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Earners Forum + Webmaster Inspiration Month + Huge Contest
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
The Contest
Earners Forum is well known for offering up killer contests – bigger contests than ever seen before in the world of webmaster communities. To promote Webmaster Inspiration Month, we want to make sure to drive as many successful web entreprenuers to the site as humanly possible to share their success stories.Contests are fun. Contests are motivational. This is a REAL win win!

The Good Stuff First – Contest Prizes!

With this contest we will have a total of 7 winners! At the end of Webmaster Inspiration Month (Contest ends October 31st at 11:59pm CST) the 7 winners will be chosen. Each winner will receive each of the following:
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  1. $250 Gift Certificate to Text Link Ads!
  2. 24 T-Shirts Custom Printed For Your Web Site (multiple shirt colors, sizes from Adult Small – XL, and 6 colors front-side printing) from NDesigns!
  3. $250 CASH MONEY From Neverblue Ads!

In addition to the items above, the submission that receives the most votes (or backs
as we call them on Earners Forum) will also win a brand new iPod Touch (valued at $300)!

See Live Contest Rankings!

Over $5,500 In Prizes!

Contest Details

This contest is rather simple and quite motivational! All you have to do to participate in the contest after registering as a member of Earners Forum is submit your success story in one of the following 6 categories:

  1. Blog Success Story – Submit Here
    How did your blog become the success that it is? Is it highly trafficked? Is it your sole income?
  2. Forum Success Story – Submit Here
    Did you grow it from scratch? Has your membership growth been exponential? Huge traffic and/or income?
  3. Affiliate Marketing Success Story – Submit Here
    Is it your sole income? Did you have a campaign with extraordinary ROI? Did a campaign buy you a new car?
  4. SEO / SEM Success Story – Submit Here
    Are you #1 for a hot keyword? I pwn Google? Did you drive huge traffic to a new site (viral, social media, organic)?
  5. Rags to Riches Success Story – Submit Here
    Did you go from the poor house to Trump’s mansion? Did your net worth finally move in to positive numbers?
  6. “I Quit My Job” Success Story – Submit Here
    Did you quit your day job due to your internet success?

Your focus in making your submission should be to tell your success story and inspire other webmasters to succeed. You can share as much or as little detail as you’d like, but remember as we judge the submissions at the end of the month we will be looking for the most inspiring and the best details. You can make multiple submissions if you want to share multiple success stories, or you may experience success in several of the categories. This contest is not just for those who have made millions, we want to hear from you all. If you started out with nothing and are now profiting $20 a day, then share that success story with us!

Tag. I’m It!
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

This doesn’t count as a blog post…I just didn’t want to not respond to Robyn’s tag. I have been tagged by the soon-to-be Mrs. Kris Jones who I finally met in person at Affiliate Summit East. She and Kris are fantastic and I very much enjoyed spending time with Kris in Miami. Here are 8 things you likely didn’t know about me…

1. I have owned 5 Ford Mustangs during my 13 years on the road.

2. I just celebrated my 10 year wedding anniversary.

3. I have a two miniature Schnauzers (male = Jack, female = Fancy)

4. I have been doing PPC since the fall of 2000, where the majority of my budget was spent at GoTo.com

5. my favorite vacation destination is the country of Belize (northern most country in central america)

6. I like to be in bed by 10:30pm

7. one of my favorite meals is macaroni & cheese mixed with ground beef

8. I am 6′5″ tall

Whew, hope I didn’t scare anyone…:)

I now tag:

Dave Adams

Chris Kenworthy

Chad Frederikson

Shawn Collins

Here are the tag rules:
* Each player must post these rules first.
* Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* People who are tagged need to write about their eight facts on their blog.
* At the end of your blog post, choose eight people to get tagged, list their names, and link to them.
* Don’t forget to contact them telling them they’re tagged. Also, point them to your blog post so they know what to do.

Top 10 Reasons to Attend Elite Retreat
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
10. Be part of an exclusive list of only 30 attendees
9. No lines to talk directly with speakers
8. No sales pitches; No sponsors allowed
7. Optimize your business structure
6. Admission includes one-on-one follow-up coaching calls with each speaker
5. Bring your family and enjoy a post-conference vacation at Disney World Resort
4. Receive access to the Elite Retreat private alumni forum for easy, post-event networking
3. Network one-on-one with experienced online marketers
2. Learn how Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker & others make millions on line each year
1. Take your business to the next level, guaranteed
Elite Retreat Contest Winner Announced
Monday, May 7th, 2007
We are happy to announce that Brian Knapp, aka BlackbeardSEO, has been chosen as the Elite Retreat – Orlando (June 8 – 9) Golden Ticket WINNER!
Allow us to congratulate Brian as he will receive Free Admission to Elite Retreat Orlando, two days free lodging, and free meals (breakfast & lunch) during the conference.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our contest!
We received more entries than all past Elite Retreat contests combined and we were blown away by the thoughtfulness of the responses we received!
Based on the quality and quantity of applications we have received from internet marketers all over the world, Elite Retreat – Orlando is likely to sell-out within the next few days. As a result of strong demand and limited supply we strongly encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to guarantee our consideration.
Questions? Please contact Tara at tara@eliteretreat.info.
Here are the details of the event:

DATE: June 8 – 9, 2007
PLACE: Hilton in the Walt Disney Resort, Orlando, Florida
PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS: Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker, President, Shoemoney Media Group (Online Monetization Expert); Lee Dodd, President, Earners Forum (Community / Forums Expert); Kristopher B. Jones, President, Pepperjam (Search-Engine / Affiliate Marketing Expert); Neil Patel, CTO, Pronet Advertising (Social Media Expert); David Adams, President, CPA-Affiliates.com (CPA Expert).
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Alex Zhardanovsky, Co-Founder, AzoogleAds

Sign up for this amazing event right away to reserve your spot!

Blog Update
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

I am taking some time off from blogging and have decided to basically put this blog on hold now.  I felt obligated to let my readers know as I won’t be blogging anything really important outside of contest announcements and such.  I am refocusing my business efforts and could use the freedom of not keeping up my blog.  You guys / gals are great and I appreciate your patronage.  Enjoy your day!