Recap Of My Trip To Orange County, California

Wow I had a great weekend! As many of you know, I made the long trip out to Orange County, California to speak at the Meetup202 about Media Buying. The event was sponsored by Habitat Agency and their CEO Ryan Rasmussen made sure everything went smoothly to get me out! This was actually my first speaking engagement that was conducted in person. I’ve done several audio and video interviews but this was the first going out and speaking.
I arrived on Friday after a very tiring flight from Atlanta. First class was sold out (I waited too long to book) so had to cram five hours in the middle where a lady had her eyes glued to my computer screen. She also insisted I show her how to see ‘all’ of her Facebook friends (isn’t that a no brainer?). Once arriving at the airport I was picked up by Ryan (Habitat Agency CEO) and was taken to my hotel in Huntington Beach. They were nice enough to comp me a beautiful room at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa. I’ve traveled a good bit and have stayed in a ton of nice hotels, but this one was definitely in the top as far as luxury goes. When I arrived at the hotel I decided to lounge by the pool and called it an early night.

Saturday, before my presentation, I decided to plan out my weekend. I first started by deciding to rent a car. Ryan offered me his sick S550 Mercedes Benz but I felt much better driving a car owned by Enterprise (I tend to drive a bit aggressive). We had also passed a Bugatti Veyron on the way from the Airport and I considered renting one of those. Somehow I couldn’t talk John and Richard into letting me spend the $25,000 a day (I don’t know why LOL). Anyways I settled for the $69/day Mustang (yeah I know I’m cheap).

Ryan picked me up for the meet-up around 11 a.m. so we could be plenty early to get things ready (I also wanted to eat before I started). He also gave me a tour of their office which provided me with a lot of ideas for myself. My presentation lasted around an hour and a half as I had a very lengthy Q & A session (this is my favorite thing to do). Surprisingly enough I saw a lot of familiar faces at the meet-up including, Mike Chiasson from IU and Jason Akatif (President of Ads 4 Dough). I really have to give it to Jason, he asked a lot of great, informative questions, as well as added to several of my answers. Nice meeting you man
You can download a copy of my PowerPoint at this link.
Following the successful meet-up I made the trip to Los Angeles to enjoy a nice dinner with some friends. I capped the evening off by going to a few clubs in Hollywood.
I decided to leave Sunday open for sight-seeing. Driving my jet black mustang I drove a solid 100 miles from Beverly Hills, to LA, to Bel Air, to Sana Monica. I don’t think I missed a single sight! I also spent a good bit of the day doing some shopping in Hollywood (bought the same JCrew shirt as some movie producer btw). After a full day of seeing things I capped things off with a double lobster tail dinner and about an hour in a hot tub with a fire-pit beside it (so relaxing). Monday morning I hit up the beach one last time before Ryan and his business partner Matt picked me up to go to the airport. We enjoyed one final conversation together.
In conclusion I had an EXCELLENT trip to California. I wish I could have stayed longer but did need to get back to work. I want to personally thank Ryan Rasmussen and Matthew Marsh. They really did a great job of making me feel welcome. As I mentioned above I also want to thank Jason Akatif for coming out and adding to my presentation. Finally, I want to thank all of YOU who came out and heard what I had to say. I hope I gave you some great ideas that will make you lots of money
. You can checkout what people thought of my presentation at this link. You can also see pictures from the meet-up at this link.

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