Such good advice, Alex - thanks! Also, has anyone used AnyPerk? Too expensive for us (it's $10 per member per month, and we have $150 members) but could be interesting to this group.
On Oct 2, 2014, at 12:00 PM, Tom Brandt <twbra...@gmail.com> wrote: > The most successful partnerships we have had are massage therapists who come > once a week for a couple of hours and give discounted massages to our > members. The members loved it, the massage therapists, all of whom were just > starting out, built up a clientele of satisfied members, and it was a > non-disruptive activity. > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Susan Dorsch <su...@officenomads.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is one of many situations where you should put yourself in the shoes of > your members and figure out what they'd want. We've had various so-called > "partnerships" pitched to us in the past to provide discounts to our members > that generally fall flat because they don't offer anything of actual value to > our members. I don't join a coworking space to get a discount on Zipcar or > 10% off a local restaurant. I join a coworking space because I want to get > great work done, meet other interesting people, and get support in my > progress. > > Just some food for thought - starting a network of "partnerships" is > tempting, but it's a lot of work for what I'd argue isn't much value. > > S > > __ > Office Nomads > officenomads.com > 206-323-6500(o) > 206-484-5859(m) > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Lisa Anne Logan <lisaan...@hattery.com> > wrote: > Hi Jessica, > > +1 to Tyler's approach - it works out well. We do a few 'personal' services > like gym, but mostly focus on business service discounts. I occasionally ask > our members what services they're using, and then I pick a few from that list > to approach about a discount. Just position yourself as an influencer > amongst a great group of candidates in their target market, and detail the > internal marketing you'll do, and they're usually happy to offer something. > > We do all the same marketing Tyler mentioned, plus announce them at our > monthly happy hour. One idea that I triedunsuccessfully was inviting a > partner to do a quick preso of their own to the happy hour group about their > product and discount. Seemed like a great way to create a personal connection > - the partner loved it, got to talk directly with interested members, etc. - > but it just didn't feel right in the moment. I could read my members' faces > and they felt like they were being held captive for an advertising campaign. > So we won't be doing that again :) > > > On Friday, September 26, 2014 8:40:31 AM UTC-7, Jessica Hill wrote: > Good Morning, > > > We starting to think about creating perks (discounts from local businesses, > and services) for our members. Do any of you have this at your coworking > spaces? I am not exactly sure how go about asking businesses for discounts > for our members especially since we are so new. > > Thanks! > > Jessica > > -- > 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 tocoworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 tocoworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > twb > member, Workantile > @twbrandt > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/jbfYha9ygXs/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
