Hi Julianne, I am noticing very little feedback from Craigslist as well though I am at very early stages of promotion in all the channels I'm experimenting with.
I have found some best practices that makes listing on Craigslist way easier. I would strongly recommend anyone posting to a Craigslist do so using a registered account. Posts created with accounts can be "renewed" every 48 hours to leapfrog to the top of the list. This is very useful since Craigslist has methods to detect duplicate posts and will not allow you to do this manually. The alternative is to change the post slightly and hope it sneaks by their detection algorithms or to take down the post manually and repost it (also cannot be done within 48 hours). Both of these are messy and needlessly time consuming, hence the recommendation to make listings via an account. I have not figured out the appropriate spot to list on LoopNet or CoStar, but was advised to do so by a commercial real estate buddy of mine. He suggested merely inputting the details as if it were a private office and attempt to use the descriptions and pictures to illustrate the community angle and clarify this isn't typical office space. Thanks and I'll definitely report back if I learn anything about any of these, Oren On Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:47:48 AM UTC-6, julianne wrote: > > Hey there Oren, > > In general we have been adding our new listings to Craigslist - after > about 8 months of this work, we have seen that there is not much traffic > through Craigslist that comes back. > > I would be curious to hear where on sites like Loopnet you had thought > about posting your space - as we have noticed that at this time there is no > real place to add coworking spaces. > > We are searching out more and more places to promote spaces and also to > improve public knowledge about them. Often we still find the case that the > number of freelancers in the world is rising at a dramatic pace - and most > of them still work from home - mostly because they do not realize the > option is even there. > > Would be great to hear your thoughts on how we might work on helping to > spread the word in a more diverse range of areas. > > All the best, > > Julianne > > Community Management - Deskwanted > > On Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:00:30 AM UTC+1, [email protected]: >> >> Hey there, >> >> I was just wondering if anyone has tried promoting their coworking space >> through means usually reserved for traditional office space? >> >> These would include Craigslist, Loopnet <http://www.loopnet.com/>, >> Costar<http://www.costar.com/>, >> and probably many more that I'm not aware of. >> >> Just curious if anyone has had success using these methods or what your >> experience may have been like promoting through these services. >> >> Thanks! >> Oren > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
