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Shoemoney wins Affiliate Blogger of the Year at ASW w/ Missy Ward and Shawn Collins
If you are reading my blog, then you know of Shoemoney. He is the face of Internet/performance marketing.
Yesterday he launched the Shoemoeny System a private video based training system that shows students exactly what they need to know to make money online.
I am happy to report it has sold out. Access was limited to 500 students because Shoemoney and his team will be personally assisting each student realize their goals.
I had the pleasure of hanging out with Shoemoney just two weeks ago so I know firsthand hard he worked on the Shoemoney system over the course of the last year and how excited he is to bring it to market. Congrats Shoemoney.
The Shoemoney System currently has a waiting list – go throw your name on it now. (not an affiliate link)
Originally I had chronicled some of Shoemoney’s successes, ups, and downs as part of this post but I realized it was unnecessary as he says it best and blogged it all. Go browse his blog and learn more about him – how he build and sold Auction Ads in a four month period, how he dominated the ring tone industry, how he overcame an addiction to video games, how he founded the Elite Retreat Workshop/Conference, and the list goes on. I am positive that your name will be on the waiting list once you realize what Shoemoney has accomplished and you see the list of people he has helped in the past.
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I spent the last week like a degenerate gambler/drunken sailor super affiliate rockstar – and it was one of the best weeks of my life. Here is a recap the way remember it (barely).
It’s a long post but the week had a big impact on me and so I have a lot to say.
ASW 2010 started Sunday and ended Tuesday. I added a couple days so that I could check out the Vdara and Aria for a site I am building out.
Friday – Pregame
I arrived in Las Vegas at 10:00 PM and jumped in a cab with Michael Martin and Steve Ratson who were also in town for ASW. I checked in and rushed over to the Rio to have a drink with some people who were in early as well – Missy Ward, Sean Collins, Brian Clark and Jim Banks. Later on, a few of us made or way to Aria to meet NickyCakes and play some craps and black jack.
I ended up at a table with a group of nice people and by nice I mean sexy of course. We gambled, shot patron, and drank double vodka sodas like they were going out of style. Before I knew it was 7:00 am-ish and so I trekked back to my room at VDara and requested a late checkout.
Shooters at Aria
Drinks on Friday at I Bar (or Middle Bar as Rockstar @Kristy would renamed it)
Saturday – Party Time
The conference started Sunday but the official parties and networking started Saturday. I spent some time in the afternoon hanging with Jim Banks who I have known for a while. It was really nice to join him for a drink and chat outside of a chaotic night club or ultra busy atmosphere.
At 6:00 I went to a great dinner at Daniel Boulods in the Wynn hotel organized by DK of Purpose Inc. The dinner was amazing. I highly suggest you attend DK’s events when you can. They are always open to everyone and DK, who is making a name for himself by mastering Facebook advertising, is a superb networker and a genuine good guy who will go out of his way to introduce you to the people you want to meet and to help you out.
I enjoyed the world famous DB burger which is stuffed with truffle-and-foie gras-laced short ribs.
It was great connecting with John Holloway, Ruben Orozco, Robert Drysdale, and others.
Following dinner it was back to the Rio to play aggressive (I mean that in more one way) poker in a tourney hosted by DK and Missy Ward in support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Robert Drysdale, 6X world Champion in BrazilianJiu Jitsu choked me out and threw me in a couple of arm bars on top of the poker tables at the Rio. It was awesome.
After Poker a group of us headed over to an unreal party at Rain night club in the Palms hotel. Huge thanks to Jim Banks for lining us up and Buy.at for hosting. Buy.at rented out the entire top floor and opened the bar for us which would have been cool enough. But there was more, world famous DJ Paul Oakenfold was on the decks and there were thousands of people going crazy on the dance floor and probably about a thousand people waiting outside trying to get in – all of sudden you start feeling lucky to be an unreal party.
The night ended late and by late I mean early morning.
