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You will need to have a login in on the site in order to view the number of times your ad has been read. Once you log in, and view your ad, you will see the number of reads for your ad on the lower left side of your ad near the bottom of your ad. This number is the total number of times your ad was read since the ad has been posted.
The higher your ad's exposure on the site, the more likely it will be seen by those interested in it.
You can keep your own statistics by tracking the date and the number of reads for your ad. If you have your website address in your ad, you might be able to gather statistics on that link from tools like google analytics, etc.
Could you be missing hot leads? Make sure prospective members can reach your group
Submitted by Cohousing Coaches on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 03:21By Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach
I was distressed to see someone in the Fayetteville, North Carolina area asking about reaching cohousing neighborhoods in the "Live Wire" (answers/citizen advocate) column in the Fay Observer today. The illustrates the importance of making sure that websites and communities/cohousing directory entries are kept up to date and that we all work together to make sure that our community contacts are responsive.
A frustrated reader wrote:
We're seniors who are interested in cohousing. In August, we wrote three cohousing communities but didn't hear back from any of them. Can you tell us why? - T.R., Fayetteville
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If you no longer need to run your ad you can email our advertising manager at advertising [at] advertising [dot] org. Please reference your ad's URL in the email. We'd love to hear if your classified ad resulted in you finding what you were looking for. Please note that we have a no refund policy on advertising. See our advertising Policies for details.
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Connect to New Clients in Our Cohousing Professionals Directory Listing
We have two options in our Cohousing Professionals Listings: Featured Professional and Other Professionals
Featured Professional Directory Listing ($350 per year):
- Experience with at least 1 cohousing group required
- Linked mini logo on the main directory page when listing includes images
- Full media tools are supported for content including logo, photos, unlimited links, and embedded video
- link to your directory page in all issues of Cohousing Now! for an additional cost of $250 per year (free with purchase of a yearly home page or Classified or Directory pages display ad or banner ad)
Email Broadcast Your Letter to Contacts in our Data Base
Your email broadcast can be sent to contacts in the cohousing US database. Our data base has 9,800 email addresses for people who are interested in cohousing. We can help you send your email message to pre-set regions (defined below) or you can target your broadcast by state zip code ranges. We have contacts both in and outside the US.
Please contact our Advertising Manager advertising [at] cohousing [dot] org (Barb Bansenauer) to learn more!
Our general pricing structure is as follows: the first 3,000 email addresses $0.10 per email address, $0.05 for contacts over 3,000. We have a $50 minimum fee for email broadcasts. Here are some pre-defined regions to which you can send.
Advertising Options Pricing
Basic Classified Ads ($25 per month, $250 for 12 months, $50 minimum):
- Plain text only - no image or photo
- One web link
- Minimum duration: 2 months, cost: $50
Enhanced Classified Ads ($50 per month, $500 for 12 months):
- Photo - maximum of 400x400 pixels
- Formatted text and basic HTML tags (headlines, bold, and lists)
- Unlimited embedded web links
- Directory Record Link – Lists your Ad link on right side bar of your community’s listing in cohousing.org directory where applicable
- Eligible for add-on exposure options like Featuring listed below.
Featured Classified Ad Listing -Enhanced Ads ONLY ($75 -$175 per month):
Creating Rituals - Welcoming New Members
Submitted by Daybreak Cohousing on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 20:39Terri Huggett, Daybreak Cohousing
In a recent post I talked about the aprons we use as part of our welcoming ceremony for new members. And I haven’t put it into the context of our overall welcoming ceremony.
As with our community, our welcoming ceremony is informal and homey. And it still has a little structure. The idea was to make the ceremony a re-bonding experience for everyone and a simple, but heart-felt welcome. At their inception, rituals can feel a bit home-spun, but they build quickly and don’t need to be elaborate.
New Hampshire Governor visits state's only cohousing neighborhood
Submitted by Cohousing Coaches on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 05:59 in
By Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach
According to story in today's Union Leader, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch yesterday toured Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm, the state's first completed cohousing neighborhood.
He wasn't the first New Hampshire Governor to walk the Peterborough property, though: the community was built in 2008 on the historic homestead of Gov. John Steele (1789-1865), and the basement of his renovated now super-insulated home (now offices) houses the ultra-efficient renewably-fueled wood-pellet-burning boilers that circulate heat and supply hot water to the 29 homes clustered onto just five of the 113 acres, preserving extensive woods and farmland, the story notes.
How we got Cohousing Tours in the NY Times... and how you can help
Submitted by Cohousing Coaches on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 22:51By Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach
As the old saw goes, the aspiring musician, lost on the streets of New York, asks a passerby "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" And is told "Practice, Practice, Practice!"
If you were to ask how we got the wonderful, colorful extensive in-depth Cohousing Tours coverage in the New York Times last month, I'd say: "Connections, Community, Cooperation." Read on to learn more about the history.
And as for how you can leverage this opportunity to benefit your group and further build The Cohousing Movement, another 3 C's are the keys: Correspondence, Comments, Conference. We'll explore these in part two.
Join me below the fold for a short journey to explore how the article came about and what you can do about it, with some perspective on the power of working together as a movement.
New cohousing group sought for downtown Oakland, CA site
Submitted by East Bay Cohousing on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 11:39 in
By Joani Blank, Raines Cohen, and Betsy Morris
You could be a future resident of a new-build cohousing community in downtown Oakland close to the subway (a very short ride to downtown San Francisco), City Hall, The new "Uptown" neighborhood, and the First Unitarian Church of Oakland (FUCO).
It takes time, energy and money contributed by the future-resident group to get a cohousing community built. Finding suitable sites at a reasonable cost in the Bay Area has been very difficult for many years... so when a site like the one described here becomes available, we're inclined to jump at the chance to see if a future resident group (as well as some outside investors) can be assembled.
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