Hello from the Parthenon One Ballroom of the Alexis Park Resort at the world debut of the Rockstar Platinum Live marketing show in Las Vegas, Nevada!

Rockstar Platinum Live Promoters On UStream – Simon Leung, Lee Collins & Robin Collins

That’s right – after months of anticipation, the premiere of Rockstar Platinum Live kicked off its tour with the marketing show edition in front of fans who traveled from all around the world just to join us for this epic event.

And yes, as the promoters of Rockstar Platinum Live, Lee Collins, Robin Collins and myself definitely did not disappoint!

In fact (not to break our arms patting ourselves in the back haha), we probably pulled off one of the most spectacular Internet Marketing shows the world has ever seen…

First of all, just take a look at this AMAZING speaker and VIP line-up…

Keynote & VIP Speakers: Robert G. Allen with Mark Victor Hansen

Robert Allen & Mark Victor Hansen – Keynote & VIP Speakers At Rockstar Platinum Live

Speaker Line-Up: Dave Lakhani, Anik Singal, Tom Beal, Matt Bacak, Mike Morgan, Deborah Micek, Paul Colligan, Kevin Nations, Ross Goldberg, Alan Bechtold, Brian Koz, Erik Stafford, Scott Stratten, David Fagan and Jeff Schwerdt

Rockstar Platinum Live Expert Panel

VIP Guests: Mike Filsaime, Harris Fellman, Donna Fox, Frank Rambauskas, Greg Mulac, Stephanie Mulac and Captain Lou Edwards

Rockstar Platinum Live Audience

Rockstar Platinum Live Networking

More amazingly, in addition to the onsite excitement of Rockstar Platinum Live, there were even more buzz going around on Twitter, where so much word spread around that we actually had over 1000 people tune in to watch the show live on UStream!

Although the crew did come out to Rockstar Platinum Live for the networking and content, we definitely did not disappoint those who came to party and live the rockstar lifestyle with us!

Rockstar Platinum Live Backstage Entrance For VIP Pass Holders

Rockstar Platinum Live Air Guitar Contest

Rockstar Platinum Live Karaoke – Ross Goldberg Performs The Humpty Dance

Rockstar Platinum Live Taste Tripping Party Hosted By Harris Fellman

Rockstar Platinum Live VIP Party At The MGM Skyloft

Rockstar Platinum Live – MGM Skyloft View Of The Las Vegas Strip

Rockstar Platinum Live VIP Party At Tabu Nightclub

Rockstar Platinum Live Private Karaoke Party

Rockstar Platinum Live Closing Ceremony – Performing “Rockstar”

As you can see, everyone at Rockstar Platinum Live simply had a blast – and it was agreed by all that it was one heck of an event!

Moving forward, Lee Collins, Robin Collins and myself are extremely excited to bring the Rockstar Platinum Live back in June with the dating and relationships edition, so stay tuned for more information on that.

Thank you to all the speakers, VIPs and audience for being a part of the Rockstar Platinum Live debut…

And of course, a HUGE thanks to the Rockstar Crew for making the rockstar lifestyle possible – special shoutouts to Amanda Swigert, Travis Swigert, Jacqui Brown, James Lee, Andy Huang, Lasse Rouhiainen & Albert Hallado~ you guys ROCK!

IMPORTANT: If you missed our Keynote Speaker Robert Allen’s inspirational talk at Rockstar Platinum Live, you can still watch the presentation for a very limited time by clicking on the video image and link below…

Click Here To Watch Robert Allen And Mark Victor Hansen’s Uncut Rockstar Platinum Live Presentation In Its Entirety

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Hello from Cabin 5151 onboard the Carnival Miracle somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean at Mike Filsaime’s annual Internet Marketers Cruise!

Internet Marketers Cruise 2009 (Click on photo to enlarge)

The Internet Marketers Cruise is always a great way to kick off the new year, and I have been fortunate to be a part of it every January for the past few years.

This time, our 8 day cruise around the Caribbean took us to St. Marteen, St. Kitts and Tortola, which is a beautiful island on the British Virgin Islands.

