Increase your Club Presence with Meetup
Email Coordinator - Matthew Ogbulafor ACS, ALB
Every club has the opportunity to have a presence on Meet Up! All VPPR's are encouraged to participate by developing and managing a page for their club. Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 9,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.
For those clubs that already have their own account, this will be additional exposure.
Learn how to set up your club click here .
Check Your Web Presence
Is it easy to find your club? Is your club’s next meeting advertised well? Did you check what Internet search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, and others return if you type your club’s name, or simply Toastmasters in <Your City>?
Is your club listed on the Toastmasters International website?
Many people use this page to locate a nearest club. Will they find yours?
http://reports.toastmasters.org/findaclub
http://www.facebook.com/toastmasters86
Do you offer your club members a Facebook group?
https://www.facebook.com/browsegroups/
How many members of your club are on Linkedin?
Does your club have a page on Linkedin?
http://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/company-pages
Does your club have a web site and its own domain name?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name
Is your club presented on Google Maps?
You can list it there for free as an educational organization:
http://www.google.ca/maps
Do you have a Free Toast Host account for your club?
http://www.toastmastersclubs.org/
Do you have an Easy-speak account for your club?
http://easy-speak.org/
If you have a small budget to advertise your club, or all clubs in your area or division, consider Meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/
Many people looking for local events through Eventbright:
http://www.eventbrite.ca/
Is your club listed on Yellowpages?
http://www.yellowpages.ca/
Do you promote your club through Pinterest?
http://www.pinterest.com/
Craigslist has a page for local events.
You can put your club meetings there for free:
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/search/eve/
Kijiji has a page for local events too, and it’s also free:
http://www.kijiji.ca/
