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  • 13Feb

    So what is a virtual office and what is telecommuting?

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    Many experts say that excessive traffic congestion on roads and surging infrastructure costs in almost all the major business cities of the world are forcing companies to adopt “virtual office” models in order to telecommute to work.

    So what is a virtual office Toronto and what is telecommuting?

    According to Wikipedia “A virtual office is a combination of off-site live communication and address services that allows users to reduce traditional office costs while maintaining business professionalism. Frequently the term is confused with ‘office business centers’ or ‘executive suites’ which demand a conventional lease, whereas a true virtual office does not require that expense.” One problem with the Wikipedia explanation is that the author of the Wiki is mistakenly trying to compare a virtual office Toronto to a Toronto office business centre, when the top Toronto virtual office locations operate out of an office business centre. Without having your virtual office run from a business centre, there is no physical address for clients or customers to send courier packages or meet with you in person.

    Let’s first look at how large companies are using Toronto virtual office solutions. Companies who do not have a local Toronto office space, but require a prestigious Toronto address for employees who work remotely, will use a virtual office address and telephone service to maintain a corporate presence. All mail is sent to the Toronto virtual office location where it can be picked up or forwarded to private homes of the workers. When a client or customer phones the local exchange telephone number, their calls are routed through the central receptionist who handles the calls in a manner that the client has requested. Calls to their Toronto virtual office can re-direct to individual employees home or cell numbers, or sent to voicemail for them to pick up at their convenience.

    When smaller businesses are looking to get started, the budget for office space is low, so most entrepreneurs choose to run their business out of their home. While this may save them money, it could also be costing them credibility and potential customers. Without a professional appearance that comes with having a business address, customers may overlook dealing with them in favour of going with a provider who has a proper business address. Having a virtual office Toronto with a Toronto mail service address at a business centre demonstrates to customers that you have a proper Toronto business address.

    Telecommuting is a work arrangement in which full or part-time employees enjoy flexibility in working location and hours. They are able to avoid the daily commute to the office and work remotely using telecommunications technology and access to a centralized work space. Many Toronto virtual office users find themselves working from home or other locations where they are able to get work done as well as have internet access.  A person who telecommutes is known as a “telecommuter”.

    Toronto virtual offices are often used as mini hubs for larger companies without a local office who has telecommuters and wants to maintain the privacy of its workers who work out of their homes – by having a business address that is not the home address of the workers. This is especially good for companies with multiple Telecommuting workers. When a group of workers needs to get together for an in-person meeting, they can reserve a boardroom and only pay a daily or half day price. This saves the company money by not having to pay monthly rent on a meeting space that is only used on an occasional basis.

    No matter what size the company, a virtual office Toronto can be a great solution for those who are working from non-tradition office spaces. There are plenty of other benefits available to Toronto virtual office clients at Telsec, including access to boardrooms, Toronto meeting rooms, large conference rooms and day offices.

  • 12Jan

    Need Office Space Toronto-There is no app for that but there is Telsec

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    It seems these days that the solutions to a lot of problems can be fixed with an app. Need to find a restaurant? There’s an app for that. Need weather information, there’s an app for that. Need local traffic information? Yep, there’s an app for that! But there is No app for office space Toronto - well not yet anyway.

    So what is an APP?

    The American Dialect Society may have answered that question, but not in a way that helps those unfamiliar with the term really get a grasp of its meaning. In early 2011 they named the term ‘app’ word of the year . The Society’s rather short and abrupt definition is as follows:

    The shortened slang term for a computer or smart phone application.

    So you still want to know what an app is?  The word app is a noun, and it’s short for “application.”  Application in this case refers to a software application, but an app is not just any old software program. An app is a special type of software program used on a smartphone or mobile device such as the iphone, BlackBerry, Android, or devices like the  iPad or BlackBerry Playbook.

