Elite Retreat – Wow
Finally back in my chair after last week’s Elite Retreat. I wish I could describe to you the vibe at that conference but man.. I can’t remember the last time I actually sat through a whole panel at a conference, but there I was on Wednesday, glued to my chair for 8-9 hours. Never happened at a conf.. never. Not only was every speaker completely qualified and had something really interesting and useful to share, but so did every attendee.
By limiting the attendance and raising the price Shoemoney has also raised the bar on who could attend. I honestly felt like I could learn something valuable from every single person in the room.
Then there was Gary Vaynerchuk. I had heard of Gary, both on a internet marketing level because of his acquisition of cork’d and on a wine level from Wine Library TV. But I had never heard him speak, watched one of his videos, nothin. Silly me. This dude is the real fucking deal. I can’t even imagine where Gary Vee is going to be in 5 years. He is just too smart, too motivated, and too tireless to ever quit. Hey Gary, when you own the Jets can I get tickets when the Chargers come to town?
Honestly, best internet conference I have ever been to. Hands down. I met so many cool geeky people I know I am going to be working with, it was just amazing. I would name all of you by name and links but I am selfish and want to keep that info to myself 
. Big thanks to Kris Jones and Pepperjam Network for hooking it up, love u guys!
Great post – and I concur…ER ‘09 was off the hook!
Chris – it was great to see you again, and I couldn’t agree more. I learned something new and valuable with nearly every conversation, and you (like usual) contributed a ton to the experience.
And Mr. Hermanns, a pleasure as always – i’m eagerly watching email for your new control panel…
For shizzle my man, ER 09 was sick as always. Holler at me and lets follow up on things!
ER was great as always! Ping me lets catch up. A I M GrahamClickbooth
Very well put Chris, it was a super intense conference, in and out of the lecture room!
Chris,
Enjoyed meeting you from the get go – right at the airport! Agree it was a great time and look forward to more networking!
Bari
Chris,
Elite Retreat was an historical event in internet marketing – the kind of event that will inspire all of us that attended for the rest of our lives. From you arriving Thursday morning with your sunglasses on to Gary V delivering what was a “top 5″ best speeches I’ve ever heard in my life – that’s a pretty big deal for me since I’ve seen Tony Robins speak in person at least 6 times
– the event was awesome.
It was great hanging out with you!
You are an internet marketing rockstar.
Kris
Wow, I just read this. I love this blog. Can you write more about the whole style of the dollar bill shower. For those of you who don’t know it is a super affiliate trick involving links, PPC, and the end result is you are showered! with bills! It was amazing watching you do this at the Elite Retreat!