I’ll be writing a new bi-weekly Business column covering Social Media for the Home News Tribune, Courier News, and www.mycentraljersey.com/business starting Jan. 13. I’m planning a Q&A segment each week and would like to ask for your input.

The first topic is: Social Media Networking Events (tweetups, face-to-face networking, etc).

• What questions do you have about Social Media Networking Events?
• Do you have advice for first-time attendees or coordinators?

Please leave a comment below with your questions or tips and advice.

Looking forward to hearing your comments!

Thanks,
Eva Abreu
NJ Social Media

Photo credit: Intersection Consulting

(NYC Tweetup was held on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009 at Atrium Lounge, 8th Floor, Marriott Marquis Times Square)

I really enjoy organizing Tweetups. For those of you who don’t know what a Tweetup is, it’s a live, in-person networking meeting of folks who know each other online from Twitter (or Facebook or other Social Networking site).  Twitter + meetup= Tweetup. Some amazing things take place when you have the chance to meet people face-to-face.

I had the opportunity to coordinate a second Tweetup with David Mathison, Author of Be The Media, this past Saturday, Sept. 19, right after the Writer’s Digest Conference in Manhattan (the first Tweetup we coordinated together was the NYC Social Media Cruise on August 27th). It’s been a real privilege to work together with David to put together these events and to be able to meet people that I never would have had the chance to otherwise.

Below is a quick slideshow that I put together of some photos from the 9/19 Tweetup. Special thanks to Sandra Lee Schubert for her photos.

I’ll be writing more in a future post about the people that I met and connections made.

In the meantime, I would recommend finding some time on a regular basis to connect and collaborate offline, whether by phone, email, IM, Skype, or in-person with some new online contacts. You’ll never know what opportunities may come of it!

Contact me online or offline to talk more about this topic; I’d love to hear from you!

Regards,
Eva

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