I was checking out Shoemoney’s post “Elite Retreat Ticket For One Lucky Winner” .

Blogging Guru Dave Taylor, SEO Specialist Aaron Wall, Forum and Communities Specialist Lee Dodd, Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker, Dave Taylor again!

Forum Guru Lee Dodd has posted at his ForumTrends blog that the 4 gurus: Shoemoney, Dave Taylor, Aaron Wall and Lee have decided to put up one ticket for the event (valued at $4,850 by the way).

Just head over to Lee’s blog, read the instructions and best of luck!

The deadline’s Dec 11th, noon CST. There’s a couple of hours to go.

I’d have loved to try for the contest, though the event clashes with a family holiday.

Ah, well, maybe next time.

If you do enter the contest, and win, post a comment!

Here’s an update from Andrea:
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We’ve got our publicity machines out in full force, and have received lots of encouraging response.

A lot of people who have expressed interest are worried that they might not be advanced enough to attend. We are targeting everyone from newbies to high status sites.

We will also be promoting the Elite Retreat at Chicago SES in December and be able to answer any last minute questions people might have there as well.

We’ve received so much support throughout the industry for this event and looking forward to the event.

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Facilitators at the event include Jeremy Schoemaker (Shoemoney), Dave Taylor, Aaron Wall and Lee Dodd.

Check out: Elite Retreat information page.

Are you happy with your adsense earnings?

Need some inspiration?

How about:

Shoemoney “Skills to pay the bills”

In case you have difficulty reading the check, it’s issued by Google and is an adsense check for the amount of $132,994.97 issued in the month of September 2005.

Shoemoney (aka Jeremy Schoemaker) helpfully points out:

This was the bigest paper check I have ever received. It was way back in August of 2005 and since I have moved to wire transfers so dont look for anything bigger from me.

Inspired?

Head down to Shoemoney’s blog. He’s 100% uncensored in talking about his strategies and results, documenting the ups AND the downs. I especially like a recent post: Finding Your Own Groove.

What’re we to take from this?

Work hard. Work fast. Work smart. You’ll get results.

It won’t take one month, but even 8 months is very decent.

Make it a point to check out the top bloggers every day. Go through every post.

Take notes. Take action.

Even better than that. Take up the opportunity to pick Shoemoney’s brains and the brains of:

• Search Engine Optimization guru Aaron Wall
• Internet consultant and author Dave Tailor
• Forum expert Lee Dodd

Here’s the lineup for Elite Retreat:

Imagine a 30-person mastermind group.

75% personal discussions. 25% lectures.

That format is just about perfect as Dave Taylor says “I believe that the most valuable hours of a conference are after hours rather than during the lectures.” in his post Are you a passive listener or an active participant?

Elite Retreat project manager Andrea Schoemaker says: “Registration opens on November 1st and will be limited availability of 30 participants…This event is likely to sell out fast so don’t delay in your registration.”

Registration, incidentally, is by application. Do note that “Attendees will be chosen by an application only process.”

[Note: If you go for the conference and you ask Shoemoney what an RSS feed is, I won’t be responsible for the consequences. See “Internet Marketing newbies a nuisance?“]

There will be an incentive to early registration for Elite Retreat .

For details, visit: http://www.eliteretreat.info/