North Palm Beach Chamber honors small business month!

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David Middleton, right, of Intelligent Office, stands with the three finalists for the Small Business of the Year Award. From left are Steve Politziner of ESPN 760, a sports radio station; Donna Towe of FASTFRAME; and Brett Handler of Dreamstart Custom Homes. The Business Before Hours at the Palm Beach Gardens Marriott, produced by the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Intelligent Office, celebrated the U.S. Chamber’s Small Business Month.

North PBC Small business month!

Executive Suites Palm Beach Gardens Helps Business Before Hours Kick Off “Small Business Month”

Executive Suites Palm Beach Gardens Helps Business Before Hours Kick Off “Small Business
Month”

More than 100 local professionals and entrepreneurs gathered on Thursday, May 13th to celebrate the U.S.
Chamber’s Small Business Month during Business Before Hours at the Palm Beach Gardens Marriott.
Produced by the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Intelligent Office,
Executive Suites Palm Beach Gardens, the event featured the self-proclaimed “Forest Gump of
entrepreneurism,” Neal Asbury, famed author and host of the nationally syndicated talk radio show Neal
Asbury’s Truth For America. The Chamber also announced the finalists for the Small Business of the Year
Award, one of its four prestigious Leadership Awards.

Asbury spoke with guests on rising to become the Small Business Administration’s 2008 National
Exporter of the Year from his start as a music degree graduate from Rowan State University. Now the chief
executive officer of The Legacy Companies, Asbury discussed beginning his career as a sales manager in
Asia and the challenges of founding his first company in the Philippines, manufacturing goods for
McDonalds in the midst of civil unrest.
“As a leading provider of virtual office space, so many of our top clients are small business owners,” said
David Middleton, owner of Intelligent Office. “That’s why partnering with the Chamber to sponsor this
important event was a perfect fit for us. We were so excited to have Neal lend his valuable insight and to
honor the finalists of the Small Business of the Year Award.”

The Northern Palm Beach County Chamber selects one company each year to receive the Small Business
of the Year award based on four categories: customer service, community involvement, innovation and
response to adversity. The three finalists for this year’s award are: ESPN 760, a sports radio station;
Dreamstar Custom Homes; and FASTFRAME. The winner will be announced at the Chamber’s annual
Leadership Awards Dinner on Thursday, June 17.

About Intelligent Office Executive Suites Palm Beach Gardens...
“Intelligent Office provides virtual office services, shared office space, and executive office suites at a
prestigious business address in Palm Beach Gardens. Our professional office environment allows you to
provide a distinctive, address for your business identity, as well as an impressive place to meet clients.
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Starbucks doesn’t really do the Trick.....

Starbucks doesn’t really do the Trick.

As a home-based entrepreneur you are always looking to find creative places to have business meetings with your clients. It is not like you can meet with a client in your living room. So you have to meet in a public place. It could be the diner around the corner or the coffee shop up the street. Some professionals may think that cheap public space to handle client meetings is fine. They believe it does not impact their credibility, image or reputation. This has proven to be bad advice for any small business owner who is trying to build a business. This first impression is everything and there are no second chances.

In business who you are, how you dress, what you have to say is important, so where you meet your clients can not be treated as a last minute thought. Every detail helps your customers to make the decision to say "yes" or "no" especially when the choice affects their business or their bottom line. That means that every interaction counts, meeting in a Starbucks over day-old Danish, is not going to cut it, if your goal is to grow your business, get better clients and make more money. 

Clients want to give their business to companies that inspire trust. They are not interested in the fly-by-night. They want a company that is going to be around for years to come. They are looking for companies who deliver stellar work on a deadline and until they get to know you and the quality of your work, those potential clients can only judge you by “what they see”.

So, they are noticing your office, how you dress, how confident you look, how tight your presentation is, how organized you seem. And no matter how you stack it, meeting in your living room or in Starbucks, does not exactly scream out that your company is “best-of-breed.” What alternatives do you have? Well, the point is - you do have alternatives. For a home-based business a virtual office is all you need. It is absolutely essential if you want to attract and catch the bigger fish. A virtual office space gives you the option to work at home, while giving the appearance that your operation is much larger and more impressive.

Here is how it works: For a reasonable monthly fee, you can rent the services of an office suite without actually renting the office itself. Sounds crazy, right? Well, imagine working from your home, but having a professional Palm Beach Gardens address and phone number. When they call you at your Palm Beach Gardens office phone number the call is answered by a professional trained to answer the phone the way you want it and can even be forwarded to your home office phone. Imagine when your clients messenger a package over, it is being delivered to a business and not to your front door. Then when the time comes for that big meeting you can nail that first impression with your professional office suite.

To get more information about a virtual office solution, and to hear how affordable it is, contact the friendly staff at the Intelligent Office of Palm Beach Gardens.

Choosing the best virtual office solution for your business.

Choosing the best virtual office solution for your business.

With today’s economic conditions, many businesses are looking for new and creative ways to keep costs at a minimum. Many are finding success by choosing the flexibility of part time offices, usually known as virtual offices. Most executive office suites offer virtual office services. They can easily leverage their staff and facilities to provide a great set of offerings for your business.

The only problem with the virtual office service provided by executive suites is that they are somewhat limited. On occasion they are limited by the time the receptionist has to answer all calls (usually this is not a problem), but more often, they are limited by the ability and the time that more involved services would demand. For example, you may want someone who can act as your assistant — scheduling meetings, managing your calendar, screening a high volume of calls and doing some sort of light sales duty, order entry, etc. While some suites sometimes can handle this level of duty, there are companies who specialize in this area. Intelligent Office specializes in offering all these services. It is not that executive suites are not good at virtual offices; it is a matter of focus. Companies who primarily focus on virtual office services and related business services have the ability to offer more in depth support and customer service.

Before you decide on a virtual office, make sure you assess the level of service you require. Then decide whether to hire an executive office company who offers virtuals as part of many services or find success with a company whose primary focus is virtual offices, with a physical presence when you need it.  In other words, an Intelligent Office.

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