[Coworking] Best advice to keep/get coworking space to full capcity

2016-06-06 Thread Justin Baron
I wanted to get some feedback from people working within the industry. I just started working at a coworking space in NYC, at a smaller space. My job is sales related and entails me getting the space filled and keeping it filled, as the office is now expanding from about 70 people enjoying our

Re: [Coworking] Best advice to keep/get coworking space to full capcity

2016-06-06 Thread James Gifford
An important question to ask is "what is the benefit that people get from coworking?", and then sell *that*. Coworking by itself doesn't sell. Example: A big part of what we've done in a "sales" position at LaunchHouse is organize events that are of interest to the type of people we want in our sp

Re: [Coworking] Best advice to keep/get coworking space to full capcity

2016-06-09 Thread Alex Hillman
Hey Justin, welcome to the list! You're in an interesting spot, here. Squishing "community management" and sales together might have a lot to do with why the previous people didn't work out, so I can't help but wonder exactly what expectations you've been given. Is it all about putting butts in se

Re: [Coworking] Best advice to keep/get coworking space to full capcity

2016-06-15 Thread Bernie J Mitchell
Justin man! That sucks! Thanks for sharing - you are a better person for taking the time to ask advice and trying it out. "mass email" is a wanky term to have to work with anyway - sounds like something out of a late 20th Century sales play book. Best of luck in your next move 👍 Have a remarkab