I think you first need to figure out who will be a part of your community. Will they be freelancers, remote workers, small startups, someone else? Once you know that, figure out where they hang out, either in real life or virtually. Post flyers, pass out handouts, talk to people.
See if you can get a business reporter for your local paper to write an article about your space. And of course, work your own networks. --- twb Sent from my Phone of i On Jan 14, 2012, at 8:58 PM, Cheryl Jaycox <cheryl.cajservi...@gmail.com> wrote: > R, > Okay the town hall meeting sounds good, actually great idea.....Do you > mind if I ask how you went about setting that up? Where did you go to > reach "the people" ? We are in to networking so we have our customary > networking groups, but how did you stimulate action to come to the > "town hall" and learn about coworking? Most people here have little > idea of what coworking is, and we need a hook to get our fish in the > boat...lol! > Thank you so very much for your help, I have come to depend on > wonderful people like you and this google group, without you guys here > I would have been so clueless to this whole coworking movement and > making mistakes by the truckloads. > > CJay > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 10:56 AM, rachel young <rac...@camaraderie.ca> wrote: >> >> Starting with your existing group that already knows you is great. Now you >> can consider reaching out to your municipal community, the freelancers, >> entrepreneurs, and startups in your area, the potential future members that >> you haven't yet met. >> >> Some space owners (us included) held something like a town hall meeting, >> which I recommend you consider doing. You can advertise a time and location >> of where a meetup will take place, introduce yourselves and your intent to >> open a space, and gather feedback from them about various things like >> pricing, location, membership levels, amenities, etc. And while the majority >> of that info will be very helpful, Alex is totally right in that some people >> will say they would like to see something but won't actually use it. I've >> noticed that individual phone lines and fax machines were the common >> example. >> >> At the very least you get a room full of people who can be the start of your >> coworking community, who you can explain coworking to, and who could either >> become members or perhaps use the space for events or recommend the space to >> their friends and colleagues. Make sure you get everyone's contact info, and >> if you can invite someone from a neighbouring coworking facility to join >> you, he/she can lend their expertise to the conversation. Chad and I did >> that for a space that was between our spaces, and we were able to answer >> questions with examples from our existing spaces. >> r. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 14 January 2012 01:42, CAJ <cheryl.cajservi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Rachel, >>> There are a four of us, which is where the discussion comes from. >>> There are diffrent ideas on the subject. So I thought I would bring >>> the topic here for feedback. Since this is a new concept that we are >>> just begining to push. We have the space which we consider phase one, >>> with two workstaions and 12 basically "hot seats" Phase two is a 3000 >>> sq ft renivated warehouse. We began by consideing a daily rate as well >>> as monthly memberships, but thought that people might be more >>> comfortable with hourly or even half day rate. >>> CJay >>> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Cheryl Jaycox > Community Manager > Micro Office Suites & Business Center > The HIVE@44,Business Coworking Communty > Phone: 636-405-3130 > Cell: 314-800-4305 > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
