[Coworking] Re: Connecting to co-workers
Felicity, Don't underestimate the value of real world social recruiting. You should be out in the field, talking to everyone and interacting with user groups and other people who may be potential users. Asking them how they work (home, cafe, office, etc) and then finding out what they like and dont like about it is usually a good bridge to explain to them how coworking might help them do whatever they do, better. In addition to all of Raines' suggestions, I cannot emphasize enough the power of simply asking people what they want. Good luck! -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:48 PM, felicity at cubes < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HI Raines, > > Fabulous feedback! We have been getting more feedback on the > website and are working on the "rework." Always great to have some > other ideas as we do that. > > I will work on above and keep you posted. > > Thanks, > Felicity > > > On Feb 29, 11:37 am, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Welcome back, Felicity; I'm glad the earlier website feedback didn't > scare > > you away. > > Some things that may help include: > > > > - Make it clearer that non-parents are equally welcome; the whole site > > promotes primarily the benefits of the childcare/workspace connection. > Like > > Hillary said, video could help make it clearer that it's not one shared > > space with kid noise, but a combination of professional-feeling kid-care > and > > office spaces that happen to be interlinked and adjacent. > > > > - Make the events more visible on the home page, plus co-list them on > > outside calendars like upcoming, eventful, Craig's List, et al, not to > > mention local papers. You might think about doing more free events, not > just > > the workshops with admission fees that could be a barrier to > > participation/engagement. > > > > - Make the website more bloggy (bloggish?), i.e. with changing content, > > current info, and sharings from your members' experience... what's the > > highlight of their last visit, what's fun around the space, etc. > > > > - With any space (cohousing or coworking), while the location is > important, > > and the space sells itself, it's really the people that are the main > > attraction. Check out yesterday's NYT article on the women-only space in > NYC > > and you'll see that the main focus is the interesting folks there, and > the > > bundled consulting services from more cool people. So get pictures and > > profiles of your members and rotate them through the home page and > scatter > > 'em throughout... and encourage them to micro-blog, add little notes > about > > what's going on for them, their favorite parts of the Cubes & Crayons > > experience. > > > > - Do more outbound linking as a part of an outreach campaign to get more > > folks to link to you. The site is pretty "invisible" when I do a search > for > > inbound links, with some limited sets of places where folks link to you. > > > > - Get your members to review you on Yelp and other sites. I was > encouraged > > to do this for Sandbox Suites while I was visiting there, and it makes > sense > > for all community resources that want to be more visible. > > > > Raines, your neighborhood Coworking Coach, Cohousing Coach, and *Camp > > Counselor > > > > wishing you a Happy Leap Year Day, whatever that event at your space is > this > > morning > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:12 AM, felicity at cubes < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Alright all my brilliant fellow co-workers, how do co-workers get > > > connected to co-working spaces? We have fantastic space but it is > > > sometimes empty and I would love to get connected to all the co- > > > workers looking for a great space to work. I want people to get this > > > connection and am sad to see it not being used. Ideas? Thoughts? > > > > > We are located in Menlo Parkwww.cubesandcrayons.com > > > > -- - -- - Alex Hillman web.developer.innovation.consultant vocal: 484.597.6256 digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | skype: dangerouslyawesome visual: www.weknowhtml.com | www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Connecting to co-workers
Thanks, Alex. We started real world and most of our clients came us from that method. Between Starbucks, newspaper stories, and word of mouth we have gained the majority of our users. Still, always nice to have a reminder. All the best, Felicity On Mar 2, 7:38 am, "Alex Hillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Felicity, > Don't underestimate the value of real world social recruiting. You should be > out in the field, talking to everyone and interacting with user groups and > other people who may be potential users. Asking them how they work (home, > cafe, office, etc) and then finding out what they like and dont like about > it is usually a good bridge to explain to them how coworking might help them > do whatever they do, better. > > In addition to all of Raines' suggestions, I cannot emphasize enough the > power of simply asking people what they want. > > Good luck! > > -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:48 PM, felicity at cubes < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > HI Raines, > > > Fabulous feedback! We have been getting more feedback on the > > website and are working on the "rework." Always great to have some > > other ideas as we do that. > > > I will work on above and keep you posted. > > > Thanks, > > Felicity > > > On Feb 29, 11:37 am, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Welcome back, Felicity; I'm glad the earlier website feedback didn't > > scare > > > you away. > > > Some things that may help include: > > > > - Make it clearer that non-parents are equally welcome; the whole site > > > promotes primarily the benefits of the childcare/workspace connection. > > Like > > > Hillary said, video could help make it clearer that it's not one shared > > > space with kid noise, but a combination of professional-feeling kid-care > > and > > > office spaces that happen to be interlinked and adjacent. > > > > - Make the events more visible on the home page, plus co-list them on > > > outside calendars like upcoming, eventful, Craig's List, et al, not to > > > mention local papers. You might think about doing more free events, not > > just > > > the workshops with admission fees that could be a barrier to > > > participation/engagement. > > > > - Make the website more bloggy (bloggish?), i.e. with changing content, > > > current info, and sharings from your members' experience... what's the > > > highlight of their last visit, what's fun around the space, etc. > > > > - With any space (cohousing or coworking), while the location is > > important, > > > and the space sells itself, it's really the people that are the main > > > attraction. Check out yesterday's NYT article on the women-only space in > > NYC > > > and you'll see that the main focus is the interesting folks there, and > > the > > > bundled consulting services from more cool people. So get pictures and > > > profiles of your members and rotate them through the home page and > > scatter > > > 'em throughout... and encourage them to micro-blog, add little notes > > about > > > what's going on for them, their favorite parts of the Cubes & Crayons > > > experience. > > > > - Do more outbound linking as a part of an outreach campaign to get more > > > folks to link to you. The site is pretty "invisible" when I do a search > > for > > > inbound links, with some limited sets of places where folks link to you. > > > > - Get your members to review you on Yelp and other sites. I was > > encouraged > > > to do this for Sandbox Suites while I was visiting there, and it makes > > sense > > > for all community resources that want to be more visible. > > > > Raines, your neighborhood Coworking Coach, Cohousing Coach, and *Camp > > > Counselor > > > > wishing you a Happy Leap Year Day, whatever that event at your space is > > this > > > morning > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:12 AM, felicity at cubes < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Alright all my brilliant fellow co-workers, how do co-workers get > > > > connected to co-working spaces? We have fantastic space but it is > > > > sometimes empty and I would love to get connected to all the co- > > > > workers looking for a great space to work. I want people to get this > > > > connection and am sad to see it not being used. Ideas? Thoughts? > > > > > We are located in Menlo Parkwww.cubesandcrayons.com > > -- > - > -- > - > Alex Hillman > web.developer.innovation.consultant > vocal: 484.597.6256 > digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | skype: dangerouslyawesome > visual:www.weknowhtml.com|www.dangerouslyawesome.com > local:www.indyhall.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Connecting to co-workers
Felicity, I also changed your role on the coworking blog to be able to post as an author if you would like to do that. :) Tara On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 9:48 AM, felicity at cubes < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, Alex. We started real world and most of our clients came > us from that method. Between Starbucks, newspaper stories, and > word of mouth we have gained the majority of our users. Still, always > nice to have a reminder. > > All the best, > Felicity > > > On Mar 2, 7:38 am, "Alex Hillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Felicity, > > Don't underestimate the value of real world social recruiting. You > should be > > out in the field, talking to everyone and interacting with user groups > and > > other people who may be potential users. Asking them how they work > (home, > > cafe, office, etc) and then finding out what they like and dont like > about > > it is usually a good bridge to explain to them how coworking might help > them > > do whatever they do, better. > > > > In addition to all of Raines' suggestions, I cannot emphasize enough the > > power of simply asking people what they want. > > > > Good luck! > > > > -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:48 PM, felicity at cubes < > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > HI Raines, > > > > > Fabulous feedback! We have been getting more feedback on the > > > website and are working on the "rework." Always great to have some > > > other ideas as we do that. > > > > > I will work on above and keep you posted. > > > > > Thanks, > > > Felicity > > > > > On Feb 29, 11:37 am, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Welcome back, Felicity; I'm glad the earlier website feedback didn't > > > scare > > > > you away. > > > > Some things that may help include: > > > > > > - Make it clearer that non-parents are equally welcome; the whole > site > > > > promotes primarily the benefits of the childcare/workspace > connection. > > > Like > > > > Hillary said, video could help make it clearer that it's not one > shared > > > > space with kid noise, but a combination of professional-feeling > kid-care > > > and > > > > office spaces that happen to be interlinked and adjacent. > > > > > > - Make the events more visible on the home page, plus co-list them > on > > > > outside calendars like upcoming, eventful, Craig's List, et al, not > to > > > > mention local papers. You might think about doing more free events, > not > > > just > > > > the workshops with admission fees that could be a barrier to > > > > participation/engagement. > > > > > > - Make the website more bloggy (bloggish?), i.e. with changing > content, > > > > current info, and sharings from your members' experience... what's > the > > > > highlight of their last visit, what's fun around the space, etc. > > > > > > - With any space (cohousing or coworking), while the location is > > > important, > > > > and the space sells itself, it's really the people that are the main > > > > attraction. Check out yesterday's NYT article on the women-only > space in > > > NYC > > > > and you'll see that the main focus is the interesting folks there, > and > > > the > > > > bundled consulting services from more cool people. So get pictures > and > > > > profiles of your members and rotate them through the home page and > > > scatter > > > > 'em throughout... and encourage them to micro-blog, add little notes > > > about > > > > what's going on for them, their favorite parts of the Cubes & > Crayons > > > > experience. > > > > > > - Do more outbound linking as a part of an outreach campaign to get > more > > > > folks to link to you. The site is pretty "invisible" when I do a > search > > > for > > > > inbound links, with some limited sets of places where folks link to > you. > > > > > > - Get your members to review you on Yelp and other sites. I was > > > encouraged > > > > to do this for Sandbox Suites while I was visiting there, and it > makes > > > sense > > > > for all community resources that want to be more visible. > > > > > > Raines, your neighborhood Coworking Coach, Cohousing Coach, and > *Camp > > > > Counselor > > > > > > wishing you a Happy Leap Year Day, whatever that event at your space > is > > > this > > > > morning > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:12 AM, felicity at cubes < > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Alright all my brilliant fellow co-workers, how do co-workers get > > > > > connected to co-working spaces? We have fantastic space but it is > > > > > sometimes empty and I would love to get connected to all the co- > > > > > workers looking for a great space to work. I want people to get > this > > > > > connection and am sad to see it not being used. Ideas? Thoughts? > > > > > > > We are located in Menlo Parkwww.cubesandcrayons.com > > > > -- > > - > > -- > > - > > Alex Hillman > > web.developer.innovation.consultant > > vocal: 484.597.6256 > > digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | skype: dangerouslyawesome >
[Coworking] Re: Connecting to co-workers
Hi Tara. Thanks. Will do. Coming up to SF next week. I will let you know when I will be stopping by Citizen Space. Look forward to checking it out and meeting you if you are around. -Felicity Founder Cubes&Crayons (www.cubesandcrayons.com) On Mar 2, 10:29 am, "Tara Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Felicity, > > I also changed your role on the coworking blog to be able to post as an > author if you would like to do that. :) > > Tara > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 9:48 AM, felicity at cubes < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Alex. We started real world and most of our clients came > > us from that method. Between Starbucks, newspaper stories, and > > word of mouth we have gained the majority of our users. Still, always > > nice to have a reminder. > > > All the best, > > Felicity > > > On Mar 2, 7:38 am, "Alex Hillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Felicity, > > > Don't underestimate the value of real world social recruiting. You > > should be > > > out in the field, talking to everyone and interacting with user groups > > and > > > other people who may be potential users. Asking them how they work > > (home, > > > cafe, office, etc) and then finding out what they like and dont like > > about > > > it is usually a good bridge to explain to them how coworking might help > > them > > > do whatever they do, better. > > > > In addition to all of Raines' suggestions, I cannot emphasize enough the > > > power of simply asking people what they want. > > > > Good luck! > > > > -Alex, IndyHall, Philadelphia > > > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:48 PM, felicity at cubes < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > HI Raines, > > > > > Fabulous feedback! We have been getting more feedback on the > > > > website and are working on the "rework." Always great to have some > > > > other ideas as we do that. > > > > > I will work on above and keep you posted. