I have a quick favor to ask this community

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Some of you are on my Coworking Weekly newsletter, but I know that many aren’t. That’s okay, no hard feelings. :wink: A lot of the articles and essays that I share one that list are topics that stem from conversations and questions that start here.

**This week…**I started an experiment that I called The Coworking Weekly Show, a podcast in iTunes (and Stitcher, if that’s your jam, you can search for it the by the same name).

There’s two episodes live already: the first is a 30 minute interview with one of my team members, who many of you know, Adam Teterus. We talked more about the topic of “how do you describe coworking” from his point of view, of a staff member, and how being a hired staff member comes with a different point of view than most of us owner/founders. The second episode is much shorter, about 10 minutes, and is just me doing a segment I’m calling “Ask Coworking Weekly” where I answer single, specific questions that are a bit harder to answer in writing. The first question is something that has been asked on this list MANY times…

But I’m not here to just tell you about it, and hope that you listen and find it valuable.

I’m here to ask for a favor, which I really don’t do very often

I LOVE sharing with this community. And I love connecting with people who are doing things like us around the world. A big part of this podcast is me wanting to extend that reach a little bit more, and introduce more people to coworking and our communities and how it works. I want to make their jobs easier when they struggle to get local people to understand coworking. I want to help coworking continue to evolve, and grow, in ways that we haven’t even imagined yet.

Which is why iTunes rankings are important. The #1 way that people find out about podcasts is the iTunes directory, and as of a few minutes ago, The Coworking Weekly Show is ranking in the top 10 “New and Noteworthy” podcasts in the Business category and in the top 5 for the “New and Noteworthy” podcasts in Society and Culture. I’m also in the top 50 “New and Noteworthy” across ALL categories. And it’s climbing!

iTunes rankings are a bit of a black box, but the things that make a difference are:

  • iTunes listens

  • iTunes reviews

  • iTunes ratings

If you have a few minutes today or tomorrow, would you consider listening on iTunes?

And then, if and only if I’ve EVER shared something valuable with you - on the podcast, here on the Google Group, in a workshop, on my blog, at a conference… leave a review AND a rating on the iTunes listing? iTunes is confusing, so if you’ve never left a review before, here’s how.

You’d help the podcast climb the rankings, and as a result, help me help more people understand how what we all do fits into their lives :slight_smile:

-Alex

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Whatever y’all are doing is working, but don’t stop now!

At this moment, The Coworking Weekly Show is:

  • #17 overall in the Business category,
  • #6 in the Management & Marketing category,
  • New & Noteworthy in BOTH categories, as well as Society & Culture
  • And as of a few moments ago, just #195 in the ALL PODCASTS OF iTunes…just ahead of my buddy (ha!) Jim Cramer.
    There’s a wave now, as people from outside of our circles can start to find this podcast…but the higher up I am, the better. I’d LOVE to be in the top 10 of the Business category. That would make my day.

If you haven’t listened/rated/reviewed yet, here’s that link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coworking-weekly/id938871054?mt=2

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu <3 <3 <3

-Alex

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Thank you, Alex.
I subscribed the list and faved the link to the Coworking Weekly Show.

In Japan this month, the first coworking ‘paper’ magazine was published. (in Japanese)

We have now more than 400 coworking spaces in Tokyo, but more than half of

them doesn’t seem to understand the concept of coworking and importance of the

community. So coworking pioneers and dedicated coworkers began trying to

spread coworking in other ways.

Here’s the link to the magazine: http://coworkingmagazine.net/

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2014-11-13 6:39 GMT+09:00 Alex Hillman [email protected]:

Whatever y’all are doing is working, but don’t stop now!

At this moment, The Coworking Weekly Show is:

  • #17 overall in the Business category,
  • #6 in the Management & Marketing category,
  • New & Noteworthy in BOTH categories, as well as Society & Culture
  • And as of a few moments ago, just #195 in the ALL PODCASTS OF iTunes…just ahead of my buddy (ha!) Jim Cramer.
    There’s a wave now, as people from outside of our circles can start to find this podcast…but the higher up I am, the better. I’d LOVE to be in the top 10 of the Business category. That would make my day.

If you haven’t listened/rated/reviewed yet, here’s that link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coworking-weekly/id938871054?mt=2

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu <3 <3 <3

-Alex

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佐谷恭（Kyo paxi）

旅と平和の東北復興支援プロジェクト「ウルトラシャルソン」

http://paxihouse.com/blog/2014/10/ultra-cialthon-1st-report/

有料メルマガ『パクチー起業論』

http://www.mag2.com/m/0001598789.html

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400!!!
That’s incredible. Do you feel like the market is saturated now or is there still room for new spaces to open up and be successful?

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On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Kyo Satani [email protected] wrote:

Thank you, Alex.
I subscribed the list and faved the link to the Coworking Weekly Show.

In Japan this month, the first coworking ‘paper’ magazine was published. (in Japanese)

We have now more than 400 coworking spaces in Tokyo, but more than half of

them doesn’t seem to understand the concept of coworking and importance of the

community. So coworking pioneers and dedicated coworkers began trying to

spread coworking in other ways.

Here’s the link to the magazine: http://coworkingmagazine.net/

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2014-11-13 6:39 GMT+09:00 Alex Hillman [email protected]:

Whatever y’all are doing is working, but don’t stop now!

