Hello from the Swiss Grand Hotel on Bondi Beach at the AdWords Mastery in Sydney, Australia!

AdWords Mastery at Swiss Grand Hotel
AdWords Mastery is my second event in with Nikhil Parekh, my Sydney based partner with whom I am building the Internet AUStars brand across Australia.

This time, I’ve brought along my business partners Andy Huang and David DiNucci to help run this spectacular event we are putting on for almost 200 attendees.

Over the course of the weekend, we covered Google AdWords fundamentals, optimization strategies and landing page formulas designed to overcome the dreaded “Google Slap,” which refers to penalties advertisers get as a result of creating campaigns that are not Google friendly.

For our VIP students, we also organized an evening networking party to socialize and get the chance to know everyone better, which is much easier to do in a social setting compared to the seminar room.

And for the record, I just want to say that I simply LOVE doing events “down under” … Check out this Australian welcome!

Thanks Sydney! I look forward to being back this August for the next Internet AUStars live event!

AdWords Mastery Attendees

AdWords Mastery Preparation with David DiNucci, Andy Huang and Nikhil Parekh at Gloria Jeans Coffee in Cronulla

Nikhil Parekh and Simon Leung at AdWords Mastery

AdWords Mastery Celebration at Darling Harbour

Sydney Google Office Visit

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Hello from Room 304 of the Marriott Denver Tech Center at the ViSalus Founder’s Tour 2008 in Denver, Colorado!

ViSalus Founders Blake Mallen And Nick Sarnicola With CEO Ryan Blair At Private Rooftop VIP Party

As you may or may not be aware, I launched a new JV opportunity alongside 12 of the top Internet Marketers in the world last week in the Internet and network marketing arena.

Since then, we were flooded with new registrations from excited entrepreneurs who recognized the opportunity, including those from even more top name marketing experts.

If you’ve had the chance to check out our invitation letter, you’ll know that the network marketing company we are working with is ViSalus, and they have an amazing free BMW club incentive program for top performers in the company.

What you may not know (unless you actively follow me on Twitter – you can see tweets and pics on the right sidebar of this page) is that our team got off to such a great start, that we actually earned our first free BMW within just 48 hours after launch, with many more to come to those who choose to partner with us!

In fact, the founders and leaders of ViSalus were so impressed with what we were able to achieve in such a short period of time using only the Internet (a strategy completely different from their successful offline model), that they publicly recognized us on stage to show the skeptics out there that achieving the free BMW goal is very achievable.

On Stage With Rex Wisehart And Amber Ludwig Holding “Told U So” License Plates

By applying our easily replicable skills, we have broken the myths that network marketing is a scam, that the only people who make money are the ones who are on the very top, and that you must know and be working directly with the founders to become successful.

Well, we’ve already proven that ViSalus is not a scam and that we can do well in the program even though we are not at the very top, and that it’s not only possible to earn your BMW in a short time, but also to make a nice monthly residual income out of it as well.

And as far as working directly with the founders is concerned, that’s not true either – there are a ton of very successful individuals who have achieved their results without even knowing who the founders are…

However, it of course doesn’t hurt that we are indeed on a first-name basis with all the founders, having been invited to every by-invitation only gatherings over the weekend, and they have given us direct access to them and their resources, and will literally provide us with anything we need.

So as you can see, it’s the ultimate win-win situation for anyone who partners with us because they not only will be working with the top marketers and using a system that has already been proven to work, but also having direct access to the founders and any resources we ask for.

What’s cool is we are now also working on a new Internet Marketing system that can allow anyone to do what we’ve done even faster and easier, and the marketing can be done 100% online!

Needless to say, a very cool system for most marketers like myself who would prefer to use the Internet to drive our leads and build our team

As you can see – lots of cool stuff exclusively for our team, and if you’re still on the fence about this, just imagine walking the stage with us in Las Vegas on October 19th, as we are all presented the keys to our free BMWs.

