For years now, meetup.com has been providing the connection tools necessary for web developers, marketers, and all sorts of other individuals to start non profit groups to promote and educate about the web and all its wonders. We have currently been apart of a meetup group in Rexburg Idaho for about a year now. Not only have we leaned a bunch of juicy and helpful information regarding marketing and affiliates, but we have also made very valuable business connections and even a few sales!

The way meetup.com works is you set up an account and it will ask the demographics of your location, it will connect you with others in your area that have meetup accounts. You can start a meetup group and invite people to it. You can also send out emails to your entire list from meetup.com, informing people when where and what the next meetup is going to cover. The best part is that it costs nothing to get started, all you need to do is find a place to host the meetups. They also do an annual social media day every year that promotes social media. Meetup will provide some great info. on social networking that you can teach at the meetup.

Overall it is a great tool that everyone should take advantage of. If you come from an area like us, where web developers and marketers are very rare then its the ONLY way to get connected. Get signed up and find a meetup near you!