Getting an office! [will I make more or less?]

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I have been online for awhile now,
and I have made a few info products,
done some adsense, affiliate marketing
basically a little of everything.

I have been getting into offline stuff a little.
And decided that to really get some momentum
I am going to get an office.

At the office I will be able to meet up
with local marketers, and even hold workshops.

The office is approx 400 sq feet so the workshops
will be 10-12 people.


And mostly dealing with selling on amazon, ebay.
(class room style)

I can really get somethings moving though.

Let me know what you would do if you were making
the change from working at home to moving to your office.

Looking forward to your replies.

Torrance
#main internet marketing discussion forum #make #office
  • You will definitely make more money and be able to give time to each person while giving him YOUR confidence as well as making more direct contact. The fact that you are giving full time to your work will help you in the long test of trust.
  • If you hold workshops classroom style then I think renting function rooms on the workshop days would be more economical.
  • You need to get up more early to go the office :-)

    You don't want to lose your valuable times at working this profitable business of yours.
  • you could record your sessions and release them as info products
  • I get more work done in my office simply because I get more into the "work frame of mind" and I'm not as tempted to watch TV or waste time in some other way... And of course getting more work done normally results in more income.
  • What exactly is the question?

    Having an office involves overheads and travel expenses.

    I tried it a year ago , but now I'm at home.

    If you are getting it in order to run classes... why not rent a board room for the first few and test it out before making a longer term commitment?
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    • I agree with Sal64. If you're in a big city there will be lots of private clubs etc, where you can join as a member for low monthly fees and then when you need to hold seminars or meet people you can just rent out one of their rooms for a small amount. Private clubs are also great just for meeting people one-to-one, and if a lot of your clients are offline then it's also a great place to meet and make contacts with other people.
    • Sal you say you "tried it."

      Why did it not work out for you?

      Any tips other than the overhead and travel expenses?

      note: The office is within walking distance of where I live, and the 250/mo includes electricity so the only added expense would be phone and internet.

      I plan on using virtual numbers to direct calls to the office so I can track my marketing easier.

      What travel expenses did you inccur?

      Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.
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  • I feel that if you're really serious with conducting those offline workshops, your additional income from them will more than compensate for the office rent that you'll be paying. You wouldn't have to scramble to rent space whenever you want to hold a workshop, and overall I think it'd work out for the best.

    I'd suggest scheduling some kind of office hours and making it a point to be in the office during those hours. I have a feeling that you'll find yourself being far more productive doing this than trying to work from home, especially if you have distractions that you can't avoid there.

    Paul
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    • The workshops covering the expenses was the big factor for me,
      when I tried to get a workshop set up before finding an open place was either very expensive 200+ per day or full.

      I am seeing it as a great opportunity to be able to also hold "private workshops" instead of doing the chamber of commerce type of things.

      Also I do plan on turning some of the workshops into info products, "sales tools" to help warm up my prospects.
  • Really depends what you want to do with your business. Sure, moving into a physical office is part of scaling up the business and especially moving into offline work. For me it would also mean getting a lot more work done as someone said: at home is also my wife and a little rugrat that's always climbing all over my desk. But somehow I just can't face moving out, I like being with my family all day, and anyway, an office suddenly seems like a REAL job, and that's not what we got into IM for, right?!
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