DK and Robert Drysdale at Dinner
The DB Burger
Robert Drysdale KOs Lyndon Reid on Poker Table - Photo Credit TheChrista.com
DK and Lyndon Reid at Poker Tourny
Video of Paul Oakenfold Ripping it Up at Rain
Sunday – Show Time
The show started late Sunday. I bumped into John Chow and checked out the exhibitor hall with him for a while. Later I caught up with Shoemoney and we socialized and made some plans for the big blackjack hand.
It was very cool to be hanging out with Shoemoney, John Chow, Missy Ward, etc.
Monday we hit the ShareASale party for a few drinks and laughs with Carolyn Shelby, Kate Morris, Kristy Bolsinger, Christa Watson, Raven Jon, Taylor Pratt, Michael Martin, Joe Laratro and Jeff Randal. Later in the evening we made our way to Double Play party in the Hardwood Suite at the Palms Hotel. It was another one of those nights that makes you say wow, I’m lucky. The style of these parties backs up the idea that performance marketing is thriving in the midst of a recession. The party was inside a two-floor suite that included a basketball court on the main floor and of course an open bar.
After the Party the group headed over to the Playboy club and finally Moon joined by Joseph Morin, Rae Hoffman, Streko, and Brooke Murphy.
Another late night, things winded down somewhere between early and mid morning.
Missy Ward Shoemoney Lyndon Reid
John Chow in Exibitor Hall
Little Lounge Packed ASW
Monday – Black Jack Time
Monday morning came quick – I got up early because I had to grab my camera from the Palms hotel (I had to check it and I ended up forgetting it there). After retrieving my camera I attended Dr. Robert Cialdini’s keynote which was awesome and then bounced around some sessions, grabbed lunch, and hit the Killer Facebook Tactics session which had the top Facebook advertisers speaking. The room was packed, so packed they actually stopped letting people in as there wasn’t room to sit OR stand.
Unfortunately the audience asked guideline related questions for the most part (the same stuff you see on the forums). I didn’t get a chance to ask if 5 Cent clicks are a thing of the past or if they are still attainable. I was killing it with 5 cent clicks back in the “Facebook Flyers” days.
After the Facebook session we were off to the tables as it was my time to lay down $2500.00 on a single hand of black jack. If you don’t know what happened read this post.
After the killer Black Jack hand, while on a huge high I went for a dinner that was organized by DK at Okada a very nice, high end sushi restaurant. The food was great and the company was phenomenal. After dinner it was off to the world famous Hugh Heffner Suite with Tim Ash and Steve Poland for an “Epic” party hosted by Epic/Azoogle Ads. For obvious reasons it was a blast to hang out at the Playboy Party which was loaded with beautiful woman and sat on top of the Palms hotel overlooking the strip from a patio that featured a swimming a pool. Unfortunately I didn’t shoot as many pictures as I should have. Huge thanks to Shoemoney and Azoogle Ads for lining me up.
After the party I made my way back to the Rio where I partied with Streko, Kristy, Christa, and John Jordan until the early morning – again.
Facebook Panel at ASW
Lyndon Reid and Shoemoney at Azoogle Booth Ready to Bet
Buying Chips for the Big Hand
The Winners Circle
Video Interview
Team Mama Reid - Thank You www.TheChrista.com
Team Mama Reid - Thank You www.TheChrista.com
Are we Having Fun Yet?
Yes we are!
Pondering a Dip
Tuesday – Get some sleep dude
Monday night was late and I wanted to get down to the conference hall early again. I checked out of the hotel as I had a booking at Aria for Tuesday. I made it down to the theater in time for the Affiliate Summit Awards where a couple of homeskillets won– Nicky Cakes took Affiliate of the Year and Shoemoney walked away with Affiliate Blogger of the year. Next I listened to Tuesday’s Keynote by Brian Clark of Copy Blogger and then went to sit in and watch some my close friends Kristy, Kate, Carolyn, Christa, and new friend Jane host the Woman of SEO panel.
That session was followed by laughs and socializing in the blogger room which HeatherInBC had organized for speakers and guests who needed to get a little work (or socializing) done.
Chaos ensued when we were challenged to drink 20K worth of booze in an hour and a half and everyone around me was going nuts (I almost got involved in the debauchery;)).
