As my Cathay Pacific flight landed in SFO after my 18 hour journey from Singapore to San Francisco, I turned on my Blackberry to hundreds of new messages accrued from over the past several weeks while I was in Asia.

Quite a number of them were sent recently by my buddy, Stu McLaren, who was pretty persistent in contacting me through emails, instant messaging, both the public and private streams on Twitter and even leaving me a comment on my blog

Poor Stu McLaren must’ve been freakin out, cuz he actually had me scheduled to kick off his annual Marketing Predictions Call, which is a virtual event Stu McLaren puts together every year to raise money for a charity called World Teacher Aid, an organization founded by his wife, Amy McLaren.

Marketing Predictions Homepage (Photo Alongside Ryan Lee, Stephen Pierce, Stu McLaren, Tracy Childers, Brad Fallon & Andy Jenkins)

The reason I’ve agreed to volunteer my time with Stu McLaren is not just because Stu and Amy McLaren are my friends, and not just the mere fact that I’ll be training and giving online entrepreneurs 2009 insights that will help them learn more about Internet Marketing…

Even more importantly, I am taking this as an opportunity (especially in the spirits of the Holiday Season) to give back by helping out a worthy cause…

You see, Amy McLaren’s World Teacher Aid is a non-profit organization that focuses on bringing education to children by building schools and establishing feeding programs all around the world, as well as funding full-time salaries and supporting children in less fortunate countries like Uganda, Ghana, El Salvador and Kenya.

Every year, Stu McLaren holds an online fundraising event for his wife’s cause by interviewing the top Internet Marketers in the world, and this year promises to be the biggest one yet with four times as many volunteered marketing experts than last year!

I’m very honored to be a part of Stu McLaren’s Marketing Predictions Call this year, and will be sharing my Google predictions during my scheduled interview TONIGHT…

And over the next several weeks, expect a ton more amazing and pitch-free information and marketing insights for the upcoming year from literally some of the most talented and top notch Internet Marketing experts in the world!

Take A Quick Peek At This Superstar Lineup

(All presenting LIVE December 15th-18th, 2008 & January 5th-7th, 2009)

	John Reese www.MarketingSecrets.com			Armand Morin www.ArmandMorin.com
	Russell Brunson www.DotComSecrets.com			Rick Raddatz www.Xiosoft.com
	Stephen Pierce www.MakeRealMoneyOnTheInternet.com			Jim Edwards www.IGottaTellYou.com
	Yanik Silver www.SureFireMarketing.com			Jeff Johnson www.UndergroundConfessions.com
	Joel Comm www.JoelComm.com			Matt Bacak www.PowerfulPromoter.com
	Ray Edwards www.RayEdwards.com			Alice Seba www.InternetMarketingSweetie.com
	Mike Filsaime www.MikeFilsaime.com			Alex Mandossian www.TeleseminarSecrets.com
	David Frey www.MarketingBestPractices.com			Jeff Walker www.ProductLaunchFormula.com
	Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero www.RedHotCopy.com			Perry Belcher www.PerryBelcher.com
	Ryan Lee www.RyanLee.com			Mike Koenigs www.MikeKoenigs.com
	Gary Ambrose www.GaryAmbrose.com			Ryan Deiss www.ProfitDiary.com
	Andy Jenkins www.Stompernet.com			Mari Smith www.MariSmith.com
	Jason Potash www.ArticleAnnouncer.com			Brad Fallon www.BradFallon.com
	Kirt Christensen www.AdwordsScience.com			Jeff Schwerdt www.QuickVideoMarketing.com
	Simon Leung www.SimonLeung.com			Eric Rockefeller www.EricRockefeller.com
	Jeff Herring www.TheArticleGuy.com			Tim Kerber www.MembershipSiteOwner.com
	Jason Moffatt www.JasonMoffatt.com			Jeanette Cates www.JeanetteCates.com
	Heather Seitz www.HeatherSeitz.com			Christina Hills www.ShoppingCartQueen.com
	Anik Singal www.AffiliateClassroom.com			Robert Plank www.RobertPlank.com
	John Barker www.AdWordsBlackBook.com			Tracy Childers www.TracyChilders.com
	Craig Perrine www.MaverickMarketer.com			Eric Graham www.ConversionDoctor.com
	Joel Christopher www.MasterListBuilder.com			Cathy Perkins www.TheWordpressWizard.com

Your Marketing Predictions Call Will Be Hosted By: Stu McLaren Register For The Marketing Predictions Call Today!