    For the most part apps are gadgets that help you do simple tasks without the need of a laptop or desktop computer. Some will even say that apps are just marketing tools for businesses allowing consumers easier access to the products and services the company offers. When searching for “Office Space App”, the only subjects that come up are applications for student office space Toronto at the University of Toronto and several other universities that offer graduate students and those working on their PhD to have access to an office. One other subject that comes up in the search is an Android app that plays sound bite quotes from the Movie “Office Space”, which is not exactly useful as a business application.

    Telsec is currently working on an app to better help businesses find information about Toronto office space, virtual office space Toronto and Toronto meeting rooms at Telsec. An office space Toronto app will also allow those visiting the site to send quick messages and inquiries to the Telsec staff. Telsec is also considering development of an app that will allow office space Toronto clients to book boardrooms and meeting rooms when they are out of the office and need to set up a meeting space.

    First and foremost, Telsec is in the business of renting affordable office space Toronto at a prestigious business address, so apps are not our first priority. Our priority is servicing Toronto office space and providing Toronto virtual office clients, with the best office support.

     

  • 10Nov

    Virtual Office Toronto For Free

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    virtual office TorontoHow would you like to have a virtual office Toronto for free? That is right, free! In these economically challenging times, businesses are looking for ways of cutting costs and reducing expenses. So what would you say to having a professional business address located at a prestigious downtown Toronto office space free for one month?

    Some Toronto virtual office providers will offer you a virtual office Toronto for free, but what will it cost you after the free month? What does it their virtual office Toronto package include, and what are the hidden charges or fees? These are some of the questions that are not always answered when you inquire about the free virtual office service.

    Some virtual office Toronto companies do not even want to tell you on their websites or over the telephone what it will cost for their free virtual office Toronto service. They do not want to give you details of your virtual office Toronto for free until you come into the office for a consultation. The consultation is not an information session, but a sales call.

    Knowing this, wouldn’t you rather know the facts right up front? Wouldn’t you also prefer to know the true cost of your virtual office Toronto for free, before you have to call or have to face a sales person? Wouldn’t you rather call or visit a Toronto virtual office provider after you have already learned what the price is after the free virtual office Toronto will be, and what the extra costs will be?  Wouldn’t you rather call or visit a Toronto virtual office provider after you have already learned what the price is and what the extra costs will be?

    Telsec is free of gimmicks or hidden costs. We explain all the services that are included. What would you say to a Toronto virtual office that starts at $30 per month? You would ask, “what’s  included.”

    $30 will get you a virtual office Toronto mail service address that is an inexpensive program that provides you with a prestigious professional business address. This virtual office Toronto service is ideal for your incoming and outgoing mail needs. Through a forwarding mail service, we will re-direct your mail and incoming faxes to your home address or address of your choice – or you can even pick up your mail during business hours.

    When you are looking to upgrade from the Toronto virtual office mail service to a business voice-mail service, we can very quickly assign you your own business telephone number.

    If you are looking to expand into office space, we also offer office space Toronto without a lease that is available for expanding your business without changing your address.

    Benefits in brief

    • Prestigious business address for your own use:  Included
    • Incoming/outgoing mail service with free mail redirection (charge for postage only):  Included
    • Elegant reception area:  Included
    • Incoming fax:  Included
    • Boardrooms: Available
    • Private Offices – Available
    • Much more…..

    Or, what would you say to a $75 per month Toronto virtual office package that includes telephone answering? Again, you would ask, what is included?

