Alex - 6 month members pay monthly (first of the month) just like everyone else. We did have one member who for accounting reasons paid all up front (which was nice). Some others pay 3 months at a time, but most just pay monthly. We encourage the 6 month memberships by offering a slightly lower price and allowing 24/7 access.
My thinking was that if we keep our six month members on an October and April renewal cycle ... they'll be committed through the slower months and desks/offices will be filled. We try to steer all new members toward membership renewals at those two months. I'd still like to find some time to get on a quick call with you. Maybe early next year. Cheers. On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:33:31 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote: > > I can concur with Craig - this has been a pretty predictable pattern for > us and the best thing we've done is to get a few months ahead of it. > > The good news is that it's generally followed by a spike of new activity > in January. Kinda like New Years resolutions for the gym, but for coworking > :) > > Craig - for your 6 month memberships, are people still paying monthly? How > do those work/help you through seasonal lulls? > > -Alex > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > Got Community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org > > On Dec 19, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Mojo <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hello Marie, we have a coworking space in Asheville, North Carolina. > Population 75,000-ish. We are located downtown which I think helps but > also notice a slowdown in December. The way we try to counter this is by > having as many 6 month members as possible. We run the cycles starting in > April and October ... so that we make sure we're covered in the slower > months like December and July. We also start opening our common area for > free community events in October & November to allow as many people to come > through the space and see it, talk about it ... hopefully spread the word > or come back themselves to use it. > > Most of our members are 6 month or 1 year vs. drop in. We have a few M2M > members and a few daily/drop in/flex users as well. Usually around > Thanksgiving and Xmas we get a few tourists who are in town visiting > family/friends ... make sure that your local tourism board knows about you > ... or your chamber of commerce, etc. if that exists for your suburban > location. > > Happy holidays. > > Craig > > > > On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 6:32:17 PM UTC-5, Marie wrote: >> >> Just wondering if anyone is experiencing a decline in the amount of >> customers in December? If so, what efforts are you doing that is helping to >> bring more in? >> >> Granted, my questions is more for co-working spaces that are not located >> in big cities (if any like that exist). Ours is located in the suburbs and >> I have noticed a decrease in activity since last week and around >> Thanksgiving. We have not done anything different and we do have new promos >> starting in January but we don't have a marketing budget for December so I >> can't spend a ton of money marketing right now. I mostly just want to know >> if it's normal in the co-working world as I know its normal to slow down >> around the holidays in the B2B world. >> > -- > 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. > > > > -- 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.
