Racing to the bottom on price isn't going to solve your problem, it's only going to exacerbate it.
It sounds like you're doing a lot of "push" marketing, telling people about your space and services and expecting them to know that it's what they want. My guess is that they don't know they even have the problem you're trying to solve. A few questions: Is nobody showing up at all? Are people coming in the door and not signing up? What do people say when you tell them about coworking? More specifically, what do you tell them about coworking when they ask? -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 12:06 PM, BlueOceanBozeman wrote: > We're the only space in our city, possibly our whole state (I think). We > recently lowered our prices, but can't really go much lower. > > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:15:27 AM UTC-6, Cecilia Durieu wrote: > > Hey, > > > > Are there other coworking spaces nearby ? Maybe your prices are too high > > compared to shared desks ? Is the design of your space nice ? > > > > You can also post your place on eWorky (http://www.eworky.com);) In Paris, > > France, there are more and more coworking spaces and an owner told me > > yesterday there was also more competition. On eWorky, and I'm sure it's the > > same on other websites, pictures and nice description are the most > > important features to get more requests. So you could maybe hire a > > freelance photographer to take great pictures of your space. > > > > Good luck ! > > Cheers, > > Cecilia > > > > Cecilia Durieu > > cofounder of eWorky (http://www.eworky.com) > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > > > > > > Le mercredi 11 juillet 2012 17:30:19 UTC+2, BlueOceanBozeman a écrit : > > > Hey everyone, > > > > > > I'm the Administrative Coordinator for a coworking space in Montana. > > > We're located in a small city, and have been up and running for about a > > > year. Our state and city are both really active with small business > > > owners, so we know the crowd is out there somewhere. We currently have > > > three permanent coworkers at the moment, in addition to two PT workers > > > and sporadic conference room rentals. We'd like to get more coworkers in > > > the space, so I'm wondering what everyone else has done to encourage > > > membership and get the word out there about their space during the > > > start-up phase? So far we've done the following: facebook, twitter, > > > craigslist, linkedin, deskwanted, hotel cards, flyers, pull-tab flyers, > > > events, networking socials, member of Chamber of Commerce, and a > > > newspaper ad. Anything we're missing? Any advice at all would be really > > > helpful! > > > > > > Thanks! > -- > 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/-/ykuFzwg3-hQJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[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.
