CollabLab is open, we had our grand opening on wednesday. Two people showed up, which is fine. It was great to have them and both were happy to see a coworking space in the area. I didn't expect to have a full house by any means, and one of the reasons I did this was simply to see if there was a market in this particular area. I still think there is a market, but the word needs to get out.
Obviously the biggest draw to a coworking space is the people. But if there are no people to start with, the people won't come. It's a catch 22. Now I remember someone here saying that "if you build it, they will come - in time" so it wasn't completely unexpected. My biggest issue right now is (and, I'll admit, has always been) that I suck at marketing. Twitter has been the biggest marketing channel I've used so far (Thanks Curtis!), I have a craigslist ad up (which isn't doing anything), and I plan to do a flier campaign at the local starbucks among other marketing ideas. But I feel what is really going to draw the crowds (8 will make me happy, lol) are events. From what I can see, a lot of the presentation type events that happen in coworking spaces are presented by people in the coworking space itself. Well, again, need people to get people. I feel like quite the idiot, but I wouldn't even know where to start to try and arrange a presentation by someone. I guess I feel a little "out of the loop", which again, even in my other companies, has been a problem, and one of the prime reasons I wanted to open a coworking space! I've been working in isolation for 8 years..my personal network is dismal. So any input or ideas on where to go from here would be much appreciated. -Mike www.collablab.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
