I am leaving soon for the Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas. I love going to new conferences that I have never been to before. Plus this is the first every Blogworld Expo so even that much better. Its just always good to branch out more.
On Thursday @ 10:15-11:45 I will be speaking with Brian Clark, and Assaf Henkin from Kontera on “Smart Ways to Monetize Your Blog”.
This is the most excited I have been to give a presentation for a longtime. I have always been known as “The AdSense guy” but AdSense has accounted for less then 5% of the incoming revenue to our company(s). While I have had a lot of success years ago with Google AdSense I think I am far better qualified to speak on other ways to monetize.
So what will I be talking about? My portion of the talk will be on how to monetize you blog using direct ad sales (how to price them, how to start) and affiliate income from blogs. In October shoemoney.com did just under $30,000.00. About 50% direct ad sales, 30% from affiliate, and the remaining from other sources. I plan on showing a few things I think people might be surprised about including a post on shoemoney.com that generated over $4,000.00 in 1 day from an affiliate program that I have never disclosed before and nobody has ever even guessed.
Tell you what… if you want to take a guess at which single post on shoemoney.com made over $4,000.00 in one day the first person to guess correctly wins $50.00 paypal. You have until the end of today. Just post guess urls in comments. I will give you a hint and tell you it was an affiliate program.
You can see the full schedule here (yes my name is spelled wrong). Unless they got someone named Jeremy Shoemaker to speak on it….
edit: comments closed, winner will be announced on monday when I get back. Great guesses!
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November 7, 2007 at 8:14 am
Its obviously the BOTW 10k contest post
November 7, 2007 at 8:13 am
Haha yeah Nathan i saw people using the link of BOTW about in 7 comments
If it was, then Jeremy would give it to 1st person..
November 7, 2007 at 8:06 am
My guess would be http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/16/below-a-buck-items-on-ebay-for-under-1/
November 7, 2007 at 7:28 am
I’ll take a guess and say this one
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/07/time-out-for-our-sponsors/
November 7, 2007 at 7:12 am
Heh, if I could make 4k in a day I’d be one happy bunny.
Been reading this blog for a while and finally decided to post; I’ll be contacting you soon about one of those Free Shirt Fridays though as I think it would give my blog a decent traffic boost…
November 7, 2007 at 6:44 am
This would be my guess:
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/09/16/how-to-get-45k-impressions-a-day-from-blogrush/
November 7, 2007 at 5:53 am
Lol.. people posting the same link as those before
He said he’d send $50.00 by papal to the first person … so if you are second or third then there’s really not a reason to guess 
“Plus this is the first every Blogworld Expo” – typo
November 7, 2007 at 4:17 am
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/07/time-out-for-our-sponsors/
is has go to be that post.
November 7, 2007 at 4:09 am
This is easy: The time out for our Sponsors Post
A whole post dedicated to sponsors that should make a dent if he’s using it I should too.
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/07/time-out-for-our-sponsors/
November 7, 2007 at 4:01 am
Of course it is the best affiliate program on the web.
shoe got money from his coupon code. am i rite shoe?
*waiting for the 50 :p
November 7, 2007 at 3:47 am
ahahaha shoemoney.com trolls
i thought shoemoney was actually a money making robot! o_O
November 7, 2007 at 3:40 am
i meant 30k overall. i was surprised that you actually replied to my question – this shows that you are not spoiled yet, very good. will you go to affililiate summit in vegas in feb? hope you meet you there. i ll bring you a tshirt from my country hehe
November 7, 2007 at 2:49 am
To all you Americans – Don’t you ever get bored of bragging about how much money you’ve made/got/spent etc. It’s so monotonous……….
November 7, 2007 at 12:12 am
I will like to guess..http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/09/24/pwning-facebook-how-to-think-like-an-uber-affiliate/
November 6, 2007 at 10:45 pm
couldn’t have been that, money from that site take to long to roll in… but its kind of residual because the more things people buy–over a buck— the more commissions he makes. Pretty cool because he (or other ebay affiliate marketers) make commissions on all of the wins from the visits of the below a buck site. Did I get that right?
