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About 18 months ago, I launched https://techeventsnetwork.com/cities https://techeventsnetwork.com/cities It aggregates tech events (mostly meetups, conference
by caseysoftware 10y ago
About 18 months ago, I launched https://techeventsnetwork.com/cities https://techeventsnetwork.com/cities
It aggregates tech events (mostly meetups, conferences, workshops, etc) across ~50 US cities and tweets them out and broadcasts a weekly mailing list. Hashtags, time of day of messages, including/filtering submissions, etc are driven by some simple machine learning. It's grown from basically nothing to ~13M+ impressions last year and is on track to generate ~30M this year.
The business model is affiliate links to the conferences and workshops. It turns out when you find 5-10k tech people in a given geography who are trying to improve their skills and network, event organizers come to you.
I do not include jobs, job fairs, etc though I know that would make more.
- caseysoftware 10y agoAlso, I don't clear things with Meetup organizers before including their events. The system finds, classifies, and includes them itself anyway. But I have gotten exactly one complaint from an organizer who ended up with 2x the expected attendees. Many other organizers have written thank you notes and spread the word.
- manuelschipper 10y agoAwesome project. How does the system find and classifies the event?
- make3 10y agomake one for montreal :O
- caseysoftware 10y agoIf I gave you my English message templates could you translate? Drop me an email if you're willing.
- greglindahl 10y agoInteresting that you steer clear of the Bay Area, NYC, and Boston. Do you think being more aggressive would substantially grow the business? (At a potential cost of taking more time than you have available.)
- caseysoftware 10y agoI have pages and accounts for all of them and they've been running for a year+. I just haven't launched them all yet. $dayjob tends to keep me busy. :)
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