Do you really know what a virtual office is? When was the first time you heard the term “virtual office”? I never heard the words until I started my first small business and could not afford an actual office. But a friend suggested that I might consider having a virtual office to look more professional than working from my home. With business rents throughout much of Canada and especially the GTA continuing to increase, the virtual office solutions seemed to be sensible alternatives to the high costs of renting office space, particularly during those precious early years when working capital was limited.

I needed a business address that was not my home address and I needed to look professional. I spend days looking at office space rentals that I thought I could afford, but the out-of-the-way addresses did not look appealing on a business card. They also did not look like places I wanted to go to work, so I did my best work at home at that time.

I eventually opened up to my friends’ suggestions and started to look at office business centres that offered me a prestigious address without the high cost of an office. It is funny that the first place I looked at, was the place that I ended up choosing for my virtual office! I must have looked at over 15 different office business centres as a virtual office location, but it was the first one that I visited that I eventually chose.

Typically, benefits of a virtual office location include its address (often in a desirable part of the city), telephone answering services, handling your mail and a focal point for all forms of communication. But that was not the main selling points to me. I liked the fact that the staffers were real and extremely dedicated.

All this, however, is not as important as the reasons you need to consider when choosing a virtual office provider for your start-up or small business. What if your business grows and you need to hire, manage and motivate more staff? Maybe you might need actual physical office space? Why change your business address? An office business centre can offer you physical space too!

Let’s take a step back and talk about the costs of running your small business from a virtual office provider. Keeping costs down and maximizing your profits is an essential part of any new business. A virtual office can ensure that the typical office-related costs are not affecting your bottom line in a negative way. Virtual offices are increasingly becoming a more viable option for businesses without compromising on professionalism. Having a virtual office has no geographical constraints. Your clients see you as working from the location you advertise. When hiring employees who can literally be located in any part of the country, your clients and customers do envision them being at your virtual office address.

So how do you really make the most of your virtual office? I suggest cloud computing! Regardless of where you work, when you work, or even who you work with, keeping your files on cloud servers or cloud drives can keep your small business “virtual.” The days of having a server at your office space are over – and being virtual is much easier. Your clients and customers may think you are working in one place, but you may be thousands of miles from your physical business address.

I am not just a writer of this blog, I started my web development and photography business as a virtual office client at Telsec Business Centres over 11 year ago. Since then, I switched to being an office-space tenant. My customers and clients have always known my business address to be 1 Yonge Street.

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Canada M5C 1C4
416-574-1112

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Toronto, Ontario M5C 1C4 Canada

- 18 King Street East is a boutique Class A building – East of Yonge: easy street parking, less traffic, excellent restaurants and lovely parks – St. James Park @ Church & King and Berczy Park @ Wellington East, Scott and Front Streets – Very high energy and engaging area
- A few steps (a few seconds) to the Yonge Street subway/underground PATH network and streetcar available outside building
- Building is located in Toronto's vibrant financial district
- Plenty of parking available in the area including street parking and reserved parking in the 18 King building
- Adjacent to the building huge outdoor food courtyard - Beer Bistro www.beerbistro.com and Craft Beer Market www.craftbeermamrket.ca restaurants and bars with onsite catering services
- Onsite amenities: Tim Horton's, Beer Bistro, Convenience store and Starbucks across the street
- Nearby amenities: underground PATH network, numerous restaurants, banking, Starbucks plus a wide array of nearby shops and services
- New modernized office layout fully furnished with meeting spaces and training rooms plus café lounge area
- We are leaders in the service of training/meeting rooms with full conference facilities, high quality hot and cold catering
- Largest training room and conference facilities accommodate up to 60 people classroom style
- Ultra-high-speed - 1 GIG pipe = 1,000 x 1000 fiber-optic network, which will deliver internet connection speeds faster than most North American services
- Private shower room
- Indoor Reserved Parking at the current building rental rate
- Bicycle parking
- Rent a space to accommodate your team for meetings, training sessions, corporate events or coworking space or flexible office space for one day, one week, one month or one year, or whatever term suits your business
- Telsec has over 650 locations in 40 different countries worldwide available for their clients. Office clients receive up to 8 hours of meeting space per month at no charge at any ABCN member location. Plus, Office and Virtual Office clients may rent a space from any member location at special member rates which varies depending on the location
- King Edward Hotel is located across the street - recently completed a $40 million renovation and boutique hotels close by within walking distance

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