her underwear and a video symbol. For research purposes I followed and watched it. Here so you have a frame of reference give it a watch.

Pretty good. I can see how this would make some guys want to rush our and purchase the Wii Workout. Err I guess that is what Nintendo had on its mind when they hired the Tinsley Advertising company to make this video for them.

The first clue to me was the username on YouTube: tinsleyadvertising

Then a quick search on the Tinsley Advertising site lead me to the employee page where I found 1 guy who looked very similar to the guy in the video. His name is Giovanny Gutierrez.

From Gio’s Bio:

Giovanny Gutierrez
Director of Interactive Media

Gio comes from the future. He is perfectly versed in most programming languages, dreams in code and can’t sleep when his pixels aren’t in order.

As Tinsley’s Director of Interactive Media, he creates web, e-mail and interactive marketing solutions that perfectly integrate with television, radio and print campaigns. Gio is a master of e-commerce, having created web portals for scores of businesses. He was founder and creative director of web-design firm Ionic Studios, teaches digital web programming at Miami-Dade College, is a certified Macromedia Developer, an Apple Certified System Administrator and a Certified Internet Webmaster. He’s also won numerous awards and accolades in the web design circuit.

Gio will be your point man on anything even remotely futuristic. Be nice to him or he will hack into your bank account.

Then doing a quick search on flicker with those tags we come across some interesting photos also tagged as tinsley which also give us clues as to who the girl is in the video. It appears to be another tinsley employee named Lauren Bernat.

Here are the photos captured from flickr:

tinsley advertising

Photo Credits here here here

Brilliant and subtle advertising viral ad. I actually have no proof it was a paid Nintendo spot…. If it is not it should have been. Everyone should tweet @Giovanny and congratulate him on a well done viral video.

posted on May 28th, 2008:
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Deciding What Affiliate Network To Use

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One of the questions from last sundays q&a that I thought deserved a little longer answer then I had time for then.

HipHoper asks:

First of all, How you Doing? Second, based on affiliate marketing…did you consider right jump from network to network looking for the best payout? Should this be the first factor to consider?

ShoeMoney: Doing good thanks! We often rotate offers between networks and look more at conversion then payout. Just because 1 offer is paying more at a network then the other does not mean it will be the best payout. For instance we have had 20$ payouts for a offer and made less WITH THE SAME OFFER then a network that was paying only 17.50. Conversion is key. Companies that use crappy tracking or are blacklisted by ISP’s or their cookies get eaten by anti-spyware systems will convert at a much lower rate and suck in the end not to mention put your site at risk for being blacklisted.

As far as loyalty goes… All other things being equal - Money talks. I am not in business to LOSE money which is what I am doing by getting a lower payout. There are exceptions I am sure but to be honest I can’t think of anything off the top of my head. We have a great relationship and have made a lot of money with a large variety of affiliate networks. At times I have even been forced to work with networks I despise simply because their was no other choice *cough* CJ *cough*.

Sometimes one of the pitfalls of running our own companies is that we get to make all the decisions. Just picture yourself explaining to your investors why your leaving money on the table because you like the guy/girl who is your affiliate manager.

posted on May 28th, 2008:
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Dmoz Links Are Worth Gold In Googles Eyes

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From the Dmoz blog published earlier this month:

I think we can all agree that the most exciting take away is that search engines love place a different value on free, human edited directories. The point is easily debatable. Perhaps a link in DMOZ is as valuable as any other link on the web or maybe it is worth more.

He also goes on to quote a recent SEO article and adds underscores to the quote he wants to stand out

Getting a site into DMOZ is like Gold.

Google loves links from DMOZ and your site will reap the benefits.

I find it very strange for them to quote a SEO article and tell people Google gives more weight to DMOZ then other directories and even more strange to place value on that. It actually contradicts what I have heard search engineers from Google say publicly. I guess they would know though since they power the Google Business Directory.

posted on May 28th, 2008:
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New Time For The ShoeMoneyShow

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The ShoeMoney Radio Show has moved up 2 hours. Its starting right now!

