Ses Recaps Day 1-2 Charity IM Party ROCKED!

by Jeremy Schoemaker on August 19, 2008 · 78 comments

I am getting a ton of messages from people who want to meet up for dinner or lunch or what not. I am pretty easy to find and I like to just go with the flow of the conference. During the conference you will be able to find me either at the tables outside the conference hall or in the expo hall depending on the days. In the Expo hall I will most likely be near the Best Of The Web Booth as that is usually the hub of networking in the expo hall. I would love to chat with you about what you are doing if you see me feel free to introduce yourself and pull me a side for a bit. I don’t normally schedule any static events that are not open to everyone because normally we roll with a pretty big entourage and grab food/drinks all together so unless you want to buy for all its best you just roll with us ;)

We got into San Jose Sunday night and had a great time at the Fairmont hotel bar. Lots of people were trickling in including my friend Marcus Tandler who just got in from Germany. I was laughing so hard at Marcus’s lime green suitcase when he arrived and had to take a photo:

Then Marcus called me out saying how my AuctionAds shirt matched his lame suitcase…. Funny stuff.

Anyway on Sunday night people retired pretty early.

Monday morning woke up had some breakfast with Dillsmack then went over to the conference hall to register. Got all that taken care of then sat down at a table and started hanging out. Before long we had a bunch of people in the industry stopping by saying hi or whatever and had some really awesome discussions with people in the industry. Its really great to see all these people move on from SEO to build great quality services/sites.

For lunch I met with the ShoeMoney Tools board of advisors and we discussed a lot of the future items for the project…. We came up with several new tool ideas that we will be incorporating within the next couple weeks.

After lunch headed back to the hotel to freshen up a bit and found lots of old friends down in the hotel lobby area.

So then onto one of the most anticipated SEO/Internet Marketing events of the year the IM Charity event. This was public dinner and then a open bar. The dinner was unreal. One of the best steaks I have ever had. Then open bar until midnight which everyone had a blast. I think the event raised a ton of money for their causes. Here are my pics from the event:

First off the Anti Hair Club For Men Greg Boser, Me, Brent, and Dave

Search Engine Journal Founder Loren Baker, Me and Aaron Wall

Susan Esparza (@sesparza), blogger from Bruce Clay

Layne from Business.com

There are a ton of other pics in the gallery

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1 Start Blogging August 19, 2008 at 12:02 pm

Ha, the shirt and suitcase almost match. Quite coincidental! What charities did the money go to??

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2 cheap used cars August 19, 2008 at 12:03 pm

looks like a good time, i am actually sorry i decided not to go…

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3 MakeMoneyFaster August 19, 2008 at 12:29 pm

I’m so bummed I couldn’t attend this year. Have fun at the Google Dance. :)

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4 Travel blog August 19, 2008 at 12:38 pm

I liked the phrase “Anti Hair Club”
lol :lol:

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5 Zack August 19, 2008 at 12:42 pm

Shoe, you’re slipping… a whole slew of pictures with no logo’d shirt… Such a waste of good advertising space :) Oh well, looks like fun.

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6 techdude August 19, 2008 at 12:50 pm

That lime green suitcase is something else..lol, hope you had fun Shoe!

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7 techdude August 19, 2008 at 12:53 pm

When does SES last until by the way???

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8 Craig August 19, 2008 at 1:12 pm

HOLY SHIT! I wasn’t gonna bother commenting, but Layne from Business.com!

WOW! She’s so hot I had to show my wife (Who agrees by the way.)

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9 owais August 19, 2008 at 1:16 pm

I like the lime green suitcase. so send my tshirt in this suitcase only.

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10 Mudassir August 19, 2008 at 1:19 pm

Marcus suitcase color is lime green. so where is your suitcase. what is the color of your suitcase.

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11 Kashif August 19, 2008 at 1:23 pm

Marcus suitcase color = jeremy tshirt color

so jeremy suitcase color should be the Tshirt color of jeremy that is black color.

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12 Erica DeWolf August 19, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Sounds like a lot of fun so far- and I love that suitcase! Keep us updated on the events! And have fun!!

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13 Shoeb August 19, 2008 at 1:26 pm

What is the alphabet in your blue tshirt. Is it H or K or X.

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14 Owais August 19, 2008 at 1:32 pm

I like your new style. tshirt, short paint and footwear.

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15 jim August 19, 2008 at 1:43 pm

The great thing about a lime suitcase is that no one will mistake it for theirs and you can see it immediately!

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16 Darryl August 19, 2008 at 2:25 pm

Maybe you can monetize the lime green suitcase. Maybe if eBags has the suitcase? Increase it even more and have a Lime Green Suitcase Challenge. Winner gets a matching lime green t-shirt!

