Great ideas - thanks Glen!
------------------ The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Glen Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Alex, > I've been using Zapier enough to finally move into a paid account. It's > hooking together a lot of differnet services. I have it: > - tying together website room reservation forms with Freshbooks for > invoicing non-members plus Google calendars to make an event entry/send the > invitation email. > - onboarding our new members: Freshbooks for the recurring > invoicing/payments, addition to a Mailchimp list, addition to our member's > Google group. (side note: I'm now using MailChimp automation to drip send > info/tips to new members over their first 2 weeks so they're not overloaded > with info the first day. It seems to help remind folks that they're members > now, so they should come in and work. Changing old habits, you know) > - do the calendar addition when someone signs up for a tour and through > Twilio I get an SMS alert so I can check on the tour email to see if there > are any questions I can answer ahead of time. > I just started exploring using Zapier to send reservation reminders, > generally to "outsiders" that are renting our conference room. > --- > Glen Ferguson > Cowork Frederick > 122 E Patrick St > Frederick, MD 21701-5630 > +1 (301) 732-5165 > www.coworkfrederick.com > @CoworkFrederick <http://twitter.com/CoworkFrederick> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Very welcome :) >> >> Trello's blog is worth scoping out too, they show it being used in all >> kinds of ways I had never imagined...definitely part of what inspired this >> stuff. http://blog.trello.com >> >> >> ------------------ >> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com >> Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Anne Kirby < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Great post, thanks! I use Trello all the time for my marketing business >>> but haven't really used it in this way for our coworking space. I'll have >>> to try it :) >>> >>> On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 12:33:58 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote: >>>> >>>> We’ve been working on a lot of workflows and streamlining at Indy Hall >>>> recently…and today had a bit of a breakthrough that I wanted to share >>>> because I’m already stoked about what it’s going to let us do and hope that >>>> more people use these tools. >>>> >>>> Anybody here use Trello? >>>> How about Zapier? >>>> >>>> Sidetone: aren’t those ridiculously silly names for anything, let alone >>>> *business* products? >>>> >>>> Trello is…a project management too? A task management tool? A workflow >>>> management tool? Honestly it could be any of those things…it’s super >>>> flexible and adaptable. >>>> >>>> Zapier sort of turns the world of your favorite internet tools into >>>> legos that you can snap together and combine in fun and useful ways. It’s a >>>> way for you to have actions in one piece of software trigger a result in >>>> another piece of software. >>>> >>>> I use both Trello and Zapier quite a bit but not as much for Indy Hall >>>> until recently. Today I started using BOTH of them, together, to create >>>> some automated workflows for my team. >>>> >>>> The 6 workflows that we automated are: >>>> >>>> 1. Adding new tour sign-ups to a Trello board for better post-tour >>>> follow ups >>>> 2. Adding new drop-ins to a Trello board for better post drop-in >>>> follow ups >>>> 3. Adding new interested members to a Trello board to better prepare >>>> them for sign up >>>> 4. Connecting Trello to Trello (TRELLOCEPTION), creating a seamless >>>> connection between the 3 previous workflows into our Member Onboarding >>>> workflow >>>> 5. Adding cancelled members to a Trello board to make sure we remove >>>> people from GroupBuzz, Slack, etc. >>>> 6. Adding failed credit card charges (via Stripe) to a Trello board >>>> so we don’t lose track of reminding people to update their cards >>>> >>>> I got so psyched about it that I recorded a video so others might be >>>> inspired to try it, and even create their own workflows and share them >>>> back. >>>> >>>> Check it! >>>> http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2015/01/6-automated-workflows-that-make-our-coworking-space-better-every-day/ >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>> p.s. I have a podcast episode (http://bit.ly/coworkingweekly-itunes) >>>> coming out on Monday that’s all about onboarding of a different kind, less >>>> about members and more about adding new people to your team (community >>>> managers, etc) :) >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------ >>>> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >>>> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com >>>> Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.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. -- 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. 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