More drinking and dinner followed with many of the names I’ve mentioned earlier and then before I knew it I was playing black jack with Rae Hoffman and Kristy. Things became crazy quick. When we couldn’t get a drink fast enough Kristy went to order some from the bar. She told Rae that some men from the military were there. Rae insisted we buy them drinks and then the next thing I know Kristy was sent with fistfuls of money to take care of them all night. Kristy ran back and forth partying with both groups while Rae and I played blackjack like it was going out of style. People were going for lunch by the time we finished playing blackjack, I was already supposed to be checked out of Aria (and I hadn’t even made it there yet), I was still wearing the clothes I had put on the previous morning, and I had to rush to the airport. Needless to say it was great way finale to a great week and a terrible flight.
ASW Award Winners NickyCakes Shoemoney
Woman of SEO Panel
Party in the Blogger Room
Good Conversation LOL
Conclusion – Wow
The week was amazing. There were so many highlights. I could go on and on. Reuniting and spending time with great friends. Meeting, getting to know, and spending quality time with some of top internet marketers in the world, hitting blackjack on a $2500 hand, visiting the Playboy club, watching Paul Oakenfold spin live, meeting and getting submitted on poker tables by Robert Drysdale, being surprised with Team Mama Reid T-Shirts, enjoying fine food, okay I’ll shut up now.
Best of all I’ve returned home motivated, excited, confident, feeling fortunate, and with a few new ideas that I am sure you will be hear a lot about in the coming months.
A huge thanks to Shoemoney, Azoogle Ads, and the entire Affiliate Summit team (spearheaded by the infamous Missy Ward and ShawnCollins) for an amazing week. Love ya guys!
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A full recap of Affiliate Summit West is coming soon but there is a ton of hype about my killer Black Jack hand so I wanted to get a post out about that first.
If you are a regular reader of my blog than you’re aware that I was the lucky winner of Shoemoney’s Affiliate Summit West contest. As part of the prize I had the luxury of taking $1000.00 and walking away or betting $2000.00 on a single hand of Black Jack.
I did what any degenerate gambler on a high from partying and hanging some great friends and some industry leaders would do – I choose to bet the $2000.00 and slam my $500.00 of reimbursed airfare on the table as well. DK of purpose inc. wanted to contribute and threw his small bills into the pile and so my wager was $2532.00.
We walked over to the only table that wasn’t busy on the casino floor at the RIO and I bought my chips. It got the attention of the pit boss(es).
I was with some of the biggest affiliate marketers around including Shoemoney and his team, John Chow, and DK.
I placed all the chips in the betting box and Donna started shuffling. When she was done her relief came but the pit bosses gave me the choice to use either dealer. The group insisted I use the same dealer and so that was the decision that was made.
When asked to cut the deck I deferred the responsibility to Shoemoney. And what a cut!
The cards came quick, a queen of clubs and then an Ace of hearts! Black Jack. It meant I couldn’t be beat and that I was walking away with 3-2 instead of 1-1 so long as the dealer didn’t draw a black jack as well. My take was a cool $6330.00.
It was unreal – and the best part is that the story, experience, and excitement of playing that hand with some of the best internet marketers is easily as valuable as walking away with $6330.00.
Boy did the stars align for me, again. Thanks to everyone especially Shoemoney, Azoogle Ads, and Affiliate Summit West for sponsoring and hosting the contest.
Here is the video shot by John Chow – Check it out – It is EPIC.
Some Pictures
Shoemoney Passes Cash to Lyndon Reid
Shoemoney and Lyndon Reid in front of AzoogleAds Booth
The Cash
Ready to Place the Bet
All the Guys after the Win
The Chips and a Celebratory Cigar
Video Interview after the Win
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I arrived a few days early for Affiliate Summit to ensure I had adequate time to damage my liver and so that I could attend some of the kick off parties.
I just wanted to throw out a couple of thank you’s and a recap of Saturday.
Saturday was great, it started with drinks at the Rio with several fellow affiliate marketers and led to some great events.
