The whole meaning behind being Virtual is the fact that you are a physical person behind the internet. Your office is the cloud. You don’t need that big fax and copy machines to do your job. How many of us look at those annoying pictures of social media of the girl sitting on the beach enjoying her beverage and her laptop on her lap and think “yea right, as if”. Here is the sickening truth though, you can do it too, you can be just like her. She just simply chose a career path that allows her to go anywhere and work from anywhere. Recently my family and I decided to move into our RV to save up the money to purchase our own home. To learn more about what it’s going to be like living in an RV, I joined a full-time RV’rs group on Facebook. You would be astounded by the number of people who work from their RV’s while traveling around the world. Some sell products and some sell services. At the end of the day, all they need is their internet and their computer. If you come from an office setting your most likely asking lots of questions at this point like where do they scan and send documents, where do they file important paperwork, what about making fax’s and copies, etc. I am going to explain how the Virtual business works.
You can find Free Wifi service at almost any restaurant, Hotel, and RV Park which is included in their monthly rent charge, If not there are other options. Cell phone providers like Verizon and AT&T offer data plans with their phone plans that allow you to use the hotspot from your phone to connect to the internet. The downside to that is if you get a phone call or need to use your phone a lot, it will cut off the internet while on the phone. Those same providers you can get a Hotspot box. This is a little box you can carry with you anywhere and connect to it for the internet. This is the piece that lets you work on the beach, just like that picture meme you seen on your Facebook page this morning.
Email is your direct line of communication, well other than a phone obviously. Chose the right email structure that works best for you. I love Google because it has a calendar, email, document storage, and much more all in one account. Nothing worse than remembering all those accounts you set up where. Google docs have a lot of nifty programs that help with keeping your business on track like document scanning, document storing and sharing. If your computer doesn’t already have Microsoft word, Google offers alternative programs that have all the same functions as Microsoft programs like word and excel and powerpoint. All within the Drive is Google docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, etc. One feature I use often is the remote desktop. This allows me to go to the store and log into my computer from my phone. You don’t always want to take the Laptop with you especially if you’re going out to eat for a couple hours.
At the end of the day, all you need to run a virtual business is the internet, smartphone, and laptop. You can do anything you put your mind to. You can go anywhere now. This is your time to relax and enjoy the fresh air. I’ll save you a seat in the sand.