Our auction for me to wear your company’s shirt at Affiliate Summit West 09 ended on Monday. The winning bid was $5,200.00. The winning bidder, Train Signal, emailed me and said they had allocated $10,000.00 for this and would like to donate the full amount.
So at Affiliate Summit west I will present a check to the Affiliate Marketers Give Back, who’s chosen charity is Fighting Breast Cancer, on behalf of Train Signal for the amount of 10,000.00!!!!
You rock Train Signal! If you use twitter give them a shoutout @trainsignal
I am glad we pulled this off and were able to raise a decent amount for charity. The auction could not have happened at a worse time. Almost every major affiliate/SEO/marketing company told me they would love to participate but everyone who could make a decision for that much money was on vacation for Christmas. Also the fact that the auction ended at 8am on a Monday morning… blah.
There was every reason for me not to do this auction and also every excuse for you guys not to participate. Between the holiday season… this (alleged) recession… you all had every excuse in the world not to but you choose to help us raise money for charity and for that I thank you!
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January 15, 2010 at 11:39 pm
That’s some serious cash. Very nice contest to raise money for charity.
August 21, 2009 at 2:40 am
I’m sure that $10,000 will help out alot of people.
Great work.
May 20, 2009 at 4:53 am
wow..
thank you
January 25, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Mr. Shoe,
Has Train Signal reported any type of significant traffic or lead generation, based on you wearing the shirt and more importantly from the post?
January 20, 2009 at 6:28 am
I think you are thinking like sukrat, but I think you should cover the other side of the topic in the post too…
January 9, 2009 at 10:24 am
Nice way to give back. Also if you ever need any more help with any fundraising keep me in mind.
January 3, 2009 at 7:37 am
Nice going, Shoe!
January 3, 2009 at 3:38 am
WOW, they got some big money to spend!
-Mike
January 2, 2009 at 11:57 pm
DId they already donated the full amount to anyone?
January 2, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Where did you buy the shirts from? You know i could hook you up since I do custom T-shirts. Put a logo or a picture on it we can do it. You know how to reach me. With Reasonable prices and timely delivery we match up to local and global competitors.
Thanks
Mr. Fundraiseing Ideas
January 2, 2009 at 10:13 am
Wow, big props to train signal for essentially doubling what the would have needed to pay.
January 2, 2009 at 7:56 am
How wonderful is that bonus amount, and how unexpected is Train Sigal as the winner. I have never heard of them. Now many people will so good job Train Signal. love to know what happens business lead wise for them in our industry segment.
Congratulations Jeremy on an outstanding job!
Will you have to make train signal sounds as you walk the show with the shirt on?
January 2, 2009 at 4:50 am
Whatever the donated sum of money might be, the cause seems to be very noble for it is needed.
January 1, 2009 at 10:09 pm
How awesome is that !!!
December 31, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Thanks Train Signal and Shoemoney for giving back.
Also, very smart move on with-holding the $5000 so eBay doesn’t tax that as well.
December 31, 2008 at 2:33 pm
wow… I think events like these say a lot about the economy and the supposed recession.
I also find it surprising that there was someone, anyone in any company that is around to authorize that kind of spending.
Anyway, great to hear you got that kind of money for charity.
January 1, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Theres definitely a recession – some markets just aren’t affected by it
December 31, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Great job and great benefit!
December 31, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Thank you to everybody for the kind words. It’s a great cause and it’s important that companies/individuals give back.
Iman Jalali
Train Signal, Inc.
December 31, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Thanks to you and your company for supporting such a noble cause.
January 1, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Thank you to Train Signal for being a leader. Also speaks well of Train Signal for giving the full $10,000 when you could have just done the $5,200.
December 31, 2008 at 1:13 pm
This is a great, if mindless way to raise money, and everybody wins. Somethines it’s the simple things, huh?
December 31, 2008 at 1:04 pm
wow…
December 31, 2008 at 12:43 pm
That’s generous and good PR, too. I tweeted it @joetech.
December 31, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Nice, ended up going to a good company and cause!
