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Design Banners For ShoeMoney Tools Affiliate Program – Win Prizes

Posted August 28th, 2008 by Jeremy Schoemaker

We are going to kickoff the affiliate program for shoemoney tools on Monday where users can earn $75 per referral and I am looking for some sweet looking banners to add to the promotional resources.

So we are going to have a mini contest…

Make 4 banners animated or otherwise of the following sizes:

125×125px
120×600px
160×600px
468×60px

Formats can be jpg, png, gif or swf. Please keep size within reason.

Zip them up and mail them to tigh at shoemoney.com

Here is a higher res shoemoney logo if you need one

You only have a couple days. In order to be eligible all banners must be submitted by midnight August 30th.

The will put up the 468×60px ones on shoemoney.com and let users vote. You can be creative with your copy but so far we like “Tools That Make You Money” kind of theme.

The top user will receive a ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO SHOEMONEY TOOLS, a brand new flip mino, and of course some shoemoney gear.

Lets see what you got!

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66 comments. What say you?

  1. Good Comment?
    TylerC

    So did the program launch today?

  2. Good Comment?
    NY Apartments

    I agree that the 125 x 125 will be the easiest ads to deploy quickly. Most everyone has spare inventory in this size, it’s much harder to get people to give up a 160×600.

  3. Good Comment?
    Vin

    oh…. i missed this one. next time for me.

    congrats to the upcoming winner(s).

  4. Good Comment?
    Acrucia

    shame the timeline was so short. I had a few good idea’s. Oh well, always next time. Good luck to those submitting entries. :)

  5. Good Comment?
    Dustin Cucciarre

    I def would like to get in on this project!

  6. Good Comment?
    Eva White

    You should do a post detailing your tools. That way its easy to get what one is searching for.

  7. Good Comment?
    Hungry

    How much time is left? I’m looking for the date/time stamp on this comment post to get the relative time… Where I am it’s already over.

  8. Good Comment?
    SawanM

    Seems like a nice contest, and you get bragging rights for someone using your image on a site like this. But, I am no good with graphic designing, so I’m out.

  9. Good Comment?
    Storm

    Entry in – wish I had a few more hours to work on these.

    • Good Comment?
      Jewellery

      Well if you win you could always offer a free moderation ;)

  10. Good Comment?
    TylerC

    Hey shoe, I think you should showcase more than just the 468×60…. That way people can get a feel for what all we made.

    Or allow us a link to the rest of our ads?

    • Good Comment?
      Craig

      Yeah I agree, I am having the hardest time with 468×60 but I am happy with the other 3.

      • Good Comment?
        TylerC

        If not all then I would say the 125×125 would be better to go with.

    • Good Comment?
      Zac Johnson

      I would agree that the 125×125 will get you the most traffic, as more bloggers have 125×125 spots on their sites, and usually aren’t sold out… so they can test your add easily enough.

    • Good Comment?
      Jewellery

      Send in a 125×125 like Tyler and Zac have mentioned, if its good…then it will be easily accepted.

  11. Good Comment?
    Frank

    Just curious, why don’t you go with a recurring commission instead of one time?

    You’d get more business that way.

    • Good Comment?
      Jewellery

      That’s a good point although you have to consider the fact if people leave the system you won’t earn as much ;)

  12. Good Comment?
    JoomlaBear

    Dang I wish I had popped my head in yesterday – it’s going to be a scramble but I’ll have a crack.
    Any chance of a logo in vector format? someone else asked for EPS but Illustrator would also be just dandy.

  13. Good Comment?
    Jan Alvin

    Jeremy, does this contest have any theme or something or I can make any logo that I want??

    (I’m IN!!!) :twisted:

  14. Good Comment?
    Dick

    The competition is so good. The truth, I really can not draw banners. -(((

  15. Good Comment?
    SEO Tricks

    I’m in! I will send my entries working on it now!

  16. Good Comment?
    JumboCasher.com

    Shoe, so only one top level prize or the others get some moo too…

  17. Good Comment?
    Static

    Great little contest. You know what I like best about Shoemoney? It’s not the guy behind this blog or the content. It’s definitely the contests!! :P

  18. Good Comment?
    Candy Cane Correctional Facility

    Hmmm 12 midnight USA… that gives me till Saturday morning. ;D

  19. Good Comment?
    Shoeb

    This is really useful for designers., especially for those who run their websites.

  20. Good Comment?
    kashif

    I am gonna win this contest. thank you shoemoney.

