We have run free hour @ Xindanwei for three month from April to June, the most successful one is in June: " Take as many friends as you like, you may work the equally amount of hours for free". A team of 5 people were at Xindanwei, and they worked 5 hours for free. lol
I don't know if this kind of tactic will work in other country, but it did work in Shanghai ;) Even the local newspaper " Oriental Morning Post" has written a half page about us because of this promotion. We have tried the donation box at the entrance for some free event, but everybody pretended not to see it...lol I guess it doesn't work here... regards, Yan -- Liu Yan 刘妍 CEO/Co-founder Xindanwei 新单位 4C,Bld 4, Dingxi Rd 727, Shanghai,CHINA 中国上海定西路727号四栋4C (+86) 135 2429 5509 @theliuyan @xindanwei http://xindanwei.com On 2010-8-7, at 上午11:38, Tara Hunt wrote: > Citizen Space has always had free drop-ins. Unlimited. We put signs up for a > paypal donation if people wanna. But that has been our #1 marketing tool to > getting people in. They become so comfortable in the space that they start to > rely on it. Those days they can't get in (dropins can only get in if there is > a paying member there), they get frustrated. Compound that with their growing > feeling of obligation to the space and BINGO! we have a new member. > > Plus, it's a bonus to the current members who benefit from the extra energy. > It's #1 lead generation. Oh...and we have events that are open to the public > to show goodwill. Like Bavarian breakfasts and the upcoming Waffle Wednesdays > (which we stole from this list, I believe). > > T > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:20 PM, ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com > <ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > The biggest problem is that no one will hold a jelly in Fort Wayne. I > have spoken to numerous people - techs, etc. - if social time, ran by > a big wig group, people come, but anything that requires work, they > have no desire to be a part. > > It's Fort Wayne. > > j.d. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Company: Shwowp (http://www.shwowp.com) > Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 514-679-2951 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
