WordPress Gets Some Cool Avatars

October 18, 2007

Gravatar has been acquired by wordpress parent company Automatic. This was a very cool pickup for them imo. I really liked gravatar and wanted to use them back in the day but they had some serious issues with uptime so I kind of gave up after a while. Cool news.

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ShoeMoney 13,000.00 RSS Contest

October 17, 2007

Here it is! The ShoeMoney RSS Contest. As you know… Me and John Chow are in a contest to see who can get the most “new” subscribers for the month of October. I asked for sponsors for the contest starting last Saturday and closing yesterday. I am happy to announce we have right at $13,000.00 [...]

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I Have A Confession To Make

October 17, 2007

We have been outed. EXPOSED! I dunno what to say. Its true. The authors of the biggest advertising system using the eBay affiliate program… and affiliate marketers are using affiliate links on Below A Buck. Check Out This Site EXPOSING How We Make Money With Below A Buck Do people think like… we work for [...]

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The Cow Knows The Way To My Heart

October 16, 2007

We do have a very long line for free shirt Friday but that crazy cow knows how to jump to the front… by sending my daughter a shirt

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Final Call For Contest Sponsors

October 16, 2007

EDIT:We are no longer accepting sponsors for this. Thank you to those who have submitted. We will be in touch shortly We have received over $8000 so far in prizes for the RSS Contest we will start later this week (I am shooting for Thursday). If your company or website would like to be a [...]

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Below A Buck – Items On Ebay For Under $1

October 16, 2007

People seem to always want to know what sites we own or try. We actually launch new sites probably about 1 per week on average. Today we are launching a new site called Below A Buck. Dave kept a log of our conversations and how the site was built over on his site. The concept [...]

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5 Websites I can’t Live Without

October 15, 2007

Rand recently posted his 5 websites he could not live without and asked for others to post there’s. Here is mine: Yup thats the whole list. My wife and my daughter I could not imagine living without but godamn SEO BLOGS?!?!? I am amazed at how many people in the comments list all the sites [...]

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Search Engines Strategies – You Are Losing Me

October 15, 2007

Before I dive into this I just want to say that 3 years ago last August I went to my first ever SES conference in San Jose, California and it really changed my life. I met so many amazing people and learned so much from it. Also in the last year I have spoken at [...]

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Quantcast Has Bullshit Stats

October 14, 2007

The #1 reason people will sign up for a service is curiousity. That is what sucked me into quantcast. There business model is interesting… they give you low score for your site… then you can “quantify” your statistics by adding there code to your site. Here is the thing though…. There code has been hanging [...]

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Sponsor The RSS Blog Contest

October 13, 2007

I have been really slacking in this RSS contest with John Chow. But trust I will prevail. We have had some unreal things going on @ shoemoney media the last week. We had a new employee start monday. Dillsmack came down for the week so we could work on some projects. We made deals to [...]

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Does Yahoo Even Matter Anymore?

October 13, 2007

It might take a second for the vid to load… youtube seems super slow today.

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Bad Press My Ass

October 12, 2007

I get so sick of hearing people talk about bad press and how it effects their brand. Here is the thing: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BAD PRESS WHEN YOU HAVE A QUALITY PRODUCT. Anyone who says otherwise just does not have experience in online marketing. I will tell you right now every time [...]

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VAJoe Support Our Millitary – Free Shirt Friday

October 12, 2007

VAJoe.com (Veterans America Joe.com) aims to be your source for all things military. They are building a community of military service members, veterans and retirees from all branches of the armed forces, along with their spouses and families. VAJoe.com’s mission is to serve our nations finest. I am a huge supporter of all our troops. [...]

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Great Idea & A Great Shirt

October 11, 2007

On 1938media.com today Pamcakes video blogs about whats missing from social media. Go over and tell her how awesome she looks in shoemoney blue!

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Free Shirt Friday Phenomenom

October 10, 2007

Not to long again I started this thing called Free Shirt Friday. Maybe you have heard of it. Basically sites and companies send me shirts… I write about them and post a picture of me in a shirt. The idea came about easy enough…. companies/sites want exposure and I love t-shirts. Especially the shirt kind. [...]

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