Ad Tech 2008 in San Francisco

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!” :)