Outsource your office requirements with MyOffice

Are you planning to start your own business but cannot afford to lease your own office space? Or are you trying to figure out how you can cut costs in your present setup so that you can maximize your productivity?

This is the best time for you to consider outsourcing. Outsourcing is the practice of using outside firms to handle work normally performed within a company. Both small and large companies are slowly realizing the benefits of outsourcing some of their functions and the benefits are numerous.

According to AllBusiness.com, a website that caters to small and medium sized businesses, the benefits of outsourcing include, among others, controlling capital costs, increasing efficiency, reducing labor costs. But most importantly, outsourcing helps businesses focus on their core business.

There is one firm that offers these services and it is MyOffice Business Center and Virtual Office.

Situated in the heart of the Makati Business District, MyOffice affords small businesses with an image of professionalism, premium work stations, up-to-date telecommunication facilities, professional virtual office features and well-trained personnel.

Sisters Milette Carlos and Tina Cuerva started MyOffice in September 2004 when Cuerva realized that she could no longer do her consulting work at home.

"I was no longer comfortable about forwarding my clients’ calls to an answering machine and giving away my cell phone number, so I brought up the idea of putting up this business to Milette," Cuerva said.

Carlos saw the viability of offering outsourced office support services to serve people who were just starting in business and could not afford office space. She added that availing of their services would entail lower overhead costs, no capital expenditure, a professional image, no missed calls, maximized resources and increased productivity on the part of the client.

"Some people might just need someone to answer their calls when they’re out on business meetings and we could do that for them," Carlos said. "Depending on their instructions, we could either forward calls or take a message."

In fact, MyOffice is the first to focus on outsourced front and back office support services. Front office support services include telephone answering, coming up with a customized greeting for clients, message taking, message notification, customer inquiry handling, live call transfer and mail and document log.

Back office support services, on the other hand, include fax to email / email to fax services, scan to email services, calendar management, clerical support, personal assistant services and virtual concierge.

"By availing of our virtual office services, your calls will be professionally answered, fax and messages taken and delivered anywhere in the world, business address provided for mail receipt or forwarding and much more," Carlos said. "Staying in touch with your customers, vendors and associates is now easier."

MyOffice also offers clients with a prestigious business address and a mailbox / locker for their incoming mail. It also has affordable office cubicles and workstations for their clients’ temporary or permanent office. These are fully furnished and staffed with administrative personnel to assist clients.

But before deciding on the services to avail of, MyOffice has come up with a reliable process that will help create a virtual office tailored for each of their client’s business.

"We assess your current set-up, recognize your requirements and recommend the office support option that best complements your business," Carlos said. "Your company’s database is then created, incorporating the service features agreed upon with your business information and instructions."

My Office Business Center and Virtual Office is located at the 5th floor, Building’s Center Building, 170 Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City. For more information about MyOffice’s services, call 751-6739 or email [email protected]. You can also check out their website at www.myoffice.com.ph.