The most successful partnerships we have had are massage therapists who come once a week for a couple of hours and give discounted massages to our members. The members loved it, the massage therapists, all of whom were just starting out, built up a clientele of satisfied members, and it was a non-disruptive activity.
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Susan Dorsch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is one of many situations where you should put yourself in the shoes > of your members and figure out what they'd want. We've had various > so-called "partnerships" pitched to us in the past to provide discounts to > our members that generally fall flat because they don't offer anything of > actual value to our members. I don't join a coworking space to get a > discount on Zipcar or 10% off a local restaurant. I join a coworking space > because I want to get great work done, meet other interesting people, and > get support in my progress. > > Just some food for thought - starting a network of "partnerships" is > tempting, but it's a lot of work for what I'd argue isn't much value. > > S > > __ > Office Nomads > officenomads.com > 206-323-6500(o) > 206-484-5859(m) > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Lisa Anne Logan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Jessica, >> >> +1 to Tyler's approach - it works out well. We do a few 'personal' >> services like gym, but mostly focus on business service discounts. I >> occasionally ask our members what services they're using, and then I pick a >> few from that list to approach about a discount. Just position yourself as >> an influencer amongst a great group of candidates in their target market, >> and detail the internal marketing you'll do, and they're usually happy to >> offer something. >> >> We do all the same marketing Tyler mentioned, plus announce them at our >> monthly happy hour. One idea that I tried *unsuccessfully* was inviting >> a partner to do a quick preso of their own to the happy hour group about >> their product and discount. Seemed like a great way to create a personal >> connection - the partner loved it, got to talk directly with interested >> members, etc. - but it just didn't feel right in the moment. I could read >> my members' faces and they felt like they were being held captive for an >> advertising campaign. So we won't be doing that again :) >> >> >> On Friday, September 26, 2014 8:40:31 AM UTC-7, Jessica Hill wrote: >>> >>> Good Morning, >>> >>> >>> We starting to think about creating perks (discounts from local >>> businesses, and services) for our members. Do any of you have this at your >>> coworking spaces? I am not exactly sure how go about asking businesses for >>> discounts for our members especially since we are so new. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Jessica >>> >> -- >> 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. > -- twb member, Workantile <http://workantile.com/> @twbrandt -- 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.
