LaunchPad Inland Northwest LLC, the Spokane-based professional-education and social media company, says it is expanding its services to include paid membership plans and custom training and development programs.

The company says the new programs won't affect current members at launchpadinw.com, which it touts as the area's largest business-networking website.

"We have built LaunchPad INW to be a go-to organization for both online and face-to-face networking," says Bill Kalivas, the company's managing partner, adding that the new packaged services and custom consulting represent "a natural evolution for us."

LaunchPad will offer two levels of paid memberships. One of them, called LaunchPad Plus, will cost $35 a month and will allow members to participate in quarterly networking events, monthly online profile optimization workshops, community-specific gatherings, and professional development seminars.

The other level, LaunchPad Pro, will cost $79 a month and will provide all of those benefits as well as unlimited access to work space in the LaunchPad Training and Coworking Center that's scheduled to open this month in the 1889 Building, at 120 N. Stevens. Pro members also will be able to host their own events quarterly in the LaunchPad Lounge, receive priority placement in the LaunchPad INW business directory, and obtain unlimited first-time guest passes to LaunchPad networking events.

Kalivas says the membership plans will enable active members who currently pay per-event fees to save hundreds of dollars annually.

LaunchPad will tailor the custom training and development programs to individual companies' needs, and says those programs could involve services such as social-media strategy development and on-site training sessions.

Kalivas says the LaunchPad website is continuing to grow rapidly, adding 50 to 70 new members every 10 days.