When it comes to web marketing the small business owner has it extra tough. Google says you need to create great content to achieve a high ranking (true) but doing so isn't always easy or affordable. Not everyone has several hundred dollars a month (some even spend thousands) to pursue a top rank for the most popular search terms/phrases. But there are in fact a number of effective strategies and tactics to garner quality online leads and many of them are free and you can do yourself - and in tu …

Cigars & Stilettos National Events™ is a regularly occurring series events, since 2012, catering to professionally respected and socially desirable ladies and gentlemen. Our attendees are fun, refined, and successful guests who appreciate fine wine, cigars, hors d'oeuvres, desserts, and light music in tasteful surroundings as well as opportunities to develop solid connections with progressive business owners, social advocates, and community leaders. Gold Card Membership is NOT required to attend …

Own your own business? have been business for a while or just starting up? Need marketing to increase traffic to your business? Anuncia Marketing can help. Anuncia Marketing conducts a FREE Marketing Meet-Up once a month giving advice on different ways to market your company on a budget. Come join us! It's a great way to meet and network with other entrepreneurs.

DMWC is for people who work or are interested in digital marketing. Internet marketing has evolved to encompass a wide range of disciplines including but not limited to: search engine optimization, pay-per-click marketing, content strategy and marketing, email marketing, joint-ventures, digital partnerships, and a slew of other channels that help drive qualified traffic and grow revenue through the internet.

What is a professional (like a doctor, therapist, lawyer, candlestick maker) or privately-held-business owner to do when it comes to getting new business? In school we weren’t taught anything other than our specialty and now that the economy requires ALL of us to market, how do we survive? And even if you use our all the free information at our TheVideoMarketingGuys.com website, you need to understand how marketing works so you can use the power of this "system" to make huge differences in your …

Fashion|Tech|PHL is an innovative group of Philadelphians who are inspired by the intersection of fashion and technology and the relationship between technology, fashion, science, and design. This group seeks opportunities for education, networking, support, and entrepreneurship in the local and global fashion and technology industries. Topics include: Wearable Technology and Computing Augmented Reality for Fashion Products and Designers Use of Interactive and Social Media by Fashion Brands New …

Feel stuck?  Overqualified?  Underemployed?  Unemployed? Always a finalist but not the hire? Too busy being a devoted employee to engage in an active job search? Want to make a change but don't know what it is or where to start? Finding cover letters harder (and more tedious) to write? Come spend some time with us and get unstuck! This is a great group for executives and professionals who just need some new, actionable approaches to break through the noise, frustration and inertia to get their …

This group will be up for any and all fun activities in and around the Media area. Happy hours, dinners, game nights, listening to a band, seeing a performance, hiking, kayaking ~ anything. Have an idea? Make a suggestions! When you request to join please have a real picture of yourself.  This helps us know who to look for when we attend meetups and helps keep us a little safer.  Your request to join will not be approved without a picture of yourself.

Update, February 22, 2013: Beginning March 5, 2013 we will be meeting Tuesday evenings from 7-8 pm at the Media-Upper Providence Free Library in Media, PA, 1 East Front St. We meditate in the archives room on the second floor. Hope to see you there! We will also naturally consider additional times and locations as interest is expressed and schedules sync up. If you're new to meditation, check out this and this...try this too. Russell, Organizer & Aubrey, Co-Organizer

Philly Affiliate Marketers aims to bring together online marketers that focus in the affiliate space. If you run CPA, CPS, lead gen, etc, or if you're an advertiser driving traffic through affiliates, then this group is for you. We want to bring together people who know their stuff and are willing to share what they know. SEO's, Media buyers, SEM's, Mailers, and even Domainers are all welcome! No Multi-Level Marketing! You're definitely not welcome.

Calling all Philadelphia-area specialists and managers involved in Digital Asset Management and related technologies -- from media management to creative workflow to archiving. We will exchange knowledge and best practices, get to know each other, and have some fun -- all towards forming a DAM "community of practice" in Greater Philadelphia.

