Search London is a meet-up group which aims to bring those who work in SEO, Social and PPC together. Events are organized every 8 weeks and members are from a mixture of agency, client side and start up businesses. It is an excellent opportunity to meet fellow search professionals and catch up with the latest news in the industry. Many speakers at Search London are well known names within the industry who share their insights in the world of search. It is also a chance to meet with these peopl …

Social Media London is a community and monthly meetup in London featuring expert social media speakers, proudly powered by Link Humans. Our event hashtag is #smlondon.

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 …

The Social Media Marketing "Eldorado" Group will be focusing on social media marketing with facebook and twitter, how do these tools differ from traditional ones and how you can, with a little investment of your time use them to your advantage. We will be covering the basics of facebook and twitter, including the concepts of online marketing in general, giving your business a solid presence on facebook and twitter, and the most strategic use of these tools in the online community. How to generat …

Purpose To provide a regular forum where we can share ideas, experiences and models for helping organisations become more social. And, in doing so, create new connections that lead to community. **Really important** This is not a social media marketing event. We will not be talking about Facebook, Twitter etc. This is about organisational culture, structure, and internal technologies and approaches. Participants We welcome people from a diverse range of backgrounds: academics, consultants, resea …

This group is for members to learn and share how to use Google's products for business. We will explore how you can effectively use Google+ to be more visible online, how it's going to affect search results and how you can make use of the many features for your business. We will also look at using Google's cloud computing products (Google Apps for Business) and how this helps you in your business without the cost and headache of traditional IT. You should join this group if you are a business th …

Social Gambling is Social Gaming's most exciting segment. From casino-themed games played for credits, to real-money gambling offered by giants like Zynga and Gamesys, this is a market that is both generating real profits, and controversy, This Meetup if anyone interested in making more money from Social Games, harnessing the power of social gaming in the iGaming Space, or making the most of the crossover between these exciting sectors.

This is a group that will hold events for start up entrepreneurs and anyone else interested in entrepreneurship and building businesses. The group is run by Mark Needham and Patrick Greaney with the strong support of our boss Quentin Bargate.  We all work as lawyers at Bargate Murray and specialise in advising tech companies on a range of commercial work, while also being involved with our own startups. Our events will mostly be focused on the legal issues that startups face, but we will also ar …

This is a meetup about business use of social data. Like me you may be wanting to use Social data (aka Social media data, big data, unstructured data) to drive your organisation ahead but have discovered it's not quite as easy as it looks. You may be asking questions like: What social data should I use and why? What can I learn from others who have used social data successfully in their business? What are the key trends in the use of social data? Where can I meet with social data publishers fac …

Doug Richard, Founder of School for Startups & School for Creative Startups, a successful serial entrepreneur and angel investor, has launched this meetup to provide support to people who want to start a business they can own and operate from home. Well known from his many appearances on the Dragons Den, and more recently for his leading entrepreneur development programs supported by government, national institutions and universities, Doug has recently decided to begin offering free and low cost …

A group for women working in the luxury sector (fashion, jewellery, wine, food, travel) to network, exchange tips, job advice, find mentors...

Traditional marketing is insufficient to address needs of today's customers. Science of marketing is now based on customer insights - understanding where the demand is and positioning and developing presence where opportunities exist. Well, it's time to do a remix of the traditional marketing mix. ReMix is just not about marketing but we talk all things about data, analytics, new technologies, product development, pricing, business models and new channels. We will inform, inspire, connect, sourc …

Hi, I'm Kate, founder of TableCrowd and this is The Startup Engine ! It's the place for everyone involved in London's booming Startup scene. Our regular dinners are a great place to meet people who can help your business succeed. You can test drive your pitch, spread the word about your product and receive invaluable feedback from others in the industry. We regularly invite 'special guests' to host dinners. Most recently we've given our members the chance to dine with the CEO of a global social …

We are the London branch of Women in Wireless (womeninwireless.org) - networking and personal development for current and upcoming female leaders in mobile & digital media. We hold regular events and attract superb inspirational speakers from corporates, startups and more. Something for anyone with an interest in connections in mobile and digital media!

