Everything you ever wanted to know about Meetups in the Making

• What are Meetups in the Making?


• How do Meetups in the Making help Organizers?

What are Meetups in the Making?

Let's say you're on Meetup.com looking for a Meetup group in a specific topic near you. Let's say...oh...a Knitting Meetup group in Needles, California.

If you find that there isn't such a Meetup group in that area yet, you can sign up for Meetups in the Making. Then when a Meetup group in that topic and location gets started, you and all the other Meetups in the Making members will be notified. So when a Knitting Meetup group in Needles, CA gets created, everyone on the Knitting Meetups in the Making page for Needles will hear about it!

Here's how to join Meetups in the Making:

1. Find the homepage of the topic in which you're interested. If you wanted to find a Knitting Meetup, that page would be http://knitting.meetup.com. Pugs, http://pug.meetup.com. You get the picture. (Want to browse our topics? Click here!)



2. Once you're on a topic homepage, click the "Your City" link on the left.



3. Click the "Sign up" link under "Meetups in the Making"

Once you're a Meetups in the Making member, you can adjust your Meetups in the Making settings and/or cancel your Meetups in the Making notifications through your account page, http://www.meetup.com/account/?tab=comm. Just go there and under the "Meetups in the Making" section, you'll see how to make any desired changes.

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How do Meetups in the Making help Organizers?

If you're thinking of starting a new Meetup group, Meetups in the Making can show you that there are members
waiting for just such a Meetup group in your area. 72 hours after you start a new Meetup group, all the Meetups in the Making members for that topic and area receive an email telling them about your new Meetup group and inviting them to join.

Why wait 72 hours? Good question. This gives you time to get your Meetup group in order. Add a photo, set up an event, etc. That way your Meetup group will look great when members hear about it!

So we automatically contact Meetups in the Making members about your new Meetup group. You can contact them, too! As an Organizer, you can send an unlimited number of messages to Meetups in the Making members in your topic. Just go to the Meetups in the Making page and click the "Invite XYZ to your group" link next to each member. Here's a super simple way to do that:

1. Click the "Promote" link on the Meetup group you run.



2. Click the "Invite Meetup members" link.



3. Presto! You'll see the Meetups in the Making page for your topic and city!

You can also contact and invite Meetups in the Making members in other topics, but in that case, there's a limit of 12 messages per day. For instance, if you organize a Chihuahua Meetup group, and you want to contact the Small Dogs Meetups in the Making members, you can email 12 of those members in a single day. Want to contact more than 12? Just wait till tomorrow.

So, if you've just created a new Meetup group, know that in 72 hours we'll tell the local Meetups in the Making members about your new Meetup group and invite them to join. Use that time to make your Meetup group look and sound great! And consider sending those Meetups in the Making members your own follow up invite. It's a great way to personally encourage them to join your Meetup group and will get you more members!

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