RE: [Coworking] Re: Hello!

2018-09-13 Thread Wendy
I opened the first co-working space in Denison, Texas, January 18, of this year. Very few people had even heard of the concept before. We are about hour north of Dallas, Texas, so I was a little surprised by how few people were familiar with co-working. I started with prayer, lots and lots

Re: [Coworking] Nice to "virtually" meet you guys!

2018-09-13 Thread Margo Aaron
Thank you, Alex! Ye omg so *backstory:* this grew out of my marketing consultancy. I was getting requests for marketing help and every time I'd get on the phone with founders, I'd discover that they didn't *really* have marketing problems. They had self-doubt problems. Most of these people

Re: [Coworking] Re: Hello!

2018-09-13 Thread Trevor Townsend
BNIs are a great option, and I'm joining the one in my area here in Aylmer, Quebec. Best, Trevor On 13 September 2018 at 12:49, Katrina Dye wrote: > Thank you Paula!! > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 10:14 AM wrote: > >> I opened the first co-working space in the Tampa suburbs, and ran into >> the

Re: [Coworking] Opening a Space, have many questions!

2018-09-13 Thread Alex Hillman
> > The repeats have been really awesome and want to work together and maybe I > should focus on them and find out what gauges their interest rather than > focusing so much on looking for more people. I'd bet that the folks who come back also have had opportunities to meet other people within

Re: [Coworking] Opening a Space, have many questions!

2018-09-13 Thread Jesse Flores
Thanks to everyone for their responses! I just bought my copy of the Coworking handbook, should arrive today! I am doing a weekly event now however I don't think it's consistent enough and I feel I have a lot of new people everytime but not a lot of repeats. I am jumping between different

Re: [Coworking] Re: Hello!

2018-09-13 Thread Katrina Dye
Thank you Paula!! On Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 10:14 AM wrote: > I opened the first co-working space in the Tampa suburbs, and ran into the > same challenge. You have to teach the communities about coworking before > you can start talking to them about the value it'll add to their life!!! I > joined

[Coworking] Re: Hello!

2018-09-13 Thread paula
I opened the first co-working space in the Tampa suburbs, and ran into the same challenge. You have to teach the communities about coworking before you can start talking to them about the value it'll add to their life!!! I joined a Business Network International group (BNI). It was a way I

[Coworking] Small Business Saturday (Nov 24) Special Ideas

2018-09-13 Thread paula
Hi Space Managers!! I'm working on our marketing plan, and want to offer a special to sell on Small Business Saturday (and later for Christmas). What successful discount campaigns have you run for Christmas in the past? Thanks in advance for sharing your successes!!! Paula Blair SOAR

Re: [Coworking] Nice to "virtually" meet you guys!

2018-09-13 Thread Alex Hillman
Hey Margo, welcome! I'm a huge fan of online community building, it's always been a large component of what we do at Indy Hall and more than 50% of our members almost *exclusively* interact online. I took a peek ta your website and it looks like you've created something pretty cool! Is there any