Free Shirt Friday Phenomenom

Posted on: October 10th, 2007 by Jeremy Schoemaker

Not to long again I started this thing called Free Shirt Friday. Maybe you have heard of it. Basically sites and companies send me shirts… I write about them and post a picture of me in a shirt. The idea came about easy enough…. companies/sites want exposure and I love t-shirts. Especially the shirt kind. Well earlier this week I took this picture and thought I would share. Its basically the 48 t-shirts that I have in a box in que for Free shirt friday.



Post written by Jeremy Schoemaker

Hi I am Jeremy Schoemaker and ShoeMoney.com is my blog. 99% of the post here are done by me but you will see others occasionally make guest posts. This blog is fun to write but for my day job I run several online companies.

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96 Comments. What Say You?

  1. MyGoodFinds
    October 24, 2007 at 10:31 am

    I’m excited to get a shirt done!

  2. Joeychgo
    October 24, 2007 at 2:16 am

    Gotta be a way to get caught up – come on shoe!

  3. Brian Mark
    October 16, 2007 at 11:08 pm

    I’d guess clever shirts or by actually knowing you, or by having a good site that you want to mention. I could be wrong, though.

  4. Brian Mark
    October 16, 2007 at 11:06 pm

    SPAM = Sites Positioned Above Mine, or Shirts Placed Above Mine in this case. All those spammers aren’t giving anyone new a chance. :)

  5. Brian Mark
    October 16, 2007 at 11:05 pm

    Scary… Jeremy in a translucent shirt. Not that I’d be any better, but still scary.

  6. Brian Mark
    October 16, 2007 at 11:03 pm

    Now I know what happened to the ones I sent… LOL.

    Seriously, it seemed like it had died off until I sent one to you. Was that the case?

  7. Instant Community
    October 16, 2007 at 2:06 am

    Yeah you are going to have to wait for a while……

  8. Rob Schultz
    October 15, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    Wow…that’s quite a queue!!!

  9. Joeychgo
    October 15, 2007 at 7:23 am

    I was thinking the same thing

  10. Affiliate Money Maker
    October 14, 2007 at 6:54 am

    My thought exactly! :-)

  11. Celebrities & Blog Tips
    October 14, 2007 at 2:05 am

    I guess if I send a shirt I’ll be waiting for a while..

  12. Web Hosting Reviews
    October 13, 2007 at 7:24 pm

    Except spam is unwanted – who wouldn’t want free t-shirts? He should worry if he starts getting other articles of clothing unsolicited. That would be spam… like Thong Thursdays or something nasty like that. Filter out all free thongs, but keep all free t-shirts.

  13. Clarke Internet Marketing
    October 13, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    I’ve sent in 4 tshirts – one of these Fridays…

  14. Making The Money
    October 13, 2007 at 7:32 am

    You could always send them to me, not that I’ll post about them it’s just that I’m poor!

  15. DEXTER
    October 13, 2007 at 6:42 am

    So how to get this shirts..??

  16. Beauty Girl
    October 12, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    Or may be more because till the time your shirt reaches shoe he will have another 50 added up in the queue ;)

  17. lyricsreg
    October 12, 2007 at 9:23 am

    With lots of t-shirts comes great responsibility. Show has to start reviewing :)

  18. Joeychgo
    October 12, 2007 at 7:51 am

    You almost need to do free shirt friday every day to catch up.

    Maybe do 2-3 shirts on fridays til you catch up

  19. UK Site-Ads Matchmaker
    October 12, 2007 at 6:47 am

    Jeremy, as someone who appreciates the value of reciprocal links, do you allow those whose shirts you model on your site to post the photo on the shirt ‘donor’s’ site with a link back to Shoemoney?

  20. Michelle
    October 12, 2007 at 3:47 am

    If there’s another dotcom bust – perhaps we’ll see you all shuffling around in shoemoney T-shirts!

  21. Seo Next
    October 11, 2007 at 11:57 pm

    spamming own site is not spam actually

  22. Seo Next
    October 11, 2007 at 11:55 pm

    he like t-shirts but not sure can he manage 48

  23. Seo Next
    October 11, 2007 at 11:44 pm

    oh no i was looking to send you our tshirt but looks i have to wait for 48 weeks.

  24. Rice Blogger
    October 11, 2007 at 9:55 pm

    you look sad to have those t-shirt

  25. Tracy Robinson
    October 11, 2007 at 7:29 pm

    Got it, just do a slideshow where you wear each shirt with a link back or a shout out to whoever the person/company is on it, that way you can get them all banged out at once.

  26. Tracy Robinson
    October 11, 2007 at 7:28 pm

    Hahahaha, shoefolk, that is a really good one. I almost went to ShoeMonet today, typing too fast.

  27. 賃貸 大阪
    October 11, 2007 at 7:00 pm

    Or you could expand the album in your gallery with loyal readers showing off their Shoemoney shirt.

  28. JeffPosaka
    October 11, 2007 at 6:58 pm

    How about one day where we all where your shirts, pick a day and we will send you photos wearing your shirt.

