I am! No way I'm giving up yet! :)
On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:37:53 AM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote: > > Don't wait - keep it up!! :) > > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 1:33 PM, BlueOceanBozeman wrote: > > This is actually one of the reasons why I love our community members: > they're awesome at this! We have Brown Bags once a month for just the > community members were we talk about these exact issues. Usually one of > them is in the space when prospective members come in to view the space, so > we get everyone talking together and try to begin building a relationship > before they've even signed up. > > I guess at this point we just have to sit and wait. It's times like this > that I wish I were a more patient person. :) > > > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:16:40 AM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote: > > Glad to hear things are picking up :) > > Can you communicate a clear picture to prospective members why your > existing members have chosen to join? That may give you clues as to what > value you need to communicate better to newbies who don't understand why > community is different, important, or valuable. What do you as a community > value, and care about? How can that be shared with prospects better? > > Also, have your members weigh in on what would attract more members! > Include them in this problem solving challenge. > > Once you've got some critical mass this all gets a bit easier. Good luck! > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 12:54 PM, BlueOceanBozeman wrote: > > We do have a few people using the space, and we offer separate conference > room rates, so we are bringing money in. We're not completely at the bottom > of our pricing, but we're at the lowest our founder is willing to go. > > When people come inquire about our space we let them know that we're not > just office rentals: we're a community. We provide the comforts of having > their own office without all the hassle or expense. We have other > small-businesses and entrepreneurs in our space for them to network with > and use as resources, and if they ever have a problem or are in need of > anything, we'll do whatever we can to help solve their problem as quickly > as possible so their business can run as efficiently as possible. We let > them know what we offer as amenities (coffee, espresso, wifi, printing, > etc.), and tell them the advantages of working in our space compared to the > local coffee shop. We ask them what sort of issues they're facing now, and > try to brainstorm with them how we can work together to fix it. We also > inform them of the upcoming events we hold, including workshops and Brown > Bag Lunches, that they might be interested in. > > Since my original posting we've actually had a few more people sign up for > smaller passes, so hopefully things are starting to snowball. It's still > not enough to completely break-even, but I think we're finally starting to > get there. > > > -Karen > > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:11:25 AM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote: > > 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> > ceci...@eworky.com > > > > 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? 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