May 22, 2012
Welcome to the May meetup for the San Francisco Blog Club!
This month we’ll be hearing from Tom Treanor, CEO of Right Mix Marketing. He’ll be leading a mini blog writing workshop where he’ll walk you step-by-step through the creation of a compelling post that your audience will love! At the end of the workshop you’ll have an outlined post that you can easily finish and get up on your site that same day.
As always, there will be free drinks, pizza — and lots of time for networking and sharing tips. Space will be limited, but you can reserve a spot for FREE here.
Welcome | 7:00pm – 7:05pm
Talk by Tom | 7:05pm – 7:30pm
Drinks & Networking | 7:30pm – 8:30pm
For those of you that haven’t met Tom, here’s a bit on his background…
About Tom
Tom Treanor, MBA, is the Founder and President of Right Mix Marketing Inc. He has a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business, as well as a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
He teaches a course on Social Media Tools at San Francisco State University’s Social Media Marketing certificate program and has deep experience coaching and consulting corporate executives, small business owners and startup teams. Tom speaks regularly at live and virtual conferences and meetings (contact us here to inquire about having Tom speak at your event).
Tom authored the Search Engine Optimization Boot Camp and is just finishing up his second book, Secrets of Linkedin. He has been quoted in the Investor’s Business Daily and is a previous Google Adwords Professional and Microsoft adExcellence Member.
May 31, 2012
VigLink is teaming up with CloudFlare to get your site monetization questions answered.
In May, we’ll be meeting up at the CloudFlare loft for a panel discussion on the breadth of site monetization options available today, and how to make them work for you.
Overview
Are you monetizing your sites? If not, have you thought about it and just aren’t sure how it all works? With so many monetization options out there – banner ads, Google AdSense, content monetization – it’s hard to understand what works and what doesn’t. This meetup will focus on the best practices for site monetization, and tips and techniques for turning a profit on your sites.
We’re bringing together SF’s leading experts on site monetization to dive into these specific areas:
- Site monetization tech: what’s out there, what works, and what doesn’t
- What kind of an impact (positive/negative) can these solutions have on readers
- What’s the payoff? How much can you really make on site monetization?
- How website performance and security impact your bottom line
- Recommendations on how to use what’s out there
Schedule for the Evening
Drinks & Networking | 6:30pm – 7:00pm
Panel Discussion | 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Meet the Panelists
Eoin Matthews, VP Business Development at VigLink
Matthew Prince, CEO & Co-Founder of CloudFlare
Evan Young, Media Development Manager at Say Media
Our moderator will be Greg Barto of TechCrunch.
Jun 12, 2012
It’s nearing that time of year again! We are pleased to announce that ForumCon 2012 will be held in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday June 12, 2012.
WHO ATTENDS FORUMCON
ForumCon is your opportunity to connect with the world’s leading forum and community managers. At past events representatives from Internet Brands, Vertical Scope, VW Vortex, phpBB, eBay, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Boardreader, Groupon and other experts in the forum space were in attendance.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
ForumCon is an annual one-day event dedicated to sharing tips, tools and best practices for managing, growing, and monetizing your forum. The day will be anchored by keynote presentations from industry experts, but will also feature panel discussions and breakout sessions on content monetization, advertising, SEO and community management, allowing for a high degree of interaction and collaboration.
WHERE WE’RE MEETING
We’ll be meeting at the Kubuki Hotel in downtown San Francisco. Immediately following the event we’ll be hosting a complimentary cocktail hour at a nearby restaurant.
If you’ll be flying into town your airport options include San Francisco (SFO) andOakland (OAK).
For more details, and to register, click here. If you register before February 29, 2012, tickets are just $69!
See you in San Francisco…
