We offer "one free trial day" cards. We also have daily drop in rates of $25 (used to be $10/hr, but walk/drop-in was, and has been since the rate reduction, an EXTREMELY negligible part of our business). One needs to run the numbers as to whether or not it makes sense, particularly because some kind of "staffing" is required for drop- ins. I think it's great when you first open to have bodies around (for free - friends are good), but really, monthly memberships will be what sustain you.
Do keep in mind that location will make a difference to your drop-in traffic. Busy part of town with lots of professionals vs. being tucked further away, esp. from public transportation. Wish you the best of luck. Julie Duryea owner, souk 322 nw 6th avenue, suite 200 portland, oregon 97209 p | 503.517.6900 f | 503.517.6901 skype julieduryea http://www.soukllc.com tweet soukportland On Oct 3, 7:58 am, Darrell Silver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex is exactly on target with how dropins fit into the business > model. We have seen many times that spaces need a few months to grow > into full capacity. During this crucial phase, free dropins provide > excellent advertising for people who are new to the concept. > > The same applies to holding Jelly events. They are a great way to > get the word out, especially early on. > > As an aside, have you thought of calling the non-full time > memberships 'part-time' instead of 'floaters'? > > D > > --------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (917) 841-4079 > New York, NY > > On Oct 2, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > > > Think of "free use" as a marketing tool. It varies space to space. > > > For instance, we don't have a "free dropin" policy like some, but > > some of our signup rates include free days. Also, consider Jelly > > (http://workatjelly.com/) as a market growing technique. I know > > there are already multiple Atlanta Jelly groups. > > > Bottom line, though, is if you want to be a sustainable business, > > include memberships that a) work for your members and b) work for you. > > > -Alex > > > -- > > ----- > > -- > > ----- > > Alex Hillman > > im always developing something > > digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com > > local:www.indyhall.org > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Mike Schinkel > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all: > > > I'm hearing that a lot of you are allowing people to use the coworking > > spaces for free. In trying to plan a facility I've run the numbers > > and I > > don't see how that is possible. First I don't see how you can get > > people to > > pay for what you are giving for free and second I don't see how you > > can make > > the density work. > > > I understand that coworking is all about providing an open > > environment and > > letting people use it w/o signing up is in the spirit of things but > > in order > > for us to pull this off it needs to be profitable, i.e. not > > operating at a > > loss. > > > Could anyone speak to this please? Thanks in advance. > > > -Mike Schinkel > > President; NewClarity LLC > > Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs > >http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel > >http://mikeschinkel.com > >http://atlanta-web.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
