Comments on: The Best Conference for Making Money Online

By: I WON’T See You At The Conferences, Bitches! | Scoreboard Media Group

I WON’T See You At The Conferences, Bitches! | Scoreboard Media Group — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:36:12 +0000

[...] Pike surveyed a bunch of us about which conferences somebody should attend when they are starting out. You can read my answer over there, but I actually think this is a really good [...]

By: Chris Guthrie

Chris Guthrie — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:12:54 +0000

Nice list. I haven’t attended any conferences yet, but I’ll make sure I keep this list in mind when I do start looking.

By: Interesting reading for a Friday afternoon » Self Made Minds

Interesting reading for a Friday afternoon » Self Made Minds — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:12:04 +0000

[...] has done a nice survey on which are the best conferences to attend if you’re interested in earning money [...]

By: ukgimp

ukgimp — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:48:53 +0000

not really a conference as such, but SEO Roadshow is a bit of a must really, especially if you want it like it was at the first couple of pubcons.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:24:24 +0000

I think benefiting from a conference really depends upon your current business status. If you’ve already got some great sites cooking and just need a few ideas to boost your traffic, raise your conversions, solve an indexing issue, etc. conferences can be an easy win. If you’re relatively new, some of the more advanced conferences may be too overwhelming.

I’ll be heading to my 5th Pubcon this year (my day job sends me). Will it be the tipping point that’ll finally allow me to break out of my $20/day rut on my side projects? Doubtful. I think that my next major breakthrough is going to come from “Just Getting Started” (http://www.askshane.org/daily-tips/just-get-started.php). Specifically, trying to carve out some more time to test new ideas and think bigger.

IMO, that’s the largest barrier (for me anyway). You can read a lot of blogs (the right ones) and get the same info that’ll be shared at most conferences…you just need to find the time to apply that info and test your ideas. Networking helps, but I don’t think it’s the golden ticket that many bloggers lead you to believe. They don’t hand out #1 rankings at the conference doors…you gotta find the time to bust your ass for that.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:59:51 +0000

Great post Shane. I thought about going to both BWE and PubCon, but decided on Affiliate Summit West since I can get some face time with the folks who send me the nice affiliate deposits each month!

I’d love to win, but since I quit my day job last year, I guess I don’t qualify. So sad. I may spring for Elite Retreat the next time they do it, and Think Tank sounds great but is too soon, too pricey and may be somewhat over my head at this point.

Keep up the great work. At this point, yours is my favorite blog about making money online.