    For only $75 per month (plus telecom charges), you can have a Toronto virtual office package that includes telephone answering .This virtual office Toronto Telephone Message Service and Mail Service arrangement provides you with complete professional and personalized telephone coverage during business hours, by including your telephone number on our computerized telephone system. Incoming calls will be handled according to your specific instructions. Twenty-four-hour voice mail service, incoming fax, unlimited incoming calls and the prestigious business address for mailing purposes is also included. Don’t forget that Toronto office space is also available for expansion without changing your address or telephone number. Free delivery of both your mail and faxes may be arranged, except for the cost of postage. Toronto Telephone Mail Service

    • Instant line set-up:  one time charge
    • Dedicated telephone–line:  Available
    • Personalized telephone answering 9 am – 5 pm with your own dedicated telephone number:  Included
    • Sounds like your own private staff:  Included
    • Incoming calls will be handled according to your own instructions:  Included
    • 24 Hour Voice-mail:  Included
    • Unlimited incoming calls:  Included
    • Incoming fax:  Included
    • Prestigious Business Address for your own use:  Included
    • Incoming/outgoing mail service with free mail forwarding (charge for postage only):  Included
    • Elegant reception area:  Included
    • Boardrooms: Available
    • Off–premise call transferring:  Available
    • Private Offices – Available
    • Much More

    Telsec – Office Space Toronto is not in the business of offering virtual offices Toronto for free just to get you in the door. That does not mean Telsec does not have something free to offer you. How about a free Tim Horton’s coffee card when you sign up for one of our Toronto virtual office packages?

  • 21Oct

    The Best Toronto Virtual Office Options

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    In business, there are two basic ways to improve your bottom line: Increase sales or reduce costs. For many companies, because of the current global recession, increasing sales is becoming more and more difficult. Therefore, these companies are looking for innovative ways to reduce expenses. One way popular way is to have a Toronto virtual office that incorporates Toronto telephone answering service and Toronto mail service – two basic components of any traditional physical Toronto professional office space. These are some of the best Toronto virtual office options.

    The cost savings of having a Toronto virtual office are self-evident – no physical space rented so there is no monthly invoice. Choosing the best Toronto virtual office options will save you literally thousands of dollars over the course of a fiscal year. But the absolute ideal scenario (especially if you need to meet with clients face to face occasionally) is also to have use of the physical facilities and amenities in the same building where your Toronto virtual office is located.

    These additional amenities could include the use of meeting rooms and boardrooms, high-speed internet, video conferencing and teleconferencing, colour and B&W photocopiers and printing services, etc. as well as perks such as coffee, tea and filtered water. There are many Toronto virtual offices out there located within upscale buildings that offer some of the best Toronto virtual office options. These normally include Toronto telephone answering service and Toronto mail service.

    Perception is everything, especially in business. So imagine having the luxury of directing all your business (or personal) mail to one convenient, prestigious downtown Toronto location! The best Toronto virtual office options also provide you with outgoing mail service as well as the re-directing of mail and incoming faxes to a location (your home?) of your choice. And, you can go to the next Toronto virtual office level by including professional, personalized telephone answering with incoming calls handled according to your specific instructions. You can also add 24-hour voice mail service if you like.

    Bottom line: A professional Toronto virtual office set-up in an upscale downtown building that also offers Toronto mail service and Toronto telephone answering service (as well as use of its physical facilities and services when needed) is the best choice when searching for the most cost-effective and the best Toronto virtual office options. You’ll be viewed as professional, you’ll sound professional, and you’ll only pay for the services you need. No wonder companies are now choosing a virtual office Toronto.

  • 17Jul

    Virtual Office Toronto on a Budget

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    For many home based businesses that do not require a full time office outside of the home, but they do need a professional look by having a prestigious business address. Without the need for a full time office space Toronto, many of these businesses look for a virtual office Toronto on a budget. The days of using a post office box as a business address are long over, because business savvy customers are weary of doing business with a company that works out of a post office box.

    Phone Answering Service Toronto Virtual office When you are looking for a virtual office Toronto on a budget, there are many factors to consider:

    • Price – What will it cost you to use this prestigious business address?
    • Location – Is the virtual office Toronto location easy for you to get to if you have to have a meeting?
    • Meeting rooms – Does the virtual office Toronto on a budget offer meeting rooms and boardrooms a-la-cart?
    • Personalized phone answering – When your client or customer calls your phone number, does the receptionist answer and handle your call the way you wish her to?
    • Access to other business centres when you travel – Are you able to use the facilities of another affiliated business centre when you are traveling and working in another city?

