Hi guys! I opened my coworking space 3 months ago too. We have just few people that comes here, and we don't know why. So this tips will help a lot to build a community in our space.
It's a challenge show a new concept in my city, but it's being cool. I hope this open the minds of the people to a new world of possibilities. Thanks for the tips Alex! On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 10:25:50 AM UTC-3, Alex Hillman wrote: > > The basics *always* work, no matter how big or mature your community is. 6 > years and hundreds of members later we go "back to basics" every day. > > Every time I get clever, I make more problems than I solve. > > -Alex > > > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Melissa Saubers > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Alex- >> That was hugely helpful! We've been open for 3 months and we've had a lot >> of activity the first 3 months. Going into this month my rent increases >> significantly. I think that's got me in a bit of a panic. But I must return >> to the basics and do what we've been doing so far. Love the idea of events, >> we'll start to do more and I'll continue to get out and network.Thanks >> again! >> >> * >> Melissa B. Saubers* >> President, Cowork Waldo >> http://www.coworkwaldo.com/ >> 816-935-6031 <http://blog.sdrkc.com/> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Alex Hillman >> <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi Melissa! >>> >>> The most common techniques that people report are events that your >>> potential members would be interested in. These can be educational events, >>> social events, some combination of the two. The more engaging >>> & participatory the events are, the better! >>> >>> Make your goal helping people connect and bond with each other rather >>> than simply "get them in the space", even if it happens to be in the >>> context of the space. >>> >>> You can host other peoples' events, but be prepared for low direct >>> conversions to membership. Hosting events can be good for spreading >>> awareness, but very few people join after seeing the space just during an >>> event. >>> >>> It's a bit counterintuitive, but my favorite technique for early >>> community building is actually getting OUT of the space and going to get to >>> know people wherever they are. Contributing to the community outside of the >>> space has, without a doubt, been the #1 most effective funnel for new >>> membership over our entire 6 year history. Just this past friday I was at a >>> massive gala event (600+ members of the Philadelphia tech community) and >>> heard from countless people that they can't stop hearing about us - our >>> community is "notorious" for being supportive and helpful. >>> >>> That's marketing you can't pay for. :) >>> >>> There's also a mountain of great suggestions you can read by searching >>> the google group - or just click here: >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/coworking/marketing%7Csort:relevance >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> -Alex >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> /ah >>> indyhall.org >>> coworking in philadelphia >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Melissa Saubers >>> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I know this is different for each market I just wanted to get your >>>> ideas on the things that have worked for your coworking space to get >>>> people >>>> into the space. Thanks! >>>> >>>> Melissa >>>> Cowork Waldo >>>> Kansas City, Missouri, USA >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>> >>>> 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 a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/GFVzFCuFWtg/unsubscribe?hl=en-US >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> 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. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
