Chances are, no matter what the size of your company, you will hold meeting IRL with clients or suppliers. Of course, there are plenty of reasons to hold a meeting. However, what many business owners forget is that the way you do this can create a lasting impression of your company. One that you will want to be as positive as possible.

Happily, there are some strategies you can use to ensure anyone attending a meeting will leave with the best opinion of your company. Just read on to find out what they are.

Get a Receptionist

A straightforward way to get your company business-meeting ready is to employ a receptionist. This is someone who takes care of the front desk and checks-in visitors as they arrive.

Of course, if you don’t have a whole heap of guests on a regular basis, you may think that having someone hold this post will be a waste of money. However, what you need to remember is it’s not just about making you look like you are the top of your professional game. In fact, a receptionist can be given all sorts of other tasks to aid the smooth running of your business as well, such as answering and directing calls, research, travel bookings, and typing too.

Make Sure Your Premises Are Clean

You can have the most polite and efficient receptionist, and do many other things to impress your guests. However, if your premises isn’t clean or tidy, they will likely go away with a less than stellar opinion of your business.

In fact, keeping your premises clean and tidy may not seem like a big deal, but it’s all about the perspective here. After all, would you hand over your hard-earned cash to a business that can’t even be bothered to keep their office clean? Probably not, because it may mean they are overworked, or even just don’t care. Certainly not the attitude you will want to give off to any visitors.

Happily, keeping your business premises clean isn’t as difficult as you may think. In fact, with things like these commercial cleaning supplies readily available, you can make every part of your business is spick and span. All ready to welcome your guests, and suitably impress them as well.

Roll out the Red Carpet

OK, so a red carpet may be taking things a little too far. Unless you work in hospitality, that is. However, doing smaller things to make our guests feel as unique and as valued as possible never hurts.

With that in mind, laying on refreshment in the form of tea and biscuits, or even a buffet can help create a positive impression. Oh and if you don’t have a decent coffee machine in the building, invest in one or send someone out to get takeout. Otherwise, you run the risk of literally leaving them with a bad taste in their mouths. Something that could make a poor impression that sticks with a potential client for a long time.