Five Reasons to Consider Virtual Office Space for Your Business

Is virtual office space right for you?

It very well could be if you are:

• An Accidental Pren-her whose business is bursting at the seams.
• An entrepreneurial woman wanting to live and work anywhere in the world.
• A home-based business owner wanting to create a more professional image.

Here are five compelling reasons to consider virtual office space for your business:

1.    You want to expand your business without increasing your overhead.

Virtual office space is a low-risk alternative to renting a conventional office. Not only that, they come fully equipped with meeting rooms and private office time. You no longer have to worry about missed calls or missed opportunities. Your virtual office becomes a seamless extension of your home business with dedicated administrative support services.

2.    You want to protect the privacy of your home and personal phone numbers.

Having your home address and telephone number on your business cards when you were just starting up was okay. Now, your business is expanding and your home needs to be safeguarded. Your virtual offices comes with its own contact number and a high-profile business address that protects your personal privacy while making it easy for your clients to do business with you.

3.    You're tired of being distracted by calls and administrative tasks.

When you were just starting out, you needed to do it all. Now, you can't do it all. It's time to streamline your efficiency and increase productivity by turning over your administrative tasks to someone else.
Virtual offices come equipped with a professional, full-time receptionist, trained to answer calls, screen them, and forward them to you. In addition to phone reception, your virtual office assistant can do data entry, copying, printing, and faxing. He or she can also handle your scheduling, take reservations, order fulfillment, and collect your mail and forward it to you.

4.    It's important to you to project a professional image to your clients.

Virtual office space is a great option if you are a home-based business owner preferring to work at home while maintaining a business identity at a professional business address. A virtual office is an easy, cost-effective way to enhance your business image and make an impact at a fraction of the cost of renting office space.

5.    You want the to be able to live and work anywhere in the world, cost effectively.

Most virtual office providers are located in major cities around the world, giving you the maximum amount of freedom and flexibility to do business just about anywhere.
Services vary depending on which plan you choose. Costs range from between $100 and $350 per month for a standard package to $10 per hour for a la cart services. For the home-based business owner needing or wanting to have a global base of operation, look for yearly specials for as low as $350 for the year, in select major cities.

For more information, check out Regus Virtual Offices, Intelligent Office, and Office Suites Plus. Then let me know what you think. Are you ready for a virtual office space?

Susan L. Reid
The original Accidental Pren-her™

Award-winning author of Discovering Your Inner Samurai: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Journey to Business Success

Comments

[Mike Sullivan]

I think the web link to Office Suites PLUS was misspelled. It should be www.officesuitesplus.com.

[The Original Accidental Pren-her]

Indeed it is. Thank you for the correction!