Here are other Singapore SEMPO members;

Mr. Wayne Eo
Managing Director & Chief Internet Strategist
OOm Pte Ltd
Optimal Online Marketing

Mr. Adrian Tan
Director
clickTRUE Pte Ltd

Mr. Rif Chia
Director & Principal Consultant
Easy Business Needs

Mr. Shi Heng Cheong
Director
Finggle Pte Ltd

Mr. Jason Chew
Project Manager/Consultant
JasonChew.Net

Mr. Manoj Aravindakshan
Director
On Target Media & Marketing

Mr. Leonard Tan
Search Marketing Director
PurpleClick Media Pte Ltd

Tour Provides Opportunity for SEMPO to Learn about the Local Market and Promote
the Search Industry in Asia SINGAPORE–(Business Wire)–

The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), www.sempo.org,
today announced that it will hold a series of events in connection with ad:tech
Singapore, June 9. Singapore is the first stop on a three-city Asian tour that
SEMPO is undertaking to foster the awareness of search engine marketing and
connect professionals in the region with Western markets. It will also provide a
rare occasion for search industry executives to network with local search engine
company representatives. Other stops include Beijing on June 12 and Mumbai on
June 15.

With the goal of creating a better understanding of search and its role in
marketing, the SEMPO delegation, which consists of Jeffrey Pruitt, SEMPO
Chairperson, Bill Hunt, SEMPO Board of Director. Motoko Hunt, Chairperson of
SEMPO Asia, and Paula Hunter, Director of Operations for SEMPO, will host a
number of evens. For more information about SEMPO’s Asia tour, visit

http://www.sempo.org/public_groups/asia/sempo_asia_tour/

SEMPO events in Singapore, all being held at the Suntec City International
Convention Centre, include:

* Seminar with presentations by representatives of search engine companies,
SEMPO and other organizations involved in the state of search, SEO, SEM and
social media
* Press conference
* ad:tech networking party with SEMPO representatives, delegates and sponsors

“Although SEMPO has had an active Asia Committee for some time, this is our
first official SEMPO Asia tour to spread awareness of SEMPO as a global
organization,” says Jeffrey Pruitt, SEMPO chairperson and the leader of the
SEMPO delegation. “We’re looking forward to networking with Singapore’s SEM and
SEO industry leaders and meeting the local media.”

For details about SEMPO’s Asia tour, visit
http://www.sempo.org/public_groups/asia/sempo_asia_tour/ or send an email to:
Asia-tour@SEMPO.org.

About the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO)

SEMPO is a global non-profit organization serving the search engine marketing
industry and marketing professionals engaged in it. Its purpose is to provide a
foundation for industry growth through building stronger relationships,
fostering awareness, providing education, promoting the industry, generating
research, and creating a better understanding of search and its role in
marketing.

Representing thousands in over 30 countries, SEMPO has more than 850 members. It
represents the common interests of companies and consultants worldwide and
provides them with a voice in the marketplace. SEMPO’s education and outreach
initiatives are funded in part by Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, Superpages.com, ABC
Search, SMX and Search Engine Strategies. For more information, or to join the
organization, please visit http://www.SEMPO.org.

SEMPO
Jamie O’Donnell, + 415 606 5914
pr@sempo.org

Copyright Business Wire 2009

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Motoko has her own blog and is an editor at Multilingual-Search.com. She speaks around the globe at industry events such as Search Marketing Expo (SMX), Search Engine Strategies (SES), Internet Conference, Net Marketing Forum and others. She is also a co-chair/co-host of the Search Engine Strategies Tokyo Forum.

Motoko has worked tirelessly to promote SEMPO in Asia and will be part of the SEMPO Asia Tour in June. The SEMPO Asia tour will visit Beijing, Singapore and Mumbai. The purpose of the tour is to “Increase the awareness of the search engine marketing in Asia, and to increase the visibility of SEMPO in the region as a non-profit and worldwide Search Professional organization through the sessions and press conference in each location.”

In her interview with Li Evans of Search Marketing Gurus for the Women of Internet Marketing series she responded to a questions about her accomplishments by saying “Hmmmmm, I haven’t received any awards or anything.” Well now you can add that to all your other accomplishments Motoko. Hats off to a classy, gracious and all around fun person, Motoko Hunt!

Much of my time since I’ve been back is catching up with the work at my current job and preparing for interviews for a new job. Well all that work paid off and I accepted the position today. My new title is Regional Head of Search – Asia Pacific at Neo@Ogilvy.

Neo@Ogilvy, owned by WPP Group’s Ogilvy & Mather, is a full-service digital and direct media company that manages digital media investment for global clients covering digital advertising and direct marketing, digital and direct TV, direct response print and email, email marketing, search marketing, and new forms of digital media such as blogs and vlogs

If that company sounds familiar, its because you may have heard about it when they bought Bill Hunt’s company, Global Strategies International. Bill and his lovely wife Motoko, a fellow blogger at Multilingual Search and active SEMPO member, are kind and generous and its been wonderful knowing them over the last couple of years. I used to study Bill’s book Search Engine Marketing Inc., every morning when I went into work early to avoid the traffic. And now to think I’ll be working for Bill, and in Singapore no less. My wife Annie and I are really looking forward to the move and invite all of you to come visit us.

Blog posts will continue to be light as we prepare for our move but I will post when I get a chance and pick up again regularly when we get settled. Thanks by the way to Bill for making this happen and everyone in the search marketing industry for all your love and support. It would be impossible for me to name each and everyone of you but you know who you are. SEO’s rule!