You can call in live 1-866-916-3423

Or check the Live cam - http://live.yahoo.com/shoemoneyshow

And be sure to listen live on http://www.webmasterradio.fm

The new time slot for the show is

1PM PST
3PM CST
4PM EST

posted on May 27th, 2008:
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Watching the SEO House Fall Down Slowly

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Watching all the SEO’s run around talking about how its not fair for Google to police the internet and email me about how I was right about there not being a future in SEO has been interesting.

I really have nothing to add that I have not said in the past. Don’t make Google Look stupid. The are a publicly traded company and they will do what is in their best business interest. Like any other business would do.

posted on May 27th, 2008:
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10 Reasons Why You’re an Idiot

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At least once a day we get an email from someone who wants to work on a partnership together or a JV (I really hate that joint venture word). Its VERY VERY rare we work with other people on projects but a lot of times I will give my opinion on the idea or refer them to people who can help them.

Then there are those whos first impression on me is “This guy is a idiot”. Here are 10 reasons that tip me off.

1) Hotmail user - If your address ends in hotmail.com forget it. In my experience most hotmail users doing business with their hotmail accounts have missed so many opportunities because of hotid hotmail filtering. I am also not that big on other free hosted accounts… I mean if you can’t figure out how to register a 7$ domain and setup googles free gmail for business….

2) blogspot.com domain. If your trying to sell me something or convince me to work with you and your website is somethingspammy.blogspot.com odds are ive already hit delete. Its one thing to start out on a free host but even scoble eventually figured out he needed his own domain to quit looking like a amateur.

3) Spell my name wrong. Its Jeremy Schoemaker. Yes I spell names wrong all the time and yes I am a hypocrite. I am sure people delete my email and think I am a idiot when I do and rightfully so.

4) Tell me how great you are. Honestly I can do a Google search on your name and see what you have done or who you know so save it for someone who doesn’t know better.

5) Have Audio playing on your webpage. Evidently somewhere along the line some idiot convinced people that this improves conversion to have a voice start pitching your product. I HATE U WHOEVER YOU ARE.

6) Have one of those lander web pages that is like 10 pages long of crap just to get my email. Yes I am sure it works to get peoples email to spam them later I just think its retarded if this is your companies homepage.

7) Social stalker - bombard me with social network invitations. This really bugs me. Someone will email me with an idea or a proposal then requests to be a friend on linked in, myspace, facebook, pownce OHH then like initiations for every possible application.

8 ) Tell me your idea is identical to some other guys idea and because he was successful you will be successful too.

9) Have a quote from some A-lister about your product as a key point on why I should work with you. If they like you so much why are you coming to me.

10) Explain to me why you want me to invest time and money into a project you are not willing to quit your day job for.

posted on May 26th, 2008:
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Answers to questions round 7

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Great round of questions. There were about 7 that I took out cause I think they are a blog post in themself I will be putting up soon so if you do not see yours thats probably the case.

You guys asked like 75 questions in a few hours pretty impressive

Also a lot of times I get emails why I do not linkout and its really nothing to do with linking out but more to do with speed in answering questions. I try not to spend more then 30 mins on it and looking up urls sucks. I wrote a script to harvest the questions and format them for speed and I will continue to do this on sundays as time permits.

Now onto the questions!

jtGraphic asks:

When you played MMORPGs, which ones did you play primarily? I attribute much of my interest in the internet to MMORPGs; same for you or no?

ShoeMoney: I started playing Everquest the day it launched wasted 2 years of my life or so in that game.. then camelot then eventually World Of Warcraft. I quit playing a couple years ago when I read about parents neglecting their kids for online games and I was worried I could be that guy so I quit 6 months before my daughter was born havent really cared about playing since.

Stak Loaded - How to make money doing nothing! asks:

Do you like my site? www.stakloaded.net

ShoeMoney: Sure looks like a decent start.

Think Like An Sob asks:

I remember a while back you started a bans store (I think for shoes) how is that doing?

ShoeMoney: As asked 3 other times before I canned it. It was fun to play with and I know a lot of people do well with them its one of those things that I wish I had the time and resources to do.

Collin LaHay asks:

Are you a gamer?

