I just moved from Chicago to LA and I’m looking to beef up my advertising network here. Is there a Facebook group or some sort of ad association I can join? I’m also looking for a new copywriting gig so I feel like networking would help tremendously to just know a face or two in this new city.

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I work remote out of at an LA-based agency and ThinkLA seems to be a really popular group to join for networking out there!

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