Apr 10 2008

Earners Forum and Webmaster-Talk Forums Merge

By Jeremy Schoemaker 71 comments

Up and coming forum webmaster talk announced today they are merging with Lee Dodd’s Earners forum.

To celebrate the merger they are having a contest. Check out the prize list! -

1. A beautiful new Macbook Air laptop from ClickBooth valued at $1,800.00!

2. A Professional version Shopping Cart solution from Interspire valued at $995.00!

3. $500 cash in a Max Bounty affiliate network account awaits you!

4. Another $500 in the form of a Text Link Ads gift certificate should help with your marketing efforts!

5. How about another Apple product, the iPod Touch from Rocket Profit….wow!

6. Another $250 cash in a Pepperjam Network account will make you smile!

7. Sure would be nice to have some custom T-shirts printed for your headline website, right? Well, Ndesigns is going to do that for you! This is 24 Custom Printed Shirts (color T’s, 3-4 color printing, one-sided).

8. The hottest new camera for blogging, The Flip, is provided by AdValiant!

9. Speaking of blogs, the MOST AMAZING paid theme ever is now yours from Revolution Theme and it isn’t just one, but the complete multi-pack!

10. To help you relax that hard working brain of yours, we close the package out with a Nintendo DS Lite from RevResponse!

More than $25,000 in Prizes!!

THE CONTEST ENDS MAY 13th AT MIDNIGHT (CST), SO…Start Today to Win!

For more information you can read the official rules here

Aaron Nimocks said on April 10th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

That would be a good merger. I was on earners forum when they launched. Got old though. DP for life!

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kellex said on April 10th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

Great forums! Being new to this biz, I’m always glad to hear about a new contest and great informative websites. Thanks!

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Michael D said on April 10th, 2008 at 1:20 pm

That’s a sweet contest. Checking it out.

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kellex said on April 10th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

Yeah very nice contest. And they are awarding 5 people all of that?

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CPA Affiliates said on April 10th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

Great prizes and two good sites merging.

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Davide Di Cillo said on April 10th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

that contest it will just push the spam post to the limit… i think i’ll pass

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Website Reviews said on April 10th, 2008 at 2:10 pm

It is good to see this merger… They are both usefull, and I think now that they are going to be 1, I may spend a little more time over there!

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Sean said on April 10th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

that was a fast merger. all links point to webmater-talk

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Dan said on April 10th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Sorta figures that the 2 least used webmaster forums would merge, hoping to become less dead. Only like 100 people a day use EF. Dont know about WT

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Dav said on April 10th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

You make it sound like different people own the forums. Lee Dodd owns both of them - as you can see by going to http://www.escalatemedia.com he owns webmaster-talk, and everyone knows he owns Earners Forum.

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Edman said on April 10th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

Shoe, why are you promoting this POS? Everyone knows these two forums are useless.

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Sean said on April 10th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

I agree

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Affiliate Confession said on April 10th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

I love contests and would love to win one of those MacBook Airs, so I’m going to enter this one for sure.

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Affiliate Confession said on April 10th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

Hey Shoe, come to think of it, what happened to all those MacBook Air’s and iPods you had?

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Paul said on April 10th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

In the past few months there have been so many contests.

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CPA Affiliates said on April 10th, 2008 at 4:26 pm

Yes Every Winner gets 1 of each prize!

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TIm Schroeder said on April 10th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

First, thanks for the post ShoeMoney! Much appreciated.

And to Dan: Iif you “Don’t know about WT” then why do you post the “2 least used webmaster forums?” Webmaster-Talk.com is actually a very active and thriving forum. We are certainly not at the DigitalPoint level ,but there are hardly any forums that can compare to that kind of activity.

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Forumistan said on April 10th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

Great prizes. Maybe I would register and start posting in there.

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Alejandro Reyes said on April 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pm

should be interesting as if i remember - earners forum did a big push in the beginning with a contest and it did well. this one should be the same hopefully for them!

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Quer optimizar o seu website? said on April 10th, 2008 at 8:07 pm

That’s what i call a f**king contest!! Great work guys

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Terry Tay said on April 10th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

Sweet! Another contest with some great prizes! I’m sure there will be a lot of people to contend with so my odds of winning won’t be great but still worth it.
~Terry

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lawrence lugar said on April 10th, 2008 at 9:11 pm

that webmaster forum has a dash in the domain, that’s generally bad…they should buy the non-dashed counterpart.

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Sean said on April 10th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

ok so I get it. you know Lee Dodd from starting elite retreat together and at EL last week you discussed that you would promote him combining two of his websites into one…is that right?. the misleading part is the lack of disclosure and implying that they were owned by different people or companies. I need to start tracking the ratio of linkbait/spam posts to informative posts going forward

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SEO hosting said on April 10th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

The problem with the contest is you have to be cranking it out 24/7 for any chance to win. Its pretty much just the top few point getters who’ll win. I’d prefer some sort of 1 point one ballet type of draw.

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Keith Cash said on April 10th, 2008 at 10:27 pm

Some great prizes I need to get working on them right away. First need to finish reading Shoemoney before I work on winning

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Meethere said on April 10th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

Hey Shoe, are you not sponsoring this contest with your “lot of ipods” ?

Great merger and a good contest.

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TIm Schroeder said on April 10th, 2008 at 11:11 pm

Different people do own the WT forum. I’m the original owner and still co-owner.

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CashJuke said on April 11th, 2008 at 12:12 am

I bet people will be posting 24/7 to win that stuff.

