SEO ThinkTank Winner

by Jeremy Schoemaker on September 12, 2008 · 61 comments

Being I have spent most of the week traveling, filming behind the scenes at Marketleverage, and preparing for one of the most important speeches of my live so far I had to ask to current attendees who they thought I should send to the SEO ThinkTank event in San Diego later this month.

DK and Corey broke down all the contestants and came up with a top 5 in which everyone voted on.

http://blog.scope.is/marketing_safari/2008/09/are-you-a-commu.html

http://www.chrishedgecock.com/blog/2008/09/04/why-should-i-go-to-seo-thinktank/

http://www.bigmarketingonline.com/seo-thinktank-2008-on-shoemoney.html

http://zacjohnson.com/seo-think-tank-networking-event/

I am happy to say and completely agree with the consensus with the winner.

Current attendees voted and the winner is Zac Johnson

Congrats Zac!

Thanks to everyone who contributed.  Everyone talked about how difficult it as in choosing a winner.

Special thanks to ThinkTank attendee Correy Hammond for doing a ton of legwork and helping us pick a winner!

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1 Joshua September 12, 2008 at 9:07 pm

First?

Congrats to Zaccy and the top 5 for playing the game. If I could have chosen all of you, I would.

;)

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2 big jason September 12, 2008 at 9:08 pm

congrats zac. have fun

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3 Dick September 13, 2008 at 7:13 am

I join. Glory to the winner. Peace. -)

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4 cheap used cars September 12, 2008 at 9:08 pm

so close, yet so far. there were a bunch of great entries but zac was by far the biggest name in the affiliate space. nice choice!

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5 Justin September 12, 2008 at 9:12 pm

Congratulations Zac!

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6 Chris Jacobson September 12, 2008 at 9:12 pm

Congrats Zac! That guy wins everything it seems.

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7 Zac Johnson September 12, 2008 at 9:34 pm

He thanks everyone, I’m really flattered and very much appreciate winning this one! I look forward to bringing back some great information for all of my readers!

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8 Moneybites September 12, 2008 at 9:47 pm

HA ha, best of luck there Zac…

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9 mrkbsm September 12, 2008 at 9:53 pm

Congrats Zac – have a good time and make sure to post plenty afterwards… you’ll be full of good ideas!

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10 jim September 13, 2008 at 9:04 am

Congrats man!

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11 Jewellery September 13, 2008 at 11:31 am

Congratulations

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12 Custom T-Shirts September 14, 2008 at 1:22 pm

Congrats Zac, nice win :)

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13 mrkbsm September 12, 2008 at 9:40 pm

If you were looking for someone that would be a contributor, I think you made a solid choice! His blog has pretty solid content whenever I go there.

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14 Moneybites September 12, 2008 at 9:46 pm

Congrats to all the winners!

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15 River Girl September 12, 2008 at 9:55 pm

Congrats Zac!

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16 Steven-Sanders September 12, 2008 at 10:08 pm

Popularity vote. I plan to be big enough by this time next year to win the popularity votes. :)

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17 Amanda (DrifterMama) September 12, 2008 at 10:17 pm

Congrats Zac!

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18 Loganet September 12, 2008 at 10:29 pm

Congrats Zac! Now you need to follow up afterwards and tell us all about it! Have fun in San Diego!

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19 Zac Johnson September 12, 2008 at 10:43 pm

Thanks, no doubt… I’ll be continually blogging as I’m there. Lots of travel this month! Florida… Vegas… then California!

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20 Myrtle Beach Rentals September 12, 2008 at 10:42 pm

great post

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21 Corey September 12, 2008 at 10:51 pm

Congrats Zac! I look forward to meeting you there!

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22 SEO Tips September 12, 2008 at 11:44 pm

Congrats to all the winners!!

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23 Mary Sanders September 12, 2008 at 11:54 pm

Congratulations and have a GREAT time!

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24 Webmasters World September 12, 2008 at 11:57 pm

Congrats Zac… hopefully you will learn a lot. Best of luck.

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25 Sainathaya.org September 13, 2008 at 12:07 am

Way To Go Zac!

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26 Bryn Youngblut September 13, 2008 at 1:03 am

Cool, now Zac can share with Jeremy how he made some money like 3 years ago and how he’s still trying to make some change by posting affiliate links in every post at every opportunity. Congrats on picking someone who already has enough money to pay for the ticket himself!

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27 big jason September 13, 2008 at 1:01 pm

hey bryn. its not zac’s fault. just by being in the contest people know us that didn’t before. best to take it with a smile and look for the next one. never know who’s watching. great resource with the rss icons, btw

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28 Bryn Youngblut September 13, 2008 at 1:38 pm

Yeah I know, I can be bitter sometimes. Thanks :)

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29 Hjortur Smarason September 13, 2008 at 2:01 am

Damn, i would sooo have loved to come. I guess i’ll just have to keep my secrets to my self now ;) ok, maybe i’ll just share them with my readers in stead. Congrats, Zac. You’ve earned it. And thanks for considering me. I’m honored. Hope to meet you guys snnn.

