It’s a fact of life that impressions matter. It may not be fair, or nice, but the impression you get from someone, from the way they dress, to their grammar, to even their business card can influence your decisions.

It will shape the relationship going forward, and in Sales that’s the most important thing you can do; build relationships.

And no Salesperson, no matter how skilled or knowledgeable they are, can make that first great impression from their basement.

On the other hand, if you’re just starting out, or you are doing sales for a Startup or smaller company, you might not have the luxury of a big brand name, or a great location to make sales out of. Do you really want to hand out a business card with a residential address on it?

Both consumers and businesses want to be confident in your product. They want to know that you’ll be able to stand behind it. And it all starts from where it comes from.

Previously, it was unlikely that anyone would do much more research other than looking up the name and number, and general location. That evolved into having a company website, and maybe doing LinkedIn searches on the names involved, and that’s about it.

But now it’s just SO easy to do a quick google maps search. How will it look when your business comes up as a nice suburban home? A little “fly-by-night”.

That is where a service like Virtual Business Offices comes in: You get an address on Bay Street, a professional phone answering service, physical mail collection and forwarding, and many other perks.

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When you are planning where you want your virtual business address, the first question you need to ask yourself is ‘Which City do I want it to be in?’ There are so many choices, but one of the places you should really consider is Toronto.

Virtual Business Offices offers addresses from the heart of the downtown core, on 20 Bay Street. Toronto is a vibrant and multicultural city, hosting a variety of different business types in different sectors.

Here is a list of reasons why you should choose Toronto:

Toronto is one of the most future-ready cities in the world

With companies like Amazon and Sidewalk Labs interested in developing in Toronto, things are changing quickly, making Toronto one of the cities of the future.

Toronto is the fourth-largest city in Canada/U.S.

With Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles coming in as the top 3 largest cities in North America, Toronto is often forgotten about.

Toronto is the best place in the world for millennials

Millennials love Toronto for its higher rates of employment and home ownership compared to their counterparts in other countries (according to A survey performed by the U.S. News & World Report finds millennials love Canada)

Canada is rated as a top location for expats

A global survey of more than 14,000 respondents from 195 countries and territories by InternNations finds Canada a top location for expats. Having your Virtual business address in Toronto gives you access to this ever-growing job market.

Ontario is North America’s 2nd largest business information technology cluster

Second only to Sillicon Valley, Ontario is one of North America’s largest centres for information and communications technology

So when you are deciding what address you should choose to make the most impact and where your business will stand out the most, keep Toronto in mind. And let Virtual Business Offices be the ones that introduce you to our great city.

When evaluating your business, you may decide that there is no need for telephone answering services. You work hard to please your customers, and to gather new leads. They know what your business is about, and know that calling outside of normal business hours will have them disrupting your personal time.

Or well, do they know this?

It is inevitable that you will run into some issue. A disgruntled customer, a client who doesn’t respect normal working hours, maybe even new leads from other timezones.

Taking a message through an automated system may sound like the answer, but in general, people don’t like talking to machines.

Here is the deal; You need to have a telephone answering service.

Trained staff that are able to take details down, to give information out, direct clients and customers to you, and be a filter for the calls that you don’t need to receive. Nothing is more annoying when expecting an important call, to instead continuously receive spam calls. A telephone answering service could act as the gatekeeper to make sure you don’t receive these.

Furthermore, these services are often 24 hour a day affairs, meaning that you can be sure you are receiving calls day and night, and not wasting your lead generation efforts.

Your callers will appreciate the value of being able to call anytime, and have someone pick up the phone to talk to them. And you’ll be able to rest easy, knowing that those callers are being taken care of. In the mobile age, people are accustomed to being able to seek information – and answers – at any time, day or night. And if you are not able to get them that information, then they will move on the next closest competitor, who will.

If you are interested in a telephone answering service, then Virtual Business Offices is the deal for professional service, with 24/7 voicemail. And we even provide voice to email messaging so you can quickly catch up on all your calls.

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Your commute is bad for your health. A bold statement but a true one at that. Many researchers have discovered that a long commute to work each day can lead to higher blood pressure, anxiety, body aches, and even depression. With infrastructure expanding and populations growing, the average commuter is seeing even more delay on their daily routes to and from work.

With more and more employers introducing work-from-home strategies, a shift has presented itself where companies are now aware of the detriments that come with a stress-filled commute and how it can potentially make employees less productive. Having a virtual office brings all the administrative aspects of day-to-day operations into one convenient package and allows businesses, big and small, to focus on what really matters; building ideas and bringing them to life.

Remote operations have proven to:

• Reduce overhead costs
• Improve work-life balance
• Create flexibility and reduction of vacation time

Still not convinced? Having a virtual office does not disconnect you from traditional business services. Having an address at the heart of a business core can give a company immediate recognition and credibility when it comes to presenting their brand to prospective clients and potentially having a global presence. Having access to a business center that provides executive-style amenities, state of the art meeting rooms and coworking space can help propel a company even faster.

virtualbusinessoffices.com provides convenient, customizable packages that will provide business solutions to help you focus on bringing your company to the next level. Explore it today. Maybe you’re a virtual office away from growing a successful business.

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