Alex Hillman will probably chime in that you did it backwards. And he's probably right. I mean, hell, like I know what I'm talking about? :)
Alex has written some great stuff, and his premise was basically, "Get a group together who want to be part of the community you want to build." Then build the community and space to encompass them. I bastardized it. Don't kill me, Alex. :) ok, enough recrimination. Let's talk positively. You have a space, with awesome stuff. No members. Now what? Have you located the local Linux Users Group? OWASP? ISSA ISACA? Chamber of Commerce? Rotary Club etc. Invite them to meet inyour space. Hey, free coffee!!! Free meeting space. Network the hell out of those meetings. After one or two, go and tell them, "Hey, your group should meet this other group. Similar people, differing aims, but wow, I think you all will get along. How about I set up a mixer, meet your counterpart type of event? Free coffee!!!" Infragard ECTF Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Certified Fraud Examiners Society of Professional Investigators Do a meetup for freelancers Sorry for rambling, this is off the cuff. Hope this helps. Oh!!! Anybody live in the local starbucks/mickeyD's, etc? As in work live, not homeless living. Walk in, hand them a coupon for a free day pass. Free Coffee!!! On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Franki7225 <[email protected]> wrote: > We opened 7225CoWorking in North Canton, Ohio in January. We have a > beautiful open space, cool whiteboard furniture, and 1 member. Being > the first space to open in our county,people just don't seem to be > "getting" it. We need suggestions,please! We have advertised in the > local paper and mailed out a hundred free day passes. We have the > space, the coffee, the wi-fi... Now we need members! Our website is > www.7225coworking.com Thanks so much for your comments. > > -- > 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.
