{"id":16190,"date":"2023-05-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=16190"},"modified":"2023-05-30T09:23:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:23:13","slug":"recording-meetup-101-a-winning-event-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-meetup-101-a-winning-event-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording | Meetup 101: A Winning Event Playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Building a flourishing community on Meetup is a process, and we are here to assist you every step of the way. During this all-access demonstration recording with customer support professionals, you\u2019ll learn the basics of how to plan and host successful events. 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You can definitely search for online events, but we don&#8217;t have a way to search for groups that are only online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How can I promote my online event across the country?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Alex:<\/em> The answer is Meetup is not designed to do that easily. The reason why is that when Meetup was first created back in 2002, the focus was on creating real local communities. So when you create a Meetup group, you select a city and state that you are physically residing in and your new group announcement gets targeted to people within a certain radius. The members get to decide how far of a radius they want to receive announcements from.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If I&#8217;m a new organizer and have no members, should I create an event to attract new members?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>You don&#8217;t have to, but it is highly recommended. Publishing an event increases the likelihood that somebody is going to find your group when they search for it on Meetup. 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