ShoeMoney: Yes although my passion and time for video games is fading with age and responsibilities. I bought grand theft auto the day it came out and its till in the wrapper (no joke)

Amit Bhawani asks:

Shoe i have got couple tiny questions for you.
1. Do you think Blogging has a future for making serious money?
2. What would be the best business for Indian’s - Would it be eCommerce, Affiliates or Blogging depending on the future since ringtones, affiliates dont work for indian products/networks.
3. Why does Johnchow.com blog offer other than his food related posts, self promotion & freebies posts which he get!

ShoeMoney: 1) For sure blogging has a future for a select few to make money. 2) Being I am not a Indian or in India I have no qualification to answer that question. 3) John Chow’s blog is a blog about him and his interests. I think there is both an educational value and an entertainment value.

Martin asks:

when was your last time in europe?

ShoeMoney: I have never been to europe

Cannabis Junction asks:

have you ever smoked weed ?

ShoeMoney: Yes

Bob asks:

Hey shoe! i am very new to blogging & have came to know about you & your site just now a days , i wanna know about the history of your almighty Blog, How does it get started , please give me a brief answer if you can?? PLZZZZZZZ….

ShoeMoney: Sure. I started a personal blog where I could vent my frustrations and views on the industry.

Alojate asks:

When you create a PPC campaign, do you create a landing site for each adgroup?

ShoeMoney: I try to taylor the page as much as possible dynamically for the keyword/adgroups

Nick Throlson asks:

What is ShoeMoneys fave thing to eat ?

ShoeMoney: Hibachi Steak and Scallops

Dave asks:

Who will win? BJ Penn or GSP?

ShoeMoney: GSP

Jackie asks:

Is affiliate success all depends on PPC marketing ?? Can a blog earn from affiliate ?

ShoeMoney: I was very successful in affiliate marketing before I knew what PPC was. It was purely organic and yes a blog can earn from affilaites

Real RT asks:

Has Google changed the way they are indexing sites? My traffic has dropped from 3k to 100 visitors per day on one of my other sites and I can’t figure out why.

ShoeMoney: Google is always changing.

Ray asks:

What would you regard as the essential tools for any blogger ?

ShoeMoney: A working computer, internet access, keyboard (mouse opitional)

Robert asks:

I’ve always wondered, as a succesful publisher, do you concern yourself with the advertising success (roi) of your advertisers, or you do just think of yourself and providing a good clickthroug rate?

ShoeMoney: Honestly I do not concern myself with either. I just keep doing what I do on here and being we have about a 85% return advertiser rate I would say its a great ROI for them.

Adergaard asks:

What’s your advice for monetizing a site that has quite a lot of traffic and good rep but very little text content getting very poor context matching from google ads.

quite a lot of traffic = approx 1,000,000 pageviews / week, PR5, Alexa:120,000

if you feel this is too generic a question to answer, please do tell what’s missing from being able to at least say where to start. Thanks.

ShoeMoney: umm try something other then adsense? Without knowing the site its hard to say.

Website Reveiws asks:

When starting a new blog, what criteria do you consider before choosing a niche?

ShoeMoney: Is it a needed service, can it go viral, eventual profit model

health news asks:

do you link build? or does somebody do it for you?

ShoeMoney: I dont link build instead I try to create content people link to naturally. (I know crazy isnt it)

kim asks:

why do you think traffic is dropping so fast to shoemoney.com I also noticed johnchow.com dropped fast, I dont think it’s due to summer being here.

ShoeMoney: I cant speak for John Chow but our traffic is up about 30% since the first of the year.

Sheamus asks:

Why do you think that, more often than not, the quality of content in the massively popular blogs seems to have deteriorated exponentially with their success? Is it that our expectations have been raised, or that their motivations have changed?

ShoeMoney: Sure I think their motivations change. For a lot of the big blogs its their main source of income so they bring in more writers or whatever which brings more content and pageviews but does mess with the “secret sauce” a bit.

Big Money asks:

When you developed Nextpimp, was it just you who developed it at the time or did you hire a team. If it was just you, what type of programming/design did you use to develop such a massive site and how much experience did you have with that programming/design?

ShoeMoney: To start with it was all me with help occasionally from friends. I bought books on PHP/MYSQL and CSS and larned as I went.