As always, the organizers of the Internet Marketers Cruise never fails in over-delivering, and I want to personally thank Mike Filsaime, Paulie Sabol, Donna Fox and Tom Beal – along with Captain Lou Edwards – on organizing yet another million-dollar mastermind vacation of a lifetime!

Previous years, the Internet Marketers Cruise was by invitation only, and the only way to receive an invitation is if you are within the “inner circle” of the Internet Marketers.

One of the reasons (and in my opinion, the major reason) this year’s Internet Marketers Cruise became the best one yet is that we have actually extended the invitation outside of just the “inner circle”…

And as you can see from our group photo above, the Carnival Miracle was literally dominated by Internet Marketers who took full advantage of the amazing week-long fun and networking experience!

Over the course of the 8 days, I had a ton of fun hanging out with members of the new “Rockstar Platinum” crew – Lee Collins, Robin Collins, James Lee, James Delong, Lasse Rouhiainen and Amanda Swigert.

It was also great to re-unite with previous Internet Marketers Cruise alumni, including Mike Morgan, Holly Morgan, Deborah Micek, JP Micek, Armando Montelongo, Veronica Montelongo, Joel Therien, Illona Therien, Mark Braunstein, Scott Tousignant, Bob Jenkins, Jennie Armato, Gary Byrne, Eelco de Boer, Howard Tiano, Cynthia Tiano, Matt Mazur, Michelle Galvin and Steve Pdilla.

I was also very excited to see some of my friends on the Internet Marketers Cruise as well, like Jeff Dedrick, Frank Sousa, Simone Blum, Tom Bell, Micheal Savoie, Frank Rumbauskas, Stacy Makdad, Reed Floren, Odinn Sorensen, Tracy Repchuk, Tim Houston, and Nathalie Fiset.

However, the best part has gotta be meeting completely new friends onboard, and have gotten to know Dr. Letitia Wright, Rich Cook, Jon Atwood, Vince Mitchell, Kelly Mitchell, Mike Deiure, Arnel Ricafranca, Susanne Jorgensen, Chris Cho, Annette Dubow, Matt Haslem, Jeanette Fisher, Julio Mattos, Amanda Steadman, Sharon Worsley, Mike Mahon, Jose Soto, Vince DelMonte, Wendy Joy Hart, Cindy Battye, Clay Franklin, Phil Henderson, Juliet Easton, Jon Benson, Wayne Buckhanan, Martyne Lo Russo, Scott Spurlock, and literally dozens more that I can’t remember right now!

The mastermind sessions, organized social events and island excursions have made the 2009 Internet Marketers Cruise a remarkable experience…

But I must say that one of the biggest highlights of the trip was finally meeting and getting to know one of my biggest inspirations in entrepreneurship, Robert G. Allen.

Hanging out w/ Robert Allen on the beach in St. Marteen

I had met Robert Allen once back in May of 2006 when I attended the Enlightened Wealth Institute seminar in Anaheim, but we never had the chance to really connect at that event.

We almost shared the stage once as well in September 2007 at the World Internet Main Event in San Francisco, but that didn’t work out either when Robert Allen was unable to make it.

But this time, stuck on a cruise ship with me for 8 whole days, Robert Allen had nowhere to go, and I finally had the chance to lock him down to have some private conversations with him.

Robert Allen and I actually hit it off quite well, not only spending some time on the beach, but also in his suite along with the Rockstar Platinum crew setting up his new Twitter account and teaching him all about how to use the most powerful force in social media today.

In Robert Allen’s suite moments before he sent his first tweet

Robert Allen’s actual first tweet
Click Here to Follow Robert Allen on Twitter

All in all, I had one hell of a business vacation, not only by having tons of fun with an amazing community of people, but also one of my more productive business trips yet – literally lining up my entire year’s worth of projects (in addition to the 50% of the time I’m already spending traveling internationally!).

