Learn everything about WordPress, themes, plugins, blogging, and using it as a CMS. I previously ran the East Bay WordPress meetup group in the SF bay area about 2 years ago. It has now grown to over 300 members, so I look forward to creating a fun and useful meetup group dedicated to getting the most of WordPress down here in Los Angeles. Feel free to follow me on Twitter @WPverse or email me: noel@WPverse.com

Would you like to grow your business through word-of-mouth marketing? Come meet a group of motivated and successful business people and entrepreneurs who are committed to help bring each other more business. Our members have referred almost $100,000 in business within 3 months! Our chapter currently has the following professionals: Residential Realtor Mortgage Specialist Website Designer Online Marketing Specialist Interior Designer Architect General Contractor Electrician Small Jobs Plumber an …

L.A. W.E.B is a group dedicated to connect web entrepreneurs, get together and brainstorm over our online ventures. As owner of my own website, I have discovered that nowhere you get better feedback than when you meet others trying to do or doing what you do. Their real experience is incredibly powerful. Our different levels of success will bring experience and points of view we can't see by only staring at our online business and reading entrepreneurs blogs, or doing solo work all the time. We …

Disruptive new business models are emblematic of our generation. Yet they remain poorly understood, even as they transform competitive landscapes across industries. Business Model Generation offers you powerful, simple, tested tools for understanding, designing, reworking, and implementing business models. Business Model Generation is a practical, inspiring meetup for anyone striving to improve a business model — or craft a new one. Change the way you think about business models Business Mode …

I created this group to share my professional knowledge and experience of internet marketing and social media. This group will provide recurring educational workshops to help small business owners learn how to use the internet and social media marketing to drive traffic to their website and turn browsers into buyers. Any small business owner interested in learning more about internet marketing and social media is welcome to join!

… You can do it yourself in 20 minutes or less Already have a website but feel it's not being used effectively as a business building tool?  Find out why, and how you can make it more effective by applying Internet Marketing, and Social Media, principles. Unsure what exactly your web designer / marketer does with all the money you're paying them? Once you understand the basic concepts of Internet Marketing, you’ll be able to tell them exactly what you want done, but best of all – you’ll be able to …

The Wednesday Project is a think tank forum. We would like to have weekly meetings on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. To collaborate on website projects that brings together Internet Marketers, Web Developers and Web Management Principles. We would like to create this group in the spirit of inspiration, creation, development, and teaching. If you are interested in being interviewed please let us know. Please RSVP to an up coming event. We will need a minimum of five people to attend …

Learn to drive more traffic to your website with internet marketing methods and SEO that work! This group is for marketers and business owners who want to learn to drive more targeted traffic to their website, increase their sales. Im planning to have free webinars online or meetings in the LA area. I also have lots of experience organizing groups here on Meetup, since 2005.   You can visit my other group: http://sfyavip.com

Los Angeles SEO and Internet Marketing will be offering weekly FREE seminars on all aspects of Internet Marketing including SEO (search engine optimization), pay-per-click, youtube, twitter, facebook, LinkedIn, other social media, sales copy, conversion marketing, CMS web design, search optimized web design and everything else you need to know to make money and build your business online! All talks will be given by professional, certified marketing professionals FREE to help you double your busi …

… We also have an online presense elsewhere: via Twitter at @ladrupal our groups.drupal.org/la site the official ladrupal.org website on Facebook at facebook.com/ladrupal.org and on IRC at #drupal-la on the freenode network If you aren't already part of LA Drupal, it's easy to become a member. We have several meetings every month that are free and open to everyone. There are also social gatherings and formal working meetings that sometimes happen throughout the month. Events are anno …

Our Group is designed to help business owners learn how to use the power of the internet to gain new customers and increase the bottom line. This group is for anyone who wants to learn about the latest technology designed to promote YOUR business on the web and understand consumer trends. We can show you how to increase traffic to your website (or show you how to create one if you don't have one) by using proven techniques.

This is a grass roots marketing group designed to deliver workshops and events that help members sell their projects, products and services online and off.   Workshops will meet online and off and will cover classic skills like how to find and contact customers, how to pitch, how to negotiate and how to close.  Topics like how to write a good sales letter, detailed proposal and letter of agreement will also be addressed.   This group will also have workshops and round tables that address how t …

[UPDATE] Active Startup is under new leadership and will be rolling out an all new series of meetups for this community. If you want to participate in the new administration please contact the organizer. See you soon!   Active-Startup is a Los Angeles based community for aspiring entrepreneurs. The goal is to bring together like-minded individuals to conquer some of the more basic challenges faced when starting a company like finding group workspace and building teams. The focus is web …

… Susan Shankin is an art director and designer with 20+ years’ experience creating original book design concepts and interior layout, and executed projects in book development, marketing collateral and creative brainstorming.  She was the Art Director for the best-selling book, The Artist’s Way. She has designed all aspects of online products including website and e-mail campaigns.       Tanya Maiboroda is a book designer and illustrator with 30+ years' experience. She has designed many books for …

Do you like ROBOTS? Our mandate is to put a robot in every home and our mission is to make personal robotics as pervasive as personal computing. If you like to see a world where man-and-machine live symbiotically and harmoniously, then we invite you to get involved. Any talent, at any level, is welcome to join. We are looking for motivated people who love robots - in the following areas: - Robotics - Application Developers - Software Architects - Graphic Designers and Animators - Story tell …

This group is open to working film producers (including writer/producers, actor/producers, director/producers), as well as potential film funders. Our mission is to help people learn how to create and market easy to fund, easy to produce, profitable films, documentaries and web series.  Our website has free ebooks designed to provide you with immediate help on any aspect of a project. Check it out at www.filmfundingclub.com. Our FilmFundingClub Facebook Page offers daily advice, insight and su …