Promoting Your Meetup Group

As a Meetup Organizer, ever thought to yourself, “I wish more people knew that I have this super-fantastic Meetup group”? Never fear - even if you’re not able to grab a spot on a popular late night talk show to…

Welcome to Amazing About Pages! Each week, we'll add a new link to an About Page that will blow…your…mind. The Meetups and Organizers listed here are on the cutting edge of About Page artistry. They're pushing the envelope and utilizing…

Click 'Photos' Click 'Add photos' If this is a new Photo Album, you'll need to name it. If the album already has a name, click 'Browse' Find the photo on your computer, select it, and then click 'Open' Click…

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…

As you know, there are a number of customizable promotional materials available on the Meetup site. Now many Organizers are using just a little creativity and their everyday word processing programs to create customized signs, flyers, and business cards of…

There are easy-to-use templated for you and your members to use to create free, customized, promotional materials for YOUR group. To get started, go to your Meetup Group welcome screen, click 'Promote Your Group' on the left-hand side.

There's a simple new tool on your Meetup Group's 'Promote!' page that lets you post your Meetup to the free community website Craigslist.org. Craigslist is a popular community website that contains classified listings for groups, events, products and services…

Want your site to look good and be a great advertisement for your group? Want to be able define your group's mission statement, activities or rules for new members? Harness the power of your About page to present the…

Editor's Note: This article assumes you already know how to edit your About page. If you do not, please read Making a Snazzy and Informative About Page. Have you started updating your About Page, but are stumped about what…

Newsflash! Meetup's partnered with the Detroit Free Press! We're kicking off a new program for Meetup members to become a “Reliable Source” for the Detroit Free Press newsroom. When you become a Detroit Free Press Reliable Source, reporters will…

Below are a few tips and guidelines to help you secure local, television media coverage for your weekend Meetups. We recommend contacting television stations at least three days before your Meetup. Begin by looking up the telephone numbers for…

Dr. Zizmor and the Bronx Zoo, eat your heart out! Meetup.com is putting ads in the New York City subway, too! The ad will run for 4 weeks starting March 27th across all subway lines in every 5th car. And…

Press coverage is a great way to boost awareness of your Meetup and build your membership. Many people who may have never heard of your Meetup can find out about it through a local event listing, news segment, or…

Did you know that reporters get a lot of their stories from press releases that people send directly to them? You can write your own easily — and it could get your Meetup in the news! In part one…

Okay, you've read Press Tip 2 (pt. 1) — Write a press release to promote your Meetup in the news and now you're ready to tell the world. Lets look at the bunch of new websites that'll help you…

Your Meetups are hitting the calendar sections of your local papers… and it's ALL GOOD! Most newspapers include a weekly calendar of community events. It usually costs nothing to announce an upcoming event, and this is can be a…

At Meetup.com, we're always trying new ways to ensure your group gets maximum exposure. One of the most common ways people discover groups at Meetup is through search engines, like Google and Yahoo. Rather than directly advertising Meetup in…

You've put flyers up all over town and are promoting your group like crazy. Perhaps you are looking for sponsors and want to show them how active your group is. Ever wonder how many people are viewing your group's About…