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30 Nicholas Chase September 13, 2008 at 3:37 am

Zac is a great choice! His dedication and helpful demeanor will enhance the Think Tank tremendously. If Jeremy could stream any portion of the Think Tank weekend it would be cool!

Respectfully, Nicholas

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31 SEO next September 13, 2008 at 4:15 am

Hey Jeremy, this was a nice competition, and i am happy that that Zac won it coz he really deserved it.
Good luck to you Zac

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32 Computer Tricks September 13, 2008 at 5:05 am

I think that Zac is a god Winner!

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33 Santhosh September 13, 2008 at 5:15 am

Congrats Zac. Hope he will reveal something about his real money making experiments.

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34 100kjob September 13, 2008 at 6:50 am

If “Everyone talked about how difficult it as in choosing a winner.”, why don’t just put all the names in a hat and pick one from there. I think that is much fairer. I don’t have any entry in the contest, however I feel that if you can’t pick up a winner in a fairest possible way, you will lose faith to all the participants in the end.

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35 Bryn Youngblut September 13, 2008 at 8:22 am

This isn’t one of those contests though. He wanted someone who has experience and can share knowledge to better the conference.

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36 jim September 13, 2008 at 9:04 am

This wasn’t a lottery-style giveaway…

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37 jim September 13, 2008 at 9:03 am

Congratulations to the five and most of all to Zac.

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38 Debbie September 13, 2008 at 9:06 am

Congratulations Zac!

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39 ways to earn online September 13, 2008 at 10:58 am

Congratulations on the win Zac! Love your blog.

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40 Charlie September 13, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Congrats Zac.

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41 Jack September 13, 2008 at 2:59 pm

Nice!

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42 Darin Carter September 13, 2008 at 4:42 pm

Congrats Zac … now we want to hear all about it … so you’ll have to blog your every moment at Think Tank! No Pressure … LOL

Darin

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43 Paul September 13, 2008 at 6:09 pm

Great pics more people should get to see your site

http://www.TrafficGeneratorSite.com

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44 Stephen September 13, 2008 at 6:37 pm

Congrats Zac! You’re one popular spidey. You spin a good web of friends.

Fame comes and wealth chases you around. Enjoy your big moment.

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45 Tushar Dhoot September 13, 2008 at 10:36 pm

Haha, Zac’s a winner alright. This couldn’t have went to a better guy.

Congrats Zac!

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46 Nicholas Chase September 13, 2008 at 11:47 pm

Jeremy,

I would like to propose that the four runners-up do something cool for the rest of us. There is a video-collaboration free download called ooVoo (www.oovoo.com)

ooVoo permits up to sixteen separate video collaborators to be on-line on one screen simultaneously. All you need is a web cam and a microphone.

I propose you schedule a ‘mini-think-tank session with these obvious thought leaders, (even Bryn!) and help some of us pull ourselves a tiny bit up the food-chain of Affiliate Marketing and SEO.

Hjortur’s time-zone in Iceland, ok I’m willing to meet on his schedule, his blog is very professional.

Let me know after Think Tank if this works, keep it to one hour because we are all so busy..

Respectfully, Nicholas

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47 Tushar Dhoot September 14, 2008 at 10:02 am

Man, that’s an awesome idea. An e-think tank….that’d be so cool for the rest of us.

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48 charles September 14, 2008 at 4:35 am

Congratulations to the winners.. Specially Zac Johnson

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49 carol stanley September 14, 2008 at 3:14 pm

I have this tremendous admiration for all computer experts…I am more than likely from the wrong generation…I stumble and digg around a lot. But to see someone win an award for something I find extremely complicated and difficult..I have tremendous admiration..

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50 mathew September 15, 2008 at 4:07 am

Congrats Zach you deserve it

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51 Goran Website September 15, 2008 at 5:23 am

A Big Congratulations to Zac Johnson!!! ;-)

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52 piterbizz September 15, 2008 at 6:26 am

congratulations…………when my turn?? i will work hard to get this..

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53 SMM Guru September 15, 2008 at 1:12 pm

Good luck at the events, I was going to enter but I couldn’t drop daily business on short notice.

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54 Rekzai September 15, 2008 at 2:22 pm

Congratz zac, hope you enjoy it.

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55 CultureMob.com September 15, 2008 at 7:20 pm

Congrats!

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56 JumboCasher.com September 15, 2008 at 11:12 pm

Zac’s going a long way…

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57 Adtechz September 18, 2008 at 2:45 pm

congrats zac

great pic

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58 Zurpit September 30, 2008 at 10:09 am

Congrats on the win Zac!

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