Hello from Room 1170 of the Drury Plaza Hotel at Pat O’Bryan’s UnSeminar 5 in San Antonio, Texas!

It’s great to return to San Antonio since my very first Internet Marketing seminar in May of 2006, as well as my first speaking engagement three months later in August, also happened right here in San Antonio.
But this time, it was a much more exciting experience…
In front of a jam packed room, I had the honor of sharing the stage with Dr. Joe Vitale, Craig Perrine, Bill Hibbler, Ben Mack, Donna Fox, Eric Farewell, Scott Lewis, Tony Laidig, Erica Douglass, and of course, Pat O’Bryan himself.
As with most seminars, the live networking at UnSeminar 5 was amazing, especially with the killer line-up of speakers and motivated attendees.
However, you know that time has definitely changed when the power of Web 2.0 not only brought on an additional 150 viewers from all around the world through live streaming…
But Twitter (one of the most popular Web 2.0 social marketing tools available today for networking) was also responsible for selling 1/3 of the tickets to the event, as well as booking several of the speakers!
Plus, throughout the weekend, we continued to network both online and offline, getting more and more people to sign up for Web 2.0 profiles like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and more.
UnSeminar 5 was probably one of the most interactive Internet Marketing conferences I’ve been a part of that encouraged so many people to take action, whether or not they were live at the actual event.
I personally had a lot of fun not only at the conference itself, but the most invaluable experiences of all was the opportunity to hang out with speakers and attendees alike for lunch, dinner and throughout the evenings at the Riverwalk, Alamo and some of the more happening downtown areas.
Now, because my camera is broken (boo) and I haven’t gotten a replacement yet, I’m now at the mercy of my friends who did take photos to send them to me.
But while we wait for them, here are a few TwitPics (photo service for Twitter) that my friends and I took on our phones and posted online throughout the weekend…

Stage View Of The UnSeminar 5 Audience

Persian Dinner With Dr. Joe Vitale, Pat O’Bryan, Betsy O’Bryan, Donna Fox, Heather Duease And Eric Farewell

Mexican Dinner With Marlon Sanders, Ben Mack, Donna Fox, Bill Hibbler, Craig Perrine, Scott Lewis, Eric Farewell And Erica Douglass

Texas BBQ With Eric Farewell, Donna Fox And Erica Douglass

Remember The Alamo, Y’all!
Special thanks to my friends for making this a weekend to remember: Donna Fox, Eric Farewell, Ben Mack, James Wedmore, Heather Duease, Marlon Sanders, Erica Douglass, Pat O’Bryan, Scott Lewis, Joe Vitale, Craig Perrine, Bill Hibbler and Tony Laidig.
I’m sure I’ll be seeing you guys around, especially if you’re interested in attending some of my future events in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
But if you don’t want to wait that long or travel that far (depending on where you’re located), you can catch me at my final U.S. workshop this year on August 8th and 9th in Long Island, NY, when Howie Schwartz, Ross Goldberg and I host the Three Sides Of Traffic Workshop.
































July 28th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Wow! That’s a lot of information…And it looks like you had a lot of fun.
Karen
PS Happy Birthday…Here’s another stupid joke.
If at first you don’t succeed..
Don’t try sky diving..
July 28th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Thx for the bday wish, Karen!
You’re funny too haha
July 29th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Great post Simon, hope those pictures turned out alright! Good seeing ya this weekend and Happy Birthday!
Cheers,
James Wedmore
July 29th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
James - good seeing you too, bud!
Yep, pics turned out great!
Thx again for all your help
July 31st, 2008 at 7:39 am
Congrats on the success of your UnSeminar!
August 10th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Nice photos Simon, I enjoyed the lunch we were at together (in photos above) Texas Ribs, too big plates of food.
You were incredible at the seminar - I took several pages of notes and tried to keep up with you. I for one really appreciated the information you gave us. I heard several of the seasoned IM’ers saying that they learned from you. Congrats!
Kim
August 11th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Thanks for stopping by, Kim!
Had a great time w/ you at UnSeminar
Good luck and keep in touch!