The evening started with dinner at Daniel Bouluds (organized by DK of Purpose Inc.) I finally got to try the world famous burger with Foi Gras and Truffles. It was all that it was cracked up to be. The food, atmosphere, and networking was great. I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging with Robert Drysdale who is widely regarded as one of the best (if not the best) grapplers (Brazilian Jiu Jiutsu) in the world.
Following dinner I played in the charity poker tournament organized by DK and Missy Ward. It was a blast and best of all over $15000.00 was raised for a the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Robert came down to the poker tourny and threw me into some choke holds and ams bars on the poker tables which made for some great photos (will post them later today).
A huge thanks to DK and Missy Ward for organizing these events it was a blast.
Following the poker tourney I hit the Buy.at party at Rain in the Palm. A huge thank to Jim Banks for lining us up and to Buy.at for throwing a bad ass party. They had the top floor booked, the bar open, and everyone was having a blast. Rain was unreal, there were thousands of people inside and there had to be a thousand people waiting outside, trying to desperatly to get in. Paul Oakenfold was on the decks (videos coming soon) and killed it !
All in all it was awesome day with remarkable parties and tons of laughs and was one of those days that makes you feel lucky.
Stay tuned for more… Pictures and Video to follow
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Going to ASW? Please stop by and say hi – I will be at the conference hall sun-tue, at various parties throughout and at all of DK’s Purpose inc. Events on Saturday. (google it I am blogging from my phone and don’t want to try to link 
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Want to get a hold of me?
The best way to get a hold of me is via a twitter dm (or public tweet if I am not following you yet). @Lyndon_reid
My email and phone number are also on my contact me page.
See ya in vegas.
Oh I get in today (Friday) so if you are looking for something to do…
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A lot of people (especially non-technical ones) have asked me how I managed to win such a kick ass prize/trip.
I actually worked really hard at this and tried to work every angle I could. Below is a detailed explanation of how I used social media, the power of friendship, creativity, and elbow grease to win this thing. I’ve also highlighted mistakes I made along the way.
Write the blog post/entry
I tried to write a blog post that proved I would be fun and could be made fun of, briefly addressed why it would be good for me professionally, and addressed all the judges personally demonstrating I was somewhat familiar with them or had at least taken the time to look them up if I wasn’t.
I spent a lot of time linking and making the post complete.
I didn’t go too crazy or exaggerate, I mean there are 7 judges, some are married, and one is female. Some of the other entries were really over the top and I just couldn’t picture everyone relating.
My Mistake:
I posted a little too early and my format (specifically the way I addressed the judges) was copied by almost every entry – I don’t even think it was the best way to do it but I digress.
Once selected it came down to voting.
The initial email
I sent an email to a group of my closest friends (they all knew I had entered the contest). I explained that I was a finalist and asked them to vote right away and forward onto their contacts adding a personal note to the recipients. I called my friends and asked them to reply all as our group of friends feeds off of each other’s energy.
I let some of the people I have developed real relationships with know what was going on and they tweeted right away and a few retweets followed.
After a few days Shoemoney posted an update on Twitter and the race was close. It seemed like the votes we could drive were going to have a large effect on the end result.
This meant it was time to get creative:
Video Time
I decided I was going to add some video to the entry thinking the casual visitors might check it out and vote for me. I wanted it to be fun so I explained why viewers should vote for me and then I shot gunned a beer. I caught up with @Kritsy on gTalk and she was kind enough to give me some honest feedback. The concept was solid, parts were great, but I dragged throughout the middle and really wasn’t being myself. She told me to it again and as bonus I’d get to have another drink.
At precisely the same time the light bulb went off for both of us, do a bunch of takes and then post them all rather than just best one. And so I worked at it, drink after drink and take after take.
It proved to be a valuable exercise as the videos received a fair amount attention of Twitter and Facebook.
Enter John Chow
I’ve been following John and Jeremy for a long time. I’ve watched them compete against each other (to see who cold get the most RSS subscribers in an allotted time frame) and promote ZK in the Internet Marketer of the year contest.
