It’s happened Utah Valley!

We have officially organized our very own chapter of The Social Media Club. After months of waiting and debating we found it only natural to begin meeting below the point of the mountain. Several tweets and retweets we tweeted and we quickly gathered at CoWork Utah in Orem. Our co-founders Jack Hadley and April Atwater led the brainstorm meeting. Our third co-founder, Tyler Hartle, was at his 2-year old’s birthday party that night so we missed having him there.

We had the pleasure of hearing from Kristie Wells via Skype. We feel so lucky to start this new chapter and appreciate her support. Many things were discussed from what each individual wanted out of the organization to the actual organizing of the club itself. Assignments were given, pizza and cupcakes were devoured and we had an overall great time. 

What we hope to gain and give from SMCUV: 

* Teach and Learn more about Social Media 

* Use Social Media as a marketing alternative or as a complete marketing campaign 

* Meet people in person that we communicate with everyday via social media 

* Plain old love of Social Media  

* Expand personal and professional networks 

* Mentorship – want to learn from others in the chapter 

* Become more involved in local business 

I guess you should know who was present, right. We’ll let you find them on twitter and get to know them yourself! 

@blakehadley 

@ajpassey 

@tmcconnon 

@robert_brady 

@rickgalan 

@naturaleyes 

@thepottedpansy 

@klmcconnon

@pincock 

@sweetlifeinthe 

@crazibeautifulw 

@jack_Hadley 

@coworkutah 

@Shirley_J 

Expect great things from this chapter. We feel that we have a strong group of social media friends here in the valley. Industry and experience range from professional bloggers, marketing gurus, food bloggers, ppc specialists to large and small business owners, web developers, cupcake lovers, graphic designers, personal trainers and more. We know that we’ll SMCUV will foster a great learning environment for everyone! 

Next SMCUV Meeting:  Thursday, June 11, 7:00pm, at CoWork Utah in Orem. Everyone is welcome!