Handout from the June 14, 2012 Freemium Meetup

1. SF Bay Area Freemium Meetup - June 14, 2012
Welcome to our third monthly Meetup!
Here’s some useful information about our event and group.
Event Organizers: Cynthia Typaldos, Charlotte Monte, Anika Erdmann, Angela Hey, Chad Heinrich
Partner Meetups: SF/SV/Berkeley/San Jose Startup: Idea to IPO, Rob Lau organizer
Event Sponsors: Kachingle, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, YourDonation.Com
How you can participate tonight
Choose 2 random people and ask them these questions and give them your answers:
o Have you paid for a Freemium App in the last few months? Name the Apps. (Remember many are
monthly subscriptions!)
o Have you stopped paying the premium part of a Freemium product or service in the last 6 months? Why?
Tweet cogent points made by our speakers, your deep thoughts, or brilliant comments by other attendees
Upload photos to our Meetup page
Make comments on the event Meetup page
Rate the event afterwards
Join our Meetup Group if you are not already a member
Write a blog post about the event and send it to freemiummeetupgroup@kachingle.com which will be published
on our blog.
How you can help with future events and ongoing marketing
Join our FreemTeam and help us find speakers, sponsors, venues, etc. Be a part of the freemium movement!
Send email to freemiummeetupgroup@kachingle.com or use the contact form on the Meetup page or talk to
one of the organizers tonight.
Volunteer to speak or host an event – send email to freemiummeetupgroup@kachingle.com
Share our Meetup on your social media sites, invited your colleagues to join, tweet the upcoming events
Be a guest blogger writing about the Freemium Business Model
Note: We are especially looking for help in getting speakers in the Freemium Mobile space
Be a Sponsor! (contact Charlotte Monte charlotte@kachingle.com)
Host the event (note – we need a large conference room that holds at 100+ people)
o Sponsorship Mention on this Freemium SF Bay Area Meetup site
o Short speaking opportunity at the start of the event
Get Noticed! In order to help members achieve visibility and to cover the Meetup’s cost of food and refreshments
and (sometimes) room rental, there are $100 Event Sponsorships. You get:
o Sponsorship Mention on the event
o Poster space (30x40 on your own easel)
o honorable mention by Cynthia Typaldos—Moderator
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