[Coworking] Re: Referral program within the coworking community

2014-04-30 Thread Frank DePalma
Hi Mychael, We just started a referral program to reward our existing members for referring colleagues, friends and family. This helps remind our members to spread the word. Although we advertise and market, a vast majority of our members hear about us via word-of-mouth. Rather than offer a dis

Re: [Coworking] Re: Referral Program?

2011-11-23 Thread Alex Hillman
I'd consider our style of coworking to be based very, very heavily on word of mouth because it's so dependent on relationships. Our members are the BEST recruitment tool because they know who else they want to be around, and they already have the trust of their friends and colleagues. Rather than

Re: [Coworking] Re: Referral Program?

2011-11-23 Thread bt
hi sarah, one idea that we have been thinking, (instead of calling referral) make it more of a bring-a-friend, like a special price trial-period or a shorter commitment period and the existing member gets a discount on their existing plan, or credits into their account for future fees. it's risk-

[Coworking] Re: Referral Program?

2011-11-23 Thread Dana VanDen Heuvel
Hey Sarah, We've thought about and asked our members and got a lukewarm response to the idea. Most of our business for the coworking space comes through referrals of existing members, events that we held which exposed potential members to the space or from people hearing about us in them media.