GummyBrian
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When your offline clients ask you if you have an office and where your office is and you dont have one, what do you tell them?
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mikeybobikey
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If you don't have an office, tell them you don't have an office! Sheesh! Why on earth would you consider not telling the truth to your clients?
JustLearningTheRopes
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You should just tell them you have a "home office". That there is nothing that you can't do from there that you could do anywhere else. Isn't every ones dream to "Work from Home" rather than having to go to work?
GummyBrian
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but that might not sound very professional to them. can someone who actually has offline clients give their input?
GummyBrian
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is that what you do?
p1mp_ju1ce
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It's better to tell them the truth than lie.
Duffers5000
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GummyBrian
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PartyNeon
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Use a virtual office. You can rent out offices for one day at a time, they are already furnished and look like real offices. Some virtual offices even let you use their address.
In my case, I actually have an office, a few actually. Before we had offices, I just told them I worked from home.
In my case, I actually have an office, a few actually. Before we had offices, I just told them I worked from home.
stereoflight14
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I have 6 offline clients, all of them aware I don't have an office. I live in an apartment building and used to put "suite #" in my business address which helps but if asked I just joke about it. When clients ask me about where I work, I brag about the luxury of my job and being able to work anywhere. Swag.
Zak_A
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I do run an offline business from a home office (which is basically a laptop an the couch in my living room).
For meetings, I always offer to go to them or if they'd rather move themselves, I offer to meet at the very nice coffee shop at the corner of my street.
If they ask, I tell them I have a home office, why lie about it ?
I actually have no need for an office right now, and as some other said already, working from home helps reducing costs, which explain how you can offer such good prices (don't forget I'm competing with bigger agencies in my city)
Quick tip: sometimes I also say that I don't have an office "yet". The client knows I'm working from home at the moment but this makes him think my business is doing really well and growing as I'm investing in an office (probably to hire some employees etc.)
For meetings, I always offer to go to them or if they'd rather move themselves, I offer to meet at the very nice coffee shop at the corner of my street.
If they ask, I tell them I have a home office, why lie about it ?
I actually have no need for an office right now, and as some other said already, working from home helps reducing costs, which explain how you can offer such good prices (don't forget I'm competing with bigger agencies in my city)
Quick tip: sometimes I also say that I don't have an office "yet". The client knows I'm working from home at the moment but this makes him think my business is doing really well and growing as I'm investing in an office (probably to hire some employees etc.)
