My 2009 “Non-stop” travels began with my trip to couchsurf at Perry Belcher’s place in Austin, TX. I met Perry Belcher at a marketing event that Matt Bacak was hosting. Matt Bacak introduced him as “You should all listen, because the following speaker has sold more product in the last 10 years than most people in here combined!” I found Perry to be hilarious, and even better… he made me feel dumb. Yeah… that’s right… Mr. Know-It-All had to quickly rip out his notebook, and ferociously take notes! This guy knew his stuff! That particular lecture was on copywriting, and was the VIP-day lecturer on social media (Perry is often in the top 100 twitterers on Twitter.grader, and has(at the time of this writing) 62,000 followers on twitter).   But… for me… I noticed his crazy shirt, his candor, and his humor.  This was a funny dude.  So… after a lengthy Michael Jackson joke exchange, we parted ways.  I reconnected on twitter, and eventually got to crash his couch.  Perry is a generous, helpful, friendly, caring, and amusing individual.  I’m proud to call him a couch, and I’m proud to call him a friend. Most people who truly know him would say the same thing (‘cept the couch part, ’cause not that many people couch surf)– and with that… here’s my interview with Perry Belcher: