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It was actually taken at my last GoGoDance Performance ever last month at the 10 years anniversary of Munich´s club Nachtgalerie. That´s where I kinda started out almost 9 years ago, so when GoGoClaudia to come back from retirement for one final performance, I immediatly said yes! I should have thought that through, since I really wasn´t in any shape to shake my body anywhere… but thanks to my excessive marathon training and 6 days of working out a week (!) I got into shape again… A shape I intent to ruin again over the holidays

Here are two more pictures from that night.

So happy holidays to you all, and have a great start into a successful year 2010 – the battle Google vs. SEOs will be raging on, and it´s gonna get wild

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I was actually sitting & rocking right next to our new Minister of Defense Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg! Awesome dude! Bad times need new heroes, and this guy (although being parked right now by our very own chancelorette Angela Merkel in the Department of Defense) could really by our Obama in a not so distant future Rock on dude!

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My Top 3 Highlights were ->

3) Doc Mario twittering – you don´t know who he is? Here´s a (slightly older) pic of him LOL

2) “Nabelschnurblut” will be the new SEO Battleground! (Don´t know what “Nabelschnurblut” is? Here´s a great Article about Nabelschnurblut)

1) “Sometimes it´s better to do nothing right, but everything wrong”

And now to the rest of my busy weekend… Without much sleep, I flew home at noon on saturday, and had to drive to Iffezheim (about a 3 hour drive), since our race horse Primo Vero was starting in the prestigious Lanson Cup at the Iffezheim Spring Meeting! Expectations where high, especially due to the lastest win in Frankfurt, and the quotes seemed to indicate us as a slight favour to win… but, due to a heavy rain about an hour before the race, the inside track, where we were starting from, was effectivly ruined, and the jockey Adrie de Vries was jammed in between the leading pack, never able to break free (or switch lanes to set up an attack). So on the last meters, he even stopped trying, since a win was out of question, leaving us in 7th place. The Winner “AirForce” was actually a huge underdog with a 145:10 quote (and Primo Vero just beat him in Frankfurt!) – congratulations to this great comeback!

Well, the season just started, and Primo Vero will race in about 7 to 8 other races this year, and definetly returning to Iffezheim in September for the Fall Meeting! Here a a couple of quick pics:

Lena Theresa should seemed to like her first trip to Iffezheim

Primo Vero just before the race

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So, come on over at 8 p.m. to Heartland Brewery at Union Square.

Oh, and a quick shout-out to the awesome sponsors Best of the Web and WeBuildPages

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Aber was Marco da auf die Beine gestellt hat, war wirklich eine der coolsten Veranstaltungen, auf der ich je in Deutschland gewesen bin! (Fast) jeder war da, von alter SEO Prominenz bis zum 14-jährigen Newcomer (Hut ab and Justin – cooler Typ!!). Coole Vorträge (Highlights Böser SEO, MontiMan und Kralle), starkes Networking und lustige Ideen drumherum (das mehr als schmerzhafte Rodeo, die beiden von der Solariums-Polizei, und diese degenerierten Crackhuren, die zwar sicherlich nicht jedermans Geschmack waren (O-Ton Thomas: “Die spielen ja net mal ein Instrument” lol …), aber wenigstens für Gesprächsstoff sorgten).

Ich verbeuge mich wirklich zutiefst vor Marco, und wäre er nicht bereits letztes Jahr auf der SEMSEO in die SEO Allstars Hall of Fame eingeführt worden, so hätte er es sich dieses Jahr alleine durch diesen Event mehr als verdient! Wer es schafft, so viele Leute aus ganz Deutschland zusammenzubringen, und ein Wochenende lang zu entertainen hat unserer allen Respekt mehr als verdient! Man muss ja immer im Hinterkopf behalten, dass er die ganze Sache auch mehr oder weniger für lau gemacht hat, genauso wie auch seine Radioshow etc. etc. In einer SEO Szene in der allzugerne nur auf einander eingebasht wird, finde ich es immer schön, wenn es Leute versuchen die “Szene” zusammenzubringen, und daran erinnet, dass wir alle im selben Meer baden, und wenn einer reinpinkelt, macht das Perlentauchen halt allen weniger Spaß… lieber Spaß als Haß

Weitere Reviews, Meinungen und Bilder gibt´s hier:
- der offizielle Event-Fotograf Ron
- Fil on the Road
- Pip
- Constanze
- SEOBlitz Nils
- das liebreizenden Agency Girl
- die nicht minder liebreizende Rodeo-Championiene Inga2
- André
- Alpakazüchter
- Patrick
- Maischi
- Pelle Boese
- Netgestalter
- Frank the Tank
- Namewise
- Skuubidoo
- ZarDziki
- Sepitay1
- SEOKlitsche
- SEO United
- Thomas
- OrgaTony
- Yannick
- Gerald

Hab ich irgendwen vergessen … ?!