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Homebizseo.com said on April 11th, 2008 at 2:04 am

I like contest but the problem that scares me about all contest are the unwanted emails that will follow.

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hw said on April 11th, 2008 at 2:13 am

Shoe, I waiting your contest

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Shanker Bakshi said on April 11th, 2008 at 3:21 am

Thanks for the information, Am down for all Prizes.

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Shanker Bakshi said on April 11th, 2008 at 3:23 am

Forget about merger -Jump in to win some.

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Funky South said on April 11th, 2008 at 3:42 am

hmm heading over to take a look at that. ta.

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Melvin said on April 11th, 2008 at 3:42 am

Wow, but then its hadr because theyre gonna pick only 5 winners but then those 5 will reciee all the prizes/…

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Dav said on April 11th, 2008 at 4:40 am

Ah, gotcha. Thanks for clarification.

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kathy said on April 11th, 2008 at 5:28 am

Hi

We would be interested in purchasing advertising on your blog.

Please get back to me using the email address I have entered if you would be interested in discussing this further.

regards
kathy

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Keylogger Hater said on April 11th, 2008 at 5:56 am

Actually i am wandering around DP but i’ll check this one as well.

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Keylogger Hater said on April 11th, 2008 at 5:58 am

But I have already found there something i couldn’t find on DP!
P.S. It’s not a joke and not advertising

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Keylogger Hater said on April 11th, 2008 at 6:01 am

Personally i’d like to get #4. Just need strong and cheap links in my niche, but i can’t find even expensive. LOL

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Meethere said on April 11th, 2008 at 10:18 am

Aaron wall donated more 300$ worth of prizes.
and its available internationally :Eek:

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cooliojones said on April 11th, 2008 at 11:09 am

Wow, another con-test? Looks like it’s time for a reminder:

http://www.mynewhustle.com/hustle-tips-waste-time-with-web-contests/

Although I have to admit that the prizes seem cool this time around.

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Search Engine Optimization Journal said on April 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am

The prizes are sweet! Good luck to those who are entering!

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Hustle Strategy said on April 11th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

not bad

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3magin8 said on April 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

wow! thanks for sharing this!
im definitely going to enter

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Affiliate Confession said on April 11th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

Had to get in on this one, just registered at webmaster talk.

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Terra Andersen said on April 11th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

Wow, that’s a lot of prizes. I’m sure the merger will end up being a great thing for them as well.

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Sean said on April 11th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

nice reminder. the prizes need to move into the next-next level and then we are talking

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Terry Tay said on April 11th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

I wonder what the quality of posts will be. I know the rules state something about quality, but there will be some that try to bend them slightly.

I wonder if there will be any posts like…

“I’m be liking it mash potatoes”

~Terry

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Mayank Rocks said on April 12th, 2008 at 4:57 am

Dp is anyway the best. DP rocks!

I am a member of Earners forum

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Mayank Rocks said on April 12th, 2008 at 4:57 am

Didn’t they merge with some forum before also. Way back though?

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Mayank Rocks said on April 12th, 2008 at 4:58 am

Good luck with your forum Tim!

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Mayank Rocks said on April 12th, 2008 at 4:59 am

You bet!
People love contests and it will definitely help them. I am sure!!
Like there were too many participators at that blog contest that happened a while ago?

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Chetan said on April 13th, 2008 at 11:31 am

Both were just average forums.. Lets see how good they do with the merger.

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Chetan said on April 13th, 2008 at 11:34 am

Contest just rocks!
The prizes are attractive

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Chetan said on April 13th, 2008 at 11:34 am

Which forum?
Earners or webmaster talk?

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Not John said on April 13th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

Not John Chow was here!

Sorry, didn’t have a good comment for the post.

Mergers can sometimes be a good thing bringing the others readers to make the forum stronger.

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Punters and Pints said on April 13th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

I found both forums to be a bit mediocre, sitepoint is without a doubt the best IMO

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Chetan said on April 14th, 2008 at 6:54 am

But some people just don’t agree with the changes and rules, and they leave the forums. You might see this in webmaster talk’s general chat section.

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Affiliate Confession said on April 14th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

I’m going to win one of those prizes, mark my word and come back to this comment!

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nBridges Media said on April 15th, 2008 at 7:16 am

Seems to be a pretty interesting concept since I have never seen such thing happening before for forums. Nice to see people thinking out of the box and not seeing everyone else as competitor.

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Cozmo said on April 16th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

Same here. Earners was good for a while then died off. I went back a few times but I wasn’t very impressed. I hope it gets better after the merger.

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Dr. Teeth said on April 18th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

thats a cool contest to be tried.

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Dr. Teeth said on April 18th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

they wil definitely beat DP one day or other.

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Dr. Teeth said on April 18th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

no, each winner get the whole set of prizes

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Dr. Teeth said on April 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

DP is crap these days, full of scammers

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Dr. Teeth said on April 18th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

they should have announced a few more winners

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Dr. Teeth said on April 18th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

yeah i agree with your point chetan

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Dr. Teeth said on April 18th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

all the best.
c ya there

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Web Marketeer said on April 21st, 2008 at 9:24 am

Am also a member of DP forums. They’ve been around the block and got a huge user base, so it will be interesting to see if this might topple them. Time will surely tell. The prizes that are up for grabs are attractive for sure. Enough of a reason to enter the contest!

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auctionpixelpage.com said on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm

Great concept and forum. Just went and had a look and had to come back and say thanks for the post. Well worth a look and a good place to hangout.

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