If you’d like to join us for next year’s Internet Marketers Cruise and experience the mastermind vacation of a lifetime for yourself, I encourage you to visit our website now so you can sign up on our pre-notification list and be the first to know when plans for Internet Marketers Cruise 2010 is ready

In the meantime, help me keep the memories of Internet Marketers Cruise 2009 alive by viewing and commenting on some of the most memorable moments of the event captured on camera…

Photo w/ Mike Filsaime ruined by Robin Collins

Internet Marketers Cruise Kickoff Party

Rockstar Crew private meeting

Orpheus Bar at the back of the ship on Lido Deck

Party at the Dr. Frankenstein Club

Karaoke night at Mad Hatter’s Club

Informal dinner on the ship

Dinner with Robert Allen & Rockstar Crew

Elegant night for Captain’s Dinner

Elegant night w/ the colorful Tom Beal & Jeff Dedrick

Beach day at St Marteen

Enjoying some sun w/ Mike Filsaime, Tom Beal & gang at St Marteen Beach

Rockstar Crew filming videos on St Kitts

Rockstar Crew at St Kitts Internet Café

Rockstar Crew relaxing w/ rum punches after a long day’s work

Looking for Internet at Tortola

Hanging out w/ big scary guys at a Tortola beach

Rockstar Party Crew w/ Mike Filsaime & Tom Beal

Rockstar Crew on Elegant Night

Talented Carnival Dancers Team

Yuliya Baravik – our awesome waitress

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Hello from the Governor D conference room of the Holiday Inn Airport at the 2nd AdWords Workshop in sunny San Jose, CA!

This is my second AdWords Workshop that I’ve organized on my own, and I must say that the support I’ve received from all my friends has hands-down made this better than the last, and will make this one extremely difficult to beat.

First off, the caliber of expert speakers we had at the AdWords Workshop were simply amazing – even *I* was blown away by who I was able to get to grace my stage!

I’m talking about Internet Marketing legends and rockstars like (photos taken from Blackberry Curve and sent to Twitter)…

Visit their websites – they are true Internet Marketing rockstars and have just a ton of immense value to bring to the table… I couldn’t help but take pages and pages of notes at my own event!

For the core part of the AdWords Training, we covered specific optimization strategies pertaining to landing pages, keywords, ad text and account structure, followed by hands-on and interactive sessions with not only real-life examples of my best performing campaigns, but we also worked with attendees to review their accounts and even create brand new campaigns from scratch live on stage.

The overall consensus is that the live demonstrations were the most valuable because even though the content was great, they wanted to see the strategies implemented in actual campaigns from which they can learn.

Thus, we did just that, and this has contributed to a large part of the AdWords Workshop’s success for the weekend.

And of course, none of this would have been possible in the first place if it weren’t for the help of my team…

So I’d like to publicly thank Alejandro Reyes – who put together the keynote and set the stage for the weekend, Kevin Finney – who facilitated and helped on stage during the interactive sessions and closing presentation, Andy Huang – who put together the weekend’s outline and took care of all the nitty gritty details, John Guanzon and his lovely wife Jessica – who helped organize the venue for the event, and special thanks to Amanda Swigert, who stepped up unscheduled and helped us out with everything from assistant duties to running the videos.

In this business, it’s not just the knowledge that you learn and apply, but also the relationships that you build.

I honestly had more fun at the AdWords Workshop this past weekend than any organizers should be allowed to have at their own events, and I owe it all to my friends who were able to bring this much value to our small group of awesome attendees.

Throughout the weekend, we had live streaming shows, exquisite meals, masterminds, social marketing experiences and just an overall good time with everyone at restaurants and bars (click here to view all my real-time Twitter updates from the weekend).

A quick note on the power of social marketing – on our live stream, we attracted over 50 viewers including Rich Schefren, Ed Dale, Jason Moffatt, Deborah Micek, Justin Brooke and Donna Fox…

In fact, Donna Fox made her decision to come to San Jose based on witnessing how much fun we were having, and she literally decided on Friday that she was going to come on Saturday!

And as Donna Fox and everyone else in attendance at the AdWords Workshop can attest, it was very well worth the trip…

We literally have raving testimonials from every single person who attended the AdWords Workshop, and even though I don’t know when I’m going to have a next one because I’m booked solid for the next foreseeable future (quite possibly six months or more), I definitely want to re-live the weekend sometime soon.

If you’d like to join us for the next AdWords Workshop and spend a fun and productive weekend learning and creating new relationships, keep up-to-date with any announcements we might have by joining our priority pre-notification list at www.AdWordsWorkshop.com

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