Virtual Office for Real Businesses

Jonathan Richards decided to start his own overseas property business working from home after being made redundant in the latter part of 2007. He turned his garage into an office setting up his computers and printers and using his home phone number as his business line. Whilst working from home has its advantages using a residential address for business purposes does not really portray a successful business, and when meeting clients its not very practical to take them into your garage at home.

Like all new businesses Jonathan was in a dilemma. The contacts were coming in fast, his client base was growing and having meetings in local hotels became a bind. He knew he had to somehow portray a more business like image. When a colleague admitted that he used a virtual office Jonathan decided to investigate if this would be of use to him.

There are several companies offering this service and Jonathan was impressed to find that he could have a virtual office in any part of the country without him having to be there. He realised that having a proper business address would transform the perception of his business, making his company appear much larger than it really was enabling him to contact larger potential customers.

He signed up with a virtual office company and found that he was able to use their meeting rooms if necessary and also they provided a telephone answering service and lots of extra business support. Now all his stationary, website and email correspondence has the look and feel of a larger professional company.

Written By: Amit Patel