Wow, I don't really "know" Alex, but that sounds so "Alex!" I love this process. :-)
Toni On Mar 30, 2:42 pm, Tom Brandt <[email protected]> wrote: > We (Workantile) use a process we shamelessly stole from IndyHall. Potential > members visit the space, take a tour where we explain what we are (a > community) and what are not (desk rental), and then have them do a week > trial. At the end of the week, assuming that they decide that Workantile is > for them, they need to turn in a card with signatures of three members whom > they have gotten to know. Once the community manager has talked the three > people and there are no red flags, they get an emailed invite directing > them to a website where they can sign up with a credit card. After that, > they get an rfid chip that opens the door. > > Since we have started this process, we have not had anyone join who does > not belong here. They are also committed to the community because they have > invested some time and effort into joining. Before we started doing this, > we had a few people join who really did not fit in, or did not have much of > a commitment to the community. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey hey everyone, I hope you're all having a lovely Friday! > > > I'm curious what processes people have developed for funneling new members > > from their first interaction to signup. To date, I've taken a largely > > hands-off approach that looks something like this: > > > 1. Encourage people to visit the space before signing up > > 2. When they get here, give them a tour and get to know them as well as > > possible. Before parting ways, direct them to a web page where they can pay > > for a day pass or sign up for membership > > 3. Let them decide for themselves how to proceed from there > > > We haven't really sold people on membership, leaving the signup buttons > > visible on our public site for anyone to find and use. I feared this would > > get us into trouble with people signing up who haven't visited and don't > > understand, but that's been minimal. What I'm more concerned about is the > > flow of the process and whether there are better ways to guide people > > through it. > > > I don't want the onboarding of every new member to be too labor intensive > > an effort, but I feel like it can always be done better. > > > What practices have you all found to be good or bad when refining this > > process? > > > Cheers, > > Tony > > --- > > New Work City > > Site <http://nwc.co/> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/nwc> | > > Newsletter<http://nwc.co/newsletter> > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > twb > member, Workantile <http://workantile.com/> > @twbrandt -- 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.
