There's so many variables to this: who is in your membership, what membership levels you offer, what the season/weather is like, other events/activities that accompany certain days, etc. Even the size of the space and it's perceived fullness/emptiness can have an affect - slow days tend to stay slow, and busy days tend to get busier. You can think about occupancy as a magnet in that way.
In our case, occupancy tends to swell on Wednesdays, in January/February, August/Sept, and around major events/milestones. Whenever we have an "opening" (including expansions we've had 3 "openings", we see occupancy swell as well. In all cases, this tends to drop off a bit. We continue to work hard to make sure that the people who join/attend during those busy periods are more likely to stick around, really focusing on helping get new members to know each other since that's the stickiest experience we can provide. The most accurate proxy for this information is your own sample membership. Are you community building before launching the space? Are those people getting together for events, with or without your help? Of the people who get together, what % of them come EVERY time vs. once in a while? As you said, every community is different and your model will work best if it's responsive to the community that you're building. Good luck! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Kelly Fitzgerald <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm working on launching a space in Chattanooga, TN and wanted to see if > the more experienced people out there could weigh-in on what their average > occupancy is? I realize every model will vary, I'm just trying to get a > general idea of what to expect as far as numbers go. And, if I'm asking > the wrong question, maybe you could point me in the right direction as to > what I should be thinking about along these lines. > > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