It only seemed natural I enlist the services of John Chow and so I contacted him about the possibility of a sponsored post. It seemed like a good fit, the Shoemoney and Johnchow audience is similar and John Chow has a big following (71000 RSS subscriber and 51000 twitter followers).
I felt it would be a solid investment as it would likely bring in a lot of votes. I figured if I lost there would still be some value in the links from John Chow and some of the attention it generated.
Five bills later I had a post up on John Chow promoting me and I was feeling pretty good.
I almost when onto sponsored tweets and tried to buy a tweet from Shoemoney himself but I assumed he would decline in for conflict of interest reasons. Probably should have done it for the potential attention/linkbait anyway.
A wider Audience
I sent a variation of my initial email to a wider audience asking for more votes. I reminded a few people close to me to bug their friends. I reminded my friends to vote from their work computers as well.
A twitter update from Shoemoney showed me widening the gap and I was started to feeling comfortable but @spryd who helped a lot reminded me not become complacent.
The Vote For Lyndon Facebook Stream
Facebook Chat
Facebook chat was the money maker. I have personally met everyone on my friends list so when I asked for a 3 second favor everyone was quick to respond. I am guessing some loved the idea of helping but most were curious what I needed. For two days straight (and I mean morning, noon, evening, and middle of night) I kept Facebook chat open and hit every single friend that logged on for a vote. I’d say 95% said no problem and quickly voted.
Facebook Messages
A lot of people choose to “appear offline” so I decided I would send them Facebook messages. I started by sending messages to groups of friends, basically selecting everyone in alphabetical order. I knew this was the lazy approach but I was tired. I thought about and decided it wasn’t a time to be lazy. I started sending individual notes to anyone I thought would be a good “lead” I went in alphabetical order for a few hours. At one point I received a message from Facebook saying my behavior was suspicious and may be annoying to users. At that point I decided to slow down. Some people I had contacted through chat thought the message might be spam/spyware and so I did my best to proactively convince readers the message was not spam.
Facebook Wall Posting
I posted the link on my wall and asked a few others to do the same. Before I knew it my story was started to take the Facebook stream by storm, especially within my group of high school friends (in the 28 years I’ve been alive I’ve lived within 5 kilometers of the house I was born in so my junior high and high school relationships have been lifelong).
Here are a few screen shots:
Blastomycosis.ca
A few years ago my dog was diagnosed with a rare but often fatal disease called blastomycosis. When she was sick I spent a fair amount of time on a very small forum seeking help and helping others. I reached out to the community for votes and they helped out. This worked because the community is small, my name was familiar, and we all have shared a common struggle and frequently do what we can to help each other. In most forums posting that message would have been a recipe for a banning.
The Last Push
Finally I sent a text message to about 30 of my friends and asked them to vote on the smart phones and to forward the text on even if they had already voted on their computers.
And there you have it, I worked very hard, and I worked many angles from twitter, to chat, to forums, to text messages, to telephone calls, and the list goes on. In the end it was worth it the links are great, the prize is huge, and the contacts that will be made are golden!
Again, a huge thanks to everyone who mentioned me on Twitter and Facebook.
Oh, one lesson for us all, there seemed to be a correlation between the input (effort) and output (votes). I wonder if the same formula could be applied to Website Monetization input (effort) might equal output (cash). 
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I’ve spent a lot of time in the University of Winnipeg on both sides of the desk – as a student and an instructor.
They’ve recently added a Konami code to their website. In the event you don’t remember or you weren’t one of the millions of people that spent hundreds of hours kicking ass and taking names playing Contra on NES (the original Nintendo Entertainment System) the Konami code is a “cheat code”.
Recently several websites have added some functionality that can be unlocked with the use of the code. Facebook added a Konami code that caused your mouse cursor to change, I don’t think they were the first, but I believe it’s what is what caused everyone to jump on the bandwagon.