December 31, 2008 at 12:30 pm
This is an awesome testament to the generosity of people. I’m glad that you raised so much. Truly great work.
December 31, 2008 at 11:44 am
awesome, and good choice of charity
December 31, 2008 at 11:41 am
good use of the amount of money earned. saving the ta-ta’s
December 31, 2008 at 11:26 am
I’m very happy for this!
December 31, 2008 at 11:22 am
Donating to a good charity is the best marketing your money can buy while at the same time help someone in need. A win win combination.
December 31, 2008 at 11:17 am
They definitly deserve a shoutout for their generosity.
December 31, 2008 at 11:09 am
That is extremely generous! Great Cause for the money as well!
December 31, 2008 at 10:23 am
it always puts a smile on my face, when people are able to give so much
December 31, 2008 at 10:21 am
That is sweet how they doubled the auction. One of the best things is to be generous around the holiday seasons and continuing to be that way. If I had the money, I’d be tossing it out to people who need it too.
December 31, 2008 at 9:47 am
Wow skipped to 10 thousand dollars so quickly? My last impression was still at $2,500. But I bet that was a good investment by that advertiser..
January 1, 2009 at 8:49 pm
That was the persons budget, and they decided to just donate it all anyways!! Great way to get some more publicity for sure!!!
December 31, 2008 at 9:46 am
Wow! That’s awesome! A lot of money.
I’m not sure everyone is doing as bad in this supposed “recession” as we may think.
I’ve been getting more phone calls in the past couple of weeks for website designs than I have ever gotten in the past 2 years.
People have money and they’re spending it.
December 31, 2008 at 10:07 am
Also might have something to do with it being the last day of the year. Give as much to charity as possible for tax benefits.
December 31, 2008 at 3:20 pm
I wonder if this will count for this tax returns?
December 31, 2008 at 9:36 am
Holy Shirt! That is awesome.
December 31, 2008 at 9:25 am
Holy shit, seems I was too conservative with my $4,000 estimate!
Congrats to the winner, I hope you get your money’s worth! (Which I’m sure you will)
December 31, 2008 at 9:33 am
I personally thought it was going up to 10k lol!!! But congrats to both the winner, and to Jeremy for raising so much money for such a noble cause!! Way to go!!
December 31, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Yea, some people made some really good bets.
One guy estimated $20,000 lol.
Maybe next year’s goal..?
January 3, 2009 at 7:38 am
I thought it was going to be higher myself, but it’s still something.
December 31, 2008 at 9:56 am
Awesome, there is so much money on the web, we can just give it away!
January 2, 2009 at 7:51 am
$4,000 is too little man… I am sure Jeremy has many supporters and 5 figures wouldn’t be a problem..
December 31, 2008 at 9:12 am
Great stuff Train Signal and Jeremy – excellent to see the support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation and now I’ll check out Train Signal, when I hadn’t heard of them previously.
December 31, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I think I speak for everyone when I say we all will.
December 31, 2008 at 9:07 am
Train Signal and ShoeMoney:
On behalf of Affiliate Marketers Give Back, I can’t thank you enough for all that you’ve done. The National Breast Cancer Foundation will be thrilled to receive such a generous contribution.
As a cause that is near and dear to my heart, I can’t be more pleased that you chose this effort to support.
I am eternally grateful.
I
December 31, 2008 at 11:59 am
Hello Missy,
I too believe that ShoeMoney has done a very good and generous job by providing support for this noble cause.
This great quality has taken Shoemoney to the top bloggers’ list on the internet. I cam to know about the site on Technorati.
ShoeMoney slowly I am becoming your fan. Your great posts are not letting me leave the blog. I have been reading the posts on this blog and its just my first visit. I am definitely going to be your next subscriber.
Regards
Laksh
http://makemoneyonline-withme.blogspot.com/
December 31, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I agree! Many of us have been affected by this disease in one way or another my great grandmother died of breast cancer and hearing of this contribution is great!….
Thanks Jeremy all who donated and without a doubt Train Signal!
January 2, 2009 at 7:50 am
Its kinda heart warming to hear that the company is willing to fork out full sum even when they won the bid at a much lower price..