I am on the road this week at the Elite Retreat San Francisco!
Some attendee and leader post so far:
http://pepperjamblog.com/2007/03/19/elite-retreat-day-1-morningshoemoney/
Attendees posts:
http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2007/03/19/blogging-elite-retreat-shoemoney/
Monday questions: Slow week for questions… thats cool thought cause I am busy. Webmaster radio is shutdown this week so there will be no shoemoney show until next tuesday.
I have a totally unrelated question about the $500,000 Azoogle check. It says that it was photographed but it doesnt look like it — in the car reflection you can not see the check, only the blue shirt with the empty hands. Some Photoshop work?
Yup totally Photoshoped. As noted above the picture “This is not a real check it was for a Magazine Ad”.
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Best of luck at the retreat. I’d love to go to California to meet you there, but I’ve got to stay back.
Is it just me or is there no title for this post
Shoe, why didn’t you invite me? I could have passed out Shoemoney swag…
Have Fun in Cali man!
Cool thanks for sharing the blog links. Looking forward to someday making it out for one of these sessions.
Amazing that anyone has to even ask if the cheque was a bit of photoshoppery.
As if you would try and sneak that big floating cheque by us!
I’ve really enjoyed the blog covered of Elite Retreat so far…it looks like you gave out a lot of great info
Thanks for the references. The PJ post is very detailed and at last puts the ‘meat in the pie’.
I wrote about it over here:
http://www.ppcreference.com/9/pepperjam-blogs-elite-retreat/
PS: I’m kinda surprised that such a dodgy job was done photoshopping that whoppin check. I mean, his shadow could have been touched up a little..
It’s just you.
Kinda impressed you bothered responding to that question… it’s pretty obvious that it’s not fake (thanks largely in part to the text up top that says it’s not real).
I guess you have to when people are, for whatever reason (jealousy?), calling you out as a fake.
Enjoy San Fran, you must missed our very warm days for this time of year… then again it’s got to be warmer than where you live
I see a title here and in my feed.
goodluck in the retreat! have fun!:)
yey! I’m a new reader here!:D
What other events are you interested in attending…. heh
It’s real? No it’s fake no it’s real oh man I’m confused
Was it really necessary for ToddW to leave FOUR comments on this one post? Is that how he gets to be on your top list of commenters? Shoe, do you really think that you’ve got more quality comments as a result??
I smell bullshit..
It’s a vampire check. Just look at the shadow on ground…
500,000$ would be nice money
The check/cheque looked too… white to appear real. Perhaps if you added some shading to it and used some 1337 photoshop skillz to get a reflection in your Hummer.
sockmoney.com? LOL…
i will miss ur Webmaster Radio shows
and have some fun at Elite Retreat San Francisco
I wish I was there.
You’re going crazy!
It didn’t sound like the person asking the question was calling him a fake, just asking about the check… either way, the adsense check is good enough to prove Shoe’s in that league.
I would imagine Azoogle handled the photoshopping (or got a shop to do it) and not Shoe himself…
I always liked the photo of you and the cheque. People asked me if that was real and then you just tell them to look a bit hard. Like you mentioned, now shadow and the reflection on the truck. Too bad people tend not to read either
I can’t believe peoplee are still asking about that check. It seems like that question is asked every week. I guess that’s the power of being popular and attracting new readers all the time.
I remember laughing at that first in the magazine, then even more when it made your most viewed photo. I think I even mentioned it in a podcast at one point. Still, cool that they used someone from Nebraska to show that us good ol’ boys can make some dough online.
ya its funny it became the most viewed photo pretty fast
Check me off as one of those fooled too, but then again, I didn’t look real hard.
I always get a good chuckle every time I see Sockmoney pop up in someone’s comments or the forums
More great coverage of the retreat by PJ. Obviously, you get A LOT more by actually being at the event, but it’s great that PJ and eMom’s are giving us a little taste of all the info the ER team has to offer.
Still talking about this azoogle check? Probably the most talked about photoshoped picture of an internet entrepreneur ever.
Two questions. When are you and the other “big timers” coming south to do a meetup type of deal for us southern bloggers? Birmingham, Atlanta and Nashville have nice digs. We welcome you to come and share.
Can’t wait to hear more about Elite Retreat.
Oh yeah. What does URI stand for?
That’s funny, I didn’t even notice it, I bet you looked pretty funny without the check there.
the blog links you given of pepperjam is advertising some moms blog and when i read i didnt find it much interesting … just a question rose being a gal or women is it easy to make connection?
My major sites rank no.1 to No.3 spots on google for competitive keywords i even email you but didnt get any responce.
Good luck with Elite Retreat.
Could be font on check but looks like hundred is spelled hunderd.
If only the check was for real.. *smiles. That’s alot one can do with it.
Best of Luck at Elite Retreat and hope you have a great time!
Hah, that’s rather clever. Quick, someone register sandalmoney.com!!
Yeah, it’s definitely a frequent topic here on the site.
Must get really annoying to always have to point out to people that the check is a fake eh?
Ahh well. It would have been easier if they actually sent him a cheque that size. I wonder if banks would accept it?
As far as I know, Shoe’s still doing Net Income
i say make a poll to decide whether its real or not!
Hmph..
What happened to you guys.. havent seen post nor hair for 48 hrs (here or Pepperjam)!
You back at Hooters again ??!
It definately says hunderd.
Haha i loved that photoshop trick, didnt know some many fell for it. Saw the reflection ages ago.
I’ve had to tear up a few checks in my lifetime due to spelling (is it fourty or forty??) for some reason I focused on this….I didn’t even notice shadow on ground or car
BTW, emomsathome and pepperjam did great liveblogging recaps.
Aha! I knew the cheque was fake. You can see the lack of shadow and reflection on the ground and on the side of the H2. Was that H2 for promotion as well, or did Azoogle give you that?
Thanks for answering my question. Next time you do a promo, I’d love to photoshop it for you for free. Just so that it looks super real and keeps people wondering. =)
Ryan — I wasn’t questioning if the check was fake; I saw Shoe’s comment that it was fake. The question was about if it was photoshoped or if he bothered to hold that piece of paper.
leave jeremy alone about the check. its constantly being talked about. he’s rich. forget about it now
Hey did you hear the guy at the backdoor knocking all day? That was me. Why didn’t you guys let me in? lol