August 14th, 2008 by Martin Senn
It wouldn’t be a reach to say that, in general, those who own their own business and who are on the lookout for a cost-effective alternative to a regular office space, might find a virtual office to be the solution they’ve been looking for.
A virtual office is a service that gives businesses an office when they need it without the hassles of running an office full time. Virtual offices also provide professional and reliable offices as well as handle customers, phone calls, and mail for their clients. Here are some of the great benefits of having your own personal office. There are any number of benefits to a virtual office, including:
- Real office address – not a post office box but a permanent address for your business at an office building.
- Professional reception service, without renting a physical office. That means someone will be there to greet your guests for business meetings.
- Meeting and conference rooms that you can use as needed without having to rent out office space full-time.
Get all the amenities of a larger office, including fax machine, break room, copiers, and other services.
Mail and package pickup and delivery – no need to time it so you don’t miss the UPS truck.
And this is just the beginning!
Virtual Office Tip: Many in the business world are discovering that working out of a virtual office gives employers and employees alike an increased flexibility and productivity.
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August 14th, 2008 by Martin Senn
“Uh Oh, We’re too successful.” That’s not something you normally hear in business. In most instances that we’ve seen, the rapid growth of a small business is not call for concern, but rather a call for celebration! But, in some ways, you see, when a small business outgrows the business owner’s home office (spare room or corner of the kitchen), it can become a problem.
A great solution to this so-called problem is to investigate and acquire virtual offices. With access to virtual offices, you can get the necessities for your business that you thought were out of your financial reach. Among the professional-level services offered by virtual offices are receptionist or call forwarding, conference room spaces, and even courier, catering, and concierge services. All those employees and services are available to assist you with the administrative aspects of your growing small business, but without the enormous expense of having to hire individuals for each service, or the expense of leasing, furnishing, and maintaining office space.
Recently, the Small Business Administration noted that 53% of small businesses are run out of the home. If the majority of those businesses are not making use of virtual offices, then they are possibly not working at their best and most efficient potential.
Virtual Offices Tip:You’ll quickly find that the money saved through the use of virtual offices can now be better used to help your small business grow still more.
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May 1st, 2008 by Martin Senn
While many companies using virtual receptionists are small professional firms that can’t afford to add a full-time staff member to their office, other companies use virtual receptionists to handle overflow calls or to answer when the on-site receptionist is away — whether for lunch, a vacation, a sick day or an errand.
In situations where companies or firms have moved out of traditional office space in favor of an all-telecommuting workforce, a virtual receptionist often serves as the central hub for all incoming calls and is able to route calls to satellite and home offices seamlessly – so smoothly that the customers never even realize they’re not dealing with a company that’s not based in a single office suite.
The verdict is in: having a human on the other end of the line when clients or customers call is a huge factor in making a customer happy. Having a pleasant, competent, and friendly human on the other end of the line is even better. Virtual receptionists can handle this all for companies today.
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May 1st, 2008 by Martin Senn
It’s amazing to think about the progress that business tools have made over the years. From the Pony Express to Federal Express, the tools that businesses (no matter their industry) all over the world need and use have made some incredible advances. The 2007 businessman’s vitally important business tools include cell phones, email, and faxes. We’d like to add another useful tool to that list: virtual assistant.
Even when you don’t have a physical office space to speak of, your virtual assistant can hold down a home office for you, e. When you hand out cards with contact information on them, rather than the number on the cards going directly to your cell phone (and you have to figure out in a split second before answering: is this business or is this personal?), it’ll go through your virtual assistant, who can very often handle the call for you.
Virtual assistants can also take care of business-specific tasks. For instance, if you are a real estate agent and have a househunting client who changes his mind every other day about what he’s looking for, your virtual assistant could pull possible house listings for you while you’re in-between showings.
Virtual Assistants Tip: Many virtual assistants can be hired on an as-needed basis, so that if your business has a “busy season,” you could easily keep a virtual assistant busy for that timeframe and then transition back to running a solo show when the busy season is over
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