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17 sean August 19, 2008 at 2:39 pm

glad to see you improved the layout. Interested in what you learn from this conf.

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18 Nick Throlson August 19, 2008 at 2:42 pm

haha like the auctionads shirt shoe always pimpin the ladies lol

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19 Paul August 19, 2008 at 3:33 pm

Do you smoke cigarettes?

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20 Justin Cook August 19, 2008 at 3:55 pm

Were there any key takeaways from the event? Anything we should be keeping our eyes on?

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21 cheap used cars August 19, 2008 at 4:05 pm

@paul in vegas, you smoke cigarettes even if you don’t smoke cigarettes :-)

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22 Andrew August 19, 2008 at 4:06 pm

you’re one lucky guy…is there an event you attended and you didn’t took pictures with some beautiful girls ?

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23 den August 19, 2008 at 4:15 pm

Or we can ust look for the hot chick getting her picture taken…should be pretty easy to find u that way too dude.

Nice!

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24 Bubba August 19, 2008 at 4:27 pm

Dude! Get yourself a pair of decent shoes man. Those sandals you wear are nasty!!!

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25 Craig Mullins August 19, 2008 at 4:54 pm

I missed it also, but should be at Google Dance

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26 wesley August 19, 2008 at 5:34 pm

Does your wife ever join you to these events? :)

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27 team ray August 19, 2008 at 5:56 pm

wow lot of cute chicks

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28 Bulbboy August 19, 2008 at 6:25 pm

Is that Greg Boser being a bad influence on you?
Or did you not inhale?
:P

UnderArmour top = healthy
Fags = Not so healthy.

(fag = uk speak for cigarette).

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29 Andrew August 19, 2008 at 6:27 pm

off-topic: i like your new design shoe except that now we can’t reply to other’s comments like it was on the old design with nested comments. If this could be added, it would be great

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30 Bryn Youngblut August 19, 2008 at 6:44 pm

Haha wow that suitcase is truly unique…well that’s a nice way of putting it.

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31 Le Melon August 19, 2008 at 6:59 pm

that’s one UGLY suitcase!
The shirt’s not as bad :P

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32 IronBlogger August 19, 2008 at 7:01 pm

I love that suitcase, and your shirt fits perfectly as well. What a hot combo :) .

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33 Andrew August 19, 2008 at 7:17 pm

I’d fit in well with the “Anti-hair” club :D

Actually, the lime color suitcase isn’t so lame as it’s easy to spot when you have to get your luggage at the airport. My luggage is lame because it looks like all the other luggage. lol

Is it just the angle of the pic or does it look like you slipped Susan’s blouse off her shoulder? ;-) and you got a pretty good grip on both the ladies, but I don’t blame ya ;-)

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34 Rek August 19, 2008 at 8:04 pm

What kind of suitcase is that? It looks really bad.

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35 TYCP Entertainment Magazine August 19, 2008 at 8:05 pm

Your shirt is the exact color of the old links on my site [when I was still using a black background.] I want to say that it was CCFF00.

And Brent looks exactly like the actor Leland Orser.

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36 NaldzGraphics August 19, 2008 at 9:12 pm

Why not wearing shoemoney tshirt?:)Layne is beautiful as well as Susan

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37 River Girl August 19, 2008 at 9:48 pm

Thanks for the account. When you get back we need to see some pics of Joslyn.

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38 David August 19, 2008 at 10:02 pm

Looks like your having a great time. In the Gallery the chick who has the shirt that says on the front “I’m a tool” then on the back “Use me” is great lol. !!

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39 Nick Stamoulis August 19, 2008 at 10:22 pm

Awesome pics… looks like a blast — post more!

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40 Craig August 19, 2008 at 10:28 pm

quite strange to see pictures of you in a normal non-logo shirt, must have been a dress code event.

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41 Melvin August 19, 2008 at 11:12 pm

hehe… “anti hair club” when have you started sporting that bald look?

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42 Reid August 19, 2008 at 11:20 pm

I envy you shoe! It looks like you have a great time, learn some stuff, and ultimately get to interact with a lot of people, that has to be one of the best jobs in the world!!!

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43 Travel blog August 20, 2008 at 12:00 am

your wife don’t see this pics with girls ? :D

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44 Bonie August 20, 2008 at 12:46 am

wow a lot of girs, hehe… how your wife fillings?

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45 JumboCasher.com August 20, 2008 at 12:58 am

what a color… for a shirt and the bag :)

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46 JumboCasher.com August 20, 2008 at 12:59 am

btw do most people in the .web club loose out on their hair?

