All of these suggestions are great! Thanks for all the input. I have already implemented some of these tactics, and have gotten some leads. One more question tho. . .
As I mentioned we are apart of a business incubator here. We already have a webpage, facebook, and twitter. Should we get a separate facebook and twitter? Or do you think I will be able to tie in both aspects into one outlet? Thanks for your thoughts! Brian Whipple www.IncubationWorks.com www.facebook.com/incubationworks www.twitter.com/incubationworks On May 3, 9:23 pm, Jazzman3 <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian: > > James Rock (MosleyExchange) has a great list. That will get you > started. > > Here are some additional ideas: > > 1) Get your web site up and rolling. We are on a WordPress > platform, that has been great. With links to our Facebook page and > Twitter. We are still working on more interactive parts. > > 2) Tours through the space and "free day passes" for anyone that will > be interested. Nancy (our community catalyst) is doing great things > with personal invitations, for both day passes and free tours. > > 3) Yes to James on the Art side. We are presently (thanks to Nancy > and our local artists) featuring 5 artists....a couple of > photographers, painted glass artist, and two painters (one is using > metallic acrylic paints on glass...wow!) > > 4) Special events, from Board meetings, to member meetings, to annual > meetings. Getting traffic through the space. We host the local > Durango Tech club (geeks & investors), host the local film office and > other groups. > > 5) Team up with the local Chamber manager (we are a member) and local > EDO professional (the person running your local Economic Development > Organization). We have then on "comp" silver passes, so they can > use our space and make it available for a few out of town guests they > run into. And our local Chamber executive is featured on our new > video clip (soon to go viral! :) ) > > And with James' list, you'll be busy. > > Jasper > > Jasper & Nancy > DurangoSpace, LLChttp://durangospace.com > Durango, Colorado USA > > On Apr 26, 2:47 pm, Brian Whipple <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am currently working at a business incubator and I am in charge of > > starting a coworking space. I have done quite a bit of research, but > > there is still one hurdle that I am trying to overcome. How do I get > > my first 5-10 anchor tenants? You know, the members that are always > > there and are super excited about coworking. > > Here is a list of events/marketing that we are going to start, but I > > am looking for fresh ideas. > > > 1. Coworking with the staff. (seems obvious, but hard to coordinate in > > a business incubator.) > > 2. Brown bag lunch on Fridays followed by coworking > > 3. Emails to our current list of recipients > > 4. Coworking after any other organized event. We have guest speakers > > and such, and we coordinate coworking to follow each event. > > > We will probably give our anchor tenants free memberships in order to > > entice them to stay. > > Also, we cant do any alcohol at events. Otherwise this would be a lot > > easier. > > > Your help is much appreciated! > > Brian Whipplewww.IncubationWorks.com -- 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.
