What do you actually need from your Virtual Office?

July 14, 2010 - PRLog -- If you’ve done your homework you’ll have noticed that there are a fair few companies offering Virtual Offices and Business Addresses these days and you’ll have probably noticed that they will all offer something slightly different – or will they?
     
Choosing a Virtual Office is a pretty major decision in any business. Your Virtual Office is going to be the face of your business so it’s important to get exactly what you need right from the beginning. The choice on offer can get confusing, overwhelming even, and before you know it, you could be buying 40 hours of meeting room time a month of which you may only use a couple?

So, what do you actually need from your Virtual Office?

The first thing you should check is your business card. What do you want on that? The perfect business address, one which will help you attract customers is a given. ASt Virtual Office Finder we have a choice of over 175, have a look at http://www.virtualofficefinder.co.uk/ . Next, the business telephone number. Your Virtual Office provider should be able to offer you a local telephone number which matches the business address with a Virtual Receptionist to answer and forward your calls or take messages as you’ve instructed. (see http://www.virtualofficefinder.co.uk/Virtual-Receptionist/ )

Remember a Virtual Office is all about perception, so if you have a business address in Oxford it would look a bit strange having a Birmingham based telephone number next to it! A personal desk number always looks good on a business card too, especially if it is contiguous from the main business number, this will give your company a great corporate image.

That is it. Anything else is an extra which ultimately will just cost you more money.

Your Virtual Office will be based where you can book a meeting room as and when you need it, and usually at a discounted rate as you are already a customer, most will have informal space that you’ll be able to use free of charge for the times you don’t need a meeting room. Do you really want to pay for a meeting room you are not using? Some Virtual Office companies will be able to offer this as a pay as you go service and give you access to hundreds of other meeting rooms and touch down spaces nationwide if you ever have to travel for that important customer.

You might get the choice to add  ‘bolt on’ telephone answering packages which may offer 250, 500 or even over a thousand minutes of call handling time every month. Here, it’s really important to think about how many calls you expect to receive everyday - the average Virtual Office receives 2 calls a day lasting about 30 seconds each  - you do the maths! Again, using a Virtual Office company that offers a pay as you go call handling service will mean you never overpay. Have a look at http://www.virtualofficefinder.co.uk/Frequently-Asked-Que... for some more information on this.

There are all sorts of other business services that some Virtual Office companies will charge extra for which others will include as standard and don’t forget the enormous deposits that some will require, so, when you’re shopping for your new Virtual Office, once you have found the perfect business address make sure you visit http://www.virtualofficefinder.co.uk/ and speak to one of our experts who’ll be happy to help you make this big decision.

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Whether virtual office, live receptionist or just telephone answering we are sure we have the solution to fit your needs. With over 150 virtual office locations across the UK and more than 100 different local telephone codes available too we are proud to offer you the widest choice in the UK. By partnering exclusively with TVOC we deliver exactly what your business needs – a cost effective way of making sure that you have the most professional image in just the right location. Our clients are proud of their business cards, never miss calls, always meet their customers in the right environment and are free to focus on growing their business. Take a look and see what Virtual Office Finder can do for your business.