The Vancouver Community Experience Group (VanCX) represents Vancouver-based online community developers, managers, and designers. Do you own, operate or participate in the management of an online community or social network? Join up and share your experiences with the rest of us.

We believe that organizations must see social media communications as an integrated part of all major business functions. Jumping into this space without laying the groundwork is like giving your kid the keys to your car without a driving lesson or a curfew, and then wondering why things went bad. This monthly social media lunch is focused on helping senior executives and team leaders tackle the challenge of socializing their company, and maximizing return on effort in your social media communi …

Many have asked us, "How is TROVA Business Network™ different from other networking organizations? TROVA Business Network™ is a professional business networking organization dedicated to the growth and success of small business professionals, and service providers. The word TROVA means, “find” in Italian. The TROVA Business Network™ was created to help small business professionals “find”, and benefit from, much-needed resources, referrals, leads, business connections, and expertise within their …

The Local Marketing Strategy Group is a meetup for marketers, developers and entrepreneurs to discuss strategies relating to mobile development, marketing and local business marketing. The purpose of the group is for members to share ideas on mobile and local marketing for small to mid-size businesses. This group meetups discuss trends in marketing such as social media marketing through mobile, SMS text message marketing, application development for iOS & Android, location-based services, near f …

Social Media and Web Innovators come together with Social Change Makers and Nonprofits to mix, swap stories and ideas, and build new relationships. Learn more at http://www.NetTuesday.ca

Creating & marketing your online business is a challenge we're all facing today. This meetup group will therefore be dedicated to knowledge sharing, networking and support on all aspects of your online business.   So whether you're a business owner, a social manager, an entrepreneur, a creative professional or a student -  just starting out or need a reminder about the essentials -  we'd love for you to join our class for Free and learn: Core lessons (will be repeated every few months):    …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

… We believe that any restaurant concept can survive the rough ride, provided the restaurateur gets the right process oriented information around such topics as mobile marketing, social media, local area direct advertising, special theme nights and signature specials - and is able to act on it. While most restaurateurs are independent, time has shown that the way to success is not to operate in isolation. Your restaurant will benefit more from a community of like-minded professionals, who share ex …

This group is dedicated to build a web analytics community in Vancouver area among E-business owners, online marketers, technology experts, managers, entrepreneurs, students and Web analytics professionals. WACH aims to make an innovative social network to share practical information, hands on experience, best practices, tools, and skills for making a successful and data driven online e-business. The group is committed to hold affordable or free high quality events including trainings, social ev …

Meet with others in the Vancouver region interested in building and strengthening the Drupal Community. We meet on the 4th Thursday of the month at the Jibe offices in Vancouver, BC. Come out for monthly Drupal training sessions, discuss new and exciting Drupal-related news, or just socialize with like-minded people from the area! The focus of our group is various Drupal related topics from theming, configuration, module development to how to run a successful Drupal business. Our official Twitt …

… Future events will include well known sales, business and personal development authors, comedians, and of course top sales performers who will be sharing their wisdom and experience. Meetup Video Can be found here: http://salesvideopodcast.com/2008/08/22/the-vancouver-sal... Follow Shane and Steve on Twitter here: Steve: http://twitter.com/sjagger Shane http://twitter.com/shanegibson

SEMPO Vancouver is the local working group of Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO) for the Greater Vancouver area. We are open to SEMPO members and anyone professionally involved in Search Marketing, SEO, PPC, social media marketing and other search-related businesses. The purpose of this group is to provide a foundation for Search Engine Marketing industry growth through building stronger relationships with other like minded search engine marketing (SEM) professionals, fos …

… Health and wellness products Health Insurances Home inspection Interior Designer Lawyer Mobile spa business Mortgage broker Online Business/online media sales Online Marketing that include SEO, Search Marketing (PPC) and Social Media Parenting coach Photographer Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety Management Systems Real Estate Investor Realtor Spiritual counsellor and perceptions communications Virtual assistant

  Dear Members, I am stepping forward to manage this Meetup Group and keep it alive. My objective is to foster a group where traders and investors could meet and discuss their views about the markets (stock, forex, options, etc). Trading is quite lonely and, in my opinion, it is healthy to be able to talk about what you do with industry peers. Many times we are in a position that is believed to be "wrong" by analysts and news media... I am sponsoring the group at this time, but I would like to h …

… Online marketing 7. Social media 8. Leadership 9. Sustainable competitive advantages 10. Building your legacy   Weekly:  We have an acceleration program is an important part of that process and is available to all members of the association either at a local chapter or the Online Chapter.  Learn from top experts in the field of business expansion and from other high-performance peers, as you go through the process together. Who should attend Owners, managers, and directors of businesses that …