Nice one, dude!!!! Well said!!! On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Veel Hoeden- Where Many Hats Meet! < [email protected]> wrote:
> *Nancy*- As a fellow rural space owner, I feel your pain. Here are some > ideas that have worked for us.**** > > **· **Go where you think the people go right now. Coffee shops, > library, etc. Camp out there for a day and introduce yourself to those you > seeing working there. If you do this once a week for a while (and vary the > day of the week), you'll likely hook someone.**** > > **· **Offer a free session at your space on "5 tech tools for > productivity", or "5 Reasons Google Chrome Kicks Butt" or the like. > Something folks like us may find interesting. Advertise broadly around > town. When folks come, do your presentation and end with some info on the > space, your focus on collaboration and learning from each other, and an > invite for them to come back for a free trial day. This has been our best > advertising by far.**** > > **· **Use Facebook to market your space...until you are blue in > the face. Small towns without much tech savvy still have a TON of people > on Facebook. Send it out to your friends, ask them to pass it on to others > they know who home office or need a place to work. Do some posts on > collaboration and your vision for the space. Do others on how coworking > can help make your town a great place to work and live. Do another with > pictures of the space. Make events for your sessions (see bullet 2) and > invite some people. Keep this going for a few weeks until you get a couple > nibbles or questions. Then do a post like "1 free day at [Space] if you > can answer this question: What is Coworking?" Get conversation going. > Introduce yourself to people out there. Send invites for them to swing by. > **** > > ** ** > > Hope this helps!**** > > ** ** > > Thanks & God Bless, **** > > ** ** > > Joel Bennett**** > > Chief Dreamchaser**** > > Veel Hoeden**** > > 641-780-7858**** > > veelhoeden.posterous.com**** > > Join Us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/veelhoeden>!**** > > ** ** > > [image: Follow us on Twitter]<http://ink1003.com/p/tp/3ee1a6d9cb9fb511/url> > **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Niki > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 07, 2012 12:33 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Coworking] Rural connections**** > > ** ** > > Hi, guys. This is focused on those of us who run more rural spaces, but > I'd love advice from anyone who can help. Thanks, in advance. > > It's been slow going for me -- people don't understand what we're trying > to do and not getting a whole lot of interest. HOWEVER, my two members both > come because they have limited access to high speed Internet in their home > offices. They found us on the Internet ironically, so they "get" it. Lots > of the businesses around here (that I know of) don't even have Internet; > some still have dialup. Okay, so, if this is a way to bring in people, how > do I get in contact with them? I've posted flyers at the local library > where they may try to work (and I've shared with the local coffee house). > But they go to places like McDonalds, etc. and not sure how to let them > know about us. We have notices on our windows and do a lot with FB and > LinkedIn, but ...... > > Thoughts? > > Thanks. > > Nancy > Chief Everything Officer and Connector > Business Success Unlimited > Helping business succeed through connecting, motivating and collaborating > http://success4biz.biz**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/6jx0b0SbBj8J. > 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.**** > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
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