November 6, 2007 at 10:40 pm
not sure if someone said this yet, but what about the Pubcon in vegas, you had to have inspired people to spend the money to sign up there?
November 6, 2007 at 10:31 pm
I would say my guess would be http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/11/02/a-big-set-of-tits-perry-marshall-gorilla-marketing/ just because I saw that The Next Internet Millionaire has an affiliate program and Shoemoney has mentioned that site quite a few times.
November 6, 2007 at 9:51 pm
So what’s the answer Shoe?
November 6, 2007 at 9:49 pm
my guess
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/01/24/george-bush-great-president-or-greatest-president-ever/
November 6, 2007 at 9:44 pm
I’ll take a stab at this, was it http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/09/best-affiliate-program-on-the-web/
November 6, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Are you going to get your own place in Vegas?
November 6, 2007 at 8:05 pm
That was my guess too.
November 6, 2007 at 8:00 pm
test
November 6, 2007 at 6:27 pm
You should definitely do a video post on this one Shoe. I’m looking forward to what you think about it.
November 6, 2007 at 6:24 pm
That’s brilliant. I’d vote for that as well, but Adrian beat me to it.
November 6, 2007 at 5:23 pm
wow are you guys crazy?
November 6, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Hmmmm. Sounds like a trip to Vegas is in order!
November 6, 2007 at 4:53 pm
That’s great! Have a fun time @ the blog conference!
I guess the Million dollar wiki page.
November 6, 2007 at 4:51 pm
I conquer. I’d be willing to bet on this one
November 6, 2007 at 4:49 pm
it was http://www.milliondollarwiki.com
Sam
Israel
November 6, 2007 at 4:45 pm
i guess it is http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/09/best-affiliate-program-on-the-web/
shoe mention, he just make a link to the info page and he start receiving signups.
November 6, 2007 at 4:26 pm
to be honest I never saw him post that he made money on the blog. i thought this was just a hobby during free time at the 9-5.
November 6, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Name spelled wrong?
I feel your pain! Nobody every spells Edmondson correctly. Although my primary blog is at BrianEdmondson.com I gave up on relying on people to spell it correctly, and use a simpler: BlogWithBrian.com…
Spelling your name wrong though? That’s ridiculous!
Sincerely,
Brian T. Edmondson
November 6, 2007 at 4:23 pm
enjoy the show, my guess:
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/26/mmmm-affiliate-cookie-killers/
November 6, 2007 at 4:17 pm
what? did shoe do anything besides shaking legs… hmmm…
November 6, 2007 at 4:14 pm
was it the post about http://www.reseltoprofit.com ?
November 6, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Was it the post where you promoted Best of the Web with your Shoemoney code so people can save 5%?
November 6, 2007 at 4:10 pm
I say its this one http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/10/31/elite-retreat-december-18-19-san-antonio/
November 6, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Hmmm Didn’t show up last time, I’ll try it again w/o the VPN
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/09/24/pwning-facebook-how-to-think-like-an-uber-affiliate/
November 6, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Shoe… All your base belong to me…
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/09/24/pwning-facebook-how-to-think-like-an-uber-affiliate/
November 6, 2007 at 3:23 pm
My guess is the BTOW post:
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/09/best-affiliate-program-on-the-web
I just checked out your advertising page and gave me some good ideas on how to how to start selling ad spots on my blog. Thanks!
November 6, 2007 at 2:52 pm
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/09/11/million-dollar-wiki-a-good-investment/ it was that post
November 6, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Wait you do other things? I might be one of the confused ones…
November 6, 2007 at 2:33 pm
My guess is the ebay one buck one, though I think you could have made a pretty penny if the bodog ones were monteized.
