Opening up for questions again. Im stuck in last vegas today catching up on work and can bust out some answers. Please keep in mind I answer for speed and so some maybe be very short and to the point. Also ask a dumb question you probably get a dumb answer.
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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May 18, 2008 at 5:38 pm
You you were a nut, why kind nut would you be?
May 18, 2008 at 5:36 pm
What is your best advice to sell advertising on a new blog?
May 18, 2008 at 5:31 pm
How can we use our influence and income to help people in need?
May 18, 2008 at 5:26 pm
If you were to look past Web 2.0 into the near future (Web 3.0?), what kinds of marketing, technology, and services do you see emerging?
May 18, 2008 at 5:18 pm
What do you look for in a new project as a way of telling if it’s worth it to invest in?
May 18, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Are you replying to these questions via the emails, or publicly?
May 18, 2008 at 5:12 pm
What’s the best way to monetize the mobile market today? And where do you see the future of mobile marketing going?
May 18, 2008 at 5:09 pm
What is your favorite way to market a new project? (SEO? PPC? Social Media? etc)
May 18, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Can you describe a normal day ? From AM to PM ?
May 18, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Often making money online is about the bottom line and making profit; but what basic attributes would you say any successful entrepreneur needs in order to be a success?
May 18, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I noticed on Shoemoney and Fighters, you serve Google ads but they do not have branding PLUS open in a new window. Excuse my ignorance but do you have a high-level account with them or are you bending the rules? I am jealous.
May 18, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I’ve betted on Wanderlei Silva and BJ Penn in their upcoming fights at ufc84 – have I lost my money?
May 18, 2008 at 4:12 pm
How do you feel about deceptive marketing practices such as the ones frequently used in “free ringtone” deals or ads that offer “free samples” only to automatically enroll you in a membership program? What are the best ad networks in your opinion that have profitable ads/companies that aren’t scams? Do you have any advice (other than huge volume of traffic) for getting big Adsense checks like the one in your photo?
May 18, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Do you spend a lot of time using social media for marketing your projects and does it convert in the end?
May 18, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Kinda Serious Question Would You Ever Run For President Or Vice President Of America? ~Nick~
May 18, 2008 at 4:02 pm
How many bedrooms does your house have?
May 18, 2008 at 3:38 pm
You always say that the best thing to do to make money online is to write good content. Could you elaborate a little by what you consider “good” content? What do you think makes some articles stand out from others more and gain more backlinks / popularity?
May 18, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I noticed that ProBlogger just released a book. Will you be following suit?
May 18, 2008 at 3:35 pm
What are your impressions of Powerset.com? How can a brand new search engine possibly compete in this climate?
May 18, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I’ve had this bugbite for a while now, it wasnt really a problem at first but than it started gowing. It was never really painful just kind of annoying anyway last night the damn bump started pulsating and eggs falling out. I have just been burning them as they fall out but dont want to do anything else as to anger the mother. What would you do?
May 18, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Where do you see the future of the MMA industry in the next 5 years? More specifically, do you see it continually dominated by the UFC, or do you think other promoters will overcome their current financial struggles to share some of spotlight? Along with fighters.com do you see your own role in the industry growing?
May 18, 2008 at 3:18 pm
how can “seos” charge so much with google constantly tweeking how they rank sites?
May 18, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Have you seen Redbelt yet (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008741-redbelt/#synopsis) ? If yes, what did you think?
May 18, 2008 at 2:32 pm
what is the best way to obtain mydomain.com when i now only have mydomain***.com?
the people who have mydomain.com are not talking to me and i think the are holding out for $10,000 or some crazy number! :rolleyes:
May 18, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Do you outsource any of the work / tasks you need to do, or does it mostly go to the Shoemoney employees?
May 18, 2008 at 2:30 pm
shoemoney,
are you going to buy an iphone 2.0 in june?
May 18, 2008 at 2:21 pm
In a previous post about Success growing, opportunity shrinking, you spoke about how much you have grown and the staffing requirements you now need etc.
