Small Businesses Owners - Need An Office To Lease But Can't Afford One?

There are new and existing businesses that need a physical office front, but incurring the expense of leasing an office space can put a strain on their budget. Some businesses are not zoned to run their operations from home and maintaining a professional image is a must. So what do you do about your financial operational dilemma? Try investigating the services of an executive suite.

Many areas have executive offices that provide a “Home Office Plan” designed to solve the problem of having a physical office front. These executive suites offer businesses an option, where you pay a nominal fee per month and receive services that are conducive to personally operating your own office.

The executive suites monthly fee offers the following services:

1. Receptionist: A live receptionist and not an automated operator will professionally answer the phone using your business name, generally during normal business hours. You will need to notify the receptionist when you will be out of town or unavailable. It helps the staff to handle your telephone calls in a professional manner.

2. Personal Telephone Number: You receive your personal telephone line, allowing the receptionist to knowingly answer incoming calls with your business name.

3. Conference Room: Normally, most home office plans include access to use their conference room with an assigned amount of hours per month. You will need to make reservations with the receptionist as far in advance as possible to schedule usage time. You can purchase additional hours if needed. Most conference rooms are equipped with a white board, TV, DVD, telephone with speakerphone, VCR, overhead projector, etc.

4. Physical Mailing Address: Your business will have a physical mailing address, so that you can receive regular mail and special deliveries (i.e. Fedex, UPS, DSL, etc.).

5. Fax number: You will be assigned a fax number to receive or send faxes. Prices for communication services are applicable.

6. Voice Mailbox: Your incoming calls can go directly to your voice mailbox during regular business hours and/or normal business hours. The receptionist can send your incoming calls to your mobile phone or another number if you request it during the day.

7. Copier Access Number: Assigned when you need to use the copy machine. There are charges applicable for self and full service photocopying.

Generally the staff includes a receptionist, administrative assistants and a manager. If you are generating revenue, you must have a business privilege license in that county. You can purchase additional services offered by the staff such as: preparing word processing presentations, typing, color printing, PowerPoint presentations, mailing services, conference room rentals, coffee service for your guests and dictating services.

Depending on the location of your executive suite, the monthly fee will be a fraction of the cost to run a full fledged office. And here’s another perk: you don’t have to incur the added expense of paying employee benefits for this office staff. A “Home Office Plan” gives you all of the advantages of having access to a professional staff in a professional office environment. This can be a workable solution to your business’ daily operations.

So, if you’re looking for an efficient, cost effective option to run the clerical portion of your business, without ripping a hole in your pockets, shop several executive suites to see which “Home Office Plan” package is best suited for your budget.