Networking: 2 Minute Training #20: Harness The Power Of Meetup.com
Sure, you have a networking group that you visit. You’re loyal, but you’re also on the lookout for great new opportunities. But how can you gain access to the people and groups that haven’t invited you? In an earlier piece, we mention that you should consider Going Were You Don’t Belong… Yet, focused around the ability to visit the groups and locations that haven’t yet given you the opportunity to enter the fold. But how can you get to the groups you haven’t even heard of yet?
Meetup.com’s motto: Do something • Learn something • Share something • Change something, is like a networker’s battle cry. Sure, networking is truly important for any small business owner, but there are several different types of social networking sites online and some businesses are just better suited to offline networking. So how can you combine the two: Getting involved with an online social networking site that encourages people to network and meet in the flesh.
Meetup.com is an online networking site that facilitates offline networking. Members can create and join groups of people with similar interests who live in their area, and they can easily organize real-life meetings. Many small business owners take advantage of the service to meet potential business partners and clients.
One example of this is really a bit of a mystery to me. Coffee and Contacts is a group of women in business who meet over coffee. Men aren’t allowed, so I can’t exactly tell you what goes on there. However, the Coffee and Contacts groups in our are organizes their meetings almost exclusively on Meetup.com, and it seems to work swimmingly.
Meetup.com allows you to post events with specialized keywords and descriptions that can be searched and searched for by individuals or groups. This wil allow you to find groups with lots of members, or groups with only a few members.
If you are willing to put in the time and the effort, you can create your own meetup.com groups and start advertising your events.
I am positive that every meetup.com opportunity can lead to good networking opportunities, but for safety reasons, make sure only to attend meetup.com networking events which are hosted in public places or venues.
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