Update
It was a photo finish! Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner soon!
Here are the finalists for the winner in the “Become a Shoeperstar” contest.
Please vote for who you think should win an all expense paid trip to SXSW and be in a episode of Rock Startup with me and the Izea crew.
***Winner will be selected at midnight EST on February 22, 2008.***
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February 23, 2008 at 7:53 am
So, what’s the word?
February 22, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Heat of the battle..it was tight.
Good job still…
February 22, 2008 at 5:17 am
Well, this is the first time I have ever blogged before to be honest thanks to my buddy Aaron ‘Rockstar’ Kronis who asked for my support to try to win this comp. Anyways, he is the real deal and deserves to win this thing and it’s a shame that the race got cut short and then restarted because I feel he was gaining traction and I know that a number of my friends were just finding out about it late and would have voted for him.
Aaron has always been hip to the newest webculture out there and he’s a trailblazer when it comes to using all the various internet forums, blogs, fansites etc. to promote and share his music and thoughts with others with similar interests so I think he really deserves this one. Not to mention he rocks, trust me I know! Send him to this conference, I am sure he will promote the cause well! Rock Stead!
February 22, 2008 at 12:31 am
Shoemoney, I truly feel you put on an outstanding competition and brought out two fierce competitors. I don’ t know who won, but if the results are so close maybe you should do a little kickback and send both competitors to SXSW. What do you think?
February 21, 2008 at 11:57 pm
So did I win, can I stop bugging people to vote or what? its over now.
February 21, 2008 at 11:45 pm
And the weirdness resolves itself
February 21, 2008 at 11:16 pm
i think we should both go!
February 21, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Interesting, my comment says it was made by max pool! Dirty Pool Old Man!
February 21, 2008 at 11:09 pm
WAY to go Kronis! At least you actually play guitar! You pwned mang!
February 21, 2008 at 10:22 pm
LOL – Obviously Shoemoney’s servers are in Florida and the hanging chads are getting counted now!
Well done DV – looks like the tables have turned. Be sure to check out the geek bowling!
February 21, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Wow! This race has really got pretty close! May the best man win DV!
February 21, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Thanks for your support angela, it was a mistake and they’ve reopened the voting. Kinda learned something here… look how stupid my previous posts look now.
February 21, 2008 at 7:22 pm
O noes! It’s closed to early. I was going to vote for MAX Pool because he put up a website about it already.
February 21, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I am extremely disappointed that you closed the contest early on such a tight race. Many of my friends were disappointed they didn’t get to vote.
Were you afraid your friend might lose? I am assuming the winner was your friend or you would have allowed the contest to finish as posted.
If it wasn’t nepotism what a disservice you have done to the winner.
February 21, 2008 at 2:12 pm
i assumed from the shoeperstar page it would be 11:59 Eastern Time on the 21st.
February 21, 2008 at 2:11 pm
THANKS FOR ENDING THE CONTEST EARLY – all the people i sent stuff to are telling me they can’t vote and it is supposed to end at midnight?
I guess this wasn’t very clear: did i misinterpret? when DID it end. I’m feeling gipped for sending so many people to a site to vote when the voting ended already…
” Three finalists will be selected by Jeremy and Ted by February 11th, 2008 based on the quality of the blog post (yes, it’s subjective). Public voting between the three best posts will take place the week of February 18th with the winner selected at midnight easter on February 22, 2008. Airline travel allowance up to $500 for international bloggers. Hotel selected by Izea staff. We are not responsible for applicable taxes on prizes. Void where prohibited by law.”
- i think you guys owe me some type of explanatioin or a ‘ hey we liked how you tried so hard and promoted our site so much’
feeling gipped right now.
anyone?what else is subjective? Kudo to max for a great post.
i hope he has a great time. hope the webisode goes #1 on digg.
still feel ripped off.
February 21, 2008 at 1:18 pm
WTF it ends at 9pm PST or midnight.
anyone?
February 21, 2008 at 1:08 pm
WTF? I thought that voting would close on the 22nd at midnight, not 1:30 in the afternoon on the 21st?
February 21, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Digital Veg. FTW. Rocking guitar, is that an Ibanez?
February 20, 2008 at 9:25 am
I want to vote conversative but the liberal candidate is darn charming
February 19, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Keep it coming! thanks guys. – here’s a link to some music – Yours Forever Industry download page -in mp3,
enjoy!
