The new way to work is to work from home while retaining the services of a virtual office. Read this post and you’ll see why this is becoming more and more popular.
There are companies across the United States (actually across the globe) that have these giant office buildings with many tenants. Some of this premium office space is set aside for things called virtual offices. With a virtual office you get premium office space like a trendy corporate environment, but only when you really need it. For the most part you can work right out of your home.
Through the use of modern technology, you set yourself up with a business telephone right in your own home office. You run your business right from there 90% of the time. If and when you need to meet with a client, you arrange to have an office prepared for you at the virtual office’s headquarters. This is the big fancy office building that I mentioned earlier. You just call the office and let the girls know what date you would like it for and for about how many hours. They take care of the rest. They make sure the office is perfectly clean and projects a very professional image.
You show up at the scheduled time and meet the client in your nice little perfectly manicured office space. Most of these kinds of businesses have conference rooms and kitchens that you can use. The one that I use will even arrange to have lunch catered for you. There is high speed internet and everything else you could possibly want in a modern office environment including teleconference services. You can meet a relatively large number of people there at one time.
Here is the best part though. Your business actually exists at this nice office even if you aren’t there. All of your mail goes to this virtual office. Then, they bundle it all together and mail it to your home once per week. If you wanted to, you could also just stop by and pick it up from the office yourself. In my case, there are always two receptionists on staff in the main lobby. If someone comes in looking for you, they just inform the person that you aren’t in today and ask if they can take a message. Then they call you and let you know. If you wanted to, you could have the receptionists answer the phone for you too. This is part of the service they will provide for you if need be. Of course you have to pay extra for that.
Most of the services besides mail forwarding cost additional money. Still, the price is right. The service is very affordable. It is the perfect way to have an assistant ready willing and able to help you whenever you need one. Plus, you are only paying for the little amount of time you are actually using them. If you never use them, then you never pay for them. How many employers out there would love to only pay for their employees when they are being productive?
These kinds of businesses are popping up all over the place. It just makes sense. There are so many business professionals who can work from home. Think of all the consultants out there or really any business that does not need a store front. There are a ton of small businesses that could be using these types of virtual office services. It is an awesome way to save overhead costs while operating a legitimate business.
In addition to utilizing the virtual office to its fullest, I also suggest you take advantage of virtual meetings to help save time and money.
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