This meetup series is an introduction to our Web Worx Santa Cruz workshops held at Cruzio Internet in downtown Santa Cruz . Come meet our instructors and see what our workshops are all about while learning a few tips and tricks on subjects like WordPress, Search Engine Optimization, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and Youtube.

… (Dinner is optional but encouraged since it allows us to book the room) Topics Covered: Brand development  Market analysis, segmentation, targeting, positioning & messaging  Marketing content & collateral development  Website development & analytics Online direct advertising opportunities Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Social media marketing Blogging, pod-casting, and other content-driven awareness techniques Direct-mail, email contact systems and Customer Relationship Management tools Group …

If you are a marketer with 1+ year of experience and have specific marketing issues that you'd like help with AND can help others, this group is for YOU. Inbound Marketing Roundtable is a group of marketing professionals in search engine marketing (SEM), paid per click (PPC), search engine optimization (SEO), media buying, link building, direct response, mobile marketing, socia media marketing, conversation optimization, and anything related to converting visitors into customers. Come help other …

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 …

Business owners helping other business owners to gain knowledge and expertise in using Pinterest for Business, the fastest growing internet website today It is the first social footprint based upon 'discovery' rather than keyword search. Join us to learn how effectively use Pinterest for your business! Learn what you can do to be on the 'cutting edge' of Pintetest. We will examine everything from SEO to Custom Graphics learning the 'ins and outs' of Pinterest while creating innovative strategies …

… Businesses categories currently in our group are: Health Insurance Broker Computer/IT Support & Training Customer Service Research/Surveys Corp & Special Event Transportation Promo/Recognition Items & Branding Direct Marketing using Technology Printer Cartridges Catering & Box Lunches Search Engine Optimization and Wordpress Web sites/blogs Telecommunications Business Law/Dispute Resolution Funding/Debt Financing/Equip Leasing Financial Services Including 4 …

… Social media and SEO (google and other search engine optimization) DNA modules incorporated on all recent products. Direct involvement in e-learning, e-books, geo-location and food industry mobile apps. Our group has successfully incorporated off-shore software development ranging from using elance or odesk to interns and alliance-based shared resourcing. It is awesome to learn from success stories as well as the duds. If hubspot, SEO, Redherring, Moneytree, Incubators, TechCrunch, Onstartu …

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!

"Buzz" has become an elusive word for the online marketer with so many options yet no clear direction of what really works. Meet other local Online Marketing Professionals and technologists to discuss the latest trends, tactics, and techniques for creating Buzz. The group will identify and analyze online campaigns that have successfully generated "buzz" LinkedIn Group at: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1394047

As if moms and dads didn't do enough work at home. Here is an opportunity for them to learn how to work from home and make some extra income in the process.  Gosh, who doesn't need some extra money from time to time? Okay, all the time here in Silicon Valley where a couple EACH making over $100K still canNOT buy a home in San Francisco. But sometimes that little one needs us to be home. That's when we want to work from home. And that is what this Meetup is about.  How to work from home, how to m …

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