A year ago, my business partner Scott Plum and I started a networking group at Meetup.com. We called it Startup Meetup. The goal was to introduce startup companies with the resources that can help make them successful.
So we promoted through the meetup.com family, our website at www.newbizminn.com and through the pages of our monthly newspaper, New Business Minnesota. I noted in an earlier post that our group had 700 registered members and was attracting 60 to 80 to our twice monthly gatherings.
Our next meeting is Jan. 14 and we already have 215 registered to attend. Our Startup Meetup group now has 829 members. That’s the power of our promoting our events in our targeted newspaper, on our web site and good word of mouth. Oh, I should say that the events are fun and productive since it’s totally focused on networking.
We are quickly becoming one of the largest business meetup groups in the world. We rank No. 1 in the Just Start Category, No. 31 in the Entrepreneur category and No. 15 in the Small Business Category.
We have created something others want and appreciate. I look forward to the gathering on the 14th.
Sott