Joe asks:

Which site that you’ve developed are you most proud of and why?

ShoeMoney: I think auctionads.com was pretty impressive but I am more proud of the success we are having with fighters.com. Dominating in new markets is very difficult. Auctionads was not that big of a stretch for us being we already knew everyone in the advertising space and had a incredible reputation with them. Fighters.com we dunno hardly anyone so being we are a force after only weeks in I am pretty proud of that.

Best Videos asks:

What are the side-effects of blogging ? How many hours per day you work on net ?

ShoeMoney: people misunderstand you. I am always connected and working or available.

T asks:

what was your biggest mistake while working on the web?

ShoeMoney: running aim or twitter while trying to be productive.

ShoeMoney Suport Line. haha asks:

I have site www.OutdoorSporting.com
Have built it up to be a comparison shopping site portal/affiliate site for Camping, Hunting and Fishing Gear.
I’ve built this site plan in hopes to have a lot of fun in what I enjoy and know about, but also with plan to make money and build a huge traffic portal for this category.

Plan on ways to make money on this site is:
1. Affiliate network of all retailers sales referrals: (thinking if I list all top retailers and price for that product, doesn’t matter where they buy I get credit) example www.outdoorsporting.com/family/8140/display.html
2. Google Adsence
3. Sell banners to Manufacturers once I get traffic levels up.

ShoeMoney: These type of sites used to do really well back in the search engine arbitrage days but since they are pretty hard to monetize. I am not that familiar with the outdoor sporting niche but there are a lot of affiliate programs for it on CJ. Wish I had a better answer =(

Michael D asks:

Besides Warren Buffett, if you could build a business centered mastermind group of 4-6 individuals, who would you choose?

ShoeMoney: This will sound cocky but I would use our current team. I doubt warren buffet knows jack about what we do. Our team grows with experience on each project and we already have experience very few in the world have and I look for that to continue.

Jehzeel Laurente asks:

20 years from now, (In your own opinion) what will happen to the blogging industry? Will it still exist? or extinct?

ShoeMoney: no idea

Dustin asks:

Outside of MMA fighting, what are your other favorite sports to watch? Favorite Teams?

ShoeMoney: I like watching poker… does that count?

Tom asks:

Since I run a real estate site, do you recommend using subdomains to target micro-niches off of my main site or use their own domains?

ShoeMoney: I would probably use their own domains

Dexter asks:

When the do you think is the best time to start affiliate Marketing, Any Tips ?

ShoeMoney: When you can give your users still a great user experience but make a profit at it.

noemi asks:

How can I make my personal blog gain more traffic?

ShoeMoney: Build your reputation (long lasting) or buy the traffic (short term)

Mark asks:

Wanna come to Australia for a beer?

ShoeMoney: Sure (and thats the 4th time thats been asked)

Sulli asks:

Which pant leg do you put on first in the morning? The left or the right?

ShoeMoney: Left

User101 asks:

Which is better text links or banners, or does it depend on your niche?

ShoeMoney: It really is more about the implementation. Text links can be more effective then banners depending on placement (for affilaites)

Simon asks:

How many employees do you have, have you had to do any firing of staff and if so, did you do it or did you get someone else to do it for you?

ShoeMoney: We have 4 employees now. I have fired people in the past and it was always done by me.

Cooper Murphy asks:

You said recently that you have advertised on radio for fighters.com. Do you think this will yield an ROI? Other than editorial, what features will you be adding to the site?

ShoeMoney: No I was hoping to lose money… ok duh yes I think it will yield ROI. We have a ton of features (keep in mind we are only about 6 weeks into it). I think the biggest will be the social network aspect.

Joe asks:

Did you see the new indiana jones movie? What did you think, if you did?

ShoeMoney: Have not seen it but want to.

Devil May Cry asks:

Hi shoe,

Quick question: What inspires you? Me, personally, I have my incredible wife and daughter to thank for helping to inspire me. Is it the same for you?

Thanks for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.

Steve

ShoeMoney: Yes same for me.

browie asks:

I have a long term goal in mind. By the time you’re ready to get rid of it I may have reached my goal…. wanna sell me your used H2?

