You hit the nail on the head, Rachel. You need a great strategy (if you know what you are doing) and with any marketing - a targeted and captive market. And if you don't know what you are doing you'll need to pay someone who does! (Like you Rachel!) :) Therefore most people use them poorly and with that, they've garnered a bad rep. Still.ugly! :)
Chad Ballantyne 705.812.0689 [email protected] Barrie's Coworking Community Perfect for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. 12 Dunlop St E, Barrie Ontario, L4M 1A3 Memberships start at $25/mth www.thecreativespace.ca 705-812-0689 On Jun 17, 2014, at 12:18 PM, rachel young <[email protected]> wrote: > > I disagree. I've had some success with them, but it's not overall a great > strategy. It requires someone to a) know what they are, b) have a scanner on > their phones or devices, and c) have an internet connection to those devices. > At some tech events I've been to, all three points were checked off and > information flowed smoothly. The success I had with them was when I placed an > ad in my local independent movie theatre's pre-show advertisements. They were > a captive audience and it gave them something else to look at waiting for the > movie to start, but it was also tied in to a promotion involving their ticket > stubs. We got some new members as a result, plus it gave us yet another thing > (the movie) to talk about when they came in. > > So they can work, but they have to be very strategic. > r. > > > ____________________ > rachel young > [email protected] > > We're located at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor > (between Bloor and Roncesvalles) > > Find us online: > Website/blog and Newsletter, Twitter, > Facebook, Google+, Yelp, and LinkedIn > > We're a proud member of CoworkingToronto, > CoworkingOntario, and CoworkingCanada! > > > > On 17 June 2014 12:12, Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Not useful. My main gripe with them is how freaking ugly they are. It ruins a > visual brand. > > > On Monday, June 16, 2014 11:51:21 AM UTC-6, Ender Baykal wrote: > Hello all! > > Hope you all had a good weekend. We, as Indiegrove attended to the Small > Business Expo on last Thursday and it was very good. In one of those > presentations during the Expo, using QR codes behind the business or > postcards would be very useful said the speaker. I am not sure how right he > is and that's why I opened this discussion. What do you think about using QR > codes when it comes to selling the coworking ? I don't think a fair amount of > people use the QR codes nowadays, it's just not easy to use in my view. All > comments/suggestions are welcomed. > > Thanks! > > -Ender > > www.indiegrovejc.com > > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > > -- > 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.
