Re: [Coworking] Membership Package question

2013-01-29 Thread Alex Hillman
We haven't done formal research on this either - our funnel has never been tight enough to really do a/b testing on the way we describe our memberships. It's worth pointing out that a lot of people paying for coworking - at least today - don't fall into the most/most/more bucket and mainstream

Re: [Coworking] Membership Package question

2013-01-29 Thread Dondi Hananto
Flagging this thread as we're currently experiementing with a number of different package options to balance between affordability for customers and commercial revenue.. We've recently opened the first coworking space in Jakarta, Indonesia and still learning how to balance all the hype

Re: [Coworking] Membership Package question

2013-01-25 Thread Mojo
Alex, As many know I am a recovering marketing guy. I've lived and breathed * transactional* marketing roles at companies like McDonald's Corp (cash register rings) and Turner Broadcasting (over night ratings) ... along with many others ... for over 25 years. One thing that has always been

Re: [Coworking] Membership Package question

2013-01-24 Thread Mojo
Alex (as always) makes some great points. One thing that we've never done is set our usage days on a monthly basis. In our experience members seem to think better in terms of weeks. We offer 2x 3x days per week Flex Desk options. Members can select any 2 or 3 days each week to work. Each

Re: [Coworking] Membership Package question

2013-01-24 Thread Alex Hillman
Hey Craig, First, thanks :) Second, I'm always interested in variables in terms of preference, and using it to make biz decisions. How'd you determine that people think better in terms of weeks vs days? -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia Got Community?

Re: [Coworking] Membership Package question

2013-01-23 Thread Alex Hillman
A couple of things to consider: 1) tiered memberships based on usage creates a clear path of advancement. Given the opportunity, people will graduate to the next level if the community helps being them more success and/or happiness 2) Unlimited does something funny to the paradox of choice in

[Coworking] Membership Package question

2013-01-22 Thread bfogle
While researching different membership packages across a variety of coworking spaces I have come to realize that A LOT of coworking spaces prefer to base their membership packages on a certain number of days per month rather than on fixed packages per month. For example ill use Indy Hall