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Win an all expense paid trip to @blogworld (New Media Expo)

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 11:29 AM PDT

I have done many contests in the past to send people to conferences who don’t otherwise have the means to do so themselves. Its been a really rewarding experience and a big oppourtunity for people to make contacts.

New Media Expo just announced a “Scholarship” where they will cover all of your costs to this years Blog World January 6th through the 8th.

Here is the announcement they sent out today:

New Media Expo has formed New Media Expo University (#NMXU) with the mission of #NMXU to help the careers of aspiring bloggers, podcasters and Web TV & Video professionals to advance their online careers. The scholarship will include:

1. Airfare to Las Vegas from any destination in the Continental U.S.
2. Hotel accommodations at The Rio All-Suite Hotel during the event
3. A 3 day pass to New Media Expo

We are accepting applications beginning today. The winner and runners up will be announced on November 8, 2012 and will be selected by an esteemed panel of judges or “deans,” as we like to call them here at #NMXU.

Please read more about the scholarship and apply here.

The scholarship is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you to learn and network with the leading minds of online content creation. If you are an aspiring or budding content creator, but you’re looking for that kick start in the right direction, this scholarship is for you.

Take a minute to review the details of the scholarship program. Then submit your application and tell us why you should be selected.

GO here to Apply Now

Good luck to all who enter!

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September ShoeMoney Blog Archive

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:19 AM PDT

September seems like it came and went so fast. Sept was the most traffic we have had since April. That seems to be a trend very year… People read more internet stuff when its cold out. Or who knows…

Here is the archive for September:

Sep-04 09:21:45 - The Most Influential Person On The Internet In the summer of 2011 Fast Company Magazine went on a mission to find out who was the most influential person on the internet. They got about every celebrity on the planet to participate. People who had millions of followers. Shaquil Oneil, Britany Spe…[more]

Sep-04 22:11:41 - Local Marketing Revealed (Webinar) Tomorrow (Wednesday) My guests for the ShoeMoney webinar will be Jon Sugart and Robert Stanley. Robert helps local businesses make money and has been doing it as his full time job as a living. The information shared will be a brand new unique way fo…[more]

Sep-05 07:19:03 - Is anyone even trustworthy anymore? With all the speculation about just who is behind SEOBitch, it has definitely made me question just who is trustworthy in this industry anymore. Or who your true search community friends are – and aren’t. When Shoemoney approached me about doing some…[more]

Sep-06 07:11:16 - Why are all your eggs in one basket? Panda and Penguin took its toll on website owners this year. Whether they caused their own issues, or if their ignorance in hiring a bad SEO company caused the issues, there were definitely a lot of sites who got hit pretty hard with Google?s big ban …[more]

Sep-07 07:00:45 - Free Shirt Friday – Aff Helper Aff Helper is a blog simular to mine dealing with online marketing that most of you would enjoy… but lets be honest, it’s not a cool as mine, heck I have pictures of the Playboy Mansion. …[more]

Sep-07 10:45:17 - Support This Cause and Get a Free Marketplace listing TODAY! @supercalo @shanecarwin @KirikJenness This isn’t exactly a free shirt friday post but it is something that is for a great cause. (BTW the shirt makes me look fat). On my favorite MMA Forum mma.tv they recently had a fundraiser …[more]

Sep-10 07:14:53 - FTC Gets $480M From Marketers, Bans Them for Life In May, I reported on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) victory against DRTV veterans Gary Hewitt and …[more]

Sep-11 08:17:33 - What if the Google Search Quality Rating Guidelines are written with leaks in mind? When the original search quality rating guidelines came out, SEOs gobbled them up, scrutinizing over every detail, analyzing the example sites (the good, the bad and the ugly). Every little bit of information that could be gleamed from that document was…[more]

Sep-13 09:39:36 - Why do some SEO bloggers get away with selling links? Google makes it pretty clear ? buy links and it could get your site banned. And numerous site owners who have done just that have faced the wrath of Google?s banhammer. Google wants you not to sell links to manipulate PageRank, or if you do, add a…[more]

Sep-14 07:00:00 - Free Shirt Friday – Blue Soda Promo Make your brand POP with Blue Soda Promo. With their extensive catalogue of products you can put your logo on damn near anything to give out as gifts to future or curent customers. …[more]

Sep-17 08:37:02 - Why I am not getting the iPhone (but why it makes sense for Apple) Why I am not getting the new iPhone 5 is pure and simple. The charging connector. With the iPhone 5 apple has moved to a smaller square reversible connector and gotten away from what they have been using for the first 7? iPhone versions. Not to mention it…[more]

Sep-19 08:33:12 - Ahhhh politics… I am not much for choosing a side in politics. I think its just from being a marketer. You say what it takes to get people to see the end result of what your product (or your vote) is going to do for this person. The 99%’s a while back started that who…[more]

Sep-20 07:13:11 - Client Consumption and Flipping The Affiliate Mindset On Its Head Years ago I wrote about the gym business and what an amazing model it is. Basically gym?s are oversold by about 1500% of what they could possibly handle. If everyone who paid for a gym membership actually showed up their would not be enough room in t…[more]

Sep-21 07:00:55 - Free Shirt Friday – Grammarly Well if Grammarly has ever seen my website they would know of never use “proper” grammar in my posts. However if you are Mr. or Miss proper then this site will actually come in handy. I even ran a report on this post…[more]

Sep-24 07:41:41 - You Make Your Own Karma Many people believe Karma is some magical force that you have no control over. You do good things to other people and good things come back to you.. You do bad things and … blah… Here is how I few Karma. For me when I know I did a good thing or …[more]

Sep-25 07:43:21 - What you need to do to get started making money online I was browsing Traffic Planet a little while back and saw a thread linking to one of my posts. I chimed in and got a question… one I get a lot. …[more]

Sep-26 07:38:12 - 30 seconds of an awkward moment can pay dividends for life In 2005 I received an Adsense check from Google. I asked my wife to take a picture with me… she didn’t understand why and actually refused cause she thought I was going to post it on the internet or something. So I got my mother in law to do it. That wo…[more]

Sep-27 07:41:58 - Why All Internet Marketers Need To Be Religious I don’t think anything fascinates me as much as organized religion. Out of all the stuff I write about that internet marketers can learn from… if you can keep a open, objective mind – there is nothing like religion to teach you to be a better markete…[more]

Sep-28 07:00:16 - Free Shirt Friday – BrainHost Yeah.. things were a little slow around the office this day as you can see. But more seriously BrianHost is a great web hosting company that offers it’s customers a lot of perks such as free website builder/transfer …[more]

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