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Nothing’s Changed But My Change: The ShoeMoney Story

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If you’ve tried to make money online, you’ve probably heard of Jeremy Shoemaker aka Shoemoney. If you’ve been on the internet long enough you’ve probably seen the famous Google AdSense check picture. I’ve been reading his blog for some time now in fits and bursts. It’s full of great content and written by someone with actual experience making money.

If you want some practical advice you should definitely check out the blog and some of the Shoemoney products like the Shoemoney System. Shoemoney’s book, Nothing’s Changed But My Change: The ShoeMoney Story is more about the journey. He basically went from overweight and unemployed to rich, skinny, and in love. I’m sure we can all appreciate the underdog, in this case a fat kid who got ridiculed and never made it through college. But then again, this one’s a bit different.

Jeremy was always:

  • hustling (looking for angles and pushing the grey area if there was money)
  • fighting back
  • quick to take action (if he sees a shot, he’ll take it)
  • good at figuring stuff out
  • had some kind of ADHD and tunnel vision like focus
  • good with technical stuff (he used to install car stereos professionally)
So you won’t get a 10 point plan on how to turn your blog into a million dollar enterprise but you’ll see how one successful internet marketer evolved as an entrepreneur and person. You might get turned off by the language and all the random tangents that are thrown in (they serve a purpose) but if you can peel back the surface, you’ll get a good read.
 
You don’t read about people like Shoemoney too much in the mainstream press, they don’t get the adulation of people like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, but these are the people overcame odds to find financial success in their own niche.
 
I’m not going to spoil the book for you but it’s definitely worth the read.  I especially liked how Jeremy redefined his relationship with God to hold himself accountable for everything. Sometimes we don’t realize how our belief systems or upbringing may hold us back.