Join us as a London Business VIP!!! This group is for anyone interested in planning, starting or growing their business. Whether you are a start up entrepreneur or you are growing your business, you are very welcome to join us and network! Members are budding and enthusiastic entrepreneurs alike who want to meet in the London Area to expand their ideas and network with other like-minded individuals, while having the opportunity to discuss key aspects of their own business and receive valuable in …

“This is a group for anyone interested in web design, UX, development, social media, Google optimsation, etc. All skills levels are more then welcome. We started this group to meet other web design enthusiasts. Looking forward to exploring the web with everybody.”

This is a friendly group welcoming business owners, managers and professionals who want to generate more business through the internet, whatever their current level of expertise. The purpose of the group is to share the latest knowledge and allow attendees to make useful connections, in a fun and informal atmosphere. The usual format of events will be as follows: One or two short talks on small business marketing topics (e.g. Facebook marketing, building a new website, generating traffic) Follo …

This is a group for community managers from all over London. It's a place for anyone who helps to manage a community -- whether you run a technical user group, a meet up for people with shared common interests, or just want to learn more about what it takes to be a community manager. We'll have talks, debates, discussions, pub meet ups and anything else that springs to mind.

This is a meetup that will hold events in London for new and seasoned entrepreneurs and anyone else interested in building communities and scaling a business successfully, particularly tech startups. The group is run by Jonathan Lea who mostly works as a freelance corporate and commercial lawyer and advises a number of startups while also building his own web platform for businesses. Quite a few of our meetups will deal with the legal issues that startups and entrepreneurs encounter, but we will …

There’s a stack of social media gurus out there telling you why you need to use social media in your business. What we’re offering is a little different. Using years of experience of producing web content and social media campaigns for small businesses and household names like AOL, Yahoo!, the BBC, ITV, Toshiba, Magic FM, Paul Smith and Pizza Hut, Sue Keogh and Christine Cawthorne use all their editorial expertise to show you how to write for social media. The Sweet Retweets social media worksh …

The aim of the group is to sit together General Managers, Assistant Mangers, Directors, Chefs and all those involved in providing any kind of service in the Hospitality industry. Main points: - Service vs time management (do you get busy to the point that you feel that your service is not as good as it could be?) - Online to offline (transforming your online users on twitter and facebook into real sales) - Cooking delicious food (make food a special thing that everyone comes for more) Any other …

Are you struggling to attract customers? Do you need more customers? Have you wasted your marketing resources on marketing experts and agencies without result? Is your business stagnated and you don’t seem to be moving forward? Are you neck deep in debt just a few months away from going under? Are you struggling to make payroll for yourself and your staff? Honestly, when was the last time you pay yourself? Do you have cashflow problems, creditors calling and you are frightened to even pick up yo …

Who should attend? Practitioners who use or need to use social technology in their roles and in their teams. These meetups are designed for large businesses who are looking to implement or maximise social in their organisations. If you are a small business there may be other more appropriate meetups for your needs. This is the home of the “Social Business Fundamentals” event series. The event will initially kick of in London and run roughly once a month. The events will focus on the challenges …

This is a group for businesses typically 1-99 employees, looking to work with the public sector or/and private sector companies delivering public sector contracts. The aim of the group is to network with like minded businesses, collaborate, learn of funding & training opportunities. The group welcomes all types of businesses, freelancers and entrepeneurs, to share news on the industry and support each other.

Everywhere we look, we find commentary on the major trends that are affecting the world of business. Globalisation, accessible technology, customer choice, employee values, age and gender balance and social media are just some of the issues that are shaping future society. At the same time, relationships with customers, employees and influential stakeholders are not only changing rapidly but they are becoming increasingly inter-connected. In this group we will share our thinking, specifically on …

Hello! Work in pr / marketing / design / advertising / digital etc? Whether agency or clientside, big brand or small start up, we’d love you to come to the first Pollen networking event, a night of mingling, drinking & sharing ideas. It's taking place at The Old Explorer pub (downstairs), a few minutes walk from Oxford Circus station, and entry's free so you've got nothing to lose! No guest speakers or presentations to sit through. Just a roomful of likeminded folk swapping stories and business …

This first meetup is a focus group discussion for a research study on how new media can help more women get Involved in politics. We hope it will lead to follow up meet ups.

The first meet-up conference will be held at London Business School on May 15th, 2013 at 5PM. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased through the conference website: http://www.lbssportsconference.com/ We have an amazing cast of speakers and look forward to hosting industry experts and sports enthusiasts in what will be an enlightening conversation around the global future of sport. The first panel, "Sport: A Global Business" - moderated by Professor Chris Voss, will investigate the continu …