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Think tank invites about to go out. This amazing traveling circus, traveling, band of brothers will be getting together in Del Mar California on September 17, 18 and 19th.

This aint a conference, please don’t even ask about sessions, speakers, or anything like that.

Some probably things on the planning table right now include,
The guys.
Surfing
MMA training, maybe Ju Jitsu this time?
Pretty girls. (That’s you Junise!)
Late night card games.
Beach chairs on the grass watching the waves roll in.
A schedule. HA!
Crepes.
BBQ’s
A country band you wouldn’t believe.
As much of everything as you could possibly want!
Only high end, positive, fun, energetic, and creative people.

I don’t know about you, but I am ALL IN!

Invites will be going out real soon.

There are way, way too many people who want to come, than we can accommodate.

I will send out invites and probably give a one week window that the invite is good, and then I will open up the spot to the next guy.

Just imagine the best moments you ever had on the road, hitting the conference circuit, cut out the sessions, cut out the booths, cut out the sales pitches, and what you have left is THE ThinkTank!

I love you guys, and look forward to seeing you here!

Much Love,
dk

Wow! My wife and I just got back from snowmobiling all day in yellowstone. Buffalo blocking the road, an eagles nest, elk, geysers, steaming hot pots, snow, just flying down the road! A private guide! One of the greatest days of my life.

Love you all! Happy New Years!

Now for dinner and fun in a one horse town!

My wife and I are sitting in the middle of Eastern Utah in a snow storm snuggled up in a Fairfield Inn. Pretty comfy. I am not a master of driving in snow, and it was pretty intense driving up from Vegas.

When we got here the snow was blowing horizontally. I crouched behind the car and watched it fly over me in the light. It was a truly beutiful moment.

I wanted to take a minute away from my precious time with my wife to comment on this past year.

The internet business world, all you guys, have been so kind to me over the past year.

I even had people wait in line to talk to me and get a photo at Pubcon. Pretty flattering.

I know I will forget a lot of names, so I will only throw out a couple.

In order, I have been massively helped by The Webmaster World Gang, Danny Sulivan, Matt Cutts, Pamela Lund, Neil Patel, Jeremy Schoemaker, the BOTW crew, the Azoogle crew, the Ninjas, Epiar, and then all the rest of you too numerous to mention in my blurry semi concious state. I can not thank you guys as a group enough.

Purpose Inc. has become well known, and for the most part well thought of this year.

Target one completed.

I think we also helped our friends and sponsors a ton too which was very satisfying.

I honestly love you guys a lot.

In the future I would love to see us use our power as a group, this power we have to show the world information, and use it more and more to promote what is good and wonderful on this planet!

Merry Christmas!

dk and the purpose inc. crew!

Joe Laratro get’s interviewed by Vanessa Zamora at Search Engine World.

Joe really taught me a lesson my first year speaking at Pubcon, when I totally bombed, and he showed me how to really get the audience’s attention.

In this video, Joe, a very creative online marketer, does a beautiful job of getting my interest by talking about my talk during Pubcon on local. In fact I didn’t even really talk, but you can hear Joe discuss it.

I have consistently learned that one of the simplest, most effective ways to get someone’s attention, and get links from them, is simply to talk about them. Linking to them gets their attention even more, (hint - hint).

Remember, most of us who are active on the internet have wordpress blogs that let us know if you link to us. Even if your blog has no value, no pagerank, you will still get someone’s attention if you link to them.

These guys have a blog on Scottish Whiskey as well as other types. I don’t even drink, so never would have found their new blog if they hadn’t linked to my site from their blend of whiskey stories. Their site has a page rank of 0, but I found out about them because they linked to me. Want to have someone famous know about you? Link to them! Then you will have people like Brent Chase, Neil, Shoe, and the most important pair in the internet marketing world know about you. Then, maybe they will link to you one day? Then one day, you might even be noticed by the real power player in the internet business world, Barbara!

Remember, once you have a bit of clout, (Page Rank) it costs you to link out to others. But when you have a blog that is garbage, it costs you nothing to link to others, and lets them know you exist. If you link to a specific page on their blog, they will notice it much easier, than if you just link to the blog in general, since it will show up as a comment that needs to be approved.

Want me to notice you? Might as well link to me! It just makes sense!

Last year I had a guy who wanted to sponsor our poker tournament. He was not your average guy. He is a guy who has spent a good part of his years on the road. The only person I know to attempt the Pacific Crest trail, a guy who has built up some significant internet properties, and is the only one in the internet business world to pose in more pictures with girls/women in the industry. That guy is Patrick Sexton.

