First of all, let me apologize for such a boring 30 days of posts. I never would have undertaken this project on the blog had I known it wasn’t going to provide for good content. That said, here’s my wrap-up of my 30 day experiment.
It’s kind of funny because just yesterday I got an email from Shoemoney asking for my experiences so far. I thought I’d post here what I sent them since it summarizes my thoughts. Before we get to that though, here are my official stats:
Total Time Spent: 15 hours, 15 minutes
Total $ Made: $0
Overall Value (1 to 10): 1
One of the questions that I’ve been asked quite a bit the last week is whether or not I’ll continue. I will be continuing on for another 30 days and plan to post weekly if there is enough content for the week. I’ll keep you up to date. Maybe month 2 is the one where everything breaks loose.
My Shoemoney Story response:
City, State
Portland, Oregon
Income before ShoeMoney System and where you are at now. (roughly)
Income Before SMS: $0
Income Now from SMS: $0
This is a new, segregated project for me, so I’m not including any of my current online income. I’ve kept all of my efforts to make money from the techniques taught over the last 30 days separate.
Date you started with the ShoeMoney System
4/14/10
The part in the SMS that really was a turning point for you.
Unfortunately there hasn’t been one. I was really hoping it would come, but there haven’t even been any “aha” moments. I had one “hmmm” moment with the eBay arbitrage videos, but that’s it.
4. What you would say to your friends about the ShoeMoney System.
If I was basing my thoughts purely on the last 30 days, I’d tell them to not waste their time or money. The videos have come in at a VERY painfully slow pace. I logged into the system every single day since signing up and have watched every video I could get my hands on including all the tutorial videos (all of which I already knew how to do, but I was hoping for a nugget here or there). About a week and a half into it, I asked if I could get videos at a faster pace or get jumped ahead, but was only given the option to pay more money. It’s been a very disappointing experience for me and I would have just given up after about 2 weeks had I not committed to a 30 Day review on my blog.
I paid in advance, so I’ll continue on with the system, but I definitely couldn’t recommend it, even for newbies, unless they’re ready to pay for a snail’s pace of content. It’s also pretty eye opening to now realize that many of the gurus pimping the Shoemoney System seem to be making blind recommendations in the interest of just collecting some commissions. I’m a Shoemoney fan as much as anyone else, but I wouldn’t blindly recommend this system at this point without some disclosure.
May 15th, 2010 at 11:08 am
That really sucks. Hope the next 30 days get better.
May 15th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Yikes! Haha wow… guess the hype around Shoemoney's big project was really just hype after all? I was told that this thing was getting really good reviews, this is the first sour one that I've read through. Thanks for posting, I'm definitely going to check back and see if it continues to fail.
May 16th, 2010 at 8:37 am
I guess many of the gurus out there are bridable by the commission offered and recommend things that they themselves won't be using.
May 16th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Shoemoney is on point on most things, I like this one but last months article was great, definitely some nuggets in there.
May 16th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Weekly posting about your last 30 days with Shoemoney System sounds great since daily just makes it so boring. Will be waiting for your posts regarding it. Thanks for really sticking to it just so all of us, your readers, would know the truth.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Congrats for your patient holding of such an experiment! It was interesting to observe this process of exploring – I think it is very instructive for those who are hunting for easy money in the Internet!
May 17th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
No need to apologize for boring posts. If anyone should be apologizing it would be Shoemoney. At the very least this 30 day test shows the true value of this system, or should I say 'true lack of value'. Hopefully this will prevent some naive people from wasting their money on it. I agree with Andrew that a weekly update for the next month would be interesting to see.
May 18th, 2010 at 4:47 am
Congrats for your patient holding of such an experiment!
May 18th, 2010 at 6:33 am
I feel proud for your bravery to hold such a long exploration – and feel pity for the time you've wasted on this non-prospective system:(
May 18th, 2010 at 8:06 am
Ryan, your review is right on. I have been a member of the Shoemoney System since day1 of the launch (over 110 days now). Unfortunately, things do not seem to be getting any better. My original theory was that he was waiting for people to jump off after claiming their 60-day money back guarantee. Month 3, however, was a grind – average video length is about 6-7 minutes, and the pace of video release shows from one every 2-3 days to one every 4-5 days (doing the math, that is about equivalent to paying $300/hr for consulting). [continued next comment...]
May 18th, 2010 at 8:06 am
[...continued] Month 4 is unfortunately on par with this experience as well: content improves slightly, BUT I have now gone over 1 week without a new video, and there seems to be bugs in the video delivery system. A webinar from week9 REposted as a "new" video, there has been no new content, and a "catch-up" webinar that was held has still not posted a week later. What's worse is there is NO technical support. Big Shoe is 10+ days out on responding to emails (check his auto-responder on his blog) — IF he responds. His support staff consists of 1, and Casandra replies to 1 out of every 3 (or so) emails without even answering questions posed (very generic answers). Phone calls do not get returned either – which is awful becuase I am not even long distance (live 50 miles away from his office). Maybe I should follow my gut here and bail, reinvesting the money in my own experiments…
May 18th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Now that's what I like to read – an honest review of a "make money" program where someone actually performed the daily tasks. Thank your for doing this, providing honesty, and letting us know that this program is not all it's hyped up to be. Too bad you can't get your money back.
May 18th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Well done for your experiment. Will be waiting for your posts regarding it. Thanks for really sticking to it just so all of us, your readers, would know the truth.
May 19th, 2010 at 2:54 am
i was researching the positive effect of trying shoemoney. then i stumble on your blog. right now i am doubting to try shoemoney. thanks for the sharing about the shoemoney results.