November 6, 2007 at 2:31 pm
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/26/mmmm-affiliate-cookie-killers/
I think he made $4,000 off of this one. Seem like he could flip that pretty easily.
November 6, 2007 at 2:27 pm
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/16/below-a-buck-items-on-ebay-for-under-1/
my guess
November 6, 2007 at 2:16 pm
I guess its the post you made about your site which sells products for under a dollar from eBay.
November 6, 2007 at 2:12 pm
best of the web
November 6, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Here’s my guess:
http://www.shoemoney.com/recommended-services-who-i-use/
November 6, 2007 at 1:56 pm
I thought it was already disclosed somewhere that the Tshirt one Al mentioned was an affiliate post?
Or did you mean it hadn’t been disclosed on this site that it was an aff thing?
November 6, 2007 at 1:51 pm
That is why I need to be at pubcon. I need to get the “not recorded”/not for general audience info
November 6, 2007 at 1:39 pm
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/13/does-yahoo-even-matter-anymore/
November 6, 2007 at 1:36 pm
My Guess is http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/09/best-affiliate-program-on-the-web/
November 6, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Here’s my guess:
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/03/botw-1000000-giveaway/
November 6, 2007 at 1:31 pm
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/07/time-out-for-our-sponsors/
November 6, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I guess that’s when you called for sponsor for your blog contest, 4000$ worth of prizes in one day, this is a smart way to monetize your blog so that makes sense:
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/16/final-call-for-contest-sponsors/
November 6, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Funny nobody said this yet but it was probably one of the “Next Internet Millionaire” posts.
November 6, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Well that wouldn’t be right…you’ve never disclosed it! back to drawing board.
November 6, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Here is my guess, Shoe;
http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/04/08/the-1000000-experiment-with-ppc-part-1/
November 6, 2007 at 12:13 pm
TenBloggers I think you are right. you punched me to the beat!
November 6, 2007 at 12:09 pm
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/05/08/blockbuster-affiliates-revised-tc/
I win!
November 6, 2007 at 12:05 pm
its gotta be… http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/16/below-a-buck-items-on-ebay-for-under-1/
November 6, 2007 at 12:01 pm
I will make a wild pick and guess
http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/04/08/the-1000000-experiment-with-ppc-part-1/
November 6, 2007 at 11:47 am
I was just looking at Kontera today, too. Other than one miracle $9,000 month, Adsense has never really provided a large amount of monetization for my sites. I’m thinking JoeTech.com will need to plan for some ad spaces when I have it redesigned.
November 6, 2007 at 11:39 am
If it was botw one, then chris was fast in answering that…. lol
Anyways if not, then i stick with my answer that i gave earlier.
November 6, 2007 at 11:31 am
Hello, i am guessing that the post that made the most was:
http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/10/13/overture-yahoo-search-marketing-100-coupon/
Yahoo Search Marketing $100 Coupon
Let me know shoe!
November 6, 2007 at 11:29 am
I would say your post about directory listing and their affiliate program.
November 6, 2007 at 11:19 am
Looks like this one: (if this correct, congrats Chris)
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/09/best-affiliate-program-on-the-web/
November 6, 2007 at 11:15 am
He said that he had never mentioned the program, can you break it down for us like whether it was in October or any of the previous posts?
November 6, 2007 at 11:13 am
Nonetheless, 30K is an impressive figure for a blog which you only treat as a “hobby”.
November 6, 2007 at 11:12 am
I think it is the Best of the Web affiliate writeup.
November 6, 2007 at 11:02 am
No affiliate-link there
November 6, 2007 at 11:02 am
Sellin tshirts
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/02/01/aqua-teen-hunger-force-mooninites-shutdown-boston/
November 6, 2007 at 10:59 am
I’m going to stay loyal to AZ and bet on this one:
http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/04/13/azoogleads-rock-my-socks/
November 6, 2007 at 10:55 am
I beleive it was your post about A page on MillionDollarWiki.com
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/09/11/million-dollar-wiki-a-good-investment/
November 6, 2007 at 10:54 am
This one?
