A week ago today Tigh and I flew to Denver Colorado to do a behind the scenes video for CPA Empire and also attend the Media Breakaway event.
Normally flying from Lincoln to Denver is about a 50 minute flight but there was bad weather which delayed us 3 hours taking off… then once in the air we were diverted south then west and THREE HOURS LATER finally landed in Denver. Once we landed, the captain told us we had to sit on the tarmac until the lightning passed. That would probably upset some but honestly I was so happy just to be alive after our crazy decent with 60 mph crosswinds. It was pretty intense.
CPA Empire had sent a limo to the airport to take us to our hotel. That was pretty awesome of them! The first night we stayed at Radisson North Denver Graystone Castle which was just down the road from the Media Breakaway headquarters. The hotel was older but I really enjoyed it. It had one of those sleep number beds and other small little things that made for a really nice stay. I also got Iron Man from the in room movie selection and it was a great movie. I highly recommend it.
The next day we got up about 8am and Joe picked us up (he was our assigned driver) and took us to the CPA Empire offices. We busted out the camera and started grabbing employees one by one and asking them what they did and some general questions about their jobs and affiliate marketing that I thought people would be interested in. We also had some fun with them asking questions like what it was like to work for Scott Richter among other stuff.
About noon we wrapped up recording for the day and headed back to checkout of our hotel and into the downtown Hyatt Regency which was the Media Breakaway Conference Hotel. This hotel was decked out. Check out the view from my room:
After getting moved in we went down to the conference. The first panel was on compliance.
Amanda Barry started the panel. She gave a very informative presentation about email compliance. I took a lot of notes 
. Next up was Jan Michael Zavislan who is the Deputy Attorney General for Consumer Protection for the state of Colorado. His presentation covered a ton of legislation from the Can Spam Act all the way to the recent Denver Spam legislation.
The next Panel was all about International Affiliate Marketing. I truly believe there are a ton of new opportunities with international affiliate marketing (huge in mobile) right now and its only going to get better as these countries advertisers start to see the value of affiliates.
Then I was on the Affiliate Crossfire panel which was billed kind of like a debate style panel where sometimes tensions flare. While I had some different opinions during the panel I think we pretty much all agreed on most of the topics. Still though lots of the attendees told me it was the most informative panel of the day. Being most of the “affiliates” there have more hands on experience with affiliate marketing then I do I thought that was a pretty great compliment.
That was the last panel of the day, and then we headed to a nice reception with drinks and appetizers. It was a nice little networking event before the dinner.
The dinner was unreal. It was like 5 courses. You had a choice between many main dishes. I went with the chicken and it was fantastic. Then during the dinner Steve Richter, President of CPA Empire, made the announcement that they were re branding as affiliate.com and also dumping direct track for their tracking system. The latter statement got a HUGE roar from the crowd. Direct Track has become the red headed step child of the tracking industry. Personally I agree its a fantastic move for them to move the tracking in house.
After Dinner we headed to the club 5 degrees which was just down the road. We had a blast getting hammered with all the super affiliates and CPA Empire employees.
At 2AM we staggered back to the hotel…. and the GetAds folks were ready for more! So I went with them back to the GetAds office downtown office for more partying and playing rock band until 4:30am. I finally got back to my hotel room and crashed about 5 something.
The next day I rolled out about 9:30am and did some more interviews with employees before heading back to my room and packing up to head to the airport. Had a nice safe trip back.
I would just like to say thank you to all the CPA Empire staff for hosting us for this incredible event. The behind the scenes videos have been sent to the editing team and we should have it in the next couple weeks.
Great times!
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That looks like a conference a single guy like myself might enjoy
Ah I couldn’t make it…. Grrr now I pissed seeing all the hotties I missed out on. LOL
whoa, i envy you there!
playing with all the chicks
lot of beautiful ladies there, nice and fun events..
Someone looks like they had a good time….
I like the pictures..Especially the one with Britany C.
Hi,
You are running a nice contest. I wasn’t aware of it, but this is my entry for the contest. You are having tons of fun with the charming beauties. I also want to be a lucky man like you.
Have fun..
Looks like lots of fun.
Great picture of the clouds, blue sky and skyline!!
change slogan to skills to pay the bills and get the ladies
Can you hook me up with the girl to my right with the maroon shirt on?
Nice shot with the ladies
I don’t know how you can subsist on 4 hours of sleep! Anyhow, that’s very interesting news about the rebranding. I wonder how much that domain cost them?
damn, guys it´s supershoe. He have groupies everywhere.
Pictures really excellent. Beauty …
Very interesting and informative story. I do not like to write so much. -)
Looks like you had a ton of fun Shoe!
I see you were quite the ladies man
. It definitely looks like it was a fun event.
hahha.. you can always sponsor one for you and your folks…
When he’s with the 3 women – I think the one on the right’s pretty hot…
But I generally agree with you
no probs
When I say advertise I mean the free way: Get a few posts in the good forums/blogs and then advertise the competition where appropriate.
Good luck!
My Man! You done well there.
WOW, that sounds like so much fun!
How on earth can you party ’til 5.00 a.m and still get up and be ready for interviews at 9.30? I suggest you should be wearing a light blue T-shirt with a big “S” on it!
jeremy looked like the dream theater drummer… LOL
hehhe… the great thing about going out to this event are the chicks…
You are very hyperactive shoe!!Q!
really a fun event..
