We had a fantastic first meeting to get this whole thing going. But I learned one thing, meeting at the library is not as “free” as it seems to have a meeting. You have to have a Health Department permit to serve food, and that’s $30-40. Not sure what would have happened if I had brought beer.

With that noted, we had a great group of about 10 to bounce ideas around and get the next get together planned. We had a great time talking about how we got into search engine marketing and what we want this group to be.

Something was brought up that I think is worth sharing here. There are tons of groups in Austin that relate to what we do, but still don’t focus on what we do for a living. And I wanted to give those groups some props for being a great resource as well. If you know of others that should be on this list, please let me know.

• Austin SEO Meetup
• Refresh Austin
• Austin Interactive Marketing
• Austin Internet Entrepreneurs
• Web Analytics Wednesdays
• Austin Technology Council
• HerDomain
• Austin Drupal Users Group
• Austin Joomla Users Group
• Austin Bloggers

Look for an announcement on the next get together (not really a meeting, more socializing). For now here’s the date:

Date: October 2, 2008
Place: TBA (Third Base, Belmont, Draught House, Shiner Saloon, etc)
Time: 6-7ish? (TBD)