I considered groupon and have decided not to go that route for the reasons listed above. I feel it will attract a different target market than what I actually want and I think it sets the stage for transient members who join for a month and never come back which I also don't want. Angel
On Jan 15, 3:04 pm, "todd@c4workspace" <oneill.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > We applied to Groupon and LivingSocial in San Antonio and were turned > down by both. Reason was we didn't meet their profile. I get that. > > Heard a story on NPR about these coupon services. Small businesses, > especially restaurants, hate them. They find that their regulars buy > up deals and the non-members who come in on a dal usually don't come > back. And then the split kills them. Give 50% off a meal and with the > Groupon 25% cut the restaurant gets the remaining 25% which doesn't > cover their costs. > > We've got coupons up on our Google Places page and our Yelp page. > Neither has gotten any response even when we've tweeted out the coupon > page. Our coupons are for Daily Desk (drop in) not for member desks or > conference room. > > Cheers! > > Todd O'Neill > Catalyst > C4 Workspace -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@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.
