I think that maybe a mix of what Alex is saying and of what Andy is saying maybe can work out. I just read the post about junk food and healthy food compared to coworkers and absolutely I agree. Specialy here in mexico people trend to be either very participant or very very quite and shy. I already have a list of the people I would send in my mission to mars. I already decided witch of them could feet on the space ship. Maybe I should focus on giving them a free week and at the end of the week, openly tell them why I chose them and offer them the next three months with 25% off and IF they don´t like it, i can give them the money back (I am sure they will like it). That same week, with the space with participative and interesting people, i invite other interested members to try out the coworking and see who stays and who doesn´t stay..... it´s all about traying and meassure.... I don´t want to spend 5 months of loneliness!!!!!! but I need to keep my mind cold to choose the right decisions. Thanks you all for your advices I will still be informing everything on the group =)
El martes, 17 de junio de 2014 19:41:42 UTC-5, Andy Soell escribió: > > This sounds *ridiculously* familiar. This was us a little more than a > year ago. In addition to launching without an established community, we > opened up with "punchcard" rates ($xx for y days to use whenever they > want), which didn't encourage any sort of regular usage. > > We took extreme measures to combat five months of loneliness: We switched > up to a membership based system, promoted the hell of it, and had a > "membership drive" week: Free for everyone for a solid week, and members > who signed up during that week got 50% off their membership for the first > six months. I can't say whether or not that will work in all situations, > but it was what finally got us a good, solid crew of 13 members coming in > on a regular basis. From that point on, we've had continual 7-10% growth > each month. > > On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 7:56:27 PM UTC-4, Tamara Acosta wrote: >> >> Hello community, >> >> I am just opening the first coworking space in Merida Yucatán (mexico) ( >> www.nodocowork.com) >> >> We are just 3 weeks of starting with this great project but struggling >> with the first members to sign in. They come, they try the coworking, get >> great reviews from them but then I don´t get them to come pack and decide >> to pay. How did you all managed with this? We are starting to organize >> different events to create more community bunds which I hope it works. >> >> One thing I am not liking is that when they come and try it out there is >> nobody but me working here so they don´t really feel like coworking. I was >> thinking to invite like brand embassadors to work from here during one week >> and on that week invite all the interested people on coworking to give it a >> try, to feel the real coworking effect and then "if you pay in the next few >> days you get a week for free" Any other suggestions? I am still waiting for >> the first coworker to open the dance floor! >> >> Thanks a lot, >> >> Tamara >> >> > -- 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.