For myself, having a previous for sales… Affiliate Marketing is fun! I love the thrill of attracting the search engine rankings (ie: beating out competition) and making the sale, so to speak. I have no doubt the rewards from your growth are tremendous in more ways that just monetary.
My question… Has the “Fun Factor” that makes a sales/affiliate marketing juices flow, faded with the added responsibities of running your growing business?
I know that surrounding yourself with the right people is key, so you can focus on what YOU do best, but how much has the business ops cut into the creative process that enabled you to get where you are?
OK, it was 2 questions… enjoy Vegas, I just spent a week there 2 weeks ago, great fun, very costly! LOL
Mark
May 18, 2008 at 2:19 pm
What do you do for hosting (vps?, dedicated?,colocated?,etc?) all your sites? What is your monthly hosting bill?
May 18, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Do you use doubleclick performics or cj in any of your ventures? Also, i checked fighters.com and using alexa.com, I noticed that its traffic is dying. any ideas why?
May 18, 2008 at 2:06 pm
When you look at offers on CPA networks, how much weight do you put into the EPC numbers your affiliate manager gives you? Have you ever run offers when you knew there was a network low EPC on the offer?
May 18, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Are all your projects self funded, or have you ever gone out looking for start up capital? What do you recommend for a small biz looking for start or expansion capital? For attracting great employees, do you recommend giving equity, rev sharing, or base salary or combo of these?
May 18, 2008 at 1:45 pm
how you you market my site: womopo.com ?
Thanks!
May 18, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Are you promoting fighters.com via ppc or is the traffic surge organic, word of mouth and from this site? The traffic graph is impressive for such a new site. Would love to know what you used to get that surge.
May 18, 2008 at 1:38 pm
1. How much is fighters making you? how much has it cost so far?
2. Once you have a gastric bypass, are you limited to the amount of water you can drink after exercise? (Can you rehydrate quickly?)
Cheers.
May 18, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Do you visit mobile web sites? If so which are your favorites and are they worth time to create and try to monetize?
May 18, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Who made shoemoney playbook ebook graphic….can you open source photoshop/graphics program file?
May 18, 2008 at 1:27 pm
What is the biggest referrer for fighters.com?
May 18, 2008 at 1:24 pm
What are some of your top traffic affiliates on shoemoney
May 18, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Do you have any tattoo’s? If not do you plan on getting any?
May 18, 2008 at 1:22 pm
When you say that SEO is dying, do you mean that tricks like using nofollow to distribute google juice on the site, optimizing titles & meta descriptions, etc. are bound to become inefficient? Or it only relates to ’spamming’ = massive link building, anchor-keyword spamming?
May 18, 2008 at 1:21 pm
What is the history of Fireboy?
May 18, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I’ve just got a mac pro – what are the top programs you use daily that I need to install?
Also, how much do you use automator and/or applescript? In your opinion, is it worth learning applescript?
May 18, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Jumping on an emerging technology / product / topic in it’s infancy can give you a huge advantage when developing blogs and forums – much like you did with NextPimp. What are some resources you utilize to determine what will be a hot market next year or 2-3 years down the road?
May 18, 2008 at 1:18 pm
What are your latest Lost conspiracy theories
May 18, 2008 at 1:17 pm
How many visitors are many visitors? (I am pretty sure Mediadonis knows the answer.
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May 18, 2008 at 1:15 pm
any tips on How to earn using twitter followers, or the tweets itself.. any idea ?
May 18, 2008 at 1:08 pm
When will the shoemoney playbook be available?
May 18, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Would you actually suggest using the Build A niche site program or did you only promote it for the $$$>?
May 18, 2008 at 1:07 pm
How excited are you about the iphone sdk? Do you plan on developing any apps for mobile?
May 18, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Didn’t get an invite to Google’s new ad management platform. Would you suggest running OpenX (phpAdsNew) for a niche network of sites or go with some other alternative?
May 18, 2008 at 12:59 pm
how long is the free shirt friday queue?
May 18, 2008 at 12:55 pm
How can we jump to the top commentators area and whay profiles are disablied in the comments area ?
May 18, 2008 at 12:45 pm
how much did you pay for the fighters.com domain?