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Virtual Office Definitions

ValleyHQ delivers three basic products and services: the executive office, virtual offices and meeting rooms. Within each of these services there are different options for different needs. But they all focus on the same thing: delivering a flexible, cost effective alternative to traditional office space.

With this focus on enabling low-cost flexibility, ValleyHQ has become a specialist at providing virtual offices in Bakersfield. We are often asked the question, “What is a virtual office,” and we understand very well why we hear this over and over: the term “virtual office” is used by many people to mean many different things. We have identified 4 uses of “virtual office”:

Virtual Office Definition 1 – This is an all encompassing term and is a springboard to all other definitions of virtual offices. A virtual office is a workplace location that is not part of a traditional workspace, along with a set of tools and services to help workers communicate and work efficiently.

Virtual Office Definition 2 – A virtual office is technology that allows a remote worker to communicate with colleagues and to set up a technology presence without owning or managing the hardware or software. Examples include anything from virtual PBXs to web conferencing or thin clients. Examples of companies who provide these services are WebEx, Onebox, Phone.com or Officescape.

Virtual Office Definition 3 – A virtual office is wherever you work that is not a traditional workplace. This definition is most used by telecommuters and mobile professionals. Often their virtual offices are a home office or a coffee shop; or it may be wherever they happen to be that day. Inc. Magazine recently experimented with this type of virtual office in a widely reported story in which each of its employees worked remotely for an entire month.

Virtual Office Definition 4 – A virtual office is a set of services that allows a business to have a presence in a particular location with a phone number, live answering, business mailing address, on-demand meeting rooms and other business related services. The executive office space industry is well known for offering these services along with their standard set of full-time offices.

Still not sure about what a virtual office is? Please call us. We would be happy to discuss more about virtual offices and how they can help your business grow.

For more information on how ValleyHQ can help you set up a virtual office in Bakersfield (or worldwide), please call ValleyHQ at 661-377-1847.