Sooooo, Joshua... Do you just walk in to Starbucks and MickeyD's passing out coupons all willy-nilly? I ask because it's really been on the top of my aggressive marketing list. :-)
Toni On Apr 13, 10:55 am, Joshua Marpet <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex Hillman will probably chime in that you did it backwards. And he's > probably right. I mean, hell, like I know what I'm talking about? :) > > Alex has written some great stuff, and his premise was basically, "Get a > group together who want to be part of the community you want to build." > Then build the community and space to encompass them. > > I bastardized it. Don't kill me, Alex. :) > > ok, enough recrimination. Let's talk positively. > > You have a space, with awesome stuff. No members. Now what? > > Have you located the local Linux Users Group? > > OWASP? > ISSA > ISACA? > Chamber of Commerce? > Rotary Club > etc. > > Invite them to meet inyour space. Hey, free coffee!!! > > Free meeting space. > > Network the hell out of those meetings. > > After one or two, go and tell them, "Hey, your group should meet this other > group. Similar people, differing aims, but wow, I think you all will get > along. How about I set up a mixer, meet your counterpart type of event? > Free coffee!!!" > > Infragard > ECTF > Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association > Certified Fraud Examiners > Society of Professional Investigators > Do a meetup for freelancers > > Sorry for rambling, this is off the cuff. > > Hope this helps. > > Oh!!! Anybody live in the local starbucks/mickeyD's, etc? As in work live, > not homeless living. Walk in, hand them a coupon for a free day pass. > Free Coffee!!! > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Franki7225 <[email protected]> wrote: > > We opened 7225CoWorking in North Canton, Ohio in January. We have a > > beautiful open space, cool whiteboard furniture, and 1 member. Being > > the first space to open in our county,people just don't seem to be > > "getting" it. We need suggestions,please! We have advertised in the > > local paper and mailed out a hundred free day passes. We have the > > space, the coffee, the wi-fi... Now we need members! Our website is > >www.7225coworking.com Thanks so much for your comments. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.

