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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.

Another Gold medal for Canada’s women’s ice hockey team, they defeated a very tough USA women’s team 2 to 0, to take their third straight Olympic Gold medal. What made this Gold Medal sweeter was to take this one on home ice in front of not only a hometown crowd and the Prime Minister, but the greatest player who ever played the game who was seated next to Stephen Harper, Wayne Gretzky.

While it was widely publicized that the team had spent weeks leading up to the Vancouver Olympic Games playing practice games against boys midget hockey teams . Thanks to an innovative strategy by Alberta Minor Hockey League, the boys teams’ games against the Canadian women even counted in the league standings, giving these teenagers more motivation for pushing the women’s team to improve.

What many people did not know about was “Operation Aquarium”. It seems that in a covert move, they arranged two more practice games against Major Midget League teams, this time in secret. They let everyone believe they were taking a team activity to the Vancouver Aquarium, meanwhile they were off to play the Vancouver North West Giants of the B.C. Major Midget League at the Burnaby Winter Club. These games were played before family and friends and kept secret, even the opponents were asked to not talk about the games until after the medals were won.

One of the other amazing Bronze Medal stories is Joannie Rochette. Only four days after her mother unexpectedly died following a heart attack and a heart-wrenching short program with a gutsy free skate won Olympic Bronze for her near-flawless skating. In the hearts of Canadian Joannie’s efforts were a Gold Medal effort.

While the Canadian women’s hockey team had “Operation Aquarium”, your Canadian small business can have “Operation Telsec”. Your company can have a virtual office Toronto with a prestigious business address, while operating your business from wherever you like.

With a Toronto mail service or a Toronto telephone answering service and mail service, your company can give a professional business image to your clients without the cost of a physical office space Toronto. With a telephone answering service Toronto plan, your calls are answered by a professional receptionist who handles your calls to your instructions. You could be working from your home, on the road or even at your cottage, your calls can be answered by your receptionist and transferred to wherever you chose.

As your company grows and you need physical Toronto office space or even Toronto shared office space, Telsec can help you upgrade without having to change your telephone number or your prestigious business address.

One of the big benefits of being a shared office Toronto client or a office space Toronto client is that you have access to meeting rooms and boardrooms absolutely free. Even Toronto virtual office clients have access to meeting rooms and boardrooms at a very nominal fee.

Canada has won Gold in Vancouver, 2 Gold Medals on Cypress Mountain and now Canada has finally won Gold in Whistler. Tonight Canada’s Jon Montgomery took gold in men’s skeleton at the Whistler sliding centre. This means that Canada has now Captured Gold at all three venue locations.

Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are  just over one point back from first-place Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin after the compulsory dance. The ice dance competition continues Sunday with the original dance and wrap up Monday with the free dance, Virtue and Moir are expected to make the podium.

The non Olympic sport story of the day was that Tiger Woods publicly apologized for repeatedly cheating on his wife. He did say that while he intends to return to professional golf, he did not say when that would be.  Woods also mentioned that he had undergone 45 days of therapy since the revelations of sexual affairs. This does put to rest the rumours of him hiding in places everywhere from Arizona to South Africa and even that Tiger was holed up somewhere in Toronto and had a Telephone and Mail Message Service at Telsec Business Office Centres.

When your company needs a Toronto virtual office to give you a prestigious address and a professional receptionist answering your Telephone calls, Telsec has one of the most well known addresses and some of the best prices for Toronto mail service and Telephone answering service Toronto. When your company grows and you need a physical office, Telsec can offer you office space Toronto, without having to change your address or your telephone number.

A side note… it seems that A Better Virtual Office is paying attention to the Telsec blog.

This blogger was recently informed that A Better Virtual Office read and shared a blog from this blog you are reading. In their Feb 5th blog they credited the Telsec.net/blog that mentioned Tiger Woods as one they found entertaining.

I look forward to reading more from their reviews of not only the Telsec blog but also the Virtual office Toronto packages from Telsec.

Tiger Woods has not been seen since the US Thanksgiving weekend when he drove his Cadillac Escalade into a tree just outside his Florida home.  He  has been said to be hiding in places everywhere from Arizona to South Africa. Now the latest Internet rumours has all of Mississippi buzzing. It seems that several Web sites have claimed that the golf star is undergoing rehabilitation for sexual addiction at a respected clinic in the southern Mississippi town of Hattiesburg.