We earned our BMW in 48 hours – there’s no reason why you won’t be driving a brand new BMW in less than 60 days from now…

Enroll Today And Earn Your BMW By Tomorrow

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Hello from the Seminar Room of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business in the Singapore Management University (SMU) at the Real AdWords Training Program!

The Real AdWords Training Program is the first of many workshops that I will be partnering up with my good friend and native Singaporean, Ewen Chia.

About four years ago, I first interacted with Ewen Chia as a customer of his many affiliate marketing products, and he was one of the first Internet Marketers I came across while learning the ropes of Internet and affiliate marketing.

It wasn’t until December of 2006 when I visited Singapore for the first time did I finally meet Ewen Chia in person in the restroom of the Shangri-La Hotel (yes, this was another JV restroom encounter haha).

We had briefly discussed working together then, but things finally got rolling again last November when we shared the stage at Fabian Lim’s Asia Internet Congress in Singapore.

As we continued our discussions over email, the birth of the Real AdWords Training Program was born, which is why I have the pleasure of working with Ewen Chia this weekend and the primary reason for this Asia trip.

The Real AdWords Training Program was a lot of fun to do in a sold out classroom format at the Singapore Management University.

I very much felt like a University professor in front of the room, and it definitely had an impact in helping make the workshop more hands on and interactive.

Because most of the room at the Real AdWords Training Program comprised of newbie Internet Marketers, in addition to the content delivery, we were doing a lot of hand holding, live demonstrations and Q&As.

And as with all of my workshops, I always encourage people to work on their campaigns as they learn the information throughout the weekend, and those who did actually got some pretty cool results.

There were students who built their first websites, designed their first landing pages, drove traffic to a website for the first time, and even made their first sale before the weekend was over!

All in all, I would say that this was a very successful event, and all the attendees of the Real AdWords Training Program had nothing but good things to say about the workshop.

Even though the Real AdWords Training Program was my primary reason for going to Singapore, I do have several more highlights from my trip.

For example, Alex Mandossian gave me a shoutout on stage at T. Harv Eker’s Guerilla Business Intensive (Funny quote from Alex Mandossian on stage: "By the way, if you really want to learn how to use Google AdWords… That guy over there who looks like he doesn’t know anything – he’s the guy who created their optimization training…")

In addition, Ewen Chia and Stuart Tan both took turns taking me out for exquisite local cuisines, meeting and training Ewen Chia’s team and Stuart Tan’s students, and tons of fun times at hanging out, drinking and watching movies with my friends Cassey Lim, Yanli Zhang and Benjamin Gay.

Although we weren’t able to capture every moment on camera (cuz it broke!), these are some of the good times we actually did so I can share them with you here…

Sentosa Beach With Cassey Lim And Yanli Zhang

Cleo Bikini Contest With 420 Contestants

Google Singapore With Ewen Chia, Stuart Tan, Cassey Lim And Yanli Zhang

Karaoke With Alex Mandossian, Ewen Chia, Cassey Lim And Yanli Zhang

Karaoke Again With Stuart Tan, Donna Daritan, Cassey Lim And Yanli Zhang

Attica Nightclub At Clark Quay With Cassey Lim, Yanli Zhang And Benjamin Gay

CommunicAsia 2008 At The Singapore Expo With Jacyln Chan And The ProCurve Robot

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Hello from the Moscone Center at the Ad Tech Digital Marketing Event in downtown San Francisco!

Today was day one of Ad Tech’s three day event in San Francisco, where over 300 of the world’s most innovative technology, marketing and advertising companies made their products and services available to the public, many for the first time by promoting themselves in exhibits as well as scheduled presentations.

I attended Ad Tech San Francisco not only because I wanted to check out the latest technology on the market, but it was also close to my home in Santa Clara, so this was a convenient trip for me compared to events I’m used to.

And of course, I couldn’t attend an Ad Tech without stopping byt he Google booth

It was a lot of fun visiting the Google booth, especially because I used to be one of the staff members representing the Google booths at Ad Techs, as well as other trade shows, across the United States and Canada.

