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75+ Local SEO Meetups…and Why You Should Attend!

July 23, 2010, 10:00 am

If you’ve been involved with SEO or online marketing for any length of time, chances are you’ve escaped the confines of your office and ventured out into the real world to meet like minded marketers. Perhaps you’re a conference regular attending events like Pubcon, SES, or SMX. If you’re like me and tens of thousands of other online marketers, you’ve also checked out your local meetup scene.

Meetups are gatherings of people who all share a common profession or interest. There are meetups covering almost every aspect of online marketing including SEO, SEM, Affiliate Marketing, Publishing, and Programming.

Most online marketing meetups are organized by local marketing organizations or specific individuals or companies looking to increase exposure for their own services. While motives may vary, most meetup organizers provide a valuable service for their local marketing community by offering insightful presentations, information sharing, and networking.

Some of the great things I’ve experienced attending meetups include client acquisition, client education, finding new hires, conversing with other marketing professionals, and learning really interesting information from some great speakers (shout out @btabke).

If you need to step up your game or just want the opportunity to share ideas and participate in your local marketing community, you need to check out your local meetups.

To help you down this path, I’ve compiled a list of 2-3 meetups for the 31 NFL cities. If you feel there’s a great meetup I missed, please mention it in the comments along with the name of your city.

ATLANTA, GA
Atlanta SEO
Atlanta Bloggers
Atlanta Web Design Group

BALTIMORE, MD
The Maryland Internet Marketing Group
The Baltimore Washington Tech Meetup
Baltimore SEO

BOSTON, MA
TheArlington/Boston/Cambridge SearchEngine OptomizationMeetupGroup
The Boston WordPress Meetup Group
SEMPO Boston

BUFFALO, NY
Buffalo WordPress Users

CHARLOTTE, NC
The-Official-Charlotte-SEO-Search-Engine-Marketing-Meetup
Search Engine Marketing Association of Charlotte
Ecommerce Charlotte Meetup Group

CHICAGO, IL
The Chicago Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group
Chicago SEO Group
Chicago Online Marketing Group

CINCINNATI, OH
Heartland Internet Entrepreneurs Meetup
Continuous Web- Cincinnati
Interactive marketing meetup group

CLEVELAND, OH
Local Entrepreneur and Social Media Network
Your Digital Footprints

DALLAS, TX
Dallas Interactive Marketing and internet SEO and SEM meetup
DFW Social Media Marketing

DENVER, CO
The Denver Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group
Denver SEMPO Meetup Group
Social Marketing for Business – Join the Conversation

DETROIT, MI
The Detroit Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group
Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization And Web 2.0 Marketing
The Detroit Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group

GREENBAY, WI
Wisconsin Online/Offline Networking Group