Based on the way you asked these questions and your intro about decisions, I think it'd be helpful to get a bit more context so our advice can actually help you :)
Otherwise, we're going to be answering questions based on some conclusions you've already drawn...but we aren't aware of. That's a great way to get crappy advice, in general. What's the reason for these questions being asked now? -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Alex Linsker <[email protected]> wrote: > This past month I've had a lot of business choices to make. I'd be > interested in hearing other people's perspective from similar > businesses/communities. > For coworking places that earn enough to pay salaries to all staff > including the owners, I'd be interested to hear: > - How do the community manager and the business owner roles overlap and > how are they different? > - Specifically I'm interested in the role of sales. Is the community > manager expected to sign up members without members talking with the > business owner? How do you hire a community manager who can do sales almost > as well as, or better than, the business owner? > - Do you have staff who are paid full-time (or half-time or more) who do > not do sales? > - For every 10 people who visit to tour, or for a trial day, what % do > you expect to sign up that day, and what % do you expect to sign up later > on? (I'm especially interested in people who sign up for memberships that > are over $175 per month.) > - Do any coworking places sign up more than half of members before the > potential members visit? (I know that some places specifically want people > to visit before signing up, but I don't have that as a requirement and > sometimes people have signed up before visiting, which I always enjoy.) > - Which business owners integrate their coworking places into their > second businesses, where the two businesses support each other and share > the same vision? What issues have you had with that, and what successes? > Thanks, > Alex > -- > 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.
