SMCLA Blog

Feel Good Stories: What’s happening with nonprofits in 2020
Join Social Media Club LA to hear what our nonprofit panelists have been able to accomplish this year, what social tactics they used to succeed, and how the challenges of the pandemic allowed them to pivot and re-structure their marketing plans.

Lunch and Learn: Hands-On Resume Design Tutorial
Time for a new resume? Tired of worrying about formatting and fonts? Whether you’re an active job seeker or just looking to modernize your resume, this lunch & learn workshop is for you. SMCLA board member Mandy “Media Mandy” Hoskinson will teach you how to easily design a sleek new resume for yourself.

How the Entertainment Industry is Adapting to The Pandemic – Recap
If you missed our panel on how the entertainment industry if adapting to the pandemic, you’re in luck! – it’s now on our YouTube channel.

Managing a Social Media Crisis in Real Time – Watch the Webinar
Our panelists work in higher education and tourism, and in both cases, they had heard rumors early on, which allowed them the time to prepare a plan. It’s important that brands work with their social media team in times of crisis – they know their audience best, and can anticipate how they will react.

SMCLA 2020 Kick-off Mixer
Thanks everyone for coming out to our Meet the Board happy hour at The Garage on Tuesday, February 18. It’s always fun to meet new people and have fun with fellow board members. Sometimes people have the most interesting jobs, making us think, “Oh! You’d be great on a...

Social Media Club Happy Hour – Meet the Board of Directors
Happy hour! Meet the new SMCLA Board of Directors on Tuesday, February 18. We’ve got a great board this year, with people experienced in content creation, ads, strategy, video, photography, social graphics, and PR.

Social Media Club LA 2020 Board of Directors Nominations
As the year winds down, our Board of Directors begins planning for 2019. Our Board of Directors is 100% volunteer-based and dedicated to producing great panels, networking events, workshops, and happy hours for our SMCLA members and the greater Los Angeles social media community.

Social Video – The Next Frontier: Optimizing Legacy and Emerging Video Platforms – Recap
Photos by Paiwei Wei (Tw: @Paiwei IG: IG @PaiweiWei The data is unmistakable: Video marketing is up 63%, 6 out of 10 people would rather watch online videos than television and social video generates 1200% more shares than text and image content combined! So how much...

Call for Submissions! Best of Social Media LA
We are now accepting submissions through November 22.

Making It Legal Event Recap
How well do you know Social Media Internet Law? It’s changing all the time, so you probably don’t know as much as you should. At our Social Media and Internet law panel on September 24, we learned some Do’s and Don’ts from two legal experts.

B2B Marketing Expo partners with Social Media Club LA to promote B2B Best Practices
Join Thousands of Like-Minded Marketers October 2-3 In Downtown Los Angeles. Free Admission! August 2019 - SMCLA is pleased to announce a partnership between The B2B Marketing Expo California and Social Media Club LA for 2019! It is our hope that the partnership will...

Boosting Your Social Media Strategy with Stories and Live Video Event Recap
The much-acclaimed Game of Thrones show finale recently featured Tyrion Lannister saying, “There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story.” This buzzed-about scene and ending to the show were the perfect introduction to Social Media Club LA’s most recent panel, “Boosting Your Social Media Strategy with Stories and Live Video”.

June 13 – Social Media Night at Dodger Stadium
The Social Media Club LA invites you to the ultimate LA selfie location, a Dodger game! What’s better than a Dodger dog on a balmy early summer night as we get social together and watch our local favorite, the red-hot LA Dodgers play the equally hot Chicago Cubs! This is probably the best price you’ll get for a ticket to see the FIRST PLACE Dodgers all year! But wait, there’s more….

On Podcasts: An Evening with Ralph Garman: Recap
Our event “On Podcasts: An Evening with Ralph Garman” (and moderator Allyson Marino) was a blast! Ralph shared how he got into podcasting, plus technical and content tips for success in the medium. If you weren’t able to be there at our sold-out event, here’s the recap…

Digital Summit Los Angeles 2019
We were back at the Skirball Cultural Center on April 10th and 11th as a proud partner (4th year!) at the Digital Summit Los Angeles conference. This is a fun conference, because it gathers so many people in both digital and social media, so we see a lot of old friends and meet new ones as well.