Yeah. Never cheapen memberships. Story about that, actually... At one point while hoping to attract more people the Citizen Space early on, we decided to offer a Citizen Lite membership where a person wouldn't get a desk, but would get a key and it was almost 1/2 the price of having a desk. Problem was that the desk owners started to ask to convert to the Lite version and all of the memberships of the Lite version started dropping out. We ended up renting less desks because of it. Totally sucked.
In order to counter this, we raised the price of Lite and added storage. Storage allowed people to leave stuff behind (incentive to come back) and raising the price made the desk look more attractive. Deals aren't always beneficial for anyone. T On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Jerome Chang <jer...@blankspaces.com>wrote: > I'd suggest your meeting room(s), or drop-ins. > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > On Jan 14, 2011, at 6:45 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > > I'm immediately concerned by the exact two items you listed as cons. > > For reference, every time we've grown quickly, we've had trouble. From > minor things like poor community integration, to major things like theft. > > Personally, slow and steady growth from member-driven word of mouth has > brought us the strongest community members, time and again, over our 4 > years. > > If you do head this route - I'd consider doing a deep discount on something > OTHER than your normal membership to help preserve your prices, and know > that it's unlikely to build your community so much as it is your short term > cashflow. Be wary that deal hunters are likely to be transients rather than > the type of contributors you're probably looking for. > > If you do head this way, be sure to let us know how it goes! > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:24 AM, CoWorkative <adcommu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> With the popularity of group buying coupon sites like Groupon, has >> anyone considered promoting their space on them? >> >> Well, we were curious about what results we would get and in an effort >> to get the word out about our new space, CoWorkative... >> >> .., we had contacted Swarm Jam ( a local group buying site owned by >> the National Post), and after weeks of waiting, they put our offer up >> today! (http://www.swarmjam.com/) >> >> Possible Pros- >> - publicity for CoWorkative >> - getting the word out about coworking spaces >> - members signing up to our space >> - members signing up to neighboring spaces >> >> Possible Cons- >> - may not bring in the right people to foster the right community >> based work atmosphere >> - by deep discounting the price with such a promo, may hold people >> back from paying regular prices >> >> Well, I guess we would have to wait and see. I will keep you posted. >> I'm hoping that this promo will not only help us get members, but also >> get the word out about coworking. >> >> Neil >> CoWorkative.com >> n...@coworkative.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- Tara Hunt CEO & CoFounder http://www.shwowp.com http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 514-679-2951 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
