The Location Based Marketing Association of SF is an international group dedicated to fostering research, education and collaborative innovation at the intersection of people, places and media. Our goal is simple; To educate, share best practices, establish guidelines for growth and to promote the services of member companies to brands and other content-related providers. Members of the LBMA include retailers, agencies, advertisers, media buyers, software and services providers, and wireless co …

iOS and Android Developers for iPhone Android iPad smart TV Apple TV Google TV. iOS and Android. We discuss mobile app and game development issues and strategies. The group shares among ourselves and brings in outside experts to help educate and advance our knowledge. Cross platform HTML5 and hybrid HTML5/Native solutions are encouraged We offer the opportunity for developers to share their projects and get feedback from group members and have live demonstrations of new apps that our members …

Let's build tomorrow's Smart Cities  and Networked Society together    A place for Mobile Web Apps developers, end-users, entrepreneurs, local industries and communities stakeholders involved in evaluating, developing and providing web and mobile web applications as well as anyone wishing to learn about the business opportunities and mobile lifestyle experiences the newly created Mozilla marketplace and other mobile web development environments (Participants in the W3C Mobile Web Platform Core C …

Mobility in Enterprises is a meetup for people to exchange ideas on how today's enterprises should embrace Mobility on the consumer and enterprise front to increase revenues, achieve higher productivity and create newer business models to transform business. The meetups would be speaker sessions, panel discussions and happy hours to mingle with like minded individuals.

Business people are using Social Media and Online Marketing to spread their message, to find new customers and keep in touch with current customers. Things are changing rapidly in Social Media, Online Marketing, and Mobile Marketing. Keeping up with the changes is a challenge. This new group is an opportunity to network, learn and share insights on how to keep up with all the changes.

The SVForum Marketing SIG meets monthly on the 2nd Monday to explore the latest marketing innovations and best practices to help executives and entrepreneurs plan and achieve success. Each meeting will offer practical tips and techniques to profitably anticipate, identify, and satisfy customers needs for emerging technologies. "Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two--and only these two--basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and inn …

Traditionally, businesses have leveraged print coupons, newspaper ads, and direct mail to advertise their products and services. Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. How effective are these advertising and marketing channels for small businesses today? We will explore modern, …

… Every event brings a speaker from the industry who presents new iPhone or iPad technology, latest innovation, monetization models, market trends, marketing opportunities, design tips, facts on mobile user behavior, and other topics related to iPhone and iPad apps. These events are open to developers as well as non-techies like designers, web/Flash developers, mobile project managers, VCs, research labs, journalists, etc. The iPhone Network Lounge is hosted and run by Marine Leroux, founder and C …

Join our group to learn more about how to create and use QR codes for your business, school or nonprofit. We'll meet regularly to discuss cutting-edge uses and best practices for QR codes, including sharing landing pages from QR codes we've scanned. We'll also review samples of marketing materials where QR codes are being used (print ads, mailers, posters, shopping walls, etc.), and will discuss how to measure the success of QR code deployments. Some sessions will be devoted to evaluating the di …

… ard of Advisors and what they should do for you Recruitment and retention of good employees Attracting funding, angel investors and venture capital Perfecting your pitch  Using trade shows and events to generate sales leads  Executing a social media marketing campaign Developing a mobile apps plan and strategy Using web video to promote your brand  Starting a social enterprise around social entrepreneurship Making money from web video Using viral marketing for promotion and advertising  

Augmented Reality (AR) five years ago was unheard of, Augmented Reality today is the one of the hottest technologies that will change the way we look and interact with the world. Hello, I am Lisa and I am the product marketing manager at metaio, one of the leading AR technology solutions providers globally. We want to start a group that fosters sharing of ideas and latest developments in AR. We will speak on behalf of our experience in AR, bring experts in from research labs, and have networ …

This mastermind group is open to B2B marketers and salespeople of all experience levels. Our goal is to have an open forum to: Get advice about marketing / sales challenges Share best practices Network Topics include: Salesforce CRM Microsoft Dynamics Sales strategy Cold calling & leaving voicemails Marketing strategy Business to business email Social media Mobile marketing Copywriting Infusionsoft CRM   We will meet most first Thursday's of the month.  There will always be f …

Our mission: To offer the International mobile technology and services sector an unbiased discussion dialogue on emerging technologies. Analyze their commercial, economical, social and political impact for an audience of senior business executives, researchers, financiers, policy makers and our loyal software developers. In keeping with SDForum’s history of innovation and leadership, we have decided to commit to I.P. protocol technology and the distribution of information associated. Enabling co …

The Gaming & Mobile Entrepreneurship get-together's started a few years ago at Stanford and meet every quarter in the Bay Area. The idea is simple: get together on a regular basis people who are interested in gaming, mobile and entrepreneurship. The event is open so feel free to pass around. The last events saw over 500 people from:  A Bit Lucky, Blizzard, Nexon, Google, ZipZapPlay, PopCap, PlayFish, Activision, Zynga, Apple, Unity, Neowiz, EA, Booyah, Trion, Sifteo, Raptr, Playdom, Playspan, …

Mobile Monday Silicon Valley is one of the largest mobile industry user groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1999, MoMo has been bringing together mobile enthusiasts for education and networking events. With the fantastic growth of the industry, a significant portion of more than 6,500 MoMo SV members have backgrounds in non-technical fields, such as business, marketing, finance and legal. But we want to make sure the actual mobile builders – yes the coders - can come together to collabor …

We welcome anyone interested in social gaming on mobile (Android & iOS). Whether you love to play the games or sit in your garage and write code to create these games, we'd love to have you join us! Majority of our events cater to developers and helping them socialize, monetize, and increase users for their games. Our topics will range from discussing gamification of games, current games and technology, and analyzing market trends. Its a great causal place to network and pick up some interesting …