After finishing massage therapy school in 2021, she began working with a massage therapy business but soon realized she wanted to go out on her own. Fast forward to 2024, she learned about Office Ours and decided to take a chance working for herself by leasing her own office suite. She had planted the seeds for Breathing Room Massage Therapy to grow and was ready to execute. 

Ginny wants to provide a space and service where clients can come in, relax, and reset their nervous system. She often finds that people can be intimidated by massage therapy or think it is an expensive luxury service. In reality, regular massage can be a practical part of maintaining overall health and well-being. By creating a welcoming environment, Ginny helps clients feel at ease from the moment they walk in. 

After moving into her own office at the Garner Office Ours location, her business began to grow. She utilized the Garner Chamber of Commerce, located next door to Office Ours. She became a chamber member and started meeting other business owners in the area. Her business has grown due to the chamber’s support, which has empowered her to talk to more people and network. 

Ginny enjoys having her massage therapy practice at Office Ours because of the great location. The building is highly visible and easy for her clients to find. She enjoys talking and networking with other small business owners in the building. She also finds that when a problem or maintenance issue arises, it is addressed and resolved quickly. Office Ours has given Ginny the tools to keep growing her business in Garner.

Ginny is a part of the LaunchGarner entrepreneurial cohort, which is a course for new business owners in Garner. She also teaches massage therapy courses at WakeTech, the same place she was a student just a few years ago. In addition to offering massage therapy at her 500 Benson Road office in Garner, she also provides chair massage for community events. 

Learn more about Breathing Room Massage Therapy and schedule an appointment:

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One of the biggest questions Sara gets is, “What is permanent makeup?” Permanent makeup is a semi-permanent or cosmetic tattoo. This type of tattoo can include eyebrows, eyeliner, lips, or blush. Pretty much any makeup you put on your face could also be tattooed. Microblading, or semi-permanent eyebrow tattoos, is the number one procedure she does almost daily. The ink for permanent makeup does not go as deep as a tattoo, so it is designed to fade slowly. Sara provides a free consultation with her clients to learn more about them and what type of permanent makeup they would like. She does very personalized work because no two faces or eyebrows are alike. Sara’s work helps her clients feel more confident and better about themselves. 

Sara has leased an office with Office Ours in Garner since September 2022. Finding the right office for her business was important because there are many requirements when opening a permanent makeup studio, such as tile floors and water access inside the office space. Providing a calm, quiet space is also a must for her clients. Office Ours provides not just an office suite but clean facilities and a lobby area for her clients. Sara also loves that she gets an external sign for her business that helps with her marketing and helps her clients find her location.

Sara has started teaching other tattoo artists, will soon offer scar camouflage restoration, and would love to own her own studio in a larger space one day. Until then, you can find her inside the Garner Office Ours location, helping her clients become the best version of themselves.

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Stay Stunning Permanent Makeup

500 Benson Road
Suite 121
Garner, NC 27529
Free Consultations: 919-815-9955
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To stay in compliance with the standards of the local and federal governments, there are specific rules and regulations that home healthcare companies need to operate. Here is a link to the North Carolina NC DHHS agency for licensure requirements. There are office requirements to get an Acute and Homecare Licensure and Certification license. Each home healthcare business requires a professional physical office space to conduct business according to 10A NCAC 13J .0903 A. In addition, a sign is needed on the exterior of the building, along with a sign on their office door (10A NCAC 13J .0903 A (c)). We offer some helpful features at Office Ours that would give a company the upper hand in the home healthcare industry.

All Office Ours locations have an exterior building sign near or on the building, where businesses can list their names. There is also an interior sign next to each office door with the business name.

Our phone systems are a professional solution to field incoming calls, communicate with your team, and work with clients. Each office suite includes the first Small Business Service phone line with a phone number. For home healthcare companies expanding or moving, we provide the option to take the phone number with you and continue to use our phone service wherever you end up.

To accommodate HIPAA laws, we have taken the initiative to provide extra security for home healthcare companies by giving them secure access to our copy center and shredders. Our printers and copy centers require member badges to release a printing job, making your client’s information safer and more secure. Our shredders are also HIPAA-friendly for client privacy.