  29. JeffPosaka
    October 11, 2007 at 6:57 pm

    I was thinking the same thing. Isn’t there some village in Bangladesh that could use all those shirts?

  30. Jonathan Volk
    October 11, 2007 at 5:18 pm

    LOL I think he needs a tshirt spam filter! ;) Good one.

  31. Israel
    October 11, 2007 at 5:10 pm

    hey if you need some help, i’ll wear some.

  32. pop culture king
    October 11, 2007 at 4:39 pm

    haha was thinking about sending you a shirt to put up I didnt know so many people sent shirts weekly.

  33. Justin Cook
    October 11, 2007 at 4:28 pm

    Maybe you could ship a few my way. I could start a “Justin Cook” FSF, that of course no one would even bother reading…

  34. Five Dollar Wiki
    October 11, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    I don’t know if T-shirts are considered SPAM though. What is the definition of SPAM? It seems like the label is used for aggressive marketing too…which is bad for SEO guys…

  35. Five Dollar Wiki
    October 11, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    THAT IS AWESOME! One of my dreams was to make a homeless foundation in San Francisco but I applaud you for doing such thang. I will stop asking for free shirts. I have too many so I usually send my old shirts to good will anyways. :)

  36. julia wilkinson
    October 11, 2007 at 3:32 pm

    I’ve got it, Shoe! You line up a few of the Shoefolks in a row each Friday for the pic so you can knock out more shirts…say you, Dillsmack, Neil, etc…hehe OK just a thought..;)

  37. Susan
    October 11, 2007 at 3:28 pm

    Getting the mail every day is like Christmas thanks to T-Shirt Friday. The response from all of you has been awesome and we have loved the t-shirts, the fleeces, the drinking glasses and today we got the “pimp cup”. Your response and interest in the blog is really appreciated. The biz manager.

  38. wethead
    October 11, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    Holy CoW!

    I need to start a free shirt friday :)

    I would never have to buy clothes again!

  39. corey
    October 11, 2007 at 2:03 pm

    If you don’t want to break up the acronym you could do Free Shirt February.

  40. The Dino
    October 11, 2007 at 1:58 pm

    48 of them you can ave almost 1 for a week wearing and you dont have to use washing machine :)

  41. Jason
    October 11, 2007 at 1:08 pm

    Nice collection. We should compare some time.
    Plus, I’ll be sending you one soon too!

  42. Theo
    October 11, 2007 at 12:41 pm

    You should sell them at Ebay ;)

  43. bobby9101
    October 11, 2007 at 11:18 am

    Nice facial expression :)

  44. Archos 605
    October 11, 2007 at 11:18 am

    No he reviews them on the site.

  45. blogstheme.com
    October 11, 2007 at 11:05 am

    SO what are you going to do?

  46. thatedeguy
    October 11, 2007 at 10:50 am

    Maybe you need a few Free Shirt Weekends to eat into that stockpile a little.

  47. doug m
    October 11, 2007 at 10:33 am

    that’s a lot of shirts, hey Jeremy you ever think about having a contest to give away some of the shirts you get?

  48. Stealth
    October 11, 2007 at 10:13 am

    Sup guys…. nice shirt box Shoe!

  49. Harrisburg Web Design
    October 11, 2007 at 9:54 am

    So do they make the site roughly in the order received or does shirt design count for anything? I would think you’d want to go for the coolest shirts or the best companies, instead of just basing it on time in queue.

  50. seogeek
    October 11, 2007 at 9:38 am

    I was thinking the same thing.

    Thought Bubble : “Why in hell did I ever start this T-Shirt thing?”

  51. ShoeMoney
    October 11, 2007 at 9:31 am

    Thats actually a good idea… I might start doing one friday, saturday, sunday mornings or so until we get caught up

  52. ShoeMoney
    October 11, 2007 at 9:31 am

    that was the hidden agenda here

  53. ShoeMoney
    October 11, 2007 at 9:30 am

    ya some get priority… guess how ;)

  54. ShoeMoney
    October 11, 2007 at 9:30 am

    I keep some and each week I send Susan down to good will for the ones I would never wear ;) .

  55. JoeTech.com
    October 11, 2007 at 9:19 am

    I’ll have one coming your way after I relaunch my other site.

  56. Men's Health Board
    October 11, 2007 at 8:58 am

    wow… other 4 shirts and there will be a year waiting time before you will feature it!

    i know i had to sent you a t-shirt after i saw you featuring a tee for the first time…

  57. Gecko Tales
    October 11, 2007 at 8:36 am

    I love free t-shirts. If I don’t get one when I got to conferences or seminars I’m pissed.

  58. Archos 605
    October 11, 2007 at 8:26 am

    You don’t look too happy considering you have a BOX of free t shirts !

  59. CatherineL
    October 11, 2007 at 7:21 am

    That is a lot of tshirts shoe. So, if I sent you one, would it take a whole year for you to wear it? Or do you pick your favourite ones first?

