Working from home

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originalposter said:
With free Wifi everywhere these days, there is absolutely no reason to meet 'at your office'. Common, that's just outdated mentality. If you're just starting out, spend hundreds/thousands on office space is just crazy talk. It would be a total waste of money.

Meet at Starbucks would be just as convenient and comfortable for most clients. And beside, you would usually be the one visiting your clients (so you will be going to their office/shop).

Of course, once your business expands, then its a different story. But having an office space is definitely not a requirement for a tech/marketing startup these days.
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I absolutely agree. Spending so much money on a office space is absolute non-sense.
 
Don't tell them.

I did a naughty little trick when I started out on my own back in 2008 after working in corporate banking bollocks for 20+ years.

Find a serviced office that has meeting rooms to rent by the hour (in the UK, most do), use their address on your website and when you have a meeting, gauge the importance by booking a meeting room for the really important ones and suggesting a local coffee shop for the less important ones.

BTW, don't pay for the serviced office - just use their address and if anyone kicks off tell them that you are sorry but you were going to rent their service and you kind of jumped the gun a little bit.

I used to say that on the day of our meeting, we have had an unauthorised audit or their the meeting room has been double booked but you don't want to cancel so how about meeting over a coffee.

Never failed.
 
Yes work from home its better..We can earn lot with less investment:)
 
I work from home because my staff is not centrally located. I'd rather hire the best people for the job rather than the closest people. I don't meet many clients nowadays but when I did, Starbucks always worked for me.
 
honestly. I work from wherever I need. WIFI is all I need. Most of the time its from home. But occasionally I travel and work anywhere I have WIFI. If they want to meet, I usually setup a meeting at starbucks or something similar.
 
Don't worry about such clients. You are helping them. They should be concern about your work not about your workplace.
 
In my opinion it's not about what clients think, it's about your attitude to work, or self-discipline I would say. I've read an article lately where it was sscientifically proved that working in your pajamas makes you lazy and less productive. At least that is definitely true about me :)
 
If they want to meet you for the first time and they don't have an office go to THEIR home or meet in a public place if you are not cool with them coming over your place.


I was hired for a short term contract (2 months) that was originally supposed to be on site at their office. After about 2 weeks I convinced the project lead to let me do my work from home since I can honestly work more efficiently from home without any distractions from all the bullshit going on in their office. He was cool with it so it quickly became a work from home position (which it should be IMO lol.)
 
I prefer meeting them at their office but I have a home office which looks quite professional, just in case.
 
I never invite clients to my office. We always meet at a restaurant or in a cafe
 
Worked for myself from home since 2005 and never had a client ask if they can come to me. Make your clients feel that you're doing them a huge favour by going to see them at their office. It's a benefit to them as you're saving them traveling time and costs. Time wise it makes more sense to them if you go and see them rather than the other way around.

If it is a big client and there is good money on the table them take them for lunch.

Shez
 
One of the first you do have to build your company's website.

Then you sell your services or digital products.

You can reseller products or make your own.
I tend to reseller products.

And you have a company website. It sounds cool:-)
 
None of my clients care at all that I work from home, if they ask I'm always honest and completely up front about it. No need to lie, and let's face it. I bet most of them would work from home too if they could.

Whenever clients want a meeting, I always ask if I can meet them at their business. If that is not okay (which it has never been a problem thus far) I would suggest meeting in a public place such as a park or coffee shop.
 
Business is not limited, even time or space. so it doesn't matter you're work from home or business if you have good product, good service to offer and not scam anyone. For me- a customers, the quality is the best
 
Who cares if it sounds too unprofessional to them. If they're too oblivious knowledgeably to realize it's possible to make money from home then fuck them
 
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