This picture is so you don't click out and read on instead

Last year at Pubcon I bumped into this very smiley, very friendly, guy at the Microsoft party, then got a good photo of him at the Poker tournament. I ran into him again at SES on the street outside the Internet Marketers charity party well past midnight, where we ended up selling discounted tickets to late arriving attendees on our own determinism. Guy just stands out from the RIS (Random Internet Stuff) crowd with his beaming smile and warmth. It’s not that other people don’t do it, it’s just that Jim Boykin does it more.

Last year at Pubcon, I ended up sitting across from this beautiful red head at the Wynn, the same time I met Aaron Chronister (The Mad Hat). I saw here again the next day at the Pubcon Pub part, and she appeared to know everyone, very, very connected. She also carried a real camera with her, which in my book at an event like Pubcon gave her a lot of credibility in my book. I was also lucky enough that SEO Rhea Drysdale attended our first Think Tank in September.

Lisa Barone is someone who just keeps popping up. I see her on Facebook, on Sphinn, on blog after blog. She is social media. Hardly know the girl, but she is my friend on Facebook! and for that I am proud!

These people have come together recently to make the Ninjas of We Build Pages. Their skills are as diverse as their personalities. I expect to see an amazing amount of creativity, uniqueness and innovative things to arise out of their New York office.

One of my favorite people, a great friend, a brilliant accountant, and loyal confidant of mine is Fajar (Smoochi). Fajar is well known as being a guy that a lot of companies trust with large amounts of money, especially when cash is involved.

Fajar with some of the inmates

Fajar comes originally from Indonesia. He is the warmest, most honest and gentlest guy you have ever met, but remember he has a Black Belt in Thai Kwon Do. Fajar was nice enough to head out to Vegas to deliver the money in person.

Jim wanted to be a sponsor of the Poker Tournament and asked what charities he could give money to. I told him about one that I like a lot, which is Heaven Can Wait. I love this charity because it is low overhead, meaning that most of the money you give them goes to helping.

Heaven Can Wait Personnel Cutting Through the Paper Work

They do a ton of spades and neuters to prevent unwanted puppies and kitties from being born. They also have tons of dogs and cats they take care of to prevent their being put to death.

They also have a way cool program where they put dogs into prison, not as inmates, but to keep the inmates company and the inmates train the dogs. Often these are dogs who are not as social and need a little extra help before they are released into the general population. Heaven can wait also has foster programs where they place dogs and cats. All in all, they have come up with some creative ways to give the animals productive lives where they can contribute, and avoid untimely deaths.

All these people, cultures, personalities and animals came together this past weekend. We Build Pages made a large donation to Heaven Can Wait as part of the Poker Tournament, Fajar drove out to Vegas to give them the check, and it all is summarized in these pictures taken when Fajar went, gave em the money, and got to meet some of their newest applicants for homes.

Fajar giving the We Build Pages Check to Heaven Can Wait

If you see anyone in the photos you would like to add to your family, just let me know and I will get you in touch. These are highly qualified aplicants looking to be placed in the right household, (or prison) to serve and protect, or at least eat and lay in the sun and maybe occasionally go fetch a ball!

If you want to toss them a few bucks, I promise that they will put them to good use!

Heaven Can Wait Banner

Jim, Pat, Rhea, Lisa and Rita, thank you for your donation and for the thousands of purrs and growls you will allow to take place in the future! Fajar, thanks for delivering the dough and getting the great pics for the blog!

The poker tournament, just like last year was fantastic and fun. Even though it was a little bit of hard work behind the scenes the players and guests had way too much fun.

Thank you Venetian for stressing and strugling with me to pull off such an amazingly fun event!

We had a non stop party that rolled until 3:00 a.m. starting Thursday night and ending Friday morning!

There will be more about it later, but tonight (Saturday), bleary eyed coming home from the Couture party after the fight, I am going to post a few pics then go to sleep.

The oddest moment tonight, was that after the after fight party, sitting with Martin Kampmann the pro fighter, and my wife in the valet, we figured out that Martin was Danish and had only been in the country for 2 years. I told him he sounds like he is from Chicago, and then him and my wife spoke in Danish and Norwegian to each other!

Look here to see more of Thursday nights poker pics!

At studio 54 in vegas with coutures
Wow

Kenny florian just won.
Ran into shawn tompkins wife.
Saw and got a killer photo with marcus tandler and warren jolly. This way way fun!

Ran into junie and coach tompkins number two trainer.
Getting shot with multiple news crews while chit chatting.
Both have way hot girlfriends.
Hazelet and mccory about to start.

At mgm wahing first fight.
Marcus tanler hear somewhere.
Full house.Here with pretty wife Amazing energy.