If you’ve been involved with SEO or online marketing for any length of time, chances are you’ve escaped the confines of your office and ventured out into the real world to meet like minded marketers. Perhaps you’re a conference regular attending events like Pubcon, SES, or SMX. If you’re like me and tens of thousands of other online marketers, you’ve also checked out your local meetup scene.

Meetups are gatherings of people who all share a common profession or interest. There are meetups covering almost every aspect of online marketing including SEO, SEM, Affiliate Marketing, Publishing, and Programming.

Most online marketing meetups are organized by local marketing organizations or specific individuals or companies looking to increase exposure for their own services. While motives may vary, most meetup organizers provide a valuable service for their local marketing community by offering insightful presentations, information sharing, and networking.

Some of the great things I’ve experienced attending meetups include client acquisition, client education, finding new hires, conversing with other marketing professionals, and learning really interesting information from some great speakers (shout out @btabke).

If you need to step up your game or just want the opportunity to share ideas and participate in your local marketing community, you need to check out your local meetups.

To help you down this path, I’ve compiled a list of 2-3 meetups for the 31 NFL cities. If you feel there’s a great meetup I missed, please mention it in the comments along with the name of your city.

ATLANTA, GA
Atlanta SEO
Atlanta Bloggers
Atlanta Web Design Group

BALTIMORE, MD
The Maryland Internet Marketing Group
The Baltimore Washington Tech Meetup
Baltimore SEO

BOSTON, MA
TheArlington/Boston/Cambridge SearchEngine OptomizationMeetupGroup
The Boston WordPress Meetup Group
SEMPO Boston

BUFFALO, NY
Buffalo WordPress Users

CHARLOTTE, NC
The-Official-Charlotte-SEO-Search-Engine-Marketing-Meetup
Search Engine Marketing Association of Charlotte
Ecommerce Charlotte Meetup Group

CHICAGO, IL
The Chicago Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group
Chicago SEO Group
Chicago Online Marketing Group

CINCINNATI, OH
Heartland Internet Entrepreneurs Meetup
Continuous Web- Cincinnati
Interactive marketing meetup group

CLEVELAND, OH
Local Entrepreneur and Social Media Network
Your Digital Footprints

DALLAS, TX
Dallas Interactive Marketing and internet SEO and SEM meetup
DFW Social Media Marketing

DENVER, CO
The Denver Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group
Denver SEMPO Meetup Group
Social Marketing for Business – Join the Conversation

DETROIT, MI
The Detroit Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group
Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization And Web 2.0 Marketing
The Detroit Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group

GREENBAY, WI
Wisconsin Online/Offline Networking Group

HOUSTON, TX
Web Marketing Strategies, SEO, and ROIs
Houston Stompers

INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Indianapolis Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing

JACKSONVILLE, FL
The Jacksonville Search Engine Optimization Meetup Group
Internet and Direct Response Marketing Group

Kansas City, MO
Internet Marketing Social Media Group
DotNext Kansas City
Kansas City Search Engine Marketing Association

MIAMI, FL
How to increase ROI On Websites – S FL internet marketing
South Florida internet Marketing
South Florida Interactive Marketing Association

MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Minneapolis internet and search marketing authority
Internet Marketers Using StomperNet Strategies
Social marketing and networking meetup

NASHVILLE, TN
Nashville 2.0
The Nashville Online Business Strategy Meetup

NEW ORLEANS, LA
Net2No NetSquared New Orleans
gnocode
eCommerce Merchants South Louisiana Chapter

NEW YORK, NY
Internet+Traditional Advertising/Marketing Professionals NY
Internet marketers of New York (SEO, PPC, social, affiliate)
New York Internet Marketing Meetup Group

OAKLAND, CA
Webifying Women of the East Bay
East Bay Internet Marketing for Businesses – SEO, SEM, PPC
Bay Area Net Marketing alliance

PHILADELPHIA, PA
SEO Grail Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Stompers

Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix internet marketing and search engine optimization
Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization AZ chapter
Phoenix SEO Meetup

PITTSBURGH, PA
Pittsburgh Internet Marketing and SEO Meetup
SEMPO Pittsburgh

SAN DIEGO, CA
San Diego Search Engine Optimization Meetup
The San Diego Internet Marketing Meetup
The San Diego Social Media Marketing Meetup

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The SES San Francisco Meetup Group
SEMPO San Francisco Meetup

SEATTLE, WA
Seattle Web Technology Meetup Group
Meetup202 Seattle

ST. LOUIS, MO
St. Louis Small Business Internet Marketing
Tiny Business, Mighty Profits

TAMPA, FL
The tampa seo and internet marketing group
TAMPAS PREMIER INTERNET MARKETING GROUP
Tampa Stompers

Washington DC
Washington DC on line marketing (SEO/SEM/Social Media) Group
Marketing Meetup Group in Wash. D.C.
Monetization & Income Strategies For Online Entrepreneurs

(special thanks to Mary Werner for helping to research this list)