Hello from Room 424 of the Radisson Hotel at Ken McArthur’s jvAlert Live in Philadelphia, PA!

Ken McArthur And Simon Leung At jvAlert Live

As much of a jvAlert Live regular as I am, I just realized that it has actually been one whole year since I attended my last jvAlert Live or even seen my very good friend, Ken McArthur!

This makes me a little sad because Ken McArthur and I go way back (in Internet years) - I mean, I met the guy on a cruise in June of 2006 when I was still working at Google, and he invited me to attend jvAlert Live in Philadelphia the following week.

That jvAlert Live event changed my life…

I learned so much and made so many new friends that I was inspired to leave my full-time job at Google just six weeks later.

Ken McArthur and I crossed paths again at my first seminar as a full-time Internet Marketer, where he invited me to speak at his next jvAlert Live in San Diego, and then again at jvAlert Live Orlando, and then again at his Get Your Product Done workshop in Atlanta.

The last time I crossed paths with Ken McArthur was jvAlert Live in Philadelphia 2007, so it was definitely a big change going from hanging out with my good friend several times last year to only once this year.

That’s going to change though, because I’ve decided to work much more closely with Ken McArthur as a mentor and a partner.

Now, moving on to the jvAlert Live event itself, you can tell how high Ken McArthur has taken the level of his seminar by looking at the line-up of speakers…

Taking the stage were Internet Marketing rockstars Yanik Silver, Jeff Johnson, Mike Morgan, Stuart Tan, Alan Bechtold, Keith Wellman, Sanyika Calloway Boyce, Brad Semp and yours truly…

As for the VIP line-up, there were no shortage of experts either with panelists Mike Filsaime, Kevin Nations, Frank Sousa, Brian Edmondson, Jason DeVelvis, Rachel Rofe, Jay White, Bob Jenkins, Larry Benet, Warren Whitlock, Jeff Dedrick, Erik Stafford, Ross Goldberg, Jeff Wark, Lori Steffan, Dr. Ron Capps, Michael Angier, Phil Basten, Jane Marks and countless others.

Needless to say, the networking was amazing, and I’d be surprised at anyone who didn’t walk away from jvAlert Live with at least one six figure a year business idea.

Because I’m familiar with the caliber of the events that Ken McArthur puts on, I also saw this as an opportunity to enrich my top trainer, Kevin Finney, and also an up-and-coming copywriting superstar, James Lee, by inviting them to attend the same event that changed my life exactly two years ago.

Kevin Finney and James Lee both graciously accepted, and by the end of the weekend - although evidently wiped out as you can see in the photo below - made the most of the event by networking their butts off and attested that it was a life changing experience for them as well.

Ken McArthur And Simon Leung At jvAlert Live

Quite honestly, if you’ve never been to a jvAlert Live before or haven’t been to one for a while, you don’t know what kind of value you’re missing out on because each and every jvAlert Live is unique, and if you miss one, you’ve missed out on a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

I know I missed out on a lot of opportunities I’ll never be able to get back by not attending jvAlert Live 2007 Long Beach (I was booked for a Mark Hendricks event in Atlanta) and jvAlert Live 2008 Orlando (I was in Asia at the time)…

But I know that from now on, I’m going to try my best to make it to every jvAlert Live - especially the next one - because it’s going to be in Las Vegas!

So mark your calendars for October 17th, 18th and 19th for the next life-changing jvAlert Live, and I look forward to seeing you then in Las Vegas