Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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FIVE REASONS TO CONSIDER A VIRTUAL OFFICE AND MAILBOX.
When your business faces the downsides of home working, moving to a physical workspace isn’t always the answer. Instead, a virtual office service can prove a smart alternative
Home working has its benefits, but it can prove quite challenging when your administrative tasks start to interfere with your work. Perhaps you’re starting to feel like you want a more professional set–up for your business? Hot-desking or hiring workspace may prove to be the right solution for the longer term, what about something that fits your needs right now?
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Step forward, the virtual office. Here, your business is registered at an address without you actually moving in. It’s cost-effective, easy to set up and comes with a host of benefits for businesses such as yours.
IT LOOKS PROFESSIONAL
Having a formal business address is a simple and effective way to bolster your business’ reputation. To outsiders, it makes your company appear credible and creates a far better first impression to potential clients doing an online search. It also helps to protect your privacy, keeping personal and professional domains separate and therefore more secure.
ONSITE STAFF CAN RECEIVE POST AND ANSWER BUSINESS CALLS
Receiving endless work-related packages to your home is never ideal – especially if you miss a delivery, or important business items get muddled with personal purchases. A mailbox means you can compartmentalise deliveries, and you can depend on reliable, trained staff to sign for business packages. There’s also the option to ask staff to answer business calls and take messages on your behalf.
IT’S A GREAT WAY TO TEST THE WATER IF EXPANSION IS ON THE AGENDA
Perhaps you’re considering trialling a new market overseas, but need to put in the groundwork first? Opting for a professional business address in a relevant location can establish your company and demonstrate commitment to stakeholders and customers. Virtual office staff can take calls for you, mitigating awkward language barriers – and you’re not tied into a lengthy, traditional workspace lease if your plans change.
YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM THOUSANDS OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
With locations across the globe, the Spaces network is set up for businesses seeking to broaden their horizons. Whether you’re looking for a suburban address close to your clients, or one within a sleek skyscraper in a financial hub, there’s likely to be a centre nearby that will suit the location and purpose of your new base.
YOU CAN UPGRADE TO A REAL OFFICE
The flexibility that comes with a virtual office package is designed for small, growing businesses. Customers can choose to make a centre of operations right at the professional address where their post is sent, or they can opt for a more comprehensive virtual office package, which includes receptionist services, a local telephone number, access to a free community meeting room and unlimited use of business lounges across the world.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus your own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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