May 19th, 2010 at 8:43 am
I have been following this review as well as another one and I am glad I did not believe hype regarding this product. As usual, this is just another "make money online" product while the creator makes all the cash by shilling something of absolute no value.
May 19th, 2010 at 9:12 am
I think it is very instructive for those who are hunting for easy money in the Internet!
nice post
May 20th, 2010 at 4:33 am
Nathan, wow… that's pretty darn disheartening. Have you tried all of the stuff he's been teaching?
May 20th, 2010 at 3:04 am
very good information. has been very useful.
Thank you.
May 20th, 2010 at 3:04 am
Congrats for your patient holding of such an experiment!
very good information. has been very useful.
Thank you.
May 20th, 2010 at 3:14 am
Thanks for wrtite. That's good
May 20th, 2010 at 4:23 am
Doesn't sound like a valid system. Good luck with the next 30 days.
May 20th, 2010 at 5:19 am
Finally you are here, feel good to see your post.
May 20th, 2010 at 11:12 am
The absence of result is still a result. Great perseverance!
May 21st, 2010 at 11:30 am
Hi Ryan – yes I'm trying out stuff. I have a couple of FaceBook fan pages, have run a few ad tests, have tried to find products to arbitrage, etc. So I am actually trying to make the best of my "investment". Beware that you need to take his content (when it actually does appear) with a grain of salt. Regarding Arbitrage: make sure you aren't breaking technology export laws, abusing employee discounts, etc. – he doesn't warn you about that. Recall his "Rich Superhero" video: he *almost* got his pants sued off by Best Buy for this, and I'm sure that selling iPads to countries in the Middle East isn't a great idea. Also, set your budget before running ads anywhere, because it takes nearly 2 weeks to get through to the video how to save money running the ads by optimizing (where he is still thin on examples).
May 22nd, 2010 at 4:50 am
I guess many of the gurus out there are bridable by the commission offered and recommend things that they themselves won't be using.
May 22nd, 2010 at 8:39 am
Thanks for posting, I'm definitely going to check back and see if it continues to fail
May 22nd, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Wow, if you are interested this guy is selling his Shoemoney System membership at a discount (5 months in!): Ebay Auction ID 120573332921 . Seems like a good way to get everything up to this point right away without spending the time and full amount.
May 24th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
I think it's just wise to continue. Lets hope this works out in the very end. I'm not really hopeful, but you never know. I've heard positive reviews for this in other places. I'm not sure if they are willing to forgo their reputation just to make a sale really too.
May 25th, 2010 at 3:22 am
I am sure u have saved a lot of ppl a lot of time! thanks!
May 26th, 2010 at 5:18 am
Well done for seeing this through – quite disappointing really – I was hoping to see you make a fortune.
May 26th, 2010 at 8:42 am
Thanks for the article it really makes you think twice before trying to make a quick buck online
May 28th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
I too have been with it since day one. Now I am sick to see you can get the same thing for $69/mo.
June 1st, 2010 at 3:13 am
Hi,great post,thanks for your share! and I want to know if i can use this post in my website in case I put a link back to yours? Waiting for your reply!
June 7th, 2010 at 7:18 am
I admire ur job!
June 8th, 2010 at 4:56 am
Ryan Burglehaus wrote: new blog post
June 8th, 2010 at 8:28 am
Def an interesting experiement – some interesting nuggets in ur posts
also congrat on ur patience!
June 9th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Good information. Really nice post.
Thank you dude.
June 12th, 2010 at 2:01 am
Thank you. I will try to do it.
June 13th, 2010 at 12:45 am
oh.. that's a shame..maybe next month.
June 21st, 2010 at 4:22 am
Ahh man, unlucky! Hows it going now? Any improvement?
June 21st, 2010 at 9:25 pm
I will be reading the next updates to so how you are going.
Nice to see someone give up as much info as you do.
Chrissy C
June 23rd, 2010 at 8:16 am
Oi hai ther, I am from Soviet Russia – where the blog post writes you! So, pleez excuse my terrible English. I can’t believe the post I have just read, it was very informative. Back here in Russia, people can barely write so reading your article was like a breath of fresh air. I’d like to personally thank you for writing this post today and I hope everyone else that is reading this today got as much enjoyment out of reading it as I did. I can’t wait to check back and see what other things you write. – Warm reguards from Russia to you all in the USA! We keep in touch.
June 25th, 2010 at 8:48 am
I would of thought that ShoeMoney's system lived up to all the hype I saw – I guess he just a really good marketer
June 27th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
great post,
good info…
June 28th, 2010 at 12:08 am
great post i really like it.
keep posting stuff like this
July 1st, 2010 at 11:52 am
very good information. has been very useful.
July 2nd, 2010 at 7:46 am
well sometimes effort is not enough, especially if the landing page is not that well-staged to highly convert. but it would have been great if you succeeded on it. perhaps 15hrs, and 15mins were not enough, well that's how our world works, lots of testings needed
but I'll watch out for the next set of challenges, and this also inspired me to challenge myself in attaining something like this.
July 4th, 2010 at 8:01 am
Thanks to good information
July 9th, 2010 at 1:56 am
Is it only a 30 day programme?
Also how much does it cost in the first place?
July 16th, 2010 at 5:57 am
Wow, total made $0, that suck.
July 28th, 2010 at 1:19 am
I think this 30 day project from shoemone is really great but sometimes looks very strange too but overall it gave the complete details regarding shomoney sytem and i too believe that shomoney has done a great job.
July 30th, 2010 at 2:24 am
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July 30th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
I am glad you had patience to hold such an experiment!
Thanks
August 11th, 2010 at 7:54 am
What endurance you must have my friend…