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SDBloggers Downtown Social

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:29:40 +0000

SDBloggers, prepare yourself for a night of fun. We are gathering at the The Currant (downtown), to celebrate, network, and to meet new people.

The evening is sponsored by morefocus and the Sofia Hotel. As a result, we will have happy hour prices from 7:30-9:30pm, free appetizers, and a toast provided by the sponsors.

Side note: I know. Some of you hate the downtown meetups. I will just say this: once in a while it’s worth it to fight the parking, get dressed up, and deal with the overall madness– this would be one of those times. =-D
Get out, be social, come have fun!

RSVP HERE. See you there!

p.s. This event is limited to 40 due to the size of the Currant, and there will be no more last minute additions. Please don’t RSVP unless you know you can make it.

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1 Year Later, And We Have A Community

Matt Browne — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:17:07 +0000

I started the SD Bloggers meetup to create a place where local bloggers could interact and network with like minded individuals. Never did I image such a large group of passionate new media folks would call the group their own. I am very thankful for the support the San Diego tech community has shown our bloggers, and it is a testimony to our support for each other. So, thank you!

Another special thanks goes out to TechZulu and DiscoverSD for covering the event. I’ve also found a few links to some pictures from the meetup, but please post a link in the comments section if you know of any other galleries.

Richie Edquid – Facebook Gallery

DiscoverSD – Photo Gallery – (site is having database issues)

As I’ve stated before the event, the first 25 bloggers to write a post about the meetup, will receive a complimentary SD Bloggers T-Shirt. Just email me the link to your post, your T-shirt size, and mailing address, and I will take care of it. (There are both Mens and Womens sizes available.)

Last, but certainly not least, a very special thanks goes out to Modus for opening their doors for the SD Bloggers. Their staff did a great job serving all the thirsty bloggers and their venue was the perfect size. Because the event was so successful for Modus, they’ve graciously offered to send any blogger that attended the event (and ordered food) an opportunity to write a review and receive a $25 gift certificate towards a future dinner at Modus. Just send the owner Scotty an email with a copy of your blog post, mailing address, and he will send you a gift certificate in response.

Thanks again to everyone who came out and supported our group. The next event will be in North County on 11/18 at 7:30pm. Please check SDBloggers.com for details and to RSVP.

On a final note, the new SDBloggers website will likely be finished before the next meeting. We ran into a snag right before our big event and didn’t want to release something that was incomplete. I am sure you can respect that.

I hope to see you all at the next blogger meetup and if you are interested in hosting or sponsoring an event of your own, please ping me about it.

Cheers!

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OC TweetUp – Twitter Meetup in Orange County

Matt Browne — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:45:06 +0000

At the same time most of my San Diego colleagues were schmoozin’ and boozin’, Angela and I were in Orange County for the inaugural OC Tweet Up.

The first OC TweetUp was hosted by @rockstarpr, aka Jonathan Good of Greenwala. 12 of us gathered to talk face to face about ‘What are you doing?’ I had a really good time at the event and met some savvy business and marketing individuals.

The tweetup was very reminiscent of where the social media events were in San Diego one year ago today. I remember when the social community hadn’t quite aligned in SD. It is great to see Orange County breaking out of its shell.

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SDBloggers Connect on FriendFeed

Matt Browne — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:35:22 +0000

I am excited to share that I have created a place for SDBloggers to share their content and connect on FriendFeed.

The SDBloggers room on FriendFeed contains all the blog posts from members of our local meetup. Not only does it serve as a master feed of all local blogs, but FriendFeed makes it easy for the popular posts to rise to the top. If you ‘like’ a post, or comment on a post, you’ll notice it moves back up to the top of the list. This is an excellent way for all of us to ensure our best content gets read.

To include your blog in this room, all you need to do is attend one of the upcoming SDBloggers meetups. Networking with local bloggers is one of the most powerful marketing activities you can do for your blog. We are leveraging our collective content to create a place where we will all gain more readers and exposure.

If you like to sign up for weekly email updates from SDBloggers, join our mailing list by submitting your info below.

Our next meeting is August 26th at Hennessey’s Pub (in the Gaslamp) at 7:30pm- we hope to see you there!

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San Diego Bloggers MeetUp Recap

Matt Browne — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:36:02 +0000

About 25-30 citizen journalists, aka bloggers, gathered at Hennessey’s Pub to discuss some posts over some pints. @downtownrob helped tremendously by guest organizing the event; thank you Rob.

The group had a chance to introduce their blogs, mingle, and network. I am really excited about seeing the connections that bloggers are making at the group. To sign up for the weekly newsletter from bloggers around San Diego and you can do so here:

If you haven’t made it to a blogger meetup yet, I invite you to attend our next meeting, August 26th.

Shameless plug: The group is looking for food and beverage sponsors, if you know anyone, please send them my way.

And remember, please tags your photos, tweets, and blog posts with “SDBloggers”.

See you next month!

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Bloggers MeetUp Alliance

Matt Browne — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:15:27 +0000

I have hosted SDBloggers MeetUp for almost 1 year now. We have over 100 members and an average of 25-35 people in attendance at each monthly meeting.

We generally socialize, network, and talk about the latest conversations on our blogs. Matching a face with a blogger, is one of the best take-aways from the event.

I have experienced the power of connecting bloggers on a local level and I think there is a huge opportunity to unite local blogger groups everywhere.

MeetUp Alliance is a new site (currently in beta), designed to connect like minded groups. My goal is to connect all of the regional Blogger groups into one global Blogger Alliance.

I need help reaching out to Blog group organizers everywhere. If you know anyone, or you’d like to start a blogger group in your city, please contact me.

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SDBloggers MeetUp June 24th @ 7:30pm

Matt Browne — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:01:45 +0000

@searchguru is hosting the next SDBloggers meetup at Gordon Biersch in Mission Valley. I hope to see you there.

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SDBloggers on Comments vs Forums

Matt Browne — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:45:47 +0000

The SDBloggers met last night to discuss their blogging experiences. We had all types of bloggers represented from larger corporate blogs like MindTouch and Hitachi to personal bloggers such as Jenn Van Grove and Chris Rodgers.

San Diego Bloggers meet once a month to network, share experiences, hopefully learn something, challenge each other, support our articles and initiatives, discuss local events, and above all else have fun.

Is your company interested in sponsoring a future event, please visit: http://sdbloggers.1landing.com/ and let your interest be known.

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San Diego Bloggers Meeting Recap

Matt Browne — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:38:56 +0000

We had a spirited discussion at the recent San Diego Bloggers Meet Up. Some of the items we discussed were Podiobooks, Kindle, Nouri.sh, and What is RSS. Each blogger had an opportunity to introduce their blog and speak about their experience. Some of the local bloggers include:

We look forward to meeting local San Diego bloggers at our next MeetUp, on January 29th, 2008.

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San Diego Bloggers Local MeetUp

Matt Browne — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:20:40 +0000

Meet your fellow San Diego Bloggers at the Local Blog MeetUp. The event will be held at Cafe Bassam in Bankers Hill at 7pm on November 27th. The meeting is held monthly, on the last Tuesday of every month.

Each member will have time to introduce their blog and discuss their experience.

Common questions/topics explored:
* How many comments do you average?
* What blogging platform do you prefer and why?
* What is the best way to get images and photos on your blog?
* Have you had any experience with Podcasting or Videoblogging?
* What tools do you use to promote your blog?

This is an opportunity for everyone to benefit from the unique experience of others. If you have any interest, Join the MeetUp group even if you can’t make this particular meeting.

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