To be clear, the problem with the incentive to "get more members" is that it puts the community staff in the position to tell someone they KNOW isn't a good fit that they should join anyway. This isn't just a vague "concern" it's a leading problem among spaces and staff that I have advised.
That's why I think it's so important to tie incentives to retention rather than directly to sales. Alex On Mar 22, 2017, 5:06 PM -0400, Bernhard Mehl <[email protected]>, wrote: > I think generally a good idea IF you can get a better quality community > manager (e.g. former entrepreneur, etc) for the job - similar to the comment > Alex Linsker had that where he sees it mostly with partners, so the goal is > to have a high end community manager :) > > However those I'd rather incentivize based on business goals. To hit the > business goals one way is to get on average more members, etc > > On Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 4:43:42 AM UTC-4, Alex Linsker wrote: > > I agree with Alex Hillman, if I offered a commission I would want it to pay > > more if someone stays a member for 10 years than for 10 months. > > > > I don't see any problem with cash incentive to get members especially if a > > place is already paying cash for someone to do other things that members > > could do -- if it actually incentivizes. > > > > > > Other than business partners who are cofounders or buy the business, I > > haven't heard of commissions working for coworking -- the $ per client is > > usually so small compared to traditional leasing, unless you have a bigger > > company, in which case a broker prefers a prepaid commission on a 5 year > > lease. Do any coworking places do 3 or 5 year leases, where the client and > > coworking venue is locked into an agreement? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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] > (mailto:[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.
