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Blogging Ethics And Success Secrets Interview

Posted April 29th, 2007 by Jeremy Schoemaker

Allan Dick gave me a surprise interview at SES NYC a couple weeks ago. He asked me off the wall questions about blogging ethics and also some hard hitting questions about what makes me successful. All while I was in my skibbies in a claw foot tub. You can see the interview here:

It was totally a off the wall thing. Basically as I said in the interview I think one of the most important things a blogger can do is to be opinionated, outspoken, and just be yourself. Don’t regurgitate other peoples content and also don’t write your content for the search engines… write it for your readers.

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50 comments. What say you?

  1. Good Comment?
    Nick Sullivan

    Good points. I also agree that being opinionated is one of the most important things. With so many blogs out there it’s hard to stand out so writing just good content isn’t really good enough anymore, not with blogs. You need to be very influencial and uniqiue.

  2. Good Comment?
    Ryan

    What blogging software is out there that allows us to put adsense in the right or left margins?

  3. Good Comment?
    Travel Notebook

    Jeez he has to work sometimes you know :)

  4. Good Comment?
    How to start a clothing line from scratch

    What is going on with the updates…shoe?

  5. Good Comment?
    uncle sha

    for real? haha

  6. Good Comment?
    Ali

    I’ve experienced a 30% increase in IQ since using a claw foot tub, so I’m above the statistics ;)

  7. Good Comment?
    Daniel

    actually this could be a good publicity stunt if he changed his real name to Jeremy Shoemoney!

  8. Good Comment?
    ToddW

    What’s the specs on the new one ?

  9. Good Comment?
    ToddW

    wow thats stupid

  10. Good Comment?
    Hip Hop

    lol nice claw foot tubs

  11. Good Comment?
    Paul

    Agreed – I loved the interview. Thank you for sharing this Shoemoney.

  12. Good Comment?
    coopreme

    the tub is the key to his success thor!

  13. Good Comment?
    coopreme

    i dont. I like him the same.

  14. Good Comment?
    Pabaon

    What a great advice,”write for the readers”. Thanks.

  15. Good Comment?
    chicago custom web design

    ShoeMoney… a bathtub… and skibbies… a front-page digg story waiting to happen? Heh.

  16. Good Comment?
    Lee Bandoni

    How come nobody ever asks me for an interview :( Is it cause im Scottish :)

  17. Good Comment?
    Lee Bandoni

    It was all just a bit of fun and any comments anyone made should have been taken in a pinch of salt. She will prob be getting a bonus for the free ad!

  18. Good Comment?
    Brian Mark

    No wonder you’re not as successful as Jeremy. ;)

  19. Good Comment?
    Brian Mark

    Not a prize… just props for the Vintage Tub party. They had drinks in it when we showed up.

  20. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    nope just moved servers today ;)

  21. Good Comment?
    How to start a clothing line from scratch

    Your blog was down for a minute…thought it was hacked!what happen!

  22. Good Comment?
    Adrienne Doss

    Apologized? For what?

  23. Good Comment?
    Roy

    I thought that deleted post was an interesting piece of drama.

    I’m wondering what people told her to make her think it was affecting her career and personal life…

  24. Good Comment?
    Thor Schrock

    Great tips! I still don’t understand the tub though. Thanks Shoe!

  25. Good Comment?
    Lee

    Captain Morgan’s, eh Shoe? I like you more and more every day.

  26. Good Comment?
    Brent Hodgson

    It’s happened before… There have been some well publicized cases of cyber-bullying lately

  27. Good Comment?
    Brent Hodgson

    I think it was a prize at the SES conference in New York…?

  28. Good Comment?
    Brent Hodgson

    I say fair ’nuff

  29. Good Comment?
    Bulbboy

    Just out of curiosity, Shoe, do you have a clawfoot tub?
    :)

  30. Good Comment?
    Bulbboy

    I found that a difficult watch, expecting him to break his neck, or do some damage.

  31. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    You can thank captain morgan for that ;)

  32. Good Comment?
    natekapi

    Hahah this is one of the best things you’ve posted on your blog in a while. I laughed my ass off.

    I think you made up a new phrase during the interview – “Intelligent enhancement” Hahah. Awesome.

  33. Good Comment?
    Travel Notebook

    I think he knows that. But in the video thats what they called him

  34. Good Comment?
    Wealth Junkie

    Dude his last name is not ShoeMoney..

  35. Good Comment?
    Wealth Junkie

    Affecting her personal life? That seems like a bit of a stretch..

  36. Good Comment?
    Travel Notebook

    Well, I can certainly understand deleting the post if thats how it played out. But seriously, what did she expect was going to happen?

    Anyways props to you for handling it so professionally.

  37. Good Comment?
    coopreme

    … i dont think there is a cached version… and it wasen’t that big of a deal

  38. Good Comment?
    coop

    hmmm i have a clawfoot tub… maybe i should start using it….

  39. Good Comment?
    Daniel

    I havent seen it, now I will need to look for a cached version hehe. Funny how we always want what we can not have…

  40. Good Comment?
    Stuart

    Who is Jeremy ShoeMoney??? When did you change your last name ShoeBaby???

  41. Good Comment?
    How to start a clothing line from scratch

    Good stuff jeremy…let’s see some more interviews like this one..;)

  42. Good Comment?
    Al Davies

    I saw something similar on youtube recently –
    Bathtub Fun. It ain’t a clawfoot but it sure is entertaining

  43. Good Comment?
    doolally

    Very cool interview.

  44. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    You will find claw foot tubs where ever you find success! (and Allan Dick sponsored parties)

  45. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    That was the 2nd post I ever deleted… She called me apologized and said people were harassing her and she worried it was effecting her personal life and career.

  46. Good Comment?
    Travel Notebook

    Good interview. Why was there a tub there anyways?

  47. Good Comment?
    Matt

    very professional interview :O

  48. Good Comment?
    Travel Notebook

    What about deleting posts? What happened to that train wreck of a post that was here yesterday? Why did you decide to remove that?

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