Conference rooms are available at all Office Ours locations and are a favorite feature of our members, especially our home healthcare members. Every location we service includes small to medium-sized conference rooms for staff meetings, which can be easily booked through our member portal. We also have a large conference room with furniture that moves to meet the needs of your event. This large space at our Midtown location is excellent for trainings and staff meetings. The two whiteboards and large-screen TV make it an effective tool for teaching classes.

Since Office Ours was founded, we’ve been listening to the feedback from our customers on which amenities and services they need to be more successful. This feedback has helped us tailor our business products to meet the needs of home healthcare businesses and many other industries. With private offices, conference rooms, and printing services at your fingertips, Office Ours is the perfect place for home healthcare professionals to call home.

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Food items can be dropped off at any Office Ours location in the kitchen area. Use the links below to find the most needed items, find the nearest Office Ours location to you, or make a virtual donation. Thank you for your support of the Food Bank this holiday season!

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Office Ours locations don’t share parking lots with big box stores, grocery stores, or malls, so they have plenty of parking close to the building. You will always be able to get in and out quickly. A perk of a virtual office is the easy parking and access to other amenities in the building. Do you need to check your email or a place to eat lunch before heading to a meeting? Need to drop off outgoing mail? Office Ours mailboxes have outgoing mail slots. We will deliver it to the post office for you…let us deal with the post office traffic instead of you. 

Office Ours locations are kept clean and tidy, and hand sanitizer is available inside the front door of every location. It is reassuring to know that when you pull into an Office Ours location, you will have a place to park, a clean building to walk into, and office amenities at your fingertips. Not only do virtual offices have easy parking, but they also give you a membership to access printing and conference rooms at any Office Ours location. Our virtual office members also receive a monthly credit to cover some of your conference room time and printing costs. When was the last time you saw a printer at the post office that didn’t look like it stopped functioning in the 1990s? 

A virtual office at Office Ours goes beyond what a PO Box can do for you and your business. On top of all the other benefits, during the holidays, it saves you from anxiety, headaches, frustration, and, most valuable of all, time. Who wants to deal with a busy parking lot, long lines, crowds, and facilities that are dirty or out of order? At Office Ours, we don’t want you to deal with any of these holiday headaches either. Instead, enjoy those few moments of checking your mailbox by waving hello to our friendly staff and your fellow members while inside our warm and calm buildings. Expect more from your mailbox.

So, where would you rather pick up your business’s mail?

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After receiving her associate’s degree in science, Carolina began working for a large massage therapy company. She watched as the owner grew the business quickly after starting it alone. Now, the owner has an entire building dedicated to her massage therapy practice. After working for this company for a few years, Carolina decided to make the jump and start her own massage therapy business.

Carolina specializes in Thai massage and other modalities like barefoot or “back walking,” cupping, and Graston technique. These different types of massage help with pain management, mobility, flexibility, and overwell health and wellness. Carolina sees clients from all walks of life seeking her treatments to feel physically and mentally better. 

In December 2021, Carolina moved her massage therapy practice into Office Ours Garner location on Benson Road. She needed a private office space that was quiet and clean, which she had found with Office Ours. With easy parking at the front of the building and handicapped parking at the back of the building, Carolina can accommodate all of her clients. Safety was another concern that she does not have to worry about at Office Ours. With locked doors in the evenings and on the weekends and cleaning safety precautions in place, Office Ours provides their members with assurance. The lobby conveniently located at the front of the building provides a space for her clients to wait for their appointment as well. 

With Covid-19 in the rearview mirror, she is seeing an uptick in business and is excited to see where things will go. Carolina wants to continue to build her clientele and eventually hire some employees. Looking back, Carolina says she never thought she would have her own massage therapy business, making her success feel all the better. 