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/03/06/auction-ads-launches/
November 6, 2007 at 10:51 am
I knew and expected that Jeremy had something else that earns huge.. not this blog..
And he revealed his adsense check secret here – http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/11/04/the-adsense-check-for-13299497/
November 6, 2007 at 10:51 am
I think most of the guesses are too obvious since he said “from an affiliate program that I have never disclosed before and nobody has ever even guessed. ”
Amazon, for example, everyone knows Amazon links on blogs are affiliate links. And if someone is specifically making a post about the best affiliate program and things like that, I would think they are making money off it. Has to be something more obscure.
November 6, 2007 at 10:47 am
I’m thinking it was a post from a long time ago for Crazyegg.com.
November 6, 2007 at 10:43 am
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/06/04/my-recommended-services-page/
My guess.
November 6, 2007 at 10:38 am
Nevermind, I am changing my vote. I think it was this one
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/07/19/books-that-motivate-me/
November 6, 2007 at 10:37 am
Really looking forward to what you have to say on the subject Shoe
November 6, 2007 at 10:36 am
I going to go with this one too
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/09/best-affiliate-program-on-the-web/
November 6, 2007 at 10:35 am
I am going to take a wild guess here -
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/01/25/i-am-selling-domains-for-charity/
Here’s my thinking.
You posted a nice post about selling domains for charity. You have double digit unique visitors every day. A large percentage of them clicked on this link.
I bet you redirected to eBay using your affiliate link, planting a cookie on everyone’s machine (and if you didn’t – then why not?)
Then with time, some of those people made purchases on eBay normally, not even knowing that they have your aff link planted in their cookies.
November 6, 2007 at 10:29 am
What about Best of The Web?
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/09/best-affiliate-program-on-the-web/
November 6, 2007 at 10:28 am
You did 30k in Nov already? I think you might have meant October.
November 6, 2007 at 10:28 am
not sure if my last comment posted correctly, if so just delete this one, but here is my guess shoe.
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/09/best-affiliate-program-on-the-web/
November 6, 2007 at 10:27 am
I bet this is it
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/03/botw-1000000-giveaway/
November 6, 2007 at 10:25 am
http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/09/best-affiliate-program-on-the-web/
Thats my guess
Good luck in Vegas.
November 6, 2007 at 10:24 am
Hi.
$4,000 for a single day is great, especially if you don’t own the product and can’t handle with all the customer support! I guess it can be a high dollar ticket.
November 6, 2007 at 10:24 am
I tried for a bit and now I’m bored. WTB Archives! (or some that I can find…)
November 6, 2007 at 10:21 am
It’s gotta be that Yahoo Search Marketing coupon!!?!?!
November 6, 2007 at 10:20 am
BOTW post should be close but I’m guessing Yahoo Search Marketing 100$ Coupon post.
http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/10/13/overture-yahoo-search-marketing-100-coupon/
November 6, 2007 at 10:18 am
Looking forward to the expo, I signed up to view your presentation. I’m sure you’ll impress
November 6, 2007 at 10:17 am
nope this blog has never made more then 30k per month. No worries though…. most people are confused and think this blog is all I do =P
November 6, 2007 at 10:12 am
i thought you earn way more than 30k per month :-X
November 6, 2007 at 9:57 am
I have 2 presentations.
1 for if its being video and 1 if its not. I wont disclose some things on video that I would just speaking to a room of people. I should probably just play this one safe
Btw good guess on eBay in general but nope =(
November 6, 2007 at 9:53 am
Not sure, I would guess something like http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/10/18/whatsup-widgetbucks/ where you slam a company. It was probably an ebay thing though or even botw. I have no clue, but that is a nice payday for one affiliate. Are you planning to video tape and post the vid from the conference?