If you’re looking for a place to post all your events for free, please visit www.eventsinyourarea.com.  The site allows you post event notices for FREE! Surfers type in a zip code and all events within a 5-mile radius pop up. The user can enlarge the radius to 10 miles or even bigger. Listings are further segregated into B2B and B2C categories.

Currently the site is peppered with chamber events, BNI and NRG meetings, free seminars sponsored by local governments, and the like. It is a perfect forum for almost any business-related meeting or gathering, whether or not admission is charged. In January I plan to start using the site to publicize open houses and the occasional "First Time Homebuyer" seminar.  I could easily imagine postings for corporate open houses, job fairs, trade shows, Hank Dearden's Capital Cabal gigs, and countless other activities. And unlike the meetings publicized on Craig's List, events are easy to find (by zip code, geographic radius, or day of month) and have a much longer "shelf life" than 7 days. Free is good!

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