SMCLA Blog
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.
On Podcasts: An Evening with Ralph Garman, via Social Media Club Los Angeles
Podcasts are here to stay. That’s why you should join Social Media Club as we sit down with one of iTunes’ Top 20 podcasters, Ralph Garman, who, in addition to co-hosting “Hollywood Babble-On” for nine years with filmmaker Kevin Smith, is a year into his own daily show, “The Ralph Report.” We’ll talk honestly about the challenges of this growing industry and learn how Ralph has navigated his own journey to end up in the space.
On Podcasts: An Evening With Ralph Garman
Whether you’re a brand representative or thought leader, chances are, you’ve thought about podcasting - either producing one, being on one or advertising in one and why not? The New York Times recently cited that Podcasts are expected to generate $514M in...
Making Research and Data Relevant to your Brand: How to Measure Social Media ROI Wrap-Up
"Don't just crunch numbers -- tell a story." There were many insightful takeaways from last night's Social Media Club of Los Angeles event, "Making Research and Data Relevant to your Brand: How to Measure Social Media ROI,” but the lesson in telling a story through...
SMCLA 2019 Kick-off Mixer
We had our first get-together of 2019 on Tuesday, February 26. Clearly we needed a little bit of time to get ourselves together in the new year, but it was worth it!