  60. ritchie
    October 11, 2007 at 7:15 am

    a translucent shirt with the sm-logo that glows in the dark? :-)

  61. ritchie
    October 11, 2007 at 7:14 am

    Oh my… I had no idea the queue is so long :-)
    And my shirts are still in the printer’s press, does it still make sense to send you fresh shirts?

  62. nick Morlan
    October 11, 2007 at 7:12 am

    Why don’t you send the shirts to other smaller bloggers, we can take pictures of us wearing them and you can post the picture of us in that shirt along with a link to our site for Free Shirt Friday?

  63. krillz
    October 11, 2007 at 6:50 am

    free T-shirt weekend.

  64. jim
    October 11, 2007 at 6:25 am

    hahahha t-shirt spam… nice

  65. jim
    October 11, 2007 at 6:24 am

    That is a LOT of shirts… send some to the donation center after you’re done. :)

  66. Chris
    October 11, 2007 at 6:16 am

    You should start a different piece of clothing for each day, then you wouldn’t need to purchase clothes again.

  67. browie
    October 11, 2007 at 6:04 am

    Oh, I think I see my shirt. LoL

    Lots of shirts man, how will you ever get through them? You’re going to have to do Free T-Shirt Friday but do 3 at a time.

  68. Windyridge
    October 11, 2007 at 5:59 am

    That’s pretty clever.

  69. CPA Affiliates
    October 11, 2007 at 5:44 am

    my shirt is somewhere in there ;) what a craze u have started… but for the people that send them a tshirt is cheap advertising compared to the exposure.

  70. Michelle
    October 11, 2007 at 5:35 am

    What are you gonna do with the box? My kids love a big empty cardboard box!

  71. max
    October 11, 2007 at 4:17 am

    yeah, me neither! :p

  72. Googlelady
    October 11, 2007 at 3:21 am

    May be he re-sell them on ebay? :p Just kidding… But is a good idea no?

  73. Five Dollar Wiki
    October 11, 2007 at 2:20 am

    Wait, so is he giving them OUT or no?

  74. Five Dollar Wiki
    October 11, 2007 at 1:38 am

    yes, send a “green laser”, it’s really fun…

  75. Blog Contests
    October 11, 2007 at 1:33 am

    Haha, thats a year long waiting list

  76. King Jacob
    October 11, 2007 at 12:55 am

    So basically you will never have to buy a shirt ever again.

  77. Five Dollar Wiki
    October 11, 2007 at 12:42 am

    yeah, but is he givin’ them out?

  78. Five Dollar Wiki
    October 11, 2007 at 12:42 am

    Hmm.. you should try sending him a “green laser”

  79. Josh
    October 11, 2007 at 12:28 am

    Diggin the idea. Maybe I’ll give it a shot. Can’t complain about some free shirts!

  80. lyricsreg
    October 11, 2007 at 12:25 am

    Who wouldn’t ? That’s T-shirt SP@M :)

  81. A Blog about Nothing
    October 11, 2007 at 12:24 am

    Exactly. Unless he starts doing free shirt weekends with 5 shirts a day I don’t see how he can catch up.

  82. hoodmonkey
    October 11, 2007 at 12:10 am

    Meaning: stop sending shirts you dumbshits!

  83. SonicReducer
    October 11, 2007 at 12:09 am

    So if we send in a shirt now, it might get posted in September 2008. That’s a big queue.

  84. Eric
    October 11, 2007 at 12:01 am

    lol… You look a little pissed off there.

  85. OnlineCashFlow
    October 10, 2007 at 11:56 pm

    I need to create something that Shoe will wear out… Now, to the drawing board! ^_^

  86. OnlineCashFlow
    October 10, 2007 at 11:55 pm

    I need to create something that Jeremy will wear out so people will talk about it! Now, to the drawing board to come up with something clever… ^_^

  87. Garry Conn
    October 10, 2007 at 11:50 pm

    Ok man… so who does your laundry? That’s just not right. Wear the shirt… stick it in a box? lol Something tells me I see an eBay auction or a garage sale in the near future. :)

  88. Jonathan Volk
    October 10, 2007 at 11:49 pm

    Hahahaha well at least they’re ordered in a systematic and orderly fashion! :) I mean, we wouldn’t want wrinkles or anything ;)

    Hehehe… J/k – That’s a lot of tshits :)

  89. Michael Kwan
    October 10, 2007 at 11:38 pm

    You know what this means, folks. If you send the Shoe a shirt, your post won’t show up for another YEAR. By that time, some of these sites and services that people are trying to promote may not even exist .

  90. Five Dollar Wiki
    October 10, 2007 at 11:18 pm

    Are you giving them out???

  91. Chris Jacobson
    October 10, 2007 at 11:15 pm

    That’s a lot of shirts. What do you do with them all (besides wear them)? lol

  92. Nick Sullivan
    October 10, 2007 at 11:09 pm

    Wow. A lot of t-shirts. I’ll be sending you one soon enough!

  93. Online Cash Flow
    October 10, 2007 at 11:04 pm

    I’m trying to come up with a clever design to send one to you, Jeremy!

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