Chicagoland Webmasters: Lakefront Area

Meet other local webmasters to exchange experiences in programming, administration, hosting, development, design, or just to meet to chat and learn. What makes a webmaster? Well, the first is 'wearing many hats' as we're more than just producers, designers and programmers; we're often jacks/jills-of-all-trades and this group. Want to learn more? Join!

Sharing experiences and ideas will be the key focus of this group. We'll host seminars and topics based on what YOU'd like to see.

Looking forward to seeing you at our next meetup!

Events coming up

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Past events

  • How do you charge for your work?

    19-20 Apr 2011 in Chicago, United States

    Join us for a round table discussion on this topic and discover different strategies and opinions on how to bid and charge for for your design and development work. If you're a newbie, come to learn and if you're a vet, please come and share what has worked and not worked for you in the past. It promises to be a lively discussion!

  • Taxes, Income, Financials and You

    Wed, 23 Feb 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Chicago, United States

    Have you done your taxes? Do you have Finance, Billing, Accounting, or Tax Questions?We will be having accounting/bookkeeping professionals discuss what it means to be a freelancer and how the new tax changes affect you.Be sure to register for this must-see event!Our Speakers for the evening:Yolanda C. O'Neal is the president of O’Neal Consulting, Inc., a firm specializing in accounting and consulting services.

  • Adwords and Analytics

    22-23 Jun 2010 in Chicago, United States

    Search Engine Marketing: What is it? What are some tools or features we should be aware of?We're looking for speakers and presenters for this topic to share their expertise.We'll analyze some client campaigns and review how to make sense of the data that Google provides.

  • Shopping Cart Review

    24-25 May 2010 in Chicago, United States

    Focus is on open source carts like Zen Cart, but we will explore other options like WebAssist and the differences between hosted carts (yahoo business, cafepress, amazon) and managed carts including paid versions with support and open source without support (OSCommerce, ZenCart, etc).This is a technical topic; we may touch on payment gateways and merchant processing as well.

  • Income & Revenue Streams

    20-21 Apr 2010 in Chicago, United States

    As developers and webmasters, what are some of the revenue streams that we can participate in?Affiliate Marketing, Adwords Management, Hosting and maintenance contracts will be reviewed and discussed.

  • Updated Topic! Advanced SEO Link Building

    23-24 Mar 2010 in Chicago, United States

    This has been updated to a JOINT meetup with the Online Marketing Meetup Group! Thanks to Rey Villar and Mert Sahinoglu for sharing the room and this topic with us.--------------------------Search engine optimization (SEO) is the key strategy for driving greater traffic (i.e. more potential customers) to your site.

  • Chicagoland Webmasters: Lakefront Area March Meetup

    16-17 Mar 2010 in Chicago, United States

    TOPIC: Google AnalyticsConnect the dots with this and AdSense as well as AdWords campaigns.Our Moderator:Patrick Elward of Chicago Web ManagementWe'll open up the room to discussions with the moderator and each other. This way, everyone can participate.Keywords: Webmaster, Dreamweaver, PHP, Databases. *Why can't I . . . . *How do you . . . . . *How do you . . . .We're at Holiday Club, located at 4000 N.

  • Chicagoland Webmasters: Lakefront Area February Meetup

    Wed, 17 Feb 2010, 00:30 - 02:30 in Chicago, United States

    TOPIC: Goals for 2010Here's your chance to stand up and announce your goals for 2010 and get/give feedback to colleagues.No Meetup in December.Our Moderator:Patrick Elward of Chicago Web ManagementWe'll open up the room to discussions with the moderator and each other. This way, everyone can participate.Keywords: Webmaster, Dreamweaver, PHP, Databases. *Why can't I . . . . *How do you . . . . . *How do you

  • Chicagoland Webmasters: Lakefront Area December Meetup

    Wed, 16 Dec 2009, 00:30 - 02:30 in Chicago, United States

    [b]TOPIC: An Event Apart Chicago[/b] "Two days of design, code, and content," took place in early October. Hosted by Eric Meyer and Jeffrey Zeldman, the two full days included presentations by Dan Cederholm, Andy Clarke, Jason Santa Maria, Luke Wroblewski and other luminaries, as well as Eric and Jeffrey themselves. What did they talk about? What were the new hot topics? Was it worth the price of admission?

  • Chicagoland Webmasters: Lakefront Area November Meetup

    Wed, 18 Nov 2009, 00:30 - 02:30 in Chicago, United States

    TOPIC: TBA This is not a newbie session, but is geared towards people with some experience with MySQL and databases. George Trujillo, a MySQL instructor from Sun Microsystems is in town next week and has agreed to be our presenter. George regularly teaches a "MySQL for Developers" course and we are very excited to have him! Our Moderator: Patrick Elward of Chicago Web Management We'll open up the room to discussions with the moderator and each other. This way, everyone can participate.

  • Chicagoland Webmasters: Lakefront Area September Meetup

    15-16 Sep 2009 in Chicago, United States

    TOPIC: MySQL. Security, Setup, Troubleshooting, Maintenance, Best Practices and More! This is not a newbie session, but is geared towards people with some experience with MySQL and databases. We're looking for presenters and we will provide a projector for your presentation. Our Moderator: Patrick Elward of Chicago Web Management. We'll open up the room to discussions with the moderator and each other. This way, everyone can participate. Video for the web will be covered again in October.

  • Chicagoland Webmasters: Lakefront Area August Meetup

    18-19 Aug 2009 in Chicago, United States

    TOPIC: Forms Development: What to do, what NOT to do. Security, Validation, Email and More Micheal Duerr and Thomas Raef will be presenting on forms (who/what/how/where and security issues)Our Moderator:Patrick Elward of Chicago Web Management.We'll open up the room to discussions with the moderator and each other. This way, everyone can participate.Advance MySQL topics will be covered in September.Keywords: Forms, PHP, ASP, CFM, database, emailing forms, contact forms, login and password forms.

  • Chicagoland Webmasters: Lakefront Area July Meetup

    21-22 Jul 2009 in Chicago, United States

    TOPIC: Problem Solving (client issues, getting paid issues, browser issues, css issues and more!)Bring your questions and be prepared to share tips and ideas.OUR Moderator:Patrick Elward of Chicago Web Management.We'll open up the room to discussions with the moderator and each other. This way, everyone can participate.Advance MySQL topics will be covered in September.Keywords: Browser issues, development compatibility, client resolution, project management.[list]Why can't I . .

  • Chicagoland Webmasters: Lakefront Area June Meetup

    23-24 Jun 2009 in Chicago, United States

    TOPIC: Problem Solving (client issues, getting paid issues, browser issues, css issues and more!) Bring your questions and be prepared to share tips and ideas. OUR Moderator: Patrick Elward of Chicago Web Management. We'll open up the room to discussions with the moderator and each other. This way, everyone can participate. Advance MySQL topics will be covered in September. Keywords: Browser issues, development compatibility, client resolution, project management. [list] [*]Why can't I .

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