Hello from the Main Stage of the San Francisco Airport Marriott at Mike Filsaime, Paulie Sabol, Donna Fox, Brett McFall and Tom Hua’s World Internet Main Event in Burlingame, California! After being on the Internet Marketing speaking circuit for over 12 months, I finally took the stage in my hometown of San Francisco, opening up the event as the first featured speaker of the World Internet Main Event 2007. On… Read More »World Internet Main Event 2007
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… Read More »Update from Norcross, Georgia
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… Read More »Return to the GooglePlex
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,… Read More »Newport Beach Stop Over Vacation
Hello from Room 584 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore! I am here with my girlfriend, sister and brother-in-law, after having attended the wedding of my good friend, Suan Yeo. We’ve been in Singapore for a few days, but tonight is our last night in town. During the last few days, we’ve had the opportunity to see the country and hang out with my other friends who are also in… Read More »New Year’s Eve in Singapore
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… Read More »2006 Google Summer Picnic
What did I do on my first day out of Google? Well, I slept in a little bit, did a little bit of work, and then went back to Google! No, not to work… Google held their annual Google Dance today. Over 2000 people in the industry attended the event in honor of the Search Engine Optimization Strategies conference held earlier today in San Jose. I have actually been to… Read More »Google Dance 2006
My desk has been cleaned off. My projects have been passed on. My calendar has been cleared out. My equipment have been returned. My badge has been de-activated. My access have been removed. That’s right, for the first time in over 4 years, I’m no longer a Googler. And it feels weird… And speaking of weird, it really has been an off day, and it is much more than just… Read More »No Longer a Googler
Today, August 5th, 2006, is my “Freedom Day.” Coincidentally, it also marks the 4 year anniversary of the day I was officially hired as a full-time employee at Google. I have been waiting for a very long time for this day. Not only does it mean a milestone in my career, but it also marks my end date working for the world’s best search engine. Yes, it has been an… Read More »Freedom Day!
Over the last 4 years, I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with an amazing group of friends at Google. Yesterday, I celebrated my very last birthday as a Googler. As soon as I turned on my computer to start the work day, I was bombarded by Happy Birthday messages. Throughout the day, I had visitors to my office wishing me a Happy Birthday. A couple of my… Read More »My Last Google Birthday
Many things have happened in my personal and professional life within the recent months, and I’m afraid that I have been cornered into making a decision that I’m not quite sure I’m ready to make. I won’t bore you with the exact details, but the impact is so dramatic that it will result in a HUGE decision that I’m not mentally prepared for. At this point, it looks like it’s… Read More »The 4 Week Countdown
Every one of my visits to New York has been a Google business trip. Needless to say, it’s a bitter sweet experience as I compose this blog entry from the Grand Hyatt hotel in Manhattan. Tomorrow will mark what is very likely to be my very last client visit and presentation before I either switch teams or leave the company. I learn a lot from these visits. This is because… Read More »My Final Google Trip