Sep 13 2008
Big Money Blogger Q&A at Izeafest Panel
By Jeremy Schoemaker
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Moderated by Drew Bennett - Stephanie Agresta, John Chow, Neil Patel, and myself were on the Big Money Blogger panel. There were some great questions posed to us:
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That panel was so much fun. Thanks for being on it Jeremy!
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awesome - watching it now. Thanks Shoe!
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I didn’t realize, until seeing the video (as opposed to the stream) that the chat was seen on such big monitors on stage… they told us later in the chat, but I thought it was still seen offstage (not to the audience).
They should have warned the chat members beforehand, heh, or had some sort of warning somewhere.
Anyhow, the panel session was actually pretty good. Neil’s a funny guy!
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Jewellery Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 11:34 am
I was suprised they left the chat on, usually its a distraction at events.
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web hosting rebates Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
the chat made the event more interactive
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Blogging Millionaire Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Neil cracked me up too! It’s nice to see that these people aren’t robots.
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mrkbsm Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
I would have to agree - it was nice to see everyone being candid. Not too formal, but still informative!
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Custom T-Shirts Reply:
September 14th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Haha, yeah they have a decent sense of humor
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going to watch it now
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Definitely a good watch, thanks for posting that.
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Remember rule #465 and its similar sister Rule # 662: if its on the internet it will be seen, found, and exposed at the very worst time it can be exposed. Oh and it will be taken out of context!
What came out of the the the panel was that you are writing for your audience while at the same time staying true to yourself. But this can be a hard balance.
Even Tom Clancy said that you get paid to write not what you want but what the people want to read and are willing to buy. In this case monetizing blogs is writing to an audience in hopes that they will buy into what you are selling. AKA brand and separating yourself from the pack.
Although, since there are only about 5-7 personality types and millions of people on the internet, it doesn’t seem that it would be that difficult to find people who like your blogging personality. At this point it becomes a numbers game. Find as many people who like your personality and keep them.
We have to remember that this is a relationship and with any relationship there is a give and take.
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Big Money Blogger = one of the biggest oxymorons on the Internet… It’d be easier to start a new free webmail service from scratch…
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Panel was great. It kept me laughing. I’m still talking about it today. Very sticky.
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Fantastic Video
There is nothing I love more than hearing a success story!
Inspires me every time.
Thanks
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Dick Reply:
September 14th, 2008 at 7:11 am
I agree, the video is good.
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Will check it out in a few. Bet its great.
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Why was John Chow there? I could have been more interesting than him
He just repeated everything he said in the opening and then repeated what shoe said?
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Blogging Millionaire Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Chow is all about the money.
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Chris Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I’m shocked he didn’t talk about what he had to eat that day. lol.
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web hosting rebates Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
don’t be ‘evil’ guys, lol.
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Ganesh Reply:
September 14th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Good one there.
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mrkbsm Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
It was interesting to hear him talk about how the blog started though… that the URL was essentially nothing for a long time before he even added any content.
And as for what he had for lunch - I’m sure he’ll post pics when he gets back home
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SMM Guru Reply:
September 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
idk I just think John Chow is played out… Dont get me wrong hes a success story and I give him congrats on making it big but when I think of his site now I think of recycled information, pictures of his dinner, and recaps of what he made in a month.
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Great video, very inspiring, it just make you want to blog everyday. Can’t wait to watch some more videos
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Appreciate the video.. hearing others succeed only drives me to work harder.
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That rocked, great info from all of you. I noticed frequent mention of the personal touch, which is perhaps where I’m going wrong. Great advice.
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Another great video…
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Thanks for the great video!
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None of you 4 wanted to make any money from your blogs
jeremy how much do you make out of shoemoney.com these days ?
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web hosting rebates Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
he posted some statistics some time ago and if I remember right, he was making over 30k per month in the last year’s months. If I have to guess, I think this blog’s revenue will be over 400k this year.
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Robin Majumdar Reply:
September 13th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Sounds about right, but how much of that 400K is EBITDA or actually net ^^
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Tushar Dhoot Reply:
September 14th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I doubt he spends even 20% of that. That’s the great thing about the internet. The expenses say fairly low even when income skyrockets.
SEO next Reply:
September 16th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Woops .. thats a pretty decent amount
But i am sure this is just a fraction of the total 
SMM Guru Reply:
September 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
400K a month.
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Excellent panel Jeremy!,
For a new Affiliate Marketer and blogger like me, the IZEAFest was a total eye-opener to the possibilities for talented dedicated people like yourself and the other panelists.
You, Neil Patel, John Chow and all of the others were great! Respectfully, Nicholas
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Dick Reply:
September 14th, 2008 at 7:12 am
This is a great support group. -))))))))))
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Awesomesauce, thanks!
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Yeah I would love to be in this position, it looks like fun!
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September 16th, 2008 at 12:40 am
But the fun has not been a cake walk .. took him almost 4 years to reach this position ..
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very useful question answer for bloggers. thank you shoemoney.
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Very interesting post and very interactive…
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Great participation - what were you looking over at over on the far left (of you) several times ?
I liked your analysis of Twitter and keeping their proverbial secret sauce in order to become the telco of IM 2.0 …
Rob
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Custom T-Shirts Reply:
September 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Twitter is a great example of how a business should be run.
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wow, top celebrities there..
Great
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Wow, IzeaFest looks crazy. Loved the panel, you guys should do it again!
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This panel was good. Great advice offered all around.
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Good stuff Shoe - thanks for keeping all of us non-attenders in the loop!
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Great Panel, Great Video!
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I was a newbie when I tried Unique Blog Designs. Didn’t have a good experience and felt like my business wasn’t too important. It’s not a good place for newbies. There’s plenty of templates you can tweek instead.
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You guys rocks I salute you
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Very interesting , wish I was there ..
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You didn’t wear your Shoemoney shirt!
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Jeremy Schoemaker Reply:
September 16th, 2008 at 12:58 am
shoemoney brand is pretty well known… now working on fighters.com
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Give a man a fish, he’ll eat it. Teach the man how to fish, he’ll steal it.
So which would you pick? The first option is greedy… the second one is very nice, but you’ll lose your business… hmm..
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Tushar Dhoot Reply:
September 14th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I’d do the second one.
As the saying goes, there are “plenty of fish in the sea”.
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Fabulous…love it…
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drew bennett the wide receiver?
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Jeremy, having never heard your story before, I appreciated knowing you are human after all. Your honesty was refreshing and hearing you speak was one of the highlights of the IzeaFest event for me.
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GREAT Q&A, I was paying close attention until the last 30 seconds when Neil started talking about how his dad stumbled upon his blog, then I just started laughing…I can see my dad doing something like that, if I posted stuff like that haha!!
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For the record the tattoo guy Shoe mentioned will tattoo for money. It’s about $1,500 per.
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You and Chow make a great team!
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JumboCasher.com Reply:
September 15th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
nice… think of a name for this team would be a great start…
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Nice video!
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aweson video,thanks for the update.
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Good Video
Great Q&A
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