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47 JumboCasher.com August 20, 2008 at 1:00 am

anyways… you must have had a great time man…

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48 Melvin August 20, 2008 at 1:19 am

@jumbocasher, probably not because more people have hair than those who do not

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49 Agent Magenta August 20, 2008 at 1:53 am

LOL – Im in the anti hair club as well :) Lots of photos with prety girls again – I think I know why you go to these events :)

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50 JumboCasher.com August 20, 2008 at 2:13 am

could be vice versa in the .web club i guess…

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51 Typhoon August 20, 2008 at 4:44 am

Haha!nice..were u having nice time with those hot girls??

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52 Melvin August 20, 2008 at 5:23 am

@agent magenta LOL shoe is a popular one so i guess pretty girls are pretty easy to get when you’re rich and famous..

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53 Dick August 20, 2008 at 6:12 am

I see that you’ve been a really fun. Excellent photos, funny person. – ))

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54 sergio.dares August 20, 2008 at 7:02 am

girls, girls, girls :)

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55 Le Melon August 20, 2008 at 7:56 am

Is Layne the one in the bottom picture?
Because the link saying “layne” links to the picture of you with Susan..

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56 Brad August 20, 2008 at 8:04 am

lol, thats one big ugly suitcase.

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57 JumboCasher.com August 20, 2008 at 9:57 am

more the girls more the fun eh!

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58 Travel blog August 20, 2008 at 12:17 pm

@brad – whats ugly about that ?
different country have different style.

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59 andy August 20, 2008 at 12:47 pm

Hey Shoe,

wrong link ;)

http://www.mediadonis.NET :)

Greets from germany
Andy

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60 Jim Banks August 20, 2008 at 4:11 pm

DaveN and Todd Friesen (oilman) two of the nicest guys with two of the most legendary quotes:

DaveN : If it smells like shit chances are it probably is shit

oilman : 100,000 bloggers can’t be wrong when commenting on the practise of blog spam….

Nice to see you guys out of suits!

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61 jim of Blueprint for Financial Prosperity August 20, 2008 at 4:34 pm

@brad – it’s functional, not fashionable! (or it’s just a diff fashion!)

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62 SawanM August 20, 2008 at 7:33 pm

I’d tap that, lol.

Yes, that is quite a lame suitcase, must have been in a hurry.

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63 Big Ben Patton August 21, 2008 at 1:27 am

As sad as that luggage was in the picture I bet its safe and besides that no one would want to take it. It stands out like a lemon and is not going to do anyone any fashion favors as is.

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64 Dick August 21, 2008 at 6:22 am

Beautiful girls have an undeniable sign of the success of the meeting. -)))

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65 Goran Website August 21, 2008 at 10:45 am

I love the ladies there. Post more pictures of them. Lol! :-D

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66 Link Building Blog August 21, 2008 at 12:53 pm

That conference looked like fun, but my man Shoemoney…time to get some nice duds to start wearing at these conferences.

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67 DonnaB August 22, 2008 at 12:19 am

Photos you shared here make the conference look quite interesting. I missed how many people were there. Maybe I read too fast.
Bet that suitcase is easy to find at airports and no one else wants to have an outfit that matches!

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68 Otooo August 23, 2008 at 2:48 am

Looks like u had a fun, action packed weekend

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69 chuckypita August 23, 2008 at 5:15 pm

Holy shnikees. That’s impressive. Looks like you’ve got your “hands full” !!

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70 Lowongan Kerja August 24, 2008 at 12:44 am

more ladies pictures from there please.. lol

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71 Jeff Dempsey August 24, 2008 at 7:29 pm

@linkbuildingblog It’s a battle of the suits vs the goons. The goons tend to be the real seo’s while the suits are full of it.

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72 Eva White August 25, 2008 at 2:52 am

Sounds like a good reunion of friends. Are you guys only partying or working as well?

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73 Noobpreneur August 25, 2008 at 11:14 am

That’s a great anti hair club for men photo :)

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74 Dustin Cucciarre September 1, 2008 at 12:35 am

Lets just say you def stand out with the green lol

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75 ways to earn online September 23, 2008 at 5:52 pm

I just had to comment on that suitcase. I have never seen one that color. I wouldnt buy that color either unless I had something that matched it. funny though.

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76 Harish October 8, 2008 at 4:33 am

Many Ses Days.Cool exp. I hope

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77 zone alarm suite August 14, 2010 at 2:27 am

This guy was good.

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78 printrunner August 14, 2010 at 2:30 am

Your photos look very tangible.

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