Main Street, USA. Wilshire Blvd. Madison Avenue. Mr. Shakespeare taught that “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” but when it comes to a business address, certain streets are sweeter than others.
Category: Virtual Offices
Post office (PO) boxes have been around for decades, giving people a mailing address that isn’t associated with where they live or work. They are cheap and easy. But there’s an equally cost-effective and simple option for those who want their mail delivered elsewhere: A virtual mail service.
If you’re running a business on the East Coast, you may feel like your client base is limited to your geographic region. You’d probably love to expand, but if your business is small or relatively new, you might not have the financial ability to open a branch office.
If you have a small office or work alone, you may not have the need or budget for a full-time receptionist. However, answering the phone yourself is a mundane activity that can easily derail what you’re doing or keep you from getting important work done.
When you’re looking for a virtual address, you may consider a lot of important factors: services available, cost, etc. But location can be one of the most critical things to consider when deciding where to set up virtual shop.
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most dynamic and populous places in the United States, and therefore has become a hotbed for commercial and business interests. Whether you’re involved in B2B or B2C products and services, you’ll find plenty of potential clients and business partners in the Bay Area.
If you work from home or own a start-up business in the San Francisco Bay Area, you might be considering investing in some office space. Not only will it add credibility to your business, it will also allow you to have a place to get organized and meet with employees or clients. But Bay Area leases are very pricey, even here on the fringes of the East Bay. Why not consider virtual office space? It allows you to have a part-time base of operations for your business, without having to worry about an expensive lease and all of the logistics of getting an office set up.
If you have your own business and work alone, or with a very small staff, you might occasionally feel the need for some extra help – maybe someone to answer phone calls for you or take messages when you’re not available. After all, needing to stop what you’re doing every time the phone rings can be a hassle and disrupt your workflow. But hiring an extra person for those tasks is impractical, especially if you don’t have major call volume, and your business might not be able to afford the expense.
You know the easiest way to get a mailing address in California – simply use your business or residence! But you may find yourself in a situation where you need a separate mailing address; perhaps for business purposes, or to have sensitive parcels delivered. If you do end up in one of these situations, here are some of the mailing address options that are available:
If you need an answer to a question or need to locate something, where do you turn? In the past, you might open an encyclopedia for information, or get your copy of the yellow pages to find a business. But these days, everyone just searches the internet for the information they seek: and more often than not, that search involves Google.
