The Santa Barbara chapter of National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO–SB) is a dynamic organization for women who own all or part of their businesses. NAWBO–SB is dedicated to helping members interact with other women business owners to create economic strength, to grow their businesses, to create strategic alliances and to transform public policy. If you own any part of your business, you should join our chapter. Come to a meeting and see for yourself.

From referrals to networking The Collective is Santa Barbara/Los Angeles based with a focus on the sharing of talents and some resources by its members. If you would like to be a part of an open-minded group of thinkers bent on business success but tempered with empathy this may be the group for you. We welcome the sharing of all aspects of the entrepreneurial experience including but not limited to: Writing - Graphic Arts - Medical - Non Profits - Wellness - Accounting - Real-estate - Mus …

… California Tea is a growing community of Tea Meetup group organizers, educators/specialists, writers/bloggers, organizations and businesses. The group is primarily for California-based individuals and institutions and the tea growers, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, publishers and other institutions that support their enterprises. Face-to-face meetings for California Tea will alternate between Northern and Southern California. Many members will  belong to a regional or city-level tea …

Santa Barbara Marketing Connect is a weekly meetup for focusing on on-line marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) for area businesses. The format is an un-prepared, non-structured sharing of ideas, resource references and challenges that members have 'run into' in the past week with goal of tapping into any serendipitous solutions at arise.   The group provides 2 downloadable resources each week: *This Week In Social Media: (Click Here to download the Powerpoint) I'll provide a powerpoin …

This free meetup group is primarily aimed at small business owners located in Santa Barbara wishing to learn more about "How To Market Your Business On The Web". We will analyze your web site live in front of the group, and give you free advice, suggestions as to how you can maximize your potential for high rankings on Google. The schedule of the meeting is as follows: Introduction Popular Web Marketing & SEO Techniques Incredible Free Web Marketing Tools Free Live Web Site Analysis …

Santa Barbara Mobile Meetup is a group for anyone interested in learning and discussing the growing mobile market, trends, and opportunities within the space. We promote the discussion of local business mobile initiatives, ongoing challenges in technology and marketing, cutting edge mobile marketing campaigns, industry trends, and the latest in the mobile ecosystem. We explore the many opportunities available for improving local business and share ideas on monetizing mobile. We discuss mobile …