April 28th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
There’s more to your company’s virtual receptionist than meets the eye. She does far more than “just” answer your calls. When you think about it, she’s an incredibly important part of the success of your company.
Yes, answering company phone lines is a vital part of doing business, but when the calls aren’t coming in, the […]
April 28th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
In many cases for a small business owner, there’s such a thing as being too busy. Too busy doing administrative tasks (inventory, ordering, invoicing, accounting) to focus on taking advantage of new business opportunities. That doesn’t mean the administrative tasks are any less important, or that they’re even unimportant in any way. But it does […]
April 28th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
Perhaps you heard about the concept of virtual offices at a networking or business expo. Or maybe your best friend reports having great success running his start-up company out of virtual office space. Whatever the source, you’ve been curious about the virtual offices idea for a while, and have been wondering what it can it […]
April 28th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
If you are the owner of a growing company just getting started, you might think it’ll be a while before you can afford to take advantage of new innovations in today’s business world, but you’d be wrong. A virtual office can provide a professional presence in a commercial environment at a very reasonable (and budget-friendly) […]
April 25th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
If you’re a small business wanting to compete with larger businesses a virtual assistant may be an invaluable tool. Just about any small company can operate much like a larger company with the help of a virtual assistant.
If you’re answering your cell phone on the road while you’re running your business, you cannot give the […]
April 25th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
Turn on some old-school family sitcoms, and you’ll almost always see this family man heading off, hat on head and briefcase in hand, to his office. Yet picture this: the stereotypical man of the house from 1950s television not leaving his pleasant home each day to drive to an office and put in eight hours’ […]
April 25th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
What a great time we’re living and working in! New employee recruiting can be done online, office supply ordering is done online, many companies utilize online bill paying capabilities, and of course email is a vital form of business communication in the 21st century. The majority of the businessworld truly enjoys never-before benefits thanks to […]
April 25th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
It’s a little startling when you take a good look at it. As many as 50 percent to 75 percent of the seats in today’s traditional offices are empty at any given time. Only 30 percent of planned meetings take place. Where do you suppose those companies have gone? We know: they’ve taken virtual office […]
April 25th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
Did you realize that a single bad automated phone system with voice recognition software experience for your customer can do untold amounts of damage to your business relationship. It’s a commonly-known problem in the business world: many customers today dislike, no, hate automated phone systems. There are websites dedicated to sharing the secret code to […]
April 24th, 2008 by Stacey Barrus
While we believe that pretty much any business you could think of could benefit from working in a virtual offices setting, we should like to note that there are three clear-cut types of businesses that likely benefit the most when using virtual offices. Let’s discuss those businesses quickly.
Small Home-Based Businesses. Whether your home-based business is […]