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Felicity > > > > > On Feb 29, 11:37 am, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Welcome back, Felicity; I'm glad the earlier website feedback didn't > > > > scare > > > > > you away. > > > > > Some things that may help include: > > > > > > - Make it clearer that non-parents are equally welcome; the whole > > site > > > > > promotes primarily the benefits of the childcare/workspace > > connection. > > > > Like > > > > > Hillary said, video could help make it clearer that it's not one > > shared > > > > > space with kid noise, but a combination of professional-feeling > > kid-care > > > > and > > > > > office spaces that happen to be interlinked and adjacent. > > > > > > - Make the events more visible on the home page, plus co-list them > > on > > > > > outside calendars like upcoming, eventful, Craig's List, et al, not > > to > > > > > mention local papers. You might think about doing more free events, > > not > > > > just > > > > > the workshops with admission fees that could be a barrier to > > > > > participation/engagement. > > > > > > - Make the website more bloggy (bloggish?), i.e. with changing > > content, > > > > > current info, and sharings from your members' experience... what's > > the > > > > > highlight of their last visit, what's fun around the space, etc. > > > > > > - With any space (cohousing or coworking), while the location is > > > > important, > > > > > and the space sells itself, it's really the people that are the main > > > > > attraction. Check out yesterday's NYT article on the women-only > > space in > > > > NYC > > > > > and you'll see that the main focus is the interesting folks there, > > and > > > > the > > > > > bundled consulting services from more cool people. So get pictures > > and > > > > > profiles of your members and rotate them through the home page and > > > > scatter > > > > > 'em throughout... and encourage them to micro-blog, add little notes > > > > about > > > > > what's going on for them, their favorite parts of the Cubes & > > Crayons > > > > > experience. > > > > > > - Do more outbound linking as a part of an outreach campaign to get > > more > > > > > folks to link to you. The site is pretty "invisible" when I do a > > search > > > > for > > > > > inbound links, with some limited sets of places where folks link to > > you. > > > > > > - Get your members to review you on Yelp and other sites. I was > > > > encouraged > > > > > to do this for Sandbox Suites while I was visiting there, and it > > makes > > > > sense > > > > > for all community resources that want to be more visible. > > > > > > Raines, your neighborhood Coworking Coach, Cohousing Coach, and > > *Camp > > > > > Counselor > > > > > > wishing you a Happy Leap Year Day, whatever that event at your space > > is > > > > this > > > > > morning > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:12 AM, felicity at cubes < > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Alright all my brilliant fellow co-workers, how do co-workers get > > > > > > connected to co-working spaces? We have fantastic space but
[Coworking] Re: Connecting to co-workers
Great feedback! Brad Sent from my cell phone On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:37 PM, "Raines Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome back, Felicity; I'm glad the earlier website feedback didn't > scare you away. > > Some things that may help include: > > - Make it clearer that non-parents are equally welcome; the whole > site promotes primarily the benefits of the childcare/workspace > connection. Like Hillary said, video could help make it clearer that > it's not one shared space with kid noise, but a combination of > professional-feeling kid-care and office spaces that happen to be > interlinked and adjacent. > > - Make the events more visible on the home page, plus co-list them > on outside calendars like upcoming, eventful, Craig's List, et al, > not to mention local papers. You might think about doing more free > events, not just the workshops with admission fees that could be a > barrier to participation/engagement. > > - Make the website more bloggy (bloggish?), i.e. with changing > content, current info, and sharings from your members' experience... > what's the highlight of their last visit, what's fun around the > space, etc. > > - With any space (cohousing or coworking), while the location is > important, and the space sells itself, it's really the people that > are the main attraction. Check out yesterday's NYT article on the > women-only space in NYC and you'll see that the main focus is the > interesting folks there, and the bundled consulting services from > more cool people. So get pictures and profiles of your members and > rotate them through the home page and scatter 'em throughout... and > encourage them to micro-blog, add little notes about what's going on > for them, their favorite parts of the Cubes & Crayons experience. > > - Do more outbound linking as a part of an outreach campaign to get > more folks to link to you. The site is pretty "invisible" when I do > a search for inbound links, with some limited sets of places where > folks link to you. > > - Get your members to review you on Yelp and other sites. I was > encouraged to do this for Sandbox Suites while I was visiting there, > and it makes sense for all community resources that want to be more > visible. > > Raines, your neighborhood Coworking Coach, Cohousing Coach, and > *Camp Counselor > > wishing you a Happy Leap Year Day, whatever that event at your space > is this morning > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:12 AM, felicity at cubes <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Alright all my brilliant fellow co-workers, how do co-workers get > connected to co-working spaces? We have fantastic space but it is > sometimes empty and I would love to get connected to all the co- > workers looking for a great space to work. I want people to get this > connection and am sad to see it not being used. Ideas? Thoughts? > > We are located in Menlo Park www.cubesandcrayons.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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
