Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:42 PM PST

Since the world is busy this week with holiday stuff and I can’t get shit done business wise I thought I would rant a bit.

When Twitter first came out I didn’t get it….

Then one day I did…

I became somewhat obsessed with twitter… Having contests to get followers…

Then I made a shitton of money with twitter… Sometimes as much as 5 grand from one tweet (WTF?)

Twitter has become MySpace. It has become over run with shit. and I dont mean shit like a lot of stuff… I mean shit literally.

Its like someone emailed all •*¨¨*•-:¦:-•*MySpAcE UsErS AnD tOlD ThEm ThEy CaN AnNoy PeOpLe In ReAl TiMe•*¨¨*•-:¦:-•*

I think Twitter will be awesome for the former MySpace users. For advertisers its too bad they are broke.

I have over 100,000 followers and I am willing to bet 99% of them are bots.

Lets talk about money and ROI

I still make about $600 a week from sponsored tweets. All my stats are publicly available in sponsored tweets and its obvious (to me) that its not a “good deal”, but advertisers keep coming. Maybe its a branding play… whatever…

Twitter is THE WORST ROI that I have ever experienced. Without going into too much detail I will tell you I have received FREE money to spend on twitter advertising networks. I have done sponsored tweets with accounts that have millions of followers. It backs out to pennies on the dollar.

So how do I use twitter now?

I pretty much only use twitter now to post links from my latest blog post, things I am currently reading, or paid advertisements.

If you follow me now on twitter its because you must like to read the same things that I like to read, like to see what I am whoring myself out for, or are a bot.

The real deal is that almost everyone I know is using twitter the same way that I am (well most without the ads).

As far as following people

I don’t. Its more of a link roll of friends.

As far as checking out who @shoemoney’s me

I rarely look at anyone who @mentions me because its usually:

A plea for me to re-tweet about a charity or someone in need.
Some retarded DJ who wants me to re-tweet about how awesome his song is.
Some anonymous weasel talking smack.
A plea for me to re-tweet about their latest dumb youtube video.

Maybe I am just spoiled by the quality of Facebook.

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Crazy Affiliate Summit West Contest – 2010

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 10:17 AM PST

We are going to go ahead and do another Crazy Affiliate Summit Contest. I really enjoy doing this because it could really change the life of the winner.

Not only will youhave an amazing time at Affiliate Summit with all your expenses covered but you also will make some great industry contacts.

Check out what the winner will receive:

A platinum pass to Affiliate Summit West.
2 nights hotel accommodations paid for at host hotel.
$500 Airfare Reimbursement.
$2000 to gamble on 1 hand of blackjack (can you handle the pressure?).
Roll with me at Affiliate Summit.
A pass to the Epic Advertising Playboy Mansion Party this fall.

How insane is that?

So what do you have to do to win?

All you have to do to enter to win is write a post telling my staff why you think you should win. Then put the link to your post in the comments. Thats it.
My staff will narrow down the top 10 posts from people we feel should win.
The deadline for submissions is this Wednesday December 29th. Voting will continue until Monday January 3rd and the winner will be announced on Tuesday January 4th.

There is not much time to spare. DO NOT PASS UP THIS OPPORTUNITY!!!!!!!

You can read last years winner Lyndon Reid’s experience here.

Check out the video from last years winner throwing down 2 g’s on Black Jack: