| While the whole idea of using a virtual office is so | | | | amenities impress - and this is something you |
| that you can cut costs and pump in more money | | | | need to do when you are dealing with money and |
| to your business, it should not be a philosophy | | | | a purchasing decision. Cheap virtual offices usually |
| that is allowed to get out of hand. You are dealing | | | | offer services that are fly by night - untrained |
| with a company, money and real people who | | | | receptionists, a systemless way of managing |
| make up your clients base and there is a huge | | | | incoming faxes and important mailed in |
| difference in being cost-effective and being cheap. | | | | documents. You also get addresses which are |
| Being cheap means you are allowing the issue of | | | | questionable - this happens when companies try |
| quality and quality control to run away from you, | | | | to save as much as possible when tailoring a shoe |
| being cheap means you are compromising the | | | | string budget for their clients. |
| image of your company just to save a few | | | | You cannot compromise on certain things. A badly |
| thousand dollars a year. In business image in | | | | trained receptionist is not only one that can kill |
| everything and trust is not build on the | | | | your sensibilities, it can also kill your business. |
| foundations of the inexpensive and shoddy. When | | | | Imagine if you are out on a meeting and simply |
| looking for a virtual office you must avoid the | | | | cant take an important call. The call is |
| dangers of using a cheap virtual office, because it | | | | automatically routed to the central virtual office |
| is something that can hurt your business. | | | | number and is picked up by a rude, uninformed |
| Would you wear a t shirt and shorts to a big | | | | and impatient receptionist. Guess what, you just |
| presentation? You would come of looking ridiculous | | | | lost a big account and here's the other thing - in |
| and immediately there would be mistrust in your | | | | the B2B world of clients and transaction -word of |
| capabilities. If you look rich, you feel confident and | | | | mouth and ba reputations stink to high heaven. Do |
| that confidence comes through, especially when | | | | everything in your power to avoid these types of |
| you talk to your clients; trying to convince them | | | | situations and have full control of your virtual |
| to buy the product or service that you are | | | | office operations. |
| touting. This theory has the same applications in | | | | Make sure it has every facility you need and that |
| business - skimp and you will get returns with | | | | quality checks are maintained. The dangers of |
| figures that closely match your rent. Trust is built | | | | using a cheap virtual office are ones that are real |
| not from the overly expensive but quality helps. | | | | and very tangible and they are hurting thousands |
| I wont mince my words about it, the biggest | | | | of business every year. So don't be a victim and |
| MNC's and corporations all bank on image when it | | | | spend just a little more - you wont regret it. |
| comes to business. A large boardroom with | | | | |