We meet every Tuesday 10am Chadds Ford/West Chester PA 1pm Media PA Every Other Thursday Evening in Broomall PA Thursdays offline at the Senior Wayne Center Sundays in Bala Cynwydd, PA And we are always looking for those that want to post and host a game! (see posted times and check back regularly). If you have about three hours and know how to play, you are welcome to join us. If you have never played or are 'pretty rusty' please look for a Beginner Session.  Sometimes we hold them for our memb …

This group is for laid back mommas who want some social time for their kiddo and themselves! The atmosphere is friendly and welcoming. I formed this group because I was hoping to gain some friendships with other moms who have similar interests. Group meetups vary between local library events, in-home play dates, parks, playgrounds, indoor fun centers, walks, zoos, community activities, parades, appearances, Makin' Music, free classes, etc. All are welcome. If you are hoping to find some other mo …

This group is for Moms interested in getting together for Stroller Strides classes and playgroups. We'll schedule fun activities and outings for both Mom & Baby! Fit4Mom and Stroller Strides are great programs that strive to give women the Strength for Motherhood! Stroller Strides and Plum Mom's Club have a lot in common. Both are focused on and passionate about the overall health and well-being of moms. Our Plum Mom's Club offers free playgroups and fun activities for families of young children …

Interesting Readings: a friendly book club for the best in sci-fi, from quirky classics to fresh indie. Meetings are held in the West Chester area, with frequent diversions from the borough into neighboring environs (including Media, Downingtown, and Exton). Please take a look at the list of past events to see if our selections are up your alley. Or if you have a sci-fi or fantasy title you'd like to recommend for the group, let us know! All monthly titles are chosen via member poll. Meetings be …

"When We Drum We are One" We gather to drum, sing and create music for Fun, Peace and to Create Personal and Planetary Change! We invite all who like to sing, drum and just listen to come and join in. We have all ages and experience and welcome all! We send our sound into the Center and out to the Whole for the Uplifting of All We invite all drummers, singers, music makers, poets, dancers and deep listeners to join our joyful gatherings. Our Music circle has had music makers from 6 months to 80 …

Delco Bird Club is a group of people who share their lives with exotic birds. From Finches to Macaws, we have even had a duck or two! Pigeons? You are welcome here. Delco is proud to say we are a non-discriminating flock. If you have a "feathered kid" in your house (or more than one!), you are welcome to attend our monthly "meetups" to chat with others and learn about these fun and intelligent creatures. Meetups are held at the Media Community Center in Delaware County at 7pm on the second Thurs …

If you'd like to explore personal growth and healing with no strings attached, join our group. Experience energy healing for growth, relaxation and rejuvenation. Get rid of stress and energy from others, while you re-affirm your boundaries. We offer weekly energy healing evenings in a relaxed setting at the Intuitive Energy school in Media, where you can watch, ask questions and get an energy healing if you like. For beginners--no prior experience with energy work or healing is necessary. This i …

Our group is comprised of Italian Language Learners of varying levels of fluency who share a common passion for "la bella lingua italiana".  We are all serious about taking our Italian language skills to the next level and for those members who are already completely fluent; the group provides them a venue to chat with others in Italian. We plan to meet a couple of times a month and alternate meetings between Conshohocken and the Media/Springfield area. We use the websites discussion board to he …

Artists tend to create their art in solitude, then show their work to non-artists or the public for feed back. Most often the feedback is based on personal taste or a bias towards a certain type of art. Do you ever long for constructive feedback, the kind that helps you dig deep and find what you need to keep your work fresh and evolving? The kind that your only your fellow artists, your peers, can bring? Me too! That's why I started Juxtapose, for the fellowship, support and critical feedback t …

Since December 2011 we have met every Saturday from noon to 3pm to protest the sale of puppies from puppy mills at We Love Pets, a pet store in the shopping center at Baltimore Pike and Providence Road (Route 252). We try to educate the public about the evils of puppy mills and the pet stores that sell puppies from puppy mills. We feel that we are making great progress and many people thank us for our efforts. Our protest is always polite, low-key, and law-abiding. We are not sign-waving fanatic …

This is a group for anyone who loves to interact with people from diverse background and cultures. I would love to have a great mix of people from around the world. Life is beautiful and short! We can learn so much from each other's experiences. This group would be for anyone who would consider themselves to be 'global citizens' or who would like to be in this description. In this group we would like to welcome like-minded couples who are fun and between the age group of 25-40. We can go to cult …

I started this group because I was interested in meeting people around my age who share my addiction to Pinterest; specifically the arts and crafts side of it. How many times do you pin an awesome DIY project and then never end up making it? Pinterest Party Pals was designed for fellow crafters to unite and create a unique project inspired by Pinterest while socializing and sharing ideas with other members. You should only consider joining this group if you meet all three of the following criter …

Meet other local people who practice Meditation. Discuss techniques, philosophies and schools of thought.