How to open a representative office

The expansion of your business follows logically in the opening of representative offices of the company. This involves a huge amount of planning and work. Obvious steps, such as finding an office and staff are transparent to everyone, but there are still a lot of tasks to solve to open a representative office.

You will need

• Office space

• Business plan

• Staff

Instruction manual

1

When you open a representative office, first of all, study the activities of competitors in a new location. Be sure to find out how they satisfy the product needs of your target audience, whether local people need your services.

2

Write a business plan for opening a representative office. Set the goals of the business of the representative office, what results it needs to achieve in order to justify the investment, in what time frame.

3

Find a place for an office representative. You can rent it - this is the fastest option. Buying office space for ownership makes sense if you manage to find the object that meets all your requirements and is ideal for representation. But there is a risk to exceed your budget.

4

Think over the corporate style of your representative office, set the working hours and develop the functionality of employees. Equip the office of the representative office with computers, office equipment and everything necessary for the job.

5

Plan the effectiveness of your office. To get started, focus on fulfilling short-term goals. Plan the numerical indicators that you need to achieve: the number of attracted customers, sales, etc. Hire the minimum required number of staff. Train new employees. Start the work of the representative office and regularly monitor the implementation of the plan.