    Price – A number of providers of virtual office Toronto on a budget claim to have low rates, but they fail to tell potential clients of all the hidden costs and extra fees. Before accepting the price and choosing a virtual office location based solely on price, be sure to ask about any hidden extra costs or fees.  A good virtual office Toronto solution provider will let you know all of the potential extra costs up front or will include them in the quoted price.

    Location – While you will not be traveling to your virtual office Toronto on a budget very often, you will sometimes want to be able to pick up your mail and courier packages that are urgent. Some virtual office locations will only re-mail your deliveries or are not easy to access when driving. Chose a Toronto virtual office provider that has a prestigious address and is easy to access.

    Meeting Rooms – Most office business centres that offer virtual office Toronto on a budget have meeting rooms and boardrooms, but many reserve those meeting spaces for only office space tenants. Other business centres that offer office space Toronto and virtual office services will allow virtual office clients to use the meeting rooms and Toronto boardrooms on an a-la-cart basis for a lower rate than non virtual office clients.

    Personalized phone answering – Having someone answer your calls with your business name is one thing, but having your phones answered in a personalized manor with your company greetings is more impressive to your clients. It makes your clients believe that the person answering your calls is on your staff and not a generic call centre. Sometimes you want to have your calls re-directed to your home office or your cell phone; other times you may want the receptionist to say you are in a meeting and send the call to your voicemail. The sign of a good provider of virtual office Toronto on a budget is that you can change how you want your calls handled any time during business hours.

    Access to other business centres when you travel – Business travel can be an important routine for you, but meeting a client in a hotel room is not always the best way to present your business. A few office space Toronto locations that offer virtual office Toronto on a budget offer you a place to touch down in other cities. Only one office space Toronto offers you a place to hold meetings in over 650 locations world wide in independently owned business centres that are part of the Alliance Network. Telsec is affiliated with the Alliance Network and is able to offer its office space Toronto and virtual office Toronto clients access to Office Business Centers around the globe.

  • 16Jun

    Canada Mail Service You Can Trust

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    While the current rotating postal strike has not had a very large impact on the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) or most mail service Toronto locations, some people who do depend solely on Canada Post – such as those who use post office boxes, publishers of magazines and newspapers, retailers and other businesses fulfillment companies – are feeling the stress. For example, community newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, as well as retail flyers promoting specific product discounts, are usually time-sensitive. If they’re dealyed for even a week, they may be rendered outdated or totally useless. These companies are also on the hook for initial printing costs. For them, Canada mail service must be dependable. For them, “Canada mail service you can trust” really means “uninterrupted mail service you can trust.”

    Fortunately, there are many alternatives to getting the best mail service Toronto can offer. The internet, of course, is still a great choice for Canada mail service you can trust. There are dozens of libraries and internat cafés in downtown Toronto and surrounding areas. If you must send paper copies or printed versions of your messages, many local printing shops, variety stores and virtual office locations offer inexpensive fax services comparable to Canada Post’s existing mail rates. Courier companies are also a viable alternative. Large or small, they can deliver letters and parcels often the same day or overnight to or from any home or prestigious business address across Canada. However, in general, their prices cannot match those of Canada Post.