I actually had a good time seeing some of my old co-workers, as well as meeting and talking with several Googlers who started after I had left the company and never had the pleasure of meeting until today.

It’s pretty exciting to know how far the Optimization Team and Agency Team (both of which I helped build from the ground up a few years ago) have come in the past 20 months or so since I left Google.

And as always, the Google booth has some of the best free giveaways you will find around, so if you haven’t had the chance to stop by the Google booth yet, be sure to do so at Ad Tech or any other tradeshow you might be attending next…

… And be sure to tell the Googler you talk to that “Simon Says Hi!”

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Hello and Happy New Year from Hunter’s Lakefront, a cabin rental from Tahoe Luxury Properties in North Lake Tahoe!

For the past few days, I have been spending the last remaining days of 2007 here in Tahoe with a couple of my best Google buddies and our friends, hanging out at the cabin, doing some snowboarding, playing in the snow, driving around town and dining at some of the finest restuarants in the area.

And tonight (in just a few hours, in fact), we will be ringing in the New Year 2008 together at the Hard Rock Cafe in South Lake Tahoe.

Here’s a snapshot of my buddy, David DiNucci, and I on New Year’s Eve:

Here’s another one of us during one of our group dinners:

Here’s yet another one of us in front of our cabin right before heading out to the slopes.

Here is one more of us on New Year’s night:

As we say goodbye to 2007, I’ve had some time to reflect on some of my goals that I had set for my first full year in business (see my 2007 resolutions here), as well as what I have achieved over the past 12 months.

My actual accomplishments of 2007 includes launching my premier successful home study course, holding teleseminars and webinars with other marketing experts, speaking engagements across the country and across the world, building a team of over a dozen high performing superstars, organizing my own workshops, and completing my book manuscript and getting it accepted for publication by a New York Publishing Company.

Yes, 2007 has definitely exceeded my expectations on so many different levels – Never had I imagined an opportunity where I can work at home if I wanted to, or travel to places I have never been before as part of my business.

So it is a little bitter sweet as I make my final blog post of the year, but it only means that I have many more exciting new posts to look forward to in the year to come.

And my resolution for 2008?

Well, I plan to make this year my best year yet (I know, not much to compare it to… I’ve only been in business for one year haha)!

But to make 2008 even better, I plan to start up a couple new businesses in China and Singapore, become a best selling author, build an even bigger team, create more information products, get involved more in Web 2.0 technology, focus more on niche marketing, organize more workshops, create more joint ventures, expand my branding Internationally and partner up with the right people to do new things that I never dreamed of doing before.

Exciting indeed, and if you want to embark on this venture with me, and perhaps set out to accomplish some of your own business goals, I welcome you to join me by commenting on this post or contacting me privately here.

And of course, I am always looking for more sharp and like-minded individuals to join my team and get involved in real Internet Marketing projects with me.

In the meantime, I’ve put together a quick video from the slopes of Squaw Valley here in Tahoe that you can view below.

Enjoy the video, and I wish you a successful, joyous and prosperous 2008 … HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Hello from Room 308 at the Holiday Inn Peachtree Corners in Norcross, Georgia!

I’m blogging right now because well, frankly, I’m bored…

Still trying to recover from an intense weekend of networking at Big Seminar, I am taking a short break from working in my hotel room to blog for a few minutes.

I am actually spending the week in this area because I will be speaking at Ken McArthur’s “Get Your Product Done” workshop this coming weekend in Atlanta, and it didn’t make sense for me to fly out twice from California within a matter of days.

Hence, I will be here all week to hopefully get some work done.

Today in particular is also a pretty special day because 5 years ago today, I stepped foot into the GooglePlex for the first time for my first day on the job.

Little did I know, it would take me down a wonderful journey of culture, knowledge and experience that I won’t soon forget.

More importantly, it has led me to where I am now … and will no doubt continue to be instrumental to where I am heading towards.

I’ll let you know how things go…

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When I arrived home from Orlando on Monday night, Sam Heyer’s flight came in at just about the same time.

