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How to Get the Most Out of a Virtual Office Space

Throughout the years, virtual offices have transformed from a secret among tech-savvy entrepreneurs to a concept even the most conservative business are starting to embrace. Whether you're interested in protecting your home address, appearing more professional, or having a secretary field your calls without having to pay for a full-time staff, a virtual office is the answer.

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Five Questions to Ask When Choosing a Virtual Office Provider

If you're considering utilizing the services of a virtual office, you're likely feeling a bit overwhelmed. Where do you start? Should you choose a virtual office solution that's close to home or convenient for your clients? What makes one virtual office provider better than another? If you'd like to promote a professional image and work more productively while saving time and money, these are just a few of the questions you should ask before deciding upon a virtual office provider.

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Big Tips for Small Businesses – The Benefits of Renting Meeting Rooms

There are several reasons why renting meeting rooms, boardrooms or conference rooms would make sense for your business.

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5 Ways a Coworking Space or Executive Suite Can Benefit Your Small Business

Many solo entrepreneurs and small business owners choose to work from home to save money. However, this may not be the best option for those looking to take advantage of the benefits a physical office can offer.

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Common Traits of the Most Successful Small Business Owners

No entrepreneur has ever achieved success without first developing a successful mindset. This mindset builds character, forms positive habits and can eventually help you create success.

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Top Incentives for Starting Your Own Home Business

Home-based businesses are quickly becoming the fastest growing form of business start-ups in America. In fact, over half of the 600,000 new businesses founded each year are grown out of someone's home office of basement.

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The Top 5 Cities to Launch Your Startup

For decades, the majority of startup culture seemed to focus on the activities of businesses based in Silicon Valley. From Listia to Evernote, Silicon Valley is a hotbed for some of the today's most popular tech companies.

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Presentation Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid

For most people, a point will come in their career where presentations are expected of them. To some, this will be an opportunity to show off their elocutionary skills, whereas for others it will be a nervous nightmare.

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Office Design Ideas for Start-Ups

Whether you're renting consistent office space or utilize the services of a virtual office, neglecting your office environment is a mistake.

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How to Enhance the Credibility of Your Small Business

Each year, hundreds of startups fail. Although a small percentage, there are also those that make it big and become household names. A large number of startups end up somewhere in the middle. When you are looking for new investors, partners, or clients, having credibility is key. You want people to be able to trust you. Otherwise, they will not take you seriously.

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How to Create a Non-Compete Agreement

As a small business owner, you've invested a lot into your ideas – so much so that having new employees sign non-compete agreements seems almost second nature.

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Four Influential Review Sites for Small Businesses

No matter your opinion on them, online reviews are crucial for any business. According to surveys, 90 percent of people are influenced by positive reviews, 86 percent are influenced by negative reviews, and 79 percent of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations.

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How to beat the big players

OVER the last 10 years big business has lost many of the advantages it once had making it increasingly easy for small businesses to compete.

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Does Your Business Need a Professional Answering Service?

When you cannot be around a phone 24/7, but you also don't want to miss an important call from a client, how can you find a happy medium? No customer wants to hear a machine pick up their call and ask them to leave a message.

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Office Space Per Person – How much do I really need?

Not sure how much office space per employee you need? Let us help. See what you should factor in, including office layouts and future business needs.

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