ShoeMoney: Sure its currently a Lease but its looking like I will buy it out.

Michael Grimm asks:

Explain to us the difference in productivity you are seeing in a Home Office vs A real office out of the home. It has a lot to do with growth and earning in the decision to when the consultant decided to go office, but I have done so in a small exec suite and I can’t say enough about it. Just curious if you are one of those people that are just as productive in the home?

ShoeMoney: Getting out of the house has been really awesome. I am totally more productive. We just signed a lease on a new bigger office with 7 offices a bathroom and kitchen that is 100% ours and I am super pumped for the expansion.

Joe asks:

Is it a given that, if you create 1000 aff sites you will make a living? Or, will the management, hosting, dev, etc costs outweigh the profits?

ShoeMoney: If you know nothing about affiliate marketing and create 1000 I guarantee you will lose money.

Chetan asks:

I am always stuck with this one, which is the best ppc network according to you?

And if one more, who is your favorite blogger?

ShoeMoney: Google has by far and above the best quality PPC network. I dont really have time to read other blogs but I think michael arrington (techcrunch) is pretty damn good.

devtrench asks:

When you started NextPimp.com what did you find was the best way to draw traffic to it? Was it easy to get traffic to the site because of the service you offered? Lastly, do you compensate the forum moderators, and if not, why do they do it?

ShoeMoney: Word of mouth was the best way. At one time I could go to any nextel store in the country and they would know about nextpimp. Their are 4 forum moderators and they recieve 100% of the income from the Forum.

David Parkinson asks:

Best way to increase traffic?

ShoeMoney: Buy it (short term) have good content (long term)

Pyjammez asks:

What percentage of your day is spent doing what? For example, how much time do you allocate to health and fitness, how much to eating, how much to playing with family, how much cleaning the house, how much to thinking of new ideas, how much to working on current ideas.

I ask because I feel I’m not putting in enough concentration to certain parts of my life and I’d like to know how someone who is as successful as you does it.

Thanks Jeremy.

ShoeMoney: I work out lifting weights for 2 hours monday, weds, friday and do Brazilian Jujitsu on Thursdays. I just started running in the mornings and hopefully I will continue that trend. I am always thinking of new ideas. I hire people to clean the house and do the lawn. I spend as much time as possible playing with my family.

Mike1115 asks:

Are you going to Affiliate Summit in Boston?

ShoeMoney: No

Big Money asks:

Another programming question: what is the proper programming language (php, asp, coldfusion) for building a dating site or a facebook? and what is a good book or resource to learn about it?

ShoeMoney: php and I dunno if there is a good book for making facebook apps. We outsource all of our facebook apps.

Dan Schawbel asks:

ShoeMoney, what are your thoughts about how search engines will impact one’s personal brand in the future? If an individual doesn’t have a unique name such as Mike Smith, do they have a chance at being found?

ShoeMoney: Sure.. I mean if you look at me I have branded myself as shoemoney. Just make up something.

MoneyBites asks:

What is the number one thing in a pitch that turns you off it? (in terms of the job done by the presenter)

ShoeMoney: any pitch in general turns me off

Gyutae Park asks:

What kind of market research do you do for your sites and what is the process you go through before starting a new one? Especially for your authority sites like fighters.com.
Keyword research for SEO/PPC?
Throw it at the wall and see what sticks?
Surveys and interviews?

ShoeMoney: Really we just try to provide a service we feel is not there. In nextpimp it was user generated ringtones, For auctionads it was getting great payouts from the eBay affiliate program in a easier to use system, With fighters.com its providing great news/videos/pictures and social network for MMA fans. I mean the concepts seem very simple to us. Its a site we make because its a service WE want to use.

Binary Ant asks:

Nowadays you have employees but you started alone, right?. When did you realise you needed them?

ShoeMoney: Dillsmack and Susan both kind of proved themselves before I hired them so it was almost like I could not afford to hire them. Tigh was the first actual employee I interviewed that worked out. I knew I wanted to do the Elite Retreat again.. this time full on shoemoney style but I also knew someone needed to be in charge of that. Tigh had previous conference management experience and also has a degree in statistics. I basically figured if I could pay for his salary for a year from the elite retreat then it was worth it. It was.

