The SVForum Marketing SIG meets monthly on the 2nd Monday to explore the latest marketing innovations and best practices to help executives and entrepreneurs plan and achieve success. Each meeting will offer practical tips and techniques to profitably anticipate, identify, and satisfy customers needs for emerging technologies. "Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two--and only these two--basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and inn …

Stanford Web Consortium is all about Social Media - Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ and Blogs. Bottom line - how do we make money with these Social Media? Is Facebook better than LinkedIn better than Twitter better than Google+ better than blogs for making money? This meetup is devoted to how to make money (legitimately) off of the Social Media platforms. Got ideas? Come share. Come learn. Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AN …

This is a group to support local businesses and brands familiarize themselves with social media. Learn about different types of social media and social media campaigns. What social media avenues are right for you and which ones are merely a time sink. For business owners and startups alike. Curious about social media... This is for anyone interested in learning how social media can be used to benefit you.

LocalBizNetwork, LLC is an organization for small business owners. We teach small business owners web marketing. Our teachers are good at using everyday analogies to explain concepts in Internet Marketing. In this 2 hour intensive course you will learn: * Learn how to setup your website for your business * What is CPC? * How much should you spend on Internet Marketing? * What are Landing pages? What are Link Exchanges? * What is Social Media marketing? * What is Twitter? Why is everybody …

Internet marketing encompasses a broad, diverse set of processes: search, content networks, email marketing, affiliate networks, video ads, social media, viral marketing, and more. Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We meet regularly to discuss how to utilize these tools to …

This is a group for start up marketeers to share experiences about Inbound Marketing. I've learned effective Inbound Marketing from others and have learned it is cheaper for us to make it easy for our future customers to find us than it is for us go out and find out future customers. I've personally done this and I know others who have as well. Whether you wish to learn or share, I welcome your participation.

This is a group devoted to increasing both visibility and leads for small businesses. Effective inbound or internet marketing is not inexpensive, generally making it beyond the reach of small businesses, which is exactly who needs it most. In this meetup I explain what we've learned of how to do this, and I want to learn from anyone and everyone who has something to share.

Anything Technical Product Marketing. In order to join you need to provide: First & Last Name Company Name

A place for communication and marketing professionals to discuss emerging strategies and trends, as well as a place for all of those interested to get to know more. We will discuss tools and strategies to launch successful Go To Market plans, enhance participation on various communities, and increase customer engagement.

Solar Marketerers is for solar business owners and solar marketing professionals to come and share ideas about how to market their businesses/clients.

"If you are serious about succeeding in business and life you've got to join this group and attend each and every networking event!!! ” - Ayelet Gingold, Networking Events Connector & Business Owner, San Jose Welcome! Are You ready to ... Get More Business Results in Less Time with Less Stress Get Profitable Win-Win Partnerships & Connections Get Uplifting, Well Run Networking Events Get Solid Networking Support All business networking people & professionals regardless of experience level …

Meet other local executives to discuss topics of the day in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovations, Enterprise 2.0 , Social Enterprise , Social CRM , Social Media , Social Networking and Technology spaces. You can become a fan of our Social CRM facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/SocialCRMWorl ...  and join our group on LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=25 ...  where we also post job openings, have discussions and read news. Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/glfceo . …

This group will feature keynote speakers & panelists who are involved with Social Commerce, with persons from Facebook (Credits, Stores), Google (Checkout, In-App Purchases), Apple (App Store), Ebay, Etsy, Groupon, IFeelGoods, Payvment, Amazon, Visa, PayPal & Amex. What is social commerce? Social commerce is a subset of electronic commerce that involves using social media, online media that supports social interaction and user contributions, to assist in the online buying and selling of produc …

Core group has worked with new technology startups for over 18 years. How to take a social media or technology start-up company from idea concept through funding and global market. Whether family shoestring budget, angel investment or VC venture capital the principles for success remain the same. With the warp-speed changes in digital, mobile and hyper-localized marketing as well as consumer savvy rewards-based technologies emerging every view days we would love to meet and chat about some basic …

At the San Francisco Bay Area Start Up Basics Meetup we will discuss fundamentals that all businesses must understand from getting 'off the ground' to successful flipping, IPO or franchising. Getting a well trafficked web presence. ROI for good marketing and sales. Effective Networking and more. Got business fundamentals down? Come learn with us.

Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs is a professional networking group for (you guessed it) entrepreneurs in the San Francisco Bay Area who run or are inspired to start their own businesses.  We all have a goal of building our businesses through referrals and building a solid marketing system. As the organizer, fellow-business owner, and career coach, I am excited to hear stories of your success and give you tips of what worked for me and what did not, especially using social media. I understand personal …

Direct Sales and Multi-level Business Networking Group, (DSMBG) is a professional networking for those looking for ways to build their small businesses. This forum is open to those looking for home base business, and to those trying to go into business themselves. At DSMBG, You are in business for yourself but not by yourself; group members will share success stories with those striving to build their businesses. Direct sales and Multi- Level Business Networking is design to help business minded …

SVConnect is a meetup group founded in Los Gatos, CA. The goal of the meet up group is to connect with other individuals who have a passion for media and technology. Whether you are a founder of the start-up, CEO, Engineer, or simply a person working for a start-up or larger company, you are welcome to join. We can all learn from one another and who know make great new connections. Originally from Europe, but having lived in the U.S. since the 90s and having founded several start-ups, I am …

Meet with other meetup / community leaders. Topics: Growing your community Marketing, tools, and solutions to manage your community Monetization from your community Turning your community into a business Collaboration with other meeting groups

This is one of the oldest groups on meetup.com and we still welcome new members! Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We are writers and aspiring writers. We are bloggers and wannabe bloggers. We meet regularly to interact with serious and not-so serious bloggers. Our organize …

Welcome to the Bay Area meetup Pinterest group! We welcome all those 'power users' of Pinterest, and if you are a Pinterest addict, you are at the right place! We'll meet, we'll chat about Pinterest, compare boards and even check out cool tools for Pinterest users!

The Big Data Analytics Speaker Series is an Adobe/Omniture sponsored speaker series that is open to the general public. Meetings will be conducted monthly in a workshop style meet-up at Adobe's downtown San Jose headquarters and present expert speakers from academia and industry to discuss topics related to the analysis of big data sets and range from tutorials to expert roundtable discussions and cover analytical models to best practices. There will also be specific topics related to mobile, so …

Rather than focusing on one specific profession, we want to mingle with varieties of visual creators; graphic designers, interior designers, product designers, architects, videographers, photographers, filmmakers and more. Visual creators should have something in common and expand their expertise in different directions, but we all probably want to get inspired by other visual creators. The main activity of this group is social mixers, which help members meet new visual creators, get inspiration …

SVForum fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership within the San Francisco/Silicon Valley ecosystem of individuals and businesses participating in emerging technologies. We do this by: - creating connections and community - providing education and access to reources - linking the global business community to Silicon Valley, and - facilitating the exchange of unbiased knowledge, insights and best practices. With the support of an outstanding team of knowledgeable, passionate volunt …

Startups and Cofounders provides valuable entrepreneurship resources and connections for entrepreneurs and people with dreams of launching startups. We are committed to organizing startup events and helping talented people find their cofounders with complimentary skills and build their high-performing startups.

Are you an Indian woman who runs her own business or service? Do you have your own company/consultancy/salon/business/blog? We welcome you to our group! We are a bunch of active, social and intelligent businesswomen who have come together for networking, forming friendships, colleague bonding experience, sharing the highs and lows in the day of a businesswomen and helping each other succeed in their fields. Additionally, we will also have business talks, brainstorming sessions, discussions about …

A place for SugarCRM developers to hack, integrate, develop and socialize. If you have an integration you want to show off, a hack you want to implement, or just want a chance to talk to other people developing on SugarCRM including the SugarCRM development team, this is the place for you.

Join Big Data Marketing in the Bay Area for exclusive invitations to BlueKai hosted data marketing focused events. Audience targeting driven by 3rd party data intelligence is crucial to achieving scale and efficiency for any digital media plan. BlueKai sits at the center of this growing industry as a DMP solution. From this position we interact with agencies, marketers, service and data providers. Our goal is to help cultivate relationships between data buyers and sellers through Bay Area events …