  21. Good Comment?
    meethere

    I am watching it, that would be a fun contest.

  22. Good Comment?
    AffiliateObsession

    Yes the MacBook contest….hmmm….guess i’ll have to stay up all night again designing banners :)

  23. Good Comment?
    River Girl

    Wish I could do design, but I’ll settle for winning the MacBook AIr contest. :-)

    • Good Comment?
      TylerC

      Maby he should give the winner of this contest one as well!!! ;)

  24. Good Comment?
    Alex

    shoemoney,

    this is not related, however, I regularly use your serps tool and it says “abuse” on it. this message has been displayed for the last week. wanted to give you a heads up

    • Good Comment?
      Jeremy Schoemaker

      ya it was getting hammered pretty good from a few people so I disabled it for a bit until I have time to rate limit it.

      • Good Comment?
        Jewellery

        Hope it comes back soon especially with google not showing link:domain all the time now.

  25. Good Comment?
    cheap used cars

    sweet way to get a ton of banners.. probably more effective than a DP contest and definitely cheaper!

  26. Good Comment?
    Storm

    Are you in Central Time Zone over there, for all us €pean’s
    Storm

  27. Good Comment?
    LetUsReviewIt

    Might wait for this to come out instead of doing the $50 a month for PPC Coach as it seems a little expensive for a monthly fee.

  28. Good Comment?
    Tom Jones

    Wish I would have spent some more time in design class. Best of luck to all that enter.

  29. Good Comment?
    Zak Show

    Good contest but I can’t join as I am not a very good designer :(

  30. Good Comment?
    Bryn Youngblut

    I could get a friend whos amazing at graphics to do some stuff but the deadline is way too short.

  31. Good Comment?
    JB

    Shoe – since, time is a major factor here it would help if you would supply an eps version of your logo so we don’t have to recreate it.

    • Good Comment?
      TylerC

      The one supplied is more than big enough for the ad spaces we are making.

      Just use the color select tool in photoshop to strip the white out and you have a transparent bg ;)

  32. Good Comment?
    web hosting rebates

    too bad I suck at design…at least I will get the chance to admire others people skills.

    • Good Comment?
      The Right Time to Monetize Niche Sites

      Me too!!! But, it should be interesting to see the designs!

  33. Good Comment?
    Nick Throlson

    Not too good at making banners but ill give it a shot!

  34. Good Comment?
    shawn

    Shoe can you give us a higher res logo other than the one in your header?

  35. Good Comment?
    Keith

    Four graphics for a Mino and shwag is pretty cheap, but I’m a sucker for free stuff. I’m in.

    • Good Comment?
      Jeremy Schoemaker

      what do you suggest ?

      • Good Comment?
        Jeremy Schoemaker

        actually tbh we are always looking for good graphics people and put them to work ;) Just ask Nate from UBD….. so doing well in this could lead to a lot of work let alone showcasing your work for… about 30k + people to see

        • Good Comment?
          Keith

          Oh yeah, that did come to mind. ;)

        • Good Comment?
          JumboCasher.com

          a reasonable price for work i guess!

      • Good Comment?
        Craig

        Maybe throw in a free subscription for 6 months or more to the tools program. That would be worth it along with eveything else mentioned.

  36. Good Comment?
    Streko

    Shoe, i take it you’re logo & pics from this site will be fair game for this?

    • Good Comment?
      Jeremy Schoemaker

      sure for the banners ;)

      • Good Comment?
        Steven

        Is there a way to see the list of tools available without having to login?

      • Good Comment?
        JumboCasher.com

        can they be modified, i mean wont that be a copyright violation issue or something?

        • Good Comment?
          Eric

          lol, copyright violation against whom? Shoemoney? The person running this very contest? I wish my image skills were up to par, else I’d join in. Guess I’ll just watch from the sidelines:)

  37. Good Comment?
    Dan

    Design competitions are bad, m’kay?

  38. Good Comment?
    Chris Abernethy

    Man… shoemoneytools.com went *fast*.

  39. Good Comment?
    Bryan Bliss

    wow, Perfect timing, I just downloaded adobe cs3 flash and now working on a catch phrase
    stuck with writers block
    can anyone help with a rhyme for
    “sphincter”?
    thanks and take care
    bryan

    • Good Comment?
      Marcia

      tincuture?

    • Good Comment?
      Le Melon

      I dread to think what the tagline you’ve made is..!

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