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 …

We are writers and aspiring writers. We meet regularly to attend author book readings, to hold informal writing workshops and discussions, and to support each others' writing aspirations. 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 a supportive, non-competitive community focus …

Let's get together on a weekly basis to work on our blogs. One dedicated hour every week will make a huge difference in getting more accomplished. I find that the hardest part of blogging is to consistently find the time to sit down and write. I know that I am not the only entrepreneur who feels this way. So let's get together and start working on our blogs. I am also setting up an Private Facebook Page that for members of this group. We will use it to support our writing endeavors and to provid …

… Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging/working at home 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. Our topics of discussion include: 1) writing better and faster 2) driving traffic to your site 4) how to gain traction, credibility, and legitimacy as an online worker 5) how to grow your audience 6) monetizing your site 7) …

Important Media is a blog network focusing on creating the best possible environment to support content experts in realms that matter for humanity. If you've got something important* to say, we want to help. * we define "important" as meeting one of Maslow's basic human needs, applied to humanity as a whole.

Traditional marketing sucks! No budget, no resources, just pure creativity and innovation is what startup marketing is all about. You love it. You thrive on it. Join the SF startup marketing meetup group and share your successes (and failures), how you executed them and what you learned with the group. Each meetup we'll pick a new topic and have marketers present their stories. Topics might include acquiring customers, demand creation, blogging, analytics and measuring marketing effectiveness, s …

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 …

Got Questions about WordPress?  This weekly support group is appropriate for users, developers, and designers working with WordPress.  Bring your questions, we'll try to figure out an answer in the group.$10

Traditionally, businesses have leveraged print coupons, newspaper ads, and direct mail to advertise their products and services. 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. How effective are these advertising and marketing channels for small businesses today? We will explore modern, …

We meet regularly to explore, discuss, and share Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques and general issues related to Search Engine Marketing (SEM). 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 will also explore topics related to SEO: social media marketing, blogging, affiliat …

Our meetups are for people who want to learn about WordPress, blogging and online marketing. Every person, family, business, group, club, or organization should have a website. WordPress is a free open source product and it allows you to build your own website. Our monthly meetups will appeal to you Do-it-Yourselfers who want to get a WordPress website launched. This meetup group is dedicated to providing you with an environment that’s supportive, productive and fun. Each month the meetups wil …

South Bay WordPress and Web Design is devoted to people who want to get the most from their blogs and websites, so they can have a web presence for their business, book, or organization.   We can help you get with: learning to use the WordPress platform  hosting needs at BM2 Hosting.com a web design to put forth a good first impression content if you find yourself time constrained Our organizers are Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor and Dave Landis (i-wanna-start-a-blog.com). Bill is the au …

This meetup is for Meetup organizers in Silicon Valley and for those who want to meet and network with people who have groups of people they bring together. 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. In this meetup we will network about how to improve our meetups, cross promote on r …

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 …

  The Write Thread is a small, friendly and supportive group of creative people living around the world.  It is an unusual meetup group as it is designed as both an online venue  and as a means to connect up occasionally in face-to-face meetups.   Can't stop writing?     The Write Thread message board is a venue for friendly discussion, writing prose, poetry or just playing around.  Write a blog,  or share the best of your blog here with us.  You can log on here and join in the discussion at any …

… Here's a brief outline of what takes place at each event: * Arrive at the venue, settle in, and meet new people * Learn about the cutting edges of sustainable business from an expert * Quickly introduce yourself & your project to a roomful of people * Network with people you learned about during the Introduction Circle Please go to www.ecotuesday.com to sign up for the national newsletter & read blog posts from Ambassadors across the country. To learn more about sponsoring an EcoTuesday event, p …