[HN Gopher] Lessons from 5 years of running a tech meetup
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       Lessons from 5 years of running a tech meetup
        
       Author : matijash
       Score  : 37 points
       Date   : 2023-12-05 13:29 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | datadrivenangel wrote:
       | As someone who's now been running a data viz meetup for almost 5
       | years now, I can confirm that this article is full of good
       | advice. It boils down to:
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       | 1. Consistently put on actually good events!
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       | 2. Be consistent about marketing the events to make it easy for
       | people to find them!
        
         | abnercoimbre wrote:
         | Do you have recommendations for which places to market your
         | event? I run Handmade Meetups [0], which are gatherings for
         | low-level programmers usually at coffee shops.
         | 
         | We put on good events reliably at the same date and time.
         | However, aside from a mailing list and word of mouth we don't
         | know how to advertise better to widen reach.
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         | [0] https://handmadecities.com/meetups
        
           | datadrivenangel wrote:
           | The Meetup website is the major source.
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           | I also promote the events in local slack channels and on
           | linkedin and twitter. Over the years we've built a newsletter
           | and web presence and all that, but for discovery meetup is
           | still king, though eventbrite and other places are okay.
        
         | pininja wrote:
         | I'd attend your data viz meetup if by some chance I'm nearby.
         | Where can I learn more?
        
       | rambambram wrote:
       | Nice read! I organized some tech meetups in the past (2018) and
       | this is good advice. Makes me want to organize them again.
        
       | willsmith72 wrote:
       | > I'll also generally mention that there's a small group heading
       | to a local brewery or restaurant after the meetup if folks want
       | to stick around for that. I do this without knowing at all if
       | there is a small group.
       | 
       | This is a classic but a goodie
        
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