Sean asks:

How many domains do you manage overall(approx. number ok) and do you speculate in domains at all(buy and resell)?

Thanks

ShoeMoney: We do not do as much with domains as we used to. We used to make a killing off of mass registering expired domains but Google has made some serious improvements in that area.

Lawrence asks:

…what kind of car do you drive?

ShoeMoney: h2 hummer

blogstheme.com asks:

Are you building/working on any social media / web 2.0 websites?

ShoeMoney: fighters.com the social stuff is coming down the pipe.

Corey asks:

What will it take for you to mentor me?

ShoeMoney: I get asked to mentor people all the time… honestly I dunno what I would do. I don’t have time to meet with my own employees let alone mentor or teach someone.

Entertainment News asks:

what percentage of your visitors come from “social marketing” advertising? We are launching a huge campaign at this market as of June and am just wondering what your experience with this growing market has taught you? Thanks.

ShoeMoney: It really depends on the niche and site. Like lets say fighters.com makes it to the front page of digg with a mma store. ESPN is much more likely to contact us about the story then if our domain name was like mma$insertnamehere or with tons of dashes or whatever. If I can assume you have a very brandable legit domain and site (not with hyphens and spammy keywords) I think social media will help cement you as an authority in the space

Text Lingo asks:

How do you think gas prices will affect ecommerce / online sales for clothes?

Will people buy clothes online more because they don’t want to pay for gasoline or do you think they will shop at the local stores to avoid shipping charges?

ShoeMoney: I think you will see online shopping increase with or without gas prices. More people are getting online and shopping everyday and customer confidence they are getting the best deal and their data is secure is growing also.

Sean I. Mitchell asks:

For client sites that need RSS & ability to easily update/publish…

a) Joomla
b) Drupal
or
c) Wordpress (static index or /blog subdir implementation)

-S

ShoeMoney: I would have to yield to Matt Cutts answer of /blog/

ROW asks:

When you started with your “money making online” journey, Which was the first job you outsourced and why?

ShoeMoney: I hired a monkey to help me take apart and put together computers I was selling on eBay.

JB asks:

what keyword research tools do you use?

ShoeMoney: Our in-house developed tools. Being we have internal search on our niche sites we have better data and more up to date then any research tool could possibly provide.

Scorpiono asks:

Shoe, I have a kid at my school that looks 99% as you when you were a bit fat, where should I send you the pic ?

Best wishes,
Scorpiono

ShoeMoney: not sure why you would send me the pic…

team ray asks:

why my post never seem to get posted?

ShoeMoney: Not sure…

Frederick asks:

How many shirts have you received from Free Shirt Friday? Do you wear them? Can you show us how do you store them?

ShoeMoney: Its really beyond count.. maybe 250? I do wear them if I like them. I did a video not to long ago might have to search for it.

Chris Edwards asks:

In your “As Success Grows Opportunities Shrink” post you mentioned that there are an extraordinary amount of opportunities to make 100$ per day and that you can think of 50 off the top of your head. Could you at least share the top 10 for all of us wannabes?

ShoeMoney: No, that was the whole point of the post.

Hyder asks:

Name one thing you did terribly wrong before you got successful on the net?

ShoeMoney: I waited way to long to have weight loss surgery.

Dom C asks:

Would you ever try your hand on a show like “the apprentice”? How well do you think you would do if you went on it?

Do you think any UFC fighters are taking any sort of illegal performance-enhancing substance? Which fighters/what substances do you think?

Thanks

ShoeMoney: The fun side of me would love to compete on the apprentice. The business side says wtf you only make like 110k/yr and work 9-5 if you win so…..

Samir asks:

In your opinion, what is the most important thing for a new blogger to do to make their blog successful?

ShoeMoney: Write good, opinionated, original content. If you are writing from experience and can quantify what you are talking about all the better.

Chris asks:

Is it OK to give the impression that your new website is run by a team of people when in reality it is just yourself sitting in your basement?

ShoeMoney: Absolutely

soo asks:

Do you still do ringtones through PPC?

ShoeMoney: Sometimes. Its complicated but to answer your question yes.

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posted on May 25th, 2008:
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