Love that, Tom! On Thursday, October 2, 2014 3:00:39 PM UTC-4, Tom Brandt - Workantile 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 > <javascript:>> 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 <lisa...@hattery.com >> <javascript:>> 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 tried *unsuccessfully* 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 to coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > twb > member, Workantile <http://workantile.com/> > @twbrandt >
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