Hey Lisa, welcome to the list. We love sponges here :) Reading through what you said here I'd provide one word of caution: "pulling in as many people as possible" isn't nearly as effective at filling space as you might think.
Here's why, and what you can do instead: https://dangerouslyawesome.com/2012/07/tips-for-building-community-after-opening-a-coworking-space/ The other tempting mistake that I see a *lot* is that people think that all of the community building should happen in your cool new space. After all, once people see how awesome your space is, they're going to want to sign up. Right? Well...not exactly. The biggest thing you should be working on is *meeting people where they are* (that means getting outside of your space!) and learning what would bring those people together. What kinds of things are they already doing that would be more productive and fun together? Do that. So get out of your space, and do stuff together <https://listen.coworkingweekly.com/8700e3af>! :) -Alex ------------------ *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Lisa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey there! I'm part of a team that's opening a 33,000 s.f. coworking/maker > space/offices/corporate training space called Evolve Workplace, in West St > Paul, MN. We're in an older, newly-redeveloped first ring suburb, about 10 > minutes south of downtown St Paul in the Twin Cities. I'm hoping to glean > some pearls of wisdom from those who own, manage, operate and who are > members of similar spaces. I really want to know what does and doesn't work > for each of you! Our website (according to initial feedback) 1. Needs more > images of humans 2. Needs less verbiage and 3. Needs more personality. That > being said, feel free to give us feedback and pointers--we're going to try > to jazz up its personality in the next few weeks. > > The three of us who are founders (along with two of the guys wives) are > serial entrepreneurs, and decided to hop on the coworking bandwagon that is > just now gaining popularity in the Midwest. As for unique space features, > we have three cabanas/tents, a few hammocks, postal packaging and gift > wrapping stations, and a photo/video studio with lights and a Chromakey > green screen. We also have an awesome game room with a putting green, ping > pong, foosball, air hockey, English darts, puzzle and board game tables, > and even scrapbooking/stamping/card making. > > For now, we're trying to open Phase I of the space, and to pull in as many > people as possible. Any guerrilla marketing techniques are greatly > appreciated! > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