If you’ve never heard of Sam Heyer, he is the marketing genius behind some of the most successful high profile launches in recent history totaling in multi-million dollars of revenue, including Ewen Chia’s Super Affiliate Cloning Program and Nitro Marketing’s Extreme Marketing Makeover.

Sam is now my business partner for several of my private niches, and he has come to town from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to meet up with investors and to talk about our own launches.

While he was in town, I thought it would be pretty cool to show him around Google.

Despite having three consecutive days of meetings, we still managed to visit the GooglePlex twice.

On Wednesday, my buddy Kenji Arai, who is in the Google Videos department and normally works out of YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, happened to be working at the GooglePlex, which is based in Mountain View.

After Sam and I wrapped up our lunch meeting in Palo Alto, we stopped by the GooglePlex to meet up with Kenji.

Kenji showed us around the campus and introduced us to the new developments.

Sam was touring around the GooglePlex in awe, and literally looked like a little kid at a candy shop, especially when he found out that all the food on site are free!

Then earlier this afternoon, my good friend Kristina Cutura hosted us for lunch on campus.

We had a really good time catching up and enjoyed great conversation over some fine Google dining.

What I did notice in my visits is that a lot has changed during these past few months, including exponential growth to the team, as well as the departments moving buildings as a result of the expansion.

I hadn’t been back to the GooglePlex in several months, and it was great to be back, enjoy the great food and see old friends again.

Felt just like old times!

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Hello from Room 106 of the Newport Beach Hotel in sandy Newport Beach, CA!

Window View from the Newport Beach Hotel

Karen and I Strolling on the Beach

Newport Beach is a little less than an hour’s drive away from LA, which is where the Wonder Women of the Web seminar is being held this weekend.

However, I’m staying in Newport Beach because my former colleague and very good friend, David DiNucci, has recently moved down here from the Bay Area for another Google position, and is celebrating his birthday VIP style with his closest friends.

David and I at Kantina Restaurant and Lounge

At the Sutra Lounge VIP Table with Karen, David and His Girl, Jody

Brunch at the Newport Beach Fairmont Before Heading Home

This is my first trip to Newport Beach, and it’s absolutely beautiful here!

It’s my 9th vacation location in less than 2 months (wouldn’t have been able to do that if I had kept my day job!), and I am having a complete blast…

Even on vacation, however, I’ve been keeping my eyes open for business partnerships and opportunities – and there’s no better place to do it than here!

You see, I am involved in some private niches as well that would be perfect for the Entertainment industry, and at some of the parties I went to, I met actors, models, and people in the industry who have connections to nightclub owners and party promoters.

Hollywood is going to be tremendously HUGE for these projects!

I can’t elaborate on the projects I’m talking about just yet, but you will get a taste of just some of them soon enough…

Yes, it has been a fun and productive vacation – most of my vacations usually are.

But alas, the last few days have come and gone quickly, and it’s time again to go home.

I will continue my travels for the next few weeks though, so be sure to come back often, as I will blog often (usually at 5 to 10 day intervals…at least for the next several weeks) for more updates on my upcoming trips to Orlando, New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Orlando again, and beyond…

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Yes, all the summer’s hottest Google events happened to take place on my last week of employment.

I just returned from the 2006 Google Summer Picnic. This year’s theme was the “Mad Hatter” and took place at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. I guess the team has outgrown its campus once again!

As usual, there were plenty of food, drinks and fun activities.

Attendees had choices between barbeque, picnic and buffets, which included hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, fries, mushrooms, corn dogs and a wide variety of snacks, dessert and beverages.

On the entertainment side of things, there were carnivals, dancing, rock climbing, face painting, fake tatooing, balloon sculpturing, giveaways, petting zoo and a card tournament.

Oh, and of course, who can forget the Google Idol contest, where singing and dancing Google talents sang and danced their hearts out live on the Shoreline Amphitheatre stage!

I also got to catch up with a lot of my Google friends that I hadn’t seen or talked to in a while. It was fun to hang out – kind of feels like old times again.

Another good time, and another successful event organized by Google!

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