At this moment, The Coworking Weekly Show is:

  • #17 overall in the Business category,
  • #6 in the Management & Marketing category,
  • New & Noteworthy in BOTH categories, as well as Society & Culture
  • And as of a few moments ago, just #195 in the ALL PODCASTS OF iTunes…just ahead of my buddy (ha!) Jim Cramer.
    There’s a wave now, as people from outside of our circles can start to find this podcast…but the higher up I am, the better. I’d LOVE to be in the top 10 of the Business category. That would make my day.

If you haven’t listened/rated/reviewed yet, here’s that link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coworking-weekly/id938871054?mt=2

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu <3 <3 <3

-Alex

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佐谷恭（Kyo paxi）

旅と平和の東北復興支援プロジェクト「ウルトラシャルソン」

http://paxihouse.com/blog/2014/10/ultra-cialthon-1st-report/

有料メルマガ『パクチー起業論』

http://www.mag2.com/m/0001598789.html

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Aaron,

We have 400 in Japan, 200 in Tokyo, 100 in Shibuya area. Too concentrated

in Shibuya because of the high rate of office vacancy.

Most of them are not like ‘coworking’, but like shared office: nobody speaks…

That’s why we created the new magazine on paper.

These days local governments in Japan eager to pay for the office space.

So we want to advice them to create ‘right’ spaces.

Kyo paxi

PAX Coworking, Tokyo

PS My book on coworking:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/working-as-partying-lets-start-coworking/table-of-contents/184403635086082

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2014-11-13 9:38 GMT+09:00 Aaron Cruikshank [email protected]:

400!!!
That’s incredible. Do you feel like the market is saturated now or is there still room for new spaces to open up and be successful?

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On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Kyo Satani [email protected] wrote:

Thank you, Alex.
I subscribed the list and faved the link to the Coworking Weekly Show.

In Japan this month, the first coworking ‘paper’ magazine was published. (in Japanese)

We have now more than 400 coworking spaces in Tokyo, but more than half of

them doesn’t seem to understand the concept of coworking and importance of the

community. So coworking pioneers and dedicated coworkers began trying to

spread coworking in other ways.

Here’s the link to the magazine: http://coworkingmagazine.net/

–

Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com

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2014-11-13 6:39 GMT+09:00 Alex Hillman [email protected]:

Whatever y’all are doing is working, but don’t stop now!

At this moment, The Coworking Weekly Show is:

  • #17 overall in the Business category,
  • #6 in the Management & Marketing category,
  • New & Noteworthy in BOTH categories, as well as Society & Culture
  • And as of a few moments ago, just #195 in the ALL PODCASTS OF iTunes…just ahead of my buddy (ha!) Jim Cramer.
    There’s a wave now, as people from outside of our circles can start to find this podcast…but the higher up I am, the better. I’d LOVE to be in the top 10 of the Business category. That would make my day.

If you haven’t listened/rated/reviewed yet, here’s that link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coworking-weekly/id938871054?mt=2

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu <3 <3 <3

-Alex

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佐谷恭（Kyo paxi）

旅と平和の東北復興支援プロジェクト「ウルトラシャルソン」

http://paxihouse.com/blog/2014/10/ultra-cialthon-1st-report/

有料メルマガ『パクチー起業論』

http://www.mag2.com/m/0001598789.html

–

佐谷恭（Kyo paxi）

旅と平和の東北復興支援プロジェクト「ウルトラシャルソン」

http://paxihouse.com/blog/2014/10/ultra-cialthon-1st-report/

有料メルマガ『パクチー起業論』

http://www.mag2.com/m/0001598789.html

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Good morning!

Alex, your podcast is now What We’re Talking About. :slight_smile:

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Hi, Kyo,

We just put up a new article on the Global Coworking Blog abut the Coworking Visa. I want to let it run for at least a week; after that if you are intreested I would like to run a post about Coworking News in Japan and also your book.

I suspect a desciption with links would be best; we just revisited the English-only policy on the blog and are experimenting with it. So I will run an article in Japanese if you like. Or in both, side-by-side. Whichever you like.

Let me know if you are interested!

Cheers,

Jeannine

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Thanks for subscribing Kyo!

Very cool to hear about the magazine launching to help educate people who are stuck focusing on the workspace :slight_smile:

400 “coworking spaces” (even McCoworking spaces) in Tokyo doesn’t sound crazy when you consider the scale of the population: 13MM+ people, 50%+ more people than New York City.

I recently visited Seoul (population ~10MM+) to do a coworking & community building workshop, and it sounded like a similar situation where there is a LOT of “coworking” springing up throughout Korea but in many of the visits, people complained about a lack of interaction and very high turnover. The good news was that my workshop was the very first time that South Korean coworking spaces met with and interacted with each other! I saw a lot of promise in a few particular groups. Like you, they seem dedicated to helping more local successes.

Finally - a quick update on the launch of The Coworking Weekly Show. Last night the show hit #9 on the Business chart, and has been bouncing around in the teens and twenties all day today.

I just shipped a THIRD episode, too! I love how this segment turned out and it’s definitely going to be a recurring one. It features one of our members (who has also been a member of New Work City) who is also a community builder, but in a different realm: **learning communities. **It’s live in iTunes and here for easy streaming. :slight_smile:

Thanks, everyone, for all of your support this week!

-Alex