Of coarse officials at the Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction  Services  facility will not confirm or deny that Tiger is a client. To do so would be not only a breach of his privacy but unethical.  The worst thing a business could do would be to breach the privacy of its clients.

Another rumor that I heard was that Tiger is holed up somewhere in Toronto and has a phone answering service at Telsec Business Office Centres. When I contacted the staff at Telsec, they would not confirm or deny that he had been using their services. They would only say that their clients information was confidential.

At Telsec the only information that callers are given about a client is the information that the client has provided as public information in their profile. The Telsec staff will not answer any information about a client whose phones they are answering, unless the client specifically states what information can be given.  This works especially well for virtual office clients who do not have a physical office, but want their customers to believe they have an office. Many telephone answering clients will have Telsec answer their calls and transfer them to an external number like a home office or cell phone or have their calls directed to voice mail after the live receptionist answers the call.

I know if I was Tiger, I would have a virtual office Toronto at Telsec to have a prestigious business address without anyone knowing if I was there or not.

Besides all that, at Telsec the coffee, tea and filtered water are always complimentary.

With 2010 only days away, a New Year brings new hope and prosperity. While many people will make New Year’s resolutions like joining a gym , quiting smoking or making some other life changing choices, maybe it is your time to make a New Year’s resolution to grow your business.

The first step in growing your business is to have a prestigious business address.  Your office space Toronto should be located at the number 1 address on Canada most famous street. Telsec Business Centres located at 1 Yonge Street (The Longest Street in the World), offers a prestigious address with plenty of Toronto office space options.

In 2010 your business needs an address that is not your home or not a PO box.  Telsec also offers Toronto Mail service and Toronto business telephone answering service, plus a variety of other Virtual Office Toronto packages that can be tailored to your business needs.

If you chose to take a physical Toronto office space, just remember, at Telsec Business Centres the coffee and tea are always complimentary.

Blackberry Email is Down, but your receptionist is still answering your calls

It is going to be a long and frustrating day for many RIM (Research In Motion)  BlackBerry email users. It seems that Research In Motion  has confirmed to that its BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) servers are experiencing difficulties and that some email services are being delayed. Most people who are experiencing this problem are not having problems with BlackBerry Messenger or browsing the internet.

If you had an office space Toronto or a virtual office Toronto at Telsec that includes telephone answering service, you could call the receptionist and have her update your profile to tell callers that due to a problem with Blackberry email, you may not be getting any of their messages.  Once the Blackberry email is back up and you are receiving your mail, you can simply call the receptionist and have her take off any alerts that you have requested to be placed.

Whether you are an office space client or a virtual office client with live telephone answering service, you can dictate how your calls are answered and how your calls are handled. You can chose to have your calls sent to your office, your voice mail, your cell phone, or even your cottage. If there are times when you will be away for an extended period of time and not able to answer your calls, you can have your professional receptionist inform your callers that you are away and that you will be checking your voice mail. There are plenty of options and different ways to handle your calls, ask the friendly staff at Telsec to help you set things up.

And remember at Telsec Business Centre , the coffee and tea are always complimentary.

It was recently mentioned to me that Starbucks coffee shops has some locations with private meeting rooms and wireless internet access. While it sounds great to be able to go to a local Starbucks and reserve a private meeting space, but how professional does that come across to your clients?

I know when I want to have a business meeting and I do not want to bring people into my home office, I can reserve a meeting room at my downtown Toronto office space. As a office space Toronto client, I am able to have free Toronto meeting space. When I was a Virtual office Toronto client, I only had to pay a few dollars to book a meeting room when I needed it.

Now Telsec business centre is offering low priced meeting room rentals to non clients. You do not need to have an office or a virtual office at 1 Yonge Street, to be able to rent a meeting room by the hour or by the half day (for several meetings). Being able to rent a meeting room in a professional office space in Toronto at a prestigious downtown address, gives your company a professional look and lets your clients believe you have an office in this great facility.

To find out more about renting a Toronto meeting room in a professional office business centre, call Lindsay at (416) 363-9035 or email Lindsay@telsec.net.

why use a Starbucks meeting room and have to pay $4 or $5 for a coffee?

Because remember, at Telsec the coffee and tea are always complimentary.

Sometimes when you need