You’ve heard of shared offices and coworking, haven’t you?

In this kind of workspace, professionals from independent businesses work productively alongside each other in a fully-equipped shared office — with a lower cost, and a lot less hassle than a traditional office lease! So if you are an entrepreneur, lawyer, sales professional, writer, designer, developer, or any sort of freelancer, you need to know the advantages of working in a coworking space!

Some people are a little apprehensive when they are introduced to this new office model, but the initial uncertainty fades after the experience impacts their work life for the better.

But what exactly are these benefits? Continue reading and find out!

Decrease costs

In a coworking community, all the people who share the same space contribute to the operating expenses of having a roomy space, being able to enjoy pleasant front desk staff, use of meeting rooms, ergonomic furniture, gigabit fiber internet, water, electricity, cleaning service, and an endless supply of coffee.

This leads to a significant decrease in costs and is a lot less work for you than managing an office yourself, or hiring an office manager to do it — ensuring more profits for your business.

Organic networking

Networking is essential for any professional. In coworking, this task is much easier! Unlike the pressure of a networking event where you have to make a lot of contacts to find one good one, here you have the time to get to know people and form really good quality connections and professional relationships. Come in often enough, and you’ll find yourself with some real friendships, too. Want a practical example of how this can work? Let’s see…

If you are a graphic designer, and everyone knows you’re great with brand identity — and there’s another member, a lawyer or a new tech startup who needs to create their visual identity. Of course, they will work with you instead of looking for another professional elsewhere. That’s the way it goes! ANd they’ll send their friends to you as well.

If you are concerned about sharing your space with professionals who do the same thing as you, here’s the reality of that: when there are other folks who do exactly the same thing, and you know each other and trust each other, it can bring both of you a steadier supply of work. You’re too busy? Send a new client to them. They do the same for you. Get a big project, too big for you alone? Built-in collaborator.

A real business street address

When you have an office address, you instantly have more credibility than a freelancer who works from home, for example.

In addition, with coworking, you can better separate your personal life from work. Having a business address prevents a random client from showing up at your home at an inappropriate time.

And if a customer stops by the coworking space when you’re not in, there’s a friendly front desk person to take a message for you and the client feels taken care of.

Good location

Location is a key factor for a business to succeed, or to be happy working remotely. Commuting to downtown when you don’t have to doesn’t set you up for success. Working from a friendly, professional neighborhood office does. Free parking, less time in traffic, and it’s easy to run home if you forgot something or need to let the dog out or the kids in. Live in south Austin? We’re the spot for you.

Work friends

As technology allows more and more of us to work from wherever we choose, and we connect through social media and video calls, and live far away from where we grew up — it’s normal to end up a bit lonely. Used to be, you went to work at a corporate office and stayed there long enough to make the friends you’d have your whole adult life. The world doesn’t work that way any more. But it can, if you choose to work from a coworking space.

If you change jobs or business focus, as long as you can still choose where you work, you can stay in the same space and keep the same trusted circle of work friends. Even if it’s just a casual “coffee chat” friend, it’s a start toward finally feeling like you have people again. Like you belong somewhere.

So, with all the advantages of working in coworking, will you consider trying a shared office for your business to give yourself the best chance to succeed and grow?

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