February 19, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Digital Vegetarian has my vote!
DV FTW!
February 19, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Wow…it is gonna be a race. Best of luck to you both!
February 19, 2008 at 5:07 pm
terms? hmmm but your reasons said and I quote “I can play guitar like a shoeperstar”.
I guess the definition is the question then…
Adwords duel ? can i use rubicon? hahaha
cheers – i’m still gonna post some guitar playing as i meant to initially…check back later tonight (can’t really do it at work without my guitar)
February 19, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I voted for Max! Loved the video! LOL
February 19, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I just voted for Digital Vegetarian and it looks like they’re catching up.
February 19, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Wow. Well, good luck!
February 19, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I can see DV is catching up. Go go go.
February 19, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I vote for that digital Vegetarian. What a nut. A true SEO rockstar.
February 19, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I have no guitar skills (you saw them all in the video), on that topic I concede you the winner…
My skills are in PPC and Aff marketing – Adwords Duel? =P
February 19, 2008 at 12:25 pm
We do stuff like this quite a bit… This one was a pretty good shot for someone to win there was only about 20 people who actually competed.
February 19, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Hello all,
In the true spirit of competition and to make this an interesting competition, I have suggested us posting some videos of our playing……why not! haha best of luck to all.
- KRONiS – http://www.digitalvegetarian.com
February 19, 2008 at 11:32 am
i had 99 reasons…but then i had a limited time to work from an iphone so i shortened it…. the plan was to add video posts of me playing guitar. now that i have a few more days i will update the post with some video clips of real playing!
February 19, 2008 at 7:15 am
If you’re name is Web 2.0 complaint. I vote!
February 19, 2008 at 5:11 am
Under dog vote.
February 19, 2008 at 5:08 am
I vote for Max Pool
February 19, 2008 at 1:44 am
Max pool is very LAME comparing with digital v…whiever has time to read that will be impressed!
February 19, 2008 at 1:38 am
Voted for ya too Max…looks like you might wana start packin’!
February 19, 2008 at 1:32 am
Max Pool is already leading by far
February 19, 2008 at 12:01 am
Woahhh…it looks like Max is winning by a land slide!
February 19, 2008 at 12:00 am
I too am very impressed by that. It gets my vote! Good luck Max!
February 18, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I am not for sure who to vote for because don’t know enough about each candidates but in the future as I do learn more I will get to voting. I would like to become a Shoeperstar though.
Rob West
February 18, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Thanks for the votes everybody!
Glad you enjoyed the video and hopefully I can make the episode of RockStartup equally as entertaining if I win…
February 18, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Max Pool gets my vote!
February 18, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I thought all of them were pretty good, it is a tough one.
February 18, 2008 at 8:48 pm
voted for Digital Vegetarian on name alone, i love it!
February 18, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Ha ha, great video by Max Pool, he has my vote. Keep up the great work for everyone.
February 18, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Good job Max. Voted for you. Might want to clear up “Web 2. compliant” and not “complaint”
February 18, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I had to vote for the Digital Vegetarian (Note the correct spelling!) as he put so much effort into his entry – and it was funny! He’s definitely a Shoeperstar
February 18, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I voted for the under dog.
February 18, 2008 at 7:07 pm
3 Hardworking finalists.
Tough choice………Good Luck to everyone.
PS. I am available to carry luggage, along with gopher duties is go along free with you.
Cheers
February 18, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Shoemoney, you should have more contests for people to win stuff. How can I be the next Shoeperstar?
February 18, 2008 at 6:51 pm
“If you are what you say you are, a Shoeperstar, than have no fear, the ticket is here and the microphones and they wanna know Oh oh oh yeah”
February 18, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I don’t know who to vote for? I am leaning towards Max though. Bum, out.
February 18, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Totally voting for the biggest dork, and that’s Max, without a doubt.
February 18, 2008 at 5:44 pm
lol… did max pool really buy a website dedicated to winning this contest?
that gets my vote =)
February 18, 2008 at 5:09 pm
just voted for Max Pool .. good luck Max
February 18, 2008 at 4:47 pm
How can you come up with 69 reasons? Dang! I’ll read through them all then vote.
February 18, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Hello,
Im think im the first one to vote
I hope that i made the right choice.
Sorry for others but i can’t vote twice