    So what are your best options? Well, all of the above actually! It really depends on your (or your client’s) budget, urgency of the mailing piece, speed and type of service required. Today’s modern business centres Toronto do offer most of these alternatives to Canada mail service you can trust – internet, fax service, couriers, mail metering and more. One such Toronto business centre listing that is located in downtown Toronto at One Yonge Street (Toronto Star Building), a prestigious business address, is Telsec Business Centres. It offers high-speed internet, mail metering and handling, affordable outgoing fax service and free incoming fax service. You’d be hard-pressed to find any business centre that features no-charge incoming fax service. You can even get inexpensive, dedicated fax service in your own private office! And when you add Telsec’s mass mailing capabilities and quick-printing services, you can indeed reap the benefits of Canada mail service you can trust at a prestigious business address in downtown Toronto. Visit Telsec’s website at www.telsec.net

  • 18May

    Personalize Your Toronto Virtual Office

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    For many businesses a Toronto virtual office is the best way for them to have a prestigious business address at a fraction of the cost of a traditional office rental. If this is what your company needs, be sure to find the best virtual office provider that works for your business. One way of doing this is to find a Toronto virtual office that allows you to personalize your Toronto virtual office to suit your needs and project the image that works for your business.

    How can a provider personalize your Toronto virtual office? First you want the receptionist to answer your calls with the greeting that you can customize, so they feel like they are contacting your business and not an answering service who handles many other customers. Another way to personalize your Toronto virtual office is to decide how your calls are handled on a daily basis. Some days you may want your calls sent to your home office, your cell phone or even just straight to voice mail, but you want the flexibility to change that when you need to. The most important way you can personalize your Toronto virtual office is in selecting the virtual office package that suits your needs. Some clients only need a Toronto mail service, some want a Toronto message and mail service, others may want a bit more. Some clients will rent a day office or a meeting room for half a day to meet with customers in person at the same address that is on their business card.

    Telsec Toronto Business Centre offers virtual office solutions that allow you to personalize your Toronto virtual office. Located at One Yonge Street on the 18th floor of the Toronto Star Building, they have the number one address on Canada’s most famous street.

    Would you rather have a cookie cutter virtual office Toronto or would you like to personalize your Toronto virtual office?

     

  • 28Jan

    I am Always Asked-What DSLR Camera Should I Buy?

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    As a photographer, I participate on a number of photography forums and blogs. I do this to learn new techniques and get tips on the things that I do not know about. I also like to give back by sharing my knowledge and answer questions. One of the most frequent questions I see on these forums and hear from friends and family is “What Camera Should I Buy”? The answer is not a simple one.

    Often the first reply on the forums comes from someone who has a personal bias for one brand over the other. The thread turns into a “My camera brand is better” type of debate. This is not often helpful to the person posing the question. The most common brand debate is Canon Vs Nikon because these two brands are the biggest selling brands of cameras, especially when it comes to digital single-lens reflex cameras (digital SLR or DSLR). This is a debate that will never end.

    When people do ask me my preference, I tell them Nikon. The only reason I tell them my preference is because over the years I have made a considerable investment into my two Nikon DSLR bodies. This along with the handful of Nikon lenses and other accessories that are Nikon specific I have purchased. I believe that both Nikon and Canon are great camera manufactures, when I purchased my first DSLR I could have easily started with a Canon.

    Here is my advice to choosing which camera to buy a DSLR.

    I would recommend Nikon or Canon instead of one of the other brands. Why, because they are more popular and widely used. You will find a wider range of body styles, lenses and accessories for the two brands that outsell all of the other brands combined. Even the aftermarket manufacturers make more lenses to fit these two brands.

    In deciding between these two brands, do not try to choose a brand based on the features of similarly priced models, each will have those same features in a lower or higher model. My best advice in choosing a brand is to ask those you know what brand they own and have the most knowledge. If more of the people you will be looking for help and advice from on your camera have Nikons, choose Nikon. If your support circle shoot Canon, then choose Canon. The other reason for this is that you want to be able to try their lenses or accessories on your camera body before you make a purchase.

    This reminded me of a situation last year when a friend asked me how would they find the right virtual office Toronto for them. Putting aside my bias for the office space Toronto that I first started out at as a Toronto virtual office client, I decided to show him how he should choose what he wanted based on his needs.

