--- title: The Most Epic HUG Ever? description: We had 100 people, 100 slices of pizza, over 100 beers, gave out a ton of ping pong balls, and we just made HUG history! image: https://www.certifiedmastery.com/hs-fs/file-1059111622-jpg/June_19th_SD_HUG/melindak_-_Melinda_takeaways_Novel_ideas_are_contagious.jpg --- [![Certified Mastery](https://www.certifiedmastery.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Certified-Mastery_Logo_Blue_White.png?width=112&name=Certified-Mastery_Logo_Blue_White.png "Certified Mastery")](https://www.certifiedmastery.com/) [join our next mastermind! Weekly ](https://www.certifiedmastery.com/inbound-marketers-mastermind) ## [The Most Epic HUG Ever?](https://www.certifiedmastery.com/blog/the-most-epic-hug-ever) Posted on 06.20.2014 by Nicole Pereira I have the opinion that we have just achieved level "Epic" when it comes to HUG events. We may not have been the biggest but I can confidently say we were the best! ![melindak_-_Melinda_takeaways_Novel_ideas_are_contagious](https://www.certifiedmastery.com/hs-fs/file-1059111622-jpg/June_19th_SD_HUG/melindak_-_Melinda_takeaways_Novel_ideas_are_contagious.jpg) Yesterday about 100 marketers, entrepreneurs and educators gathered together to listen to the diva of marketing himself Dan Zarrella! A nationally syndicated speaker, Zarrella was persuaded to come out here for FREE and give us us San Diego Marketers a treat. I think he also enjoyed it, quoting [his instagram](http://instagram.com/p/pcQdD6K_r_/) account. **"****One of the coolest speaking locations I've ever done, a barrel room at a brewery."** And it was packed! > Awesome event! Thx to all the lovely people who joined the [#SDHUG](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SDHUG&src=hash) it was packed [@Karl_Strauss](https://twitter.com/Karl_Strauss) [#SDHUGPHOTO](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SDHUGPHOTO&src=hash) [pic.twitter.com/IgnQzPY425](http://t.co/IgnQzPY425) > > — Hansen N Hunt (@unomos) [June 20, 2014](https://twitter.com/unomos/statuses/480024383130316800) We started off the day with the winners of our [#DateWithTheDans](https://www.certifiedmastery.com/blog/datewiththedans) contest winners enjoying a free breakfast and loads of marketing & sales strategy during a 50 min "date" with Dan Zarrella & Dan Tyre at the [Great Maple](http://thegreatmaple.com/). > Thanks again [@SanDiegoHUG](https://twitter.com/SanDiegoHUG) for my [#DateWithTheDans](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DateWithTheDans&src=hash) prize pack! Awesome learning from [@dantyre](https://twitter.com/dantyre) and [@danzarrella](https://twitter.com/danzarrella)! [pic.twitter.com/WulkKd0wJ5](http://t.co/WulkKd0wJ5) > > — Courtney Hartmann (@mscourtneybeth) [June 20, 2014](https://twitter.com/mscourtneybeth/statuses/479799489603964928) > Had a great time yesterday during my [#datewiththedans](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23datewiththedans&src=hash)! Great conversation with great coffee! Thanks [@SanDiegoHUG](https://twitter.com/SanDiegoHUG)! [pic.twitter.com/HQVtveRfav](http://t.co/HQVtveRfav) > > — A.J. Gordon (@iamajgordon) [June 20, 2014](https://twitter.com/iamajgordon/statuses/480054327545843712) > Enjoyed my [#DateWithTheDans](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DateWithTheDans&src=hash) ! Thanks [@SanDiegoHUG](https://twitter.com/SanDiegoHUG) [pic.twitter.com/SMadmcWZce](http://t.co/SMadmcWZce) > > — Thrive Web Solutions (@ThriveWebDev) [June 20, 2014](https://twitter.com/ThriveWebDev/statuses/480128566827294720) Your lovely HUG leaders also got to enjoy some eating time with the Dans (yes it is true they were in front of food in restaurants for about 5 hours then went on to get pizza at the event!) > [@dantyre](https://twitter.com/dantyre) just called [@danzarrella](https://twitter.com/danzarrella) a diva! And [@danzarrella](https://twitter.com/danzarrella) is trying to defend himself haha [@HubSpot](https://twitter.com/HubSpot) [#sdhug](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23sdhug&src=hash) [@unomos](https://twitter.com/unomos) [pic.twitter.com/zoE21xNYat](http://t.co/zoE21xNYat) > > — Nicole Pereira (@Nicca619) [June 19, 2014](https://twitter.com/Nicca619/statuses/479714936688766976) Once at the brewery we put the guys to work! > [@danzarrella](https://twitter.com/danzarrella) working the registration table and [@dantyre](https://twitter.com/dantyre) wowing the attendees. [#sdhug](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23sdhug&src=hash) [@HubSpot](https://twitter.com/HubSpot) [pic.twitter.com/1pFcQAutqZ](http://t.co/1pFcQAutqZ) > > — Nicole Pereira (@Nicca619) [June 19, 2014](https://twitter.com/Nicca619/statuses/479741387173543936) Our #SDHUG hastag was pretty hopping, check it it out! [#sdhug Tweets](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sdhug) We also had the #SDHugPhoto contest where 2 winners received a signed Dan Z book with a fancy photo opp too. ![dan-drew](https://www.certifiedmastery.com/hs-fs/file-1054606334-jpg/June_19th_SD_HUG/dan-drew.jpg?width=250&name=dan-drew.jpg)               ![dan-fabiola](https://www.certifiedmastery.com/hs-fs/file-1055570373-jpg/June_19th_SD_HUG/dan-fabiola.jpg?width=197&name=dan-fabiola.jpg) We wanted to send a special shot out to [Karal Strauss](http://www.karlstrauss.com/) and [Woodstock's Pizza](http://www.woodstockssd.com/) for always giving these events a SoCal feeling! Don't forget to check out out our promotional partner group for this event. They run regular marketing events here in  San Dego. [![](http://www.semsandiego.com/img/semsanlogo.png)](http://www.semsandiego.com/) All in All we had 100 people, 100 slices of pizza, over 100 beers, gave out a ton of ping pong balls, and we just made HUG history. 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