Shoemoney System Thoughts

I’ll be honest, the whole Shoemoney System bugs me. I signed up a few weeks ago to see what it was all about, and here are my quick opinions:

1. The system was amazingly basic. As in, “there’s this company called Google that you may have heard of” kind of basic. So you waste a lot of time with “training” on what the internet is all about. It drove me crazy.

2. It’s $197/month. That’s really expensive. For that kind of dough you can join a website that provides a nice service, like SEOMoz, Raven, or others. Maybe I’ll review some of those at a later time.

3. Jeremy might have some good ideas, but when I think of him I always think of the old saying about “big hat, no cattle”. He has a good talk, but I feel like he got a little lucky with ringtones, and he became internet famous from that. And from then on out he’s steamed along on being internet famous. I’ve never heard him with any new ideas or thoughts on things that really work online.

4. He has terrible spelling and grammar. I know this isn’t a big deal to many people, but it’s really hard for me to take someone seriously when they can’t spell. It’s a huge pet peeve of mine.

5. When I took advantage of the money-back guarantee, I was treated very rudely by the rep. They were very snarky with me. To me that give some credence to my “big hat, no cattle” thoughts.

6. Jeremy is a little bit black hat. I feel like if he thought he could make money spamming (and get away with it), he would. He just always seems to have had that attitude.

Bottom line, I think the Shoemoney System might be right for some people. Maybe if you can barely turn your computer on in the morning and have no idea what Google and Facebook are, you can give it a go. I don’t know anyone trying to make money online that’s in that boat, though.

Last thing: I’ve never met Jeremy. Maybe he’s a really nice guy, I really don’t know. I think that we go about our businesses in different ways, and that’s fine. The internet is a big place, and there’s room for all of us to make money online. I wish him luck with his business endeavors, and hope they all work out!