    I asked him if he needed a virtual office solution that included Telephone Message Service and Mail Service arrangements or just a Toronto mail service at a prestigious business address. He was not sure, so I explained the differences to him. He said that the virtual office in Toronto that he needed would need to have a live receptionist answering his calls and transferring them to either his home office, his cell phone or even directly to his voicemail.

    I then asked him where he wanted his virtual office to be. Did he want an uptown or a downtown Toronto office? He chose downtown.

    Did he want his mail forwarded to him or did he want to be able to pick it up when he wanted? He was clear that he wanted to pick up his mail when he needed to pick up special deliveries and cheques. I told him in that case, he would probably also want it to be a convenient location in terms of traffic and close parking.

    After all this I went through a list of office business centres that offered downtown Toronto virtual office packages that would fit his needs. He asked me if my Toronto office space offered virtual office plans, because he would rather chose one that he knew some who would recommend it. Besides that he would also want to make arrangements so that I could pick up some mail for him from time to time.

  • 26Jan

    Photo Quilting Seems to be a New Trend

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    Virtual Office TorontoYesterday while I was working at my downtown Toronto office space, I got a call from a friend who wanted me to help them do something they had seen on Facebook. They wanted to do a sliced up a photo of their company logo to create a photo quilt for their company Facebook profile. I had seen this done on some web photo galleries and was quite impressed. The idea is to take a large image and slice into several smaller images and arrange them in a contact sheet style of a gallery so the thumbnails make one big image. Finding examples of this proved to be difficult, but I found this site that told me how to do it. hacking-facebooks-new-profiles.

    Downtown Toronto Office SpaceHere is an example of what a photo quilt would look like in a web photo gallery. Each of the thumbnails is a separate file. Individually they have no meaning, but when placed in a gallery they re-create the original image.

    After finding some tricks and tips on how to create this mosaic, I contacted my friend and told him that it would not be that difficult to do on his photo gallery too. As we chatted more, my friend brought up the fact that as his business was growing, it became harder and harder to operate out of the basement of his home. He started to think that his clients wondered if he was all that professional having his business address the same as his home. I told him that he should check out my office space Toronto, but he said that he was not really looking for an office, but more of a professional business address that was not a post office box. That is when I told him about how I started off with a virtual office Toronto at Telsec before I actually got a physical office. I told him he could get a Toronto mail service plan that would only cost him $30 a month and it had a much more prestigious address than any PO Box would give him. He really perked up when I told him that they had another reasonably priced plan that would give him a phone number with a professional receptionist answering his calls. He loved the fact that his clients could call him at his Toronto virtual office and have his calls forwarded to his home office without them knowing he was in his basement.

  • 05Apr

    Easter Parade in the Beach

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    I had not been to the Easter Parade along Queen Street in many years, in so many years that I forgot they held the parade Easter Sunday. I had planned a photo shoot down along the beach to get some lifestyle shots of a model for an upcoming project, but unlike myself (who arrived very early) the model ran late and could not get anywhere near the Beach to meet me for the shoot. Most of the streets heading into the beach were closed for the parade. Without the model, I could not do the shoot, so I figured since I was down there already, maybe I could get some interesting photos of the parade.

    Along with the police escort, the three generations of TTC Street Cars, the marching band, and the various floats, also came some unusual entries into the parade. It was odd to see as part of the parade, Karate schools, beauty pageant contestants and Roller Derby Teams, but what most I did not expect to see in an Easter Parade, was a group of Star Wars Storm Troopers and Princess Liea.

    The parade also included a few floats from companies who were sponsors of the parade, most of the sponsors were renovation companies, roofers, and of course real estate agents. This got me thinking that next year Telsec needs to sponsor a float that would have the Easter Bunny sitting at a desk working from his Toronto virtual office space. Having a virtual office space Toronto at Telsec Toronto office space, the Easter Bunny could work from anywhere he chooses (including while on route of the Easter parade), all while having a prestigious office address of 1 Yonge Street, the number one address on the longest street in the world.

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