The best online marketers in Austin got together and decided they should educate more people about how to effectively market their product, services and ideas. They realized they were free on the 5th Wednesday of the month...are you? Video:  5th Wednesday Marketing Meetup from Mosaic Media Films on Vimeo.

Interesting topics presented by members on topics involving Ruby or Rails. We meet in Central Austin as an alternative to having to far North or South, or deal with parking and traffic downtown.

Meet with other web site system administrators, developers, designers and business people who're interested in making their sites fast for a better user experience, lower abandonment rates and to make more money.

Let's get together and share what we know.

Social Media and Web Innovators come together with Social Change Makers and Nonprofits to mix, swap stories and ideas, and build new relationships.

Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a supportive environment. Our courses …

We started this Meetup to bring together the best devs, designers and entrepreneurs in the local social, casual and MMORPG games space. Come meet some friends, hear a couple of great industry speakers talk about what's cool in games. We're especially interested in Casual Game Association Minna Mingles members and IGDA members who may have not gotten together in a long time. Hopefully we can be a resource. Please join our Meetup and pass the URL to other friends of yours in the local gaming …

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The purpose of Austin CTO is to establish a tight knit group of tech leaders who are executing on the strategy of their companies, contributing to the growth of their peers and affecting change in the city of Austin through technology. Achieving these goals will be a fruit of increased accountability, commitment and transparency towards each other at a level that might be at odds with the more casual groups out there.

Nic Tolstoshev and I decided to start this meetup group because there needs to be a central hub for online community managers to meet. This meetup group will allow community managers to network, share best practices, and innovate through interesting conversations. You should join this group if you are working in the online community management field, have a passion for online community management, or simply want to learn from the experts.

Ultra Light Startups Ultra Light Startups brings together the world's most innovative technology entrepreneurs, in monthly events and accompanying online communities. Events feature pitching, networking and interactive, moderated panel discussions with leading industry experts. Topics cover: Design, Technology, Marketing and Finance And be sure to checkout our website and join our social media groups: Website - http://ultralightstartups.com/ Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ultralight …

The Austin Coworking Meetup Group is a focalizing point, creating opportunities to discuss ideas about coworking. Put faces to the Tweets. Find out about coworking trends around the world and local initiatives. We want to shine the light on local efforts and help people organize Jellies and find and create spaces that meet their needs. This group was created by Julie Gomoll of LaunchPad Coworking. So far, it's mainly hosted gatherings at SXSWi. I think it can do much more - what it does is up …

We are interested in facilitating and meeting with people to discuss the trans-media/convergence "mashup" marketplace which we define as the global $500 billion+ global marketplace for entertainment-focused products, services & offerings in a number of areas: social everything, gaming & immersive worlds, mobility & communications, digital advertising & interactive, net video/tv, digital film, digital music and animation & cgi. This includes "mashups" involving content/context, applications, serv …

Austin PHP Meetup is a friendly group of people interested in developing with PHP in the Austin, Texas area. Whatever your skill level, we invite you to join us, share your experience, and learn how to use PHP more effectively!

This is an Austin-based group devoted to making web development with Python freaking fun. Come join us to learn all the new hotness about your favorite Python-based web frameworks, meet fellow developers, and get some free beer and pizza. Contribute and vote for ideas for upcoming meetings on Google Moderator Follow us on twitter: @awpug

The Holistic Chamber of Commerce is a national organization dedicated to promoting professionalism and adherence to standards of ethics and quality in the field of alternative medicine, as well as providing practical resources to support its members in growing their businesses. There is an online application process that makes joining the national organization fairly seamless (click the hotlink in this paragraph and then "Join Now"). Austin chapter membership comes through paying national dues t …

This is the official MeetUp group for the Austin chapter of the American Marketing Association. You do NOT need to be an AMA member to join this MeetUp group! We welcome anyone with an interest in marketing located in Central Texas. The Austin AMA represents the very best in marketing talent. With more than 275 professional members, plus more than 100 student marketers from three area universities, Austin AMA is one of the premier professional associations in Central Texas. Our Vision: The Austi …

A group hosted by the Online News Association for local professionals interested in the changing landscape of digital media and new technology. Gather with writers, editors, photographers, producers, technologists, developers, designers and more with an interest in the production of news for digital presentation. For more information on ONA, check out http://www.journalists.org NOTE: We must have your first and last name in order for you to attend ONAC meetups. Please make sure these are in your …

SolaTech – founded on South Lamar – is a MeetUp for tech-savvy individuals looking to connect with like-minded professionals with a passion for new technologies, a drive to create and produce, and an interest in sharing their experience and vision. Come enjoy a delicious breakfast (on us) at Kirby Lane on South Lamar at 7:15 AM every third Thursday of the month. Sign up quickly; space is limited! We welcome new members, encourage you to engage & contribute to the content and meeting agenda. If …

SoCo, SoFi, SoLa - SoMuch to offer! It's time to join forces to support our unique, eclectic mix of businesses and neighborhoods! Got an event or promotion coming up? Want to hold an open house? How about an open house for your business? Whether you are a new business in the Austin SoCo, SoFi or SoLa areas or an established Austin hotspot, if you have ideas, promotions, specials or events in the works, we want to know about it! Let's get together to help South Austin thrive by promoting each oth …

You + New Media = Success Welcome to a new dawn of connectivity. I created You Media Lab as a way of educating entrepreneurs (as well as nonprofits, politicians, professionals, inventors, small business owners, actors, artists and direct sales associates) how to use new media to connect to their target market.  I'm not a marketer.  I am an entrepreneur who uses these tools and loves teaching what I learn. Most business savvy people I meet struggle to understand the complexities, no matter how s …

Imagine if there was a place, where at one table an entrepreneur meets her next $100,000 investor. A designer meets a new client, a web developer with a great internet startup. A Ruby engineer meets a charismatic founder that excites him with her vision, so much so that he can picture leaving his day job for the exhilarating experience of working tirelessly for technology stock options that could be worth millions one day... We're building this community. --- Part of the Tech Happy Hour Allianc …

This group was created to connect entrepreneurs, designers, developers, investors, marketers, and other professionals with one another, in a strategic and efficient way. Have one-on-one interactions with 30-people in two hours and decide which members could be beneficial in helping you grow your ideas and bringing them to market. If you wish to participate in one of our tech demo days, or be a speaker at an upcoming event, please contact me through meetup.

This is an informal group of female developers in Austin, representing a wide variety of languages, backgrounds, and niches. We meet once a month or so to share information, do some coding, and hang out and talk. Bringing your laptop, your vexing technical problems, and your expertise is highly encouraged! We've had some members volunteer to give short presentations on various technologies, and we've also been lucky enough to have awesome sponsors who've provided beer, wine, and snacks. This is …

From local marketing to WordPress basics, we are going to schedule a series of events aimed at teaching you how to succeed at moving your business in to the online world.