seems to me the ultimate storefront would be if the office actually OPENED to the sidewalk, although with some of these locales yes, you do have a bit of a security problem. however, i must admit my daydream of working from home trumps working from a storefront, unless the two are combined...and the wife wants a front yard so no
I did a summer gig at a street level office awhile back. It didn't have a storefront but was on a up and coming trendy neighborhood street so clients and friends were always just dropping in. The office was super tiny and most of the time had an extraordinarily uncomfortable vibe except for when there were visitors. It was actually quite nice how relaxed the owner was with his clients and I could see why they trusted him and actually wanted to hang out with him. Very good instruction on how important being personable is to dong business.
snooker: yes, it is a professional office - we are two licensed architects and some interns. We're in a location where there are a number of other architecture firms as well, which makes it a prime destination for product reps and other salespeople who can hit several firms at once. But we don't tend to get walk-in clients except when they're "shepherded" by a former client or somebody else with some connection to us.
would putting your most 'out there' designs in the front window, say a competition proposal for a drive up office building or moon hotel or something to that effect scare away any of the faux victorian types?
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seems to me the ultimate storefront would be if the office actually OPENED to the sidewalk, although with some of these locales yes, you do have a bit of a security problem. however, i must admit my daydream of working from home trumps working from a storefront, unless the two are combined...and the wife wants a front yard so no
I did a summer gig at a street level office awhile back. It didn't have a storefront but was on a up and coming trendy neighborhood street so clients and friends were always just dropping in. The office was super tiny and most of the time had an extraordinarily uncomfortable vibe except for when there were visitors. It was actually quite nice how relaxed the owner was with his clients and I could see why they trusted him and actually wanted to hang out with him. Very good instruction on how important being personable is to dong business.
snooker: yes, it is a professional office - we are two licensed architects and some interns. We're in a location where there are a number of other architecture firms as well, which makes it a prime destination for product reps and other salespeople who can hit several firms at once. But we don't tend to get walk-in clients except when they're "shepherded" by a former client or somebody else with some connection to us.
make sure you get one of these...
would putting your most 'out there' designs in the front window, say a competition proposal for a drive up office building or moon hotel or something to that effect scare away any of the faux victorian types?
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