Virtual Offices- What's It All About?

Are you starting your own business and need to save cash? Do you want to avoid committing yourself to large rental and start-up expenses for an office? In Memphis, Tennessee?



By using Memphis Executive Suites, you can decide how much office space you need, and not be saddled with huge startup costs. But, what if you want to run your business from your home and through cyberspace? You can still have the advantage of having an official looking mailing address, and other services which project the image of a real office, including conference rooms to meet clients. Your Virtual Office can be run from the same places that maintain Executive Suite arrangements, so you can shift to a real-world office on short notice.



Your mail is received and picked up from an official looking downtown address. Your phone calls are answered by a receptionist, and upon your instructions either forwarded to you, or basic caller information is emailed or text-messaged to you. You have the option to rent a conference room, or the included option to use one several times a month when you need to meet clients. This has become very attractive to the new home-business and internet business wave. The Web 2.0 is now hitting the entrepreneurs of America.



The virtual company is the company with no office to commute to. These companies give new opportunities to entrepreneurs to get started. But a virtual business also gives you the opportunity to avoid wasting hours in commuting to work and have more time for personal use to be with your family. Internet and communication technology has leveled the playing field. Someone who doesn't have a lot of resources can create a Web site that looks professional. Retail businesses can be virtual-business, either working through eBay or Amazon.com, which handles inventory and shipping needs, and then pays you for fulfilled orders.



Some computer-related companies encouraged people to telecommute. Of course, many people working this way have realized that they could also just start their own business with a virtual office. You can have your phone calls screened by a receptionist. Alternatively, you can have calls answered, with notes about the call for follow-up emailed or text-messaged to your cell phone or blackberry. The benefit of working this way is flexibility, efficiency, and little overhead. Many days such entrepreneurs are involved with instant messaging, text-messaging and emails with clients. You can use Skype for free calls around the world through the Internet, PC to PC. For many younger people who have grown up in using chat rooms and blogging it is not weird to work with people you rarely see. For some people, virtual companies present a lifestyle where their work day is mixed with their personal and family life in a pleasant stream of consciousness. Learning to do this properly can be tricky. By working with an office center that can monitor your calls when you are not available for business makes this so much easier. The Executive Suite center also has rentable office space with full technology and administrative back-up, so you have the option to switch to an office-based business if your business starts to outgrow your living room. Alternatively, you can use conference rooms and possibly a desk cubicle if you want to maintain a minimal “on the ground presence”. Executive Suites are pretty cool.