{"id":5015,"date":"2017-03-23T05:40:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T12:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3.14.248.234\/?p=5015"},"modified":"2020-06-26T13:59:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T20:59:19","slug":"meetup-scraper-guide-bamf-josh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/meetup-scraper-guide-bamf-josh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Appropriate Meetup Scraper Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Speaking Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. It builds your know, like, and trust factor.<\/li>\n
  2. Helps you acquire customers and clients.<\/li>\n
  3. Creates thought leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Landing speaking opportunities manually take a painful amount of time.<\/em><\/p>\n

    We built a scraper to find relevant Meetups to make it easier.<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Only three simple steps.\u00a0You don\u2019t even need to know how to code.\u00a0Just follow along! We will:<\/p>\n

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    • Download some code<\/li>\n
    • Open the terminal ( on mac )<\/li>\n
    • And enter the keyword we want to search!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Step 1: Download the code<\/strong><\/h3>\n

      Go to: https:\/\/github.com\/dominickmalzone\/meetup-scraper\u00a0\"BAMF<\/p>\n

      Step 2: Get to the program via your terminal<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      • Open Terminal (on mac).<\/li>\n
      • Navigate to your downloads and cd into the\u00a0scraper folder.<\/b><\/li>\n
      • Mine looked like this:\u00a0cd Downloads\/meetup-scraper-master.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        \"BAMF\u00a0Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0cd\u00a0<\/b>is a terminal command that lets you change folders, AKA\u00a0C<\/b>hange\u00a0D<\/b>irectory.\u00a0This is the techy way of clicking folders in finder!<\/p>\n

        Step 3: Install a python package<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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        • This assumes you have python installed (All macs usually do, type\u00a0which python\u00a0<\/b>in your terminal to check!).<\/li>\n
        • Download the scraping magic! In terminal, type:\u00a0sudo easy_install beautifulsoup4\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n
        • Boom! We\u2019re ready to start scraping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          If you want to use pip, \u201cpip install beautifulsoup4\u201d<\/p>\n

          Step 4: Run Scraper!<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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          • Fire it up! Type:\u00a0python scrape.py.<\/b><\/li>\n
          • Enter the keyword you want to scrape.<\/li>\n
          • Retrieve the CSV of results in your current directory!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            \"BAMF<\/p>\n

            How to reach out<\/strong><\/h3>\n

            I\u2019m an event organizer and it\u2019s not easy finding good speakers. If you solve my problem, have the chops, and send me something like this, 9\/10 times I will respond.\u00a0Growth Hack:\u00a0-You can use the Mail Merge feature (YesWare, MixMax, etc) to send many emails at once.\u00a0If you can\u2019t find their email, they have a VA send this message via Meetup.\u00a0\"BAMF<\/p>\n

            “Knowledge bombs are only bombs if you light them\u201d\u00a0Josh Fechter<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

            \"BAMF\u00a0Thanks for hopping on.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Peace.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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