Besonders gefreut hab ich mich über die Gespräche mit Dr. Mario von Lebensmittelsaugring.de, SchnellsprechSpitzenSprachSpezialist Jens, dem NordSEO (der mir nochmal versichert hat, dass er wirklich nicht in einer unseren letzten Sendungen vor Langeweile eingeschlafen ist!), Gretus und Constantin von SEO United (hat mich unglaublich gefreut, euch endlich mal live kennenzulernen!), dem polnischen französischen Autoschieber, Stefan, Yannick etc. etc. – und ner Menge der oben bereits verlinkten… Einfach jeder Teilnehmer hat gerockt!!

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But there´s one more chance for a great night out with some fellow affiliates, cause the A4Uexpo Roadshow is coming in munich! Meet the team at a4uexpo and share a beer or two with fellow affiliates, merchants and agencies from Germany.

On Thursday, the 5th of march 2009 at 6 p.m. at the Schwabinger Wassermann here in my beautiful hometown of munich!

It´s totally free to attend! The only thing you gotta do is register in advance. Other Roadshows will be held in Paris, Madrid and Amsterdam, but make sure to stop by in munich, cause we´ll blow it through the roof

Hope to see ya on the 5th of march here in munich!

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The most incredible thing was the special award Leonardo diCaprio got for his incredible movie 11th hour, presented by no other then Michael Gorbatschow himself! I guess that´s pretty much as good as it gets, right? A historic figure like Gorbatschow giving you an award for your continuous ecological commitment! Whoa!

For me personally, the most moving film, that won an award was “The day after peace” by Jeremy Gilley (who sat almost right next to me, and is really a cool dude!) – and the whole concept of “Peace one day” (PeaceOneDay.org) – a global day of cease fire and peace on the 21st of september! Check out the website, and support this incredible movement!

It´s great, that Cinema for Peace is dedicated to honour movies, not just by their success at the box office!

I also tried to show some support by once again participating in the charity live auction. I was lucky enough to place the winning bid (it was actually 14.000 euros) of a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience -> one day on the set of Roman Polanski´s new movie “The Ghost“, which is being shot in germany, with Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and James Belushi! I will be part of the crew for one day, sitting right next to Roman Polanski the whole day (maybe I can even sneak into the movie…?! …)! Awesome stuff!!

Sure, it´s a steep price tag, but truly a once in a lifetime opportunity, and -> it´s for a good cause! All proceeds of the charity auction went to the Raissa Gorbatschow Foundation & Leonardo diCaprio Foundation!

SEOs for Charity!!

Wanna read more about Cinema for Peace and see some pictures? Head over to these sites – it was pretty much all over the news this morning…

-> Focus Online
-> BILD Online
-> Sueddeutsche.de
-> BUNTE (some great pictures over there!)

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Thanks to the Raissa Gorbatschow Foundation and BMW I got 2 tickets for tonights at Stechers Stammtisch a while back. So it´s time to dress up like James Bond again (can´t wait to wear my tux finally once again!) and party in Berlin. I actually never been at Berlinale yet, so I´m pretty happy to make my first appearance at a glamorous event like this.

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The activity program was also pretty pimped out, and ranged from dune bashing in the dessert (check out the video of my scary driving …), speed boating (which wasn´t as speedy as expected…) etc. etc. … everything besides sleeping. But who needs sleep, when you are in one of the most amazing citys of the world!

Thank you so much Vodafone (and especially Affiliate Manager of the Year Andreas Schubert, as well as nonstopConsulting) for inviting me to this awesome event! I really had a blast! If you´re not doing Affiliate for Vodafone yet -> get into the game! Check out their affiliate programm over at their designated affiliate page.

Wanna see more pictures? Head over to my FlickR account and check them out!

The whole crew

The Burj al Arab just barely visible in the morning mist

Affiliate Master of Desaster Jens and myself enjoying out Business Class Upgrade

Since Vodafone pays its employees so well, Schubi drove to Dubai with his new Lambo

The view from our awesome rooms at Mina A’Salam

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Great, that the video of our Webmasters on the Roof Hörertreffen arrived last minute, but just in time, so I can still blog it. Here you go:

VideoMaster Skuub also did a video @ the Hörertreffen! Awesome Job Skuub! Make sure to check it out too!!

Btw. the Pictures of the event were already viewed a whopping 2.000 times! Nice

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