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A coworking community and events center on Bainbridge Island January 24, 2012 |
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Coach Izzy became a Facebook fan page ninja
(and so can you)
Greetings!
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"Do you know one my favorite morning activities? Checking my notifications and finding that my client list grew, without spam or shady offers, and without having to pay for clicks!"
Is your Facebook fan page helping to build leads and generate customers for your business? Or maybe you have no idea how to start a fan page! Xpat 'Coach Izzy' has gone out of his comfort zone to find an effective, inexpensive way to generate highly qualified leads, and he is hosting our next business basics "Coaching and Collaboration" brown bag. See below for more!
This is a big week. Wednesday I'm going to a UW Internship Fair to see if we can inspire some young, incredibly smart but inexperienced student to help us grow our community. Thursday we host (and hope to see you all at) the Chamber of Commerce After Hours (5:30-7:30). And don't miss the first Kanban session this Friday at 11am. Whew!
Note that the special pricing for full time membership is ending soon. If you call us to sign up by January 31 and renew automatically, your full time membership is only $272 per month for all of 2012. Think about it! |
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Business Basics Coaching and Collaboration Brown Bag
Israel Sanchez, or "Coach Izzy," is a strength and conditioning coach and pain therapist. That's his profession and his expertise, i.e. he's put in his 10,000 hours and he is very good at what he does. So how does slinging code in Facebook fit into his bag of tricks? Like many of the entrepreneurs and "businesses of one" that tend to gravitate to coworking, Izzy has to get good at new things fast to keep his business humming, and he's agreed to share how he conquered some customization of his Facebook page.
 Q: What do you LOVE to do that you're good at? Izzy: I love writing, learning about the human body, SCUBA diving, and making sure I understand how to run my business effectively.
Q: For the Tuesday focus, what are you sharing that you can recommend as "DIY" (do it yourself)?
Izzy: I'm going to walk you through the steps I discovered to customize my Facebook page. You will learn how visitors are prompted to subscribe to my newsletter by taking advantage of a free offer. It really works!
Q: What areas of your experience do you think were critical to making this project work, that made you successful?
Izzy: I'm very intentional about my business planning, and I love making effective use of resources, such as technology.
Followup: Jason can offer one-on-one technical guidance during his Tuesday office hours. |
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Chamber of Commerce "After Hours"
OfficeXpats is hosting the Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce "After Hours" this Thursday, 5:30-7:30. All of the restaurants in the Pavilion are contributing food, so you can eat your way around the world from Japan to India to Mexico and end up back home with local fresh cuisine all in one evening!  Even the movie theaters are offering goodies. We stayed up too late last night making chocolate truffles. It should be a good party... ahem... networking event.  |
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Events @OfficeXpats
- Tuesday Jan 24, 11-12pm: Free Computer Support Hour
- Tuesday Jan 24, 12-1:30pm: Business Skills Coaching brown bag: "Customizing your Facebook page to gather leads," with Coach Izzy. RSVP.
- Wednesday Jan 25, 9-10am: It's About Creating Health weight loss support group
- Thursday Jan 26, 4:30pm: Coworker Happy Hour
- Thursday, Jan 26, 5:30-7pm: Chamber of Commerce "After Hours" at OfficeXpats
- Friday Jan 27, 11am-12:30: First Kanban session!
- Monday Jan 30, 9:30-10am Coworker check-in. Share goals for the week, create accountability.
Events are located at OfficeXpats and drop-ins are welcome unless otherwise noted. |
| Membership Levels and Pricing
How many days each month would you use OfficeXpats?
Get work done in a productive, professional, and socially supportive environment. Or using a reserved conference room to host six people for a 2-hr meeting. Or both! You could even invite additional meeting attendees to join by Skype video conference.
- 3 days/month (Basic) $69
- 5 days/month $105
- 10 days/month $180
- 15 days/month $250
- Full time $320 (only $272 through Jan 2012)
- Add unlimited after hours/weekend access to any level $75/month
 Add a Pavilion gym membership to any level for just $20/month- Flextime Punch Card $60: Drop in 6 times for up to 2 hours each. That works out to $5/hr, and you get free coffee! Does not include use of conference rooms.
Note that memberships are limited to staffed business hours (8:30-5:30pm). Add after hours/weekends for $75/month.
To start your membership, just give us a call at 206.780.2177. |
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| Pay it Forward! | |
When you refer someone who becomes a member, we want to give you credit! $60 of membership credit, to be exact. Or, if you aren't a member yet,we can offer you a Flextime punch card, also worth $60. Pass the word and let us know who you have referred!
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| Who We Are | |
"Our vision is to become THE place on Bainbridge Island where independent workers, small businesses, and big ideas find community and support."
OfficeXpats on Bainbridge Island is a workplace solution beyond commuting to the corporate office or working from home.
Coworking is about making the personal choice to work alongside other people instead of in isolation. We offer a shared "community" office for remote workers, independent consultants, entrepreneurs, and small businesses.
OfficeXpats is located upstairs in the Pavilion on Madison, just a 10-minute walk from the ferry terminal, through beautiful downtown Winslow. We hope to help you in your quest for 'new ways to work.'
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P.S. Please help us get the word out that coworking and meeting space is available in the Pavilion. to other independent workers and small businesses!
Sincerely,
Leslie and Jason,
The OfficeXpats Team |
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