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Carolina’s Massage Therapy

Address: 500 Benson Road, Suite 111, Garner, NC 27529

Phone Number: 910-309-5577

Email: info@carolinasmassage.com

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9. Foundational Business Systems

A virtual office is not just a mailbox. Many services that are foundational to any business are typically included with a virtual office to save you time and effort:

• Phone Systems – Many virtual offices come with phone services that will allow your clients and vendors to call a business number, not your personal number. This provides room for growth when you finally decide to hire a second employee, salesperson, or operations manager.
• Copy Center– Having your own printer may have its benefits for small printing jobs, but having access to a professional copy center will win in the long run. No need to worry about buying ink or trying to solve printer drive issues all by yourself. Some virtual office offerings might even give you free printing.
• Conference Rooms-Access to conference rooms is essential if you have a business that holds weekly or monthly meetings. Conference room access also opens up the ability to do sales meetings, trainings, interviews, and classes, all while you still run your business out of your home. Instead of meeting at a coffee shop or rushing to find a space to hold your last-minute meeting, conference room access with a virtual office will bring peace of mind. 

8. Flexible Working-At Home or the Office

One of the many perks of owning a business is a flexible schedule. Recent trends in coworking and virtual offices have made it more and more efficient to work where you want when you want. Using a virtual office will give you access to office facilities where you can go and get away from barking dogs for a while and focus on your work. Many facilities will have access to the coworking or cubicle areas.

7. Privacy

Many businesses make a significant mistake when choosing a business address, such as using their home address, a P.O. box, or a retail storefront mailbox. Those options lack the professionalism and credibility of the business address provided by a virtual office in case your clients or vendors decide to look you up. When someone Googles your business address, you want them to see a commercial office building, not your personal residence. Business cards, your website, and business directories will all display your business address, so you want to make it a professional business address. 

6. Compliance 

When you choose to use your home address for your business, you may run into legal and contractual restrictions. 

• Does your city’s code prohibit or restrict you from running a business from your home?
• Does your HOA have a restriction preventing you from doing business out of your home?
• Would it be a material breach of your lease if you use your residence to conduct commercial operations?

Using a virtual office address will reassure you that you are complying with all of the legal and regulatory requirements that go into owning a business.

5. Professionalism

An excellent first impression with a client is essential. The main thing that makes your business appear to outsiders as being real is separating the business from your personal life. This is extremely hard for solopreneurs or companies just starting out. If your business address is separate from your personal address, it signifies your business is professional. If your meetings are in a different location than your local coffee shop, where everybody knows your name because it is a mile from your house, that is professional. If your business’s phone number is separate from your mobile number, it signifies your business’s professionalism. It is essential that the business appears to be more than just the owner that is starting it. The company is its own entity with its own resources and a separate identity.

4. Credibility

Credibility is your client’s, partner’s, and vendor’s perception of you. Does having no address on your business card communicate to a potential partner a lack of commitment to the business? Does a P.O. Box or a retail mailbox communicate to a potential customer you are not a fly by night operation? Does asking a potential employee to do the interview at the coffee shop signal your business is fully funded and can afford payroll?  If your operation is run professionally, then it will be more likely to be perceived as credible. 

3. Savings

What if your business isn’t ready for the expenses and overhead of a private office? What if your business plan is designed in such a way it might never need a private office? A virtual office gives you most of the benefits of a private office without the expense. Undoubtedly, businesses need to be as profitable as possible to grow effectively and intelligently. This means that budgeting, accounting, and profitability are among the most important factors to consider when operating a business. Many virtual office providers will be a one-stop-shop for business services, which can save you a big chunk of change in the long run.

2. Rightsize your Business

Your business is thriving, revenue is growing, you are hiring more employees, and it is time for a new office suite. Most business centers will have resources available when you decide to grow into an office suite, and many centers have multiple locations from which to choose. You can start with a virtual office, but then you can then conveniently move into an office. The flexibility and futureproofing of your business address are crucial to seamlessly expand or contract to your business needs while keeping costs in mind.

1. Confidence 

Your business is powerful no matter where you work, where you meet, and what business address you use. However, business owners often need all the help they can get. Increased privacy, savings, credibility, and professionalism will only boost your confidence, which will help your business thrive. The belief that your business has its business infrastructure needs covered will free up your mind to focus on growing your business. In conclusion, virtual offices provide your business with a competitive advantage. Imagine you are at a business networking event, and a potential customer is roaming the crowd. Your competitor hands that potential customer a business card with no business address and asks for a meeting with that customer next week at the nearest coffee shop. Then you hand the customer your business card with a professional business address and ask for a meeting next week at “your office.” Who is most likely to win that business?

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