Looks like you had a blast – picked up some good info, had fun, networked and had your photo taken with some nice girls – what more could you ask for
Seems like you’ve had enough alcohol by looking at the last 2 pictures
Looks like you had fun with Get ads im making some good money with them
I was checking out those pictures a few days ago as they were already up in the gallery. I think I need to start going to these things and I think it was a little hotter than 5 degrees in the club
lol great pics.. so you are a musician too ? OR you broke that drum
Any bras thrown your way while playing “Rockstar”?
Hey Shoe – good seeing you at 5degrees. Hit us up next time your in Denver. Late.
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Sounds like the perfect getaway for a couple days, minus the hassels with the flying. But it looks like the food, drinks and ladies sure made up for it.
So uh I think that if you were to take one great thing away from this conference if would have to be those nice pictures with the ladies… just thought I’d point that out
maybe you will agree
Scott Richter looks so much like his dad.
Thanks for the in depth post.
Shoe you are pimping
lol Nice pics.
Great review of the event. It’s sounds like you had a great time. I definitely need to attend next year. Got any pics of your meal? I’d love to see what they served.
Love the picture of you rocking out on Rock Band! Haha.
Flying these days are a friggin pain. Around 50% of all flights in the past month have been delayed. I read it in a magazine.
It looked like an awesome time. And your explanation of the food is making me hungry…time to go make dinner.
rock and roll lifestyle, those groupies make i t look fun.
Damn man, living the pimp life!
Email is one of those scary places of the web, so much legislation because of abuse…
Jeremy, Cool photos and fun trip! I remember long delays at Dulles Airport in VA while traveling on business in 2005. The blizzard of 2005 closed the Chicago, National and Laguardia fields for several days. Chicago’s OHare had 12-feet of snow on the runways…
Hope to be a Dot Com mogul someday, starting Yahoo Search Marketing today! Respectfully, Nicholas http://www.donotreadthisblogunless.blogspot.com
Looks like it was a great event. Sorry to see you weren’t at the affiliate summit.
Nice pictures from CPA Empire event but today at the video Q&A with shoemoney and now at this pictures I may notice that Shoe is gaining weight again very rapidly.
I will send it to any country in the world with a legit address. My site is to unite people worldwide.
Thanks for the tip, I’ve been spreading the words in niche blogs by commenting. When you say advertising, do you mean paying the bloggers to advertise?
Looks like an awesome event… love the pics!
nice action on the drums. careful you don’t smash those cheap plastic panels
Nice Pictures man. I sold my first web-project and i didnt supose, that i can get that money. Thanks for your hinds and i will invest that money in my next projects. Hope i can do something like you.
Looks like one hell of an event… Fun all around.
BTW- for how many $$$$ they bought this domain ?
Looks like you had a pretty awesome time! I’m only slightly jealous….. Ok, scratch that, insanely jealous!
I look forward to seeing you at Izeafest in a couple weeks! I’m going to have to sacrifice my first born to make it Friday, but it’s worth it, right?
It is just wonderful to see how great all of you are doing. I really enjoy your event, the pictures are great. I am in awe.
It is just wonderful to see how great all of you are doing. I really enjoy your event, the pictures are great. I am in awe.
Thank you for taking the time to let us be a part of this wonderful journey. My favorite thing about event is how close everything was.
Thank you for taking the time to let us be a part of this wonderful journey. My favorite thing about event is how close everything was.
they’re not That hot…normal at best, with a pushup bra and makeup
Which countries do you sent the shirts to?
I would advertise the contest at popular blogs in your niche.
I am totally jealous of your photos. We didn’t get one event like yours in my whole life.
Love your updates, pictures and excitment on your journey. Enjoy every minute together. wishing all happy days. Pictures are great.
Love your updates, pictures and story on your journey. Enjoy every minute instance of your journey. .wishing all happy days. Pictures are great.
Ummm…..
So I put up a FREE SHIRT RAFFLE on my site, and all you have to do is subscribe by email. and its been 4 days in and I only have 1 subscriber!!!!!!!
Nobody likes Free Shirts anymore? SHOE MONEY!!!! what do I do??
Will any reader from shoemoney be the 2nd to subscribe by email?!??! Whew!
So cool that there was an CPA Empire event in Colarado. I am so jealous! Loving your photos and stories!
I’m so glad you got to experience in CPA empire event. It makes me happy just thinking about it.
HahahahhahHAHAHHHhaha….do you have to ask?
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Sounds like you had a blast. And how good are you at Rock Band? I’m best at the drums, but I think I do well singing certain songs.
you are having a great fun.
affiliate.com – wow thats a premium domain.
Do those girls ask for a picture with you or do you ask for a picture with them?
you seem to have a greta time…your life rocks
the dot com lifestyle…pretty awesome!
Wow looks like a great event .. rock n roll, nice chicks!
My thoughts exactly
Jeremy always seems to have his photo taken with the hottest female affiliates! Hmmm
I was wondering where that rockband photo in your gallery was from! Now I know!
Shame to hear about the long flight/waiting time!
I hope the journey back was better.
You are my hero Shoe, livin life like a real “rockstar”
Sounds like you had a great time. Hope I get to do these types of events some day!
Love the pic were your Rocking out on Rock Band!
So, you’ve got no problems with this richter dude?
Hey shoe, my attention was drawn away form the post by err some hot photo’s !