Comments on: Elite Retreat - First Impressions http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/ Sharing lessons learned in business and online marketing Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:06:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Think Tank Review - Part 1 » Self Made Minds http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-10304 Think Tank Review - Part 1 » Self Made Minds Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:04:32 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-10304 [...] the hotel bar (what a hotel) and meet up with old friend Slaven from Elite Retreat, also met with the gorgeous Shannon and funny Sean from the SEM Journal (well worth checking [...] [...] the hotel bar (what a hotel) and meet up with old friend Slaven from Elite Retreat, also met with the gorgeous Shannon and funny Sean from the SEM Journal (well worth checking [...]

]]> By: Scriptster http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-9063 Scriptster Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:54:35 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-9063 Well fit advertisers are smart. They won't drop $500 on your site alone if they can fan that out and get more clicks from more sites for a fraction of the cost, all administration tasks managed courtesy AdSense. Also, if you had two private deals and you lost one (shit happens) - you just suddenly lost 50% of your revenue. With AdSense someone will step up and fill the void (though the overall eCPM will most likely go down due to less competition). This particular advise by Shoemoney is useless. As fas as I can remember he was switching to private ad deals AFTER acquiring the status of Internet marketing celebrity. Won't apply to regular guys like you and me. Well fit advertisers are smart. They won’t drop $500 on your site alone if they can fan that out and get more clicks from more sites for a fraction of the cost, all administration tasks managed courtesy AdSense. Also, if you had two private deals and you lost one (shit happens) - you just suddenly lost 50% of your revenue. With AdSense someone will step up and fill the void (though the overall eCPM will most likely go down due to less competition). This particular advise by Shoemoney is useless. As fas as I can remember he was switching to private ad deals AFTER acquiring the status of Internet marketing celebrity. Won’t apply to regular guys like you and me.

]]> By: Think Tankers Summer Camp » Self Made Minds http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-8890 Think Tankers Summer Camp » Self Made Minds Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:45:35 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-8890 [...] of the key features of Elite Retreat was the networking with the other attendees, I learnt more from them than the actual speakers. One [...] [...] of the key features of Elite Retreat was the networking with the other attendees, I learnt more from them than the actual speakers. One [...]

]]> By: Elite Retreat - Thinking Of Going? : UK Search Engine Marketing - Read, Learn, Find Reputable SEO Experts http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-8536 Elite Retreat - Thinking Of Going? : UK Search Engine Marketing - Read, Learn, Find Reputable SEO Experts Fri, 16 May 2008 17:25:22 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-8536 [...] Self Made Minds flew all the way from the United Kingdom to attend the 2008 session. He says the real value was in the one on one time with the speakers and interactions with the other people attending. [...] [...] Self Made Minds flew all the way from the United Kingdom to attend the 2008 session. He says the real value was in the one on one time with the speakers and interactions with the other people attending. [...]

]]> By: How to be a lucky bastard » Self Made Minds http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7937 How to be a lucky bastard » Self Made Minds Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:38:16 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7937 [...] recently, first my 2 week vacation to the Canaries closely followed 4 days in San Francisco for Elite Retreat. The two experiences were absolutely poles apart, but both enjoyable and enlightening in different [...] [...] recently, first my 2 week vacation to the Canaries closely followed 4 days in San Francisco for Elite Retreat. The two experiences were absolutely poles apart, but both enjoyable and enlightening in different [...]

]]> By: Chris http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7935 Chris Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:37:33 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7935 Did you fly from the UK just for this event? I was considering going, but the 20 odd hour flight from Bangkok sort of put me off. Saying that, after reading all the reviews I might just make that extra bit of effort to go next year! Did you fly from the UK just for this event? I was considering going, but the 20 odd hour flight from Bangkok sort of put me off. Saying that, after reading all the reviews I might just make that extra bit of effort to go next year!

]]> By: Elite Retreat 2008 San Fran Recap - ShoeMoney® http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7924 Elite Retreat 2008 San Fran Recap - ShoeMoney® Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:26:11 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7924 [...] Al Carlton Elite Retreat First Impressions [...] [...] Al Carlton Elite Retreat First Impressions [...]

]]> By: Mike http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7861 Mike Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:12:26 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7861 I agree in principle with the idea of dropping Adsense (particularly with the rubbish GB exchange rate) but in practice I've generally found having to deal direct with merchants or affiliate networks to be a royal pain. Either their communiction is poor or the technology just doesn't work (tracking/stats not working). At least with Google you know that Adsense is robust and you aren't liable to get a load of sales reversals, etc. Must say that Elite Retreat sounds great and the idea of a UK based one would be very appealing. I agree in principle with the idea of dropping Adsense (particularly with the rubbish GB exchange rate) but in practice I’ve generally found having to deal direct with merchants or affiliate networks to be a royal pain. Either their communiction is poor or the technology just doesn’t work (tracking/stats not working). At least with Google you know that Adsense is robust and you aren’t liable to get a load of sales reversals, etc.

Must say that Elite Retreat sounds great and the idea of a UK based one would be very appealing.

]]> By: Garry http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7860 Garry Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:20:58 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7860 Is that 'dumping adsense' only applicable to sites with a certain amount of traffic? Obviously a higher traffic site could command higher advertiser revenue, whereas a small 'hobby' site might be better off with adsense until a certain level of traffic is reached. Is that ‘dumping adsense’ only applicable to sites with a certain amount of traffic? Obviously a higher traffic site could command higher advertiser revenue, whereas a small ‘hobby’ site might be better off with adsense until a certain level of traffic is reached.

]]> By: Mikael http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7859 Mikael Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:41:02 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/200804/elite-retreat-first-impressions/#comment-7859 Al, what about creating a post about how to best find the publishers directly? And if you could include something about how small websites should go about it, that would be great :) Al, what about creating a post about how to best find the publishers directly? And if you could include something about how small websites should go about it, that would be great :)

]]>