Anyway, it’s great to see the University of Winnipeg getting creative with their marketing efforts by embracing Twitter, Facebook, and embedding a konami code on their website. I’ve seen a lot of students and staff “buzzing” online about the game and their high scores so it’s obviously driving some traffic and creating a little excitement and awareness for them.
So what’s the Easter egg?
- Head on over to the University of Winnipeg Department of Continuing Education
- Enter the Konami Code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A)
- Enjoy your unlocked surprise (a classic video game with a characters from the University of Winnipeg)
Enjoy, and leave a comment if you can beat my high score.
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Goals for 2010
I was going to post this between Christmas and New Years but I was tied up with festivities and concentrating on Shoemoney’s ASW contest.
My favorite part about the holiday season is thinking about all the goals I am going to set for the upcoming year.
I always set ambitious goals, after all it’s a bloody goal – something I hope to achieve not something that I am already doing. I don’t want my life to be a little better. I want the life of everyone around me, including me, to be a lot better.
With that being said my goals for 2010 are:
- Earnings of $1K a day through the monetization of web sites by the end of the year
- Get/Stay in shape. Keep “bad” weight off and put “good” weight on (ultimately I’d like to lost 5-10 bad pounds and gain 5 good pounds)
- Workout 4-5 days a week
- Continue to be a great friend, uncle, and family member, and dog owner
- Wear my seatbelt all the time (when I am in a moving car
) - Pay off all consumer debt
- Stop hitting “sleep” on the alarm clock
- Wake up at 5:45 am
- Be a productive employee
- Be a productive entrepreneur
- Sleep between 6-9 hours every night
- Run the half marathon with minimal training (I’m not going to put on “good weight” running all the time)
- Post on my blog every once in a while
- Keep better books
There I said it. You read it. I will follow up monthly to let you know how I am doing to remind myself to keep on keepin on.
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A brief, mostly personal, look at a mostly awesome 2009…
2009 was a crazy year (just the way I like it). There were a lot of highlights and a couple of low-lights Sadly, I didn’t accomplish some things I had hoped to professionally, but I certainly had a lot of fun and am super excited for “twenty-ten”!
January was cold, cold, cold – I mean like freeze-your-ass-off-record-breaking-I-wish-I-was-dead-cold. I spent a week in Toronto where it was a little more mild, concentrated on work, and booked a phenomenal trip to the Mayan Riviera, Mexico with my now ex-girlfriend where we relaxed, partied, sun bathed, and laughed.
Mayan Riveria
Upon my return I decided it was finally time to hit an internet marketing conference and so I registered for Pubcon Austin. As excited as kid in candy shop, I signed up on twitter and started connecting with others that would be attending. I had a blast meeting great people and learning and came back refreshed.
Partying at Pubcon Austin
April, as I recall it was uneventful, I was glued to the computer motivated as heck from my time at Pubcon though I am not sure I accomplished anything.
The beginning of summer saw my relationship with my fabulous ex crumble which was a big adjustment. I spent my time concentrating at my new position at work which has been awesome, at the gym, and on partying. Unfortunately this makes most of summer a really expensive blur where little was accomplished but an unreal amount of fun was had.
Weather wise, Winnipeg had its worst summer in history. My brother convinced me to go to Hawaii in August and I spent a week surfing, skydiving, swimming with sharks, and jumping off cliffs. Great times!
Surfing in Hawaii
There was a huge ray of sunshine in August though – my sister had the first child in the family – an amazing little girl Katelyn Morrison. She is amazing, I love that little girl so much, she’s had a pretty huge effect on me but I won’t get to gushy here .
Lyndon and Katelyn
Fall arrived and my beat up body was very happy. I finally got back to work (I hadn’t even signed onto twitter in months:)) and my buddies from Pubcon Austin convinced me to attend Pubcon Las Vegas. Pubcon Las Vegas resulted in excessive amounts of fun and alcohol.
Katelyn and Bella
And here I am in December, wrapping up the year, looking back, feeling great, and terribly terribly excited about what 2010 will bring. I’ve set big goals which you can read about in the next few days!
So 2009 was a year of fun and travel. 2010 will be year of fun, travel, and a lot of work. How was you year?
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