Re: [UG-ADMINS] Introduction - PHP Hants - UK

Hi Rafael,

Just wanted to give a bit of feedback on your advice really - it's working
pretty well actually! We're 3/4 registered for our meetup in March - only
small to start with but everyone's gotta start somewhere, right?

I think Twitter has been invaluable really in helping spread the word,
especially in getting hold of the local university lecturers to help spread
the word of our PUG :)

So yeah - thanks for that tip, it seems to be working well so far.

Thanks
James


On 21 December 2012 12:10, James Titcumb <[email protected]> wrote:

> Rafael,
>
> Well I've taken the plunge, we now have @phphants on Twitter,
> www.phphants.co.uk website and
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/phphants Google Group :)
>
> Now to start organising the next meetup... although I might just leave
> starting that until after Xmas :)
>
> Happy holidays to all and your families!
>
> Thanks
> James
>
>
> On 21 December 2012 10:55, Rafael Dohms <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> James,
>>
>> As a group communication tool it is great, everyone has time and
>> disposition to retweet so you can easily spread new about the meetup
>> around. We use AmsterdamPHP twitter mainly for group communication not
>> news/RSS stuff. Its a good wy to broadcast to a large audience and then
>> point people in the direction of the group.
>>
>> At least that is the way it has worked for us.
>>
>> *Rafael Machado Dohms*
>> *Developer, Evangelist, Gamer
>> *
>> *http://doh.ms*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:47 AM, James Titcumb <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rafael,
>>>
>>> Our website is www.phphants.co.uk - no Twitter yet, I've been trying to
>>> decide whether to get one just for the UG - I don't know what we'd tweet
>>> yet apart from when the meetups are - there's already so many good PHP news
>>> RSS/Twitters, I don't know if yet another one is needed really...
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19 December 2012 10:45, Rafael Dohms <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Welcome onboard James!
>>>>
>>>> Give me a link/twitter and i'll be glad to spread the word within my
>>>> network and AmsterdamPHP.
>>>>
>>>> BTW a twitter account is a nice place to get word going around. Its
>>>> very easy for anyone to help you get visibility if you are tweeting.
>>>>
>>>> *Rafael Machado Dohms*
>>>> *Developer, Evangelist, Gamer
>>>> *
>>>> *http://doh.ms*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:33 AM, James Titcumb <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Anthony, Adam and Lorna,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the warm welcome!
>>>>>
>>>>> I had a quick look at registering on Meetup, but it didn't validate my
>>>>> postcode (I gave it a real one!) so I gave up...
>>>>>
>>>>> A little history on us - we actually started the group in March 2011
>>>>> but we
>>>>> didn't really shout about it and it ended up just being three of us
>>>>> meeting
>>>>> each month until it all but went quiet. It wasn't until a chap saw I
>>>>> had
>>>>> previously registered the domain and his ideas about forming a local
>>>>> PHP UG
>>>>> matched mine that we're now making a proper go of it this time!
>>>>>
>>>>> We have a website on the go now, a Google Group and we've had our first
>>>>> meetup last Saturday. We had four people turn up - it would've been 5
>>>>> apart
>>>>> from the chap I mentioned before had to pull out at the last minute
>>>>> sadly.
>>>>>
>>>>> The things we've identified we need to get going is getting our
>>>>> numbers up,
>>>>> forming a good structure for the meetups (such as a proper venue, a
>>>>> presentation or two) and looking at Sponsorship.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's still early stages yet, but it's exciting!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> James
>>>>>
>>>>> On 19 December 2012 06:37, Lorna Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Hi James, and welcome!  I'm delighted to hear about your new group
>>>>> and I
>>>>> > wish you all the best with it.  I don't think any of the UK user
>>>>> groups
>>>>> > have meetup accounts, so I'm going to disagree with Adam - the
>>>>> results of
>>>>> > using Meetup seem to be remarkable in the US, but not so much here.
>>>>>  We
>>>>> > usually go for twitter, a mailing list and <whatever upcoming is
>>>>> called
>>>>> > this week>.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I'd also like to re-iterate what Anthony said - if we can help or
>>>>> advise
>>>>> > in any way, then just shout!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards and good luck :)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Lorna
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  On 18 December 2012 23:25, Adam Culp <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >>  I know it costs a bit of money, but you may get better results from
>>>>> >> starting a meetup.com group.  There are ways to get the money back
>>>>> >> later, once you grow the group.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Regards,
>>>>> >> Adam Culp
>>>>> >> 561-870-6361
>>>>> >> Twitter: @adamculp
>>>>> >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/**adamculp<
>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamculp>
>>>>>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On 12/18/2012 06:05 PM, James Titcumb wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> Hi there,
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Please allow me to introduce myself - I am James Titcumb, we are
>>>>> having a
>>>>> >>> second attempt at starting PHP Hants, a user group in Portsmouth,
>>>>> >>> Hampshire, UK.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> We are currently just trying to spread the word at the moment and
>>>>> get a
>>>>> >>> bit
>>>>> >>> more of a community going. We have 3 people (including me) who are
>>>>> >>> "co-ordinating" as such and several others on our Google Group at
>>>>> the
>>>>> >>> moment.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Many thanks
>>>>> >>> James
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> --
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>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
>>>>> > Lorna Mitchell
>>>>> > http://lornajane.net
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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