Internet marketing and Social media are absolutely necessary for small businesses. But as a small business, where should you begin? I'm Peter Garian, local Internet marketing expert. I'm here to share tried and true ways to effectively advertise your business online. Feel free to step forward and help grow our group. If you have knowledge and/or expertise in social media and local marketing, please share with us. For businesses looking for a quick start in social media marketing, check out soci …

FINALLY! One Place Where You Can Learn The Secrets of Using Social Networking Sites, Videos and Blogs to Market and Grow Your Business!

Join us on the second Thursday of every month to MeetUp with other Tampa area people who are interested in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques and other general issues related to Internet Marketing, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Social Media Marketing. Gather and share advice and info on better ways to work with search engines. Trade links. Trade secrets. Ask questions. Get to know other SEO's in your area better and in person.

Ignite Tampa Bay is a group catering to people with a passion for Technology, the Internet, Social Media, or even new techniques for washing their cats! You just have to be truly PASSIONATE and want to share it with others in the Tampa Bay area! Anyone can attend, all presentations are strictly formatted to 5 minutes each, including 15 slides, and timed at 15 sec per slide. Fun, positive networking enviroment and inexpensive to attend! It will surely be the most fun you have ever had at a n …

Introduction to Video Techniques presented by Mr. Stan Wilkins and sponsored by The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce and WordSmitten Media, Inc. Lights. Camera. Action. Maybe you already own a camera that has video capability but you just want to ask, “What are these gadgets and what does this button do?” Or, “what’s the best way to upload video to the Internet?” Join this enjoyable and informative video workshop conducted by Stan Wilkins of CVT corporate video training. Stan is a pr …

… How to become the local media mogul and own your zip code. How to Automate All your Marketing Systems. (this makes it easy) How to Use Facebook and Twitter to build your Business.(not what you had for breakfast) How to Create Automated Marketing Systems that reach out to new, existing and past clients using the leverage of the internet. How to create Automated Referral Systems. What's it about: How to Use the Internet and Automated Systems to Build and Maintain your Small Business.

… Mastermind Marketing Workshops      Join our group and become a marketing mastermind in: Entrepreneurship - Business innovation and management Advanced local networking & relationship building skills Social Media - Find new clients via; Linkedin, Facebook Twitter  Online Marketing Leveraging your website via SEO, SEM & blogs Creating websites and WordPress blogs  – Learn from the exper …

This group is for people already running or contributing to online businesses that are currently doing $1,000,000 or more in sales. It is a very relaxed, exclusive roundtable with some of the best minds in the tampa bay area. Members are expected to share resources and show what is currently working in their business.

… In August 2011, we got our first shared space donated to us in downtown Tampa that can not only house Tampa Bay WaVE's headquarters, but also support 25 or so coworkers at any one time - plus some meeting room space for local community meetups (such as the local developer, design, social media and other meetup groups that are part of our local technology innovation community).         The shared space that we call the ‘WaVE Pool” is a work in progress, but we can already boast over 50 visitors a …

… In August 2011, we got our first shared space donated to us in downtown Tampa that can not only house Tampa Bay WaVE's headquarters, but also support 25 or so coworkers at any one time - plus some meeting room space for local community meetups (such as the local developer, design, social media and other meetup groups that are part of our local technology innovation community).         The shared space that we call the ‘WaVE Pool” is a work in progress, but we can already boast over 50 visitors a …

We foster women in tech entrepreneur workshops, social mixers with technology community leaders in the Tampa Bay area, collaboration among start-ups and future start-ups, tech in art and music festivals and much, much more! To become a member, sign up for updates or contact us, fill out our handy form! Tell us what you'd like to get out of Girls in Tech in the Tampa Bay Area and help us brainstorm awesome events! Check out our website: GITtampa.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/GIT …

We are Tampas most attended and active internet Marketing Meetup. With multiple meetup groups throughout the area we focus on Internet marketing techniques,Tools, and strategies that help business owners and entreprenuers achieve results immedietly. We have helped numerous business owners succesfully with their Internet Marketing presence and conversions. We have a unique Goal setting Accountability portion of our meetups that drives results for all who attend and are active within our organizat …

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Our Mission: To provide obedient dogs to disabled veterans of all war eras, to help them overcome their invisible disabilities in order to become more productive and functional members of society, while informing the public of the need for Service Dogs in addition to Seeing Eye dogs.  

… * Social Bookmarking & Community Websites - Facebook, Twitter and all the rest simplified. So if you don't have the time to attend a whole weekend seminar, or the funds to spend $5k/month on some high priced SEO firm then come spend an hour or two with us and get right to the nuts and bolts of what you need to know to get your website found by the people that need your products and services.

I started this group because I have seen so many small business owners struggling to use the Internet effectively to grow their businesses. There are so many free and low cost tools and strategies available that entrepreneurs should be taking full advantage of to grow their businesses! However, only a small fraction of business owners are actually getting positive results from their efforts online... and sadly, many more are struggling and frustrated. This does not have to be the case! …