Teleconferences, also known as teleclasses or teleseminars depending on the presentation format, are the second hottest delivery technique for 2004. This delivery format satisfies the yearn to learn and opens an exchange to unbelievable global portions. Also called distance learning, a format began in the mid-1990s by higher learning institutions. Now, without leaving your easy chair, you can put on a headset, lean back and learn. No parking challenges, gas usage, or travel time required.

Technology is exploding in this part of the communication industry. In 2003 this market tripled their service features for leaders, use and availability in on the incline, and the attendance limitations of 30 a few years ago now expands to 150.

Teleconference phone numbers are still limited to availability in only certain states, like Florida and Nevada. The pressure for other states to add telecon- ferencing services at these reasonable rates is not there yet. The bell toils louder every year. Currently, you can purchase a personal-use 24/7 line in the range of $600 a year. Alternatively, you can rent a line by the hour from $10 up or even share a line.

You can find no cost teleconference lines, like http://www.mrconference.com. I found these services less than desirable. Many times, you get disconnected if you don’t say something every 10 minutes or are unable to enter the call.

No, teleconferencing will not take the place of “being there”. Exceptional teleconference leaders can pull your senses in with creativity.

If you have never experience a teleconference, I recommend that you do, but don’t just try one. The greatest benefit to learning by phone is that your listening skills intensify.

1. If you produce your own e-newsletter or printed newsletter, you can add a teleconferencing announcement section.

2. Contact other e-newsletter or printed newsletter editors and ask to have your teleconference announced in their issues. You can swap for the space (your ad for their ad in your e- newsletter), barter for a space in your session, offer an affiliate option, purchase the space or pay per click. You want to advertise with your focus target.

3. You can also run pay-per-click search engine ads. The Google AdWords program is a great place to start. If you purchase an ad analyzer software (average $100) or a service (average $19.95/month) you will save time and make less mistakes. It saves hours completing the analysis on your own. Look for the ads that you pay more than a nickel each.

4. Place notices all over your web site — the main page is a must. Remember, this is a passive method (you still need to get visitors to the site).

5. Write and distribute Internet articles on the same subject. Unable to write, hire a ghostwriter. Allow three months for expansion. You will also want to write and distribute at least three articles a month. You will not want to ignore this opportunity since this is number five on the top promotional methods for 2004. If you write marketing articles, a great post site is: www.ideamarketers.com. Each site has itís own guidelines and speciality topics. To find other media-distribution sites, visit www.google.com and search on “submit article” and “[your topic]”. Use your bio or resource paragraphs, limited to five lines of 60- character, to entice readers about your offer.

6. Globally expand your distribution. Whether you use Internet articles, advertising or any of the other methods mentioned in #2 and #3. Find similar opportunities in English-speaking countries like the U. K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

7. Announce your teleconference calls on other people’ís teleconferences. You can slip it in with a question, when you respond to a “what do you do” segment, or ask the leader before hand for an opening as a complimentary service to theirs, to barter, or even a commission.

8. Add a promotional paragraph to your e-mail signatures.

9. Do you below to any discussion lists or boards that allow you to post your teleconferences. Some do and some don’t. If you are not sure, ask the group’s moderator. Off a special price for members on the list.

10. Write a press release for each teleconference. Become a member of PR Web http://www.prweb.com/ — membership is free. I found this site to be the best for a Google pickup.

11. Begin a list of all your local newspapers that offer free community event announcements. Find out what their deadline are and submission requirements. Create what they need and send it to them about a week or two before their deadline. As experience level rises with the local newspapers expand to other areas. Contact one city and when completed, choose another city. Start a binder with all the information and set up your Internet browser with categories and your e-mail software with a separate “Community newspaper” section to keep yourself organized. You can delegate this to a Virtual Assistant.

12. Write a telephone message script and update the announcement on a regular basis.

13. Use free offers to attract people to come and find out additional information about your teleconferences. You can use an ebook, ecourse, special report or even a white paper. A transcript of another teleconference, if the same target market, would also work well.

14. List your class in teleclass directories. Some of these post sites require that you complete “their” teleclass- leader course. A big downfall in time and expense. These include:

http://www.seminarannouncer.com http://www.teleclass4u.com http://www.teleclasslive.com http://www.teleclass.com http://www.thefeelgoodplace.com/freetele.htm http://www.Yahoogroups.com has over 30 places to post your offer (depends on your topic).

15. If you give presentations or attend seminars, give out flyers on your teleconference program. Works well in networking groups too. Take the flyers to the libraries, senior and civic centers.

Catherine Franz, a Certified Professional Marketing & Writing Coach, specializes in product development, Internet writing and marketing, nonfiction, training. Newsletters and articles available at: http://www.abundancecenter.com blog: http://abundance.blogs.com

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You can multiply your ability to persuade by 400%, whether your audience is 1 or 100. Web-based presentations add a visual element to teleconferences. Instead of just talking to prospects, you can simultaneously show them and tell them. According to a Wharton Business School study, this dual mode communication makes your message up to four times more effective than using just your voice. Present from your office:

Web-based presentations can be as effective as in-the-same-room presentations, but are free from the costs and frustrations involved in traveling.

Talk to your prospects using your current telephone or for large groups  rented bridge line. You and your audience view your visuals using a standard web browser and Internet connection. You control whatís displayed on your audience’s computer screen! Your screen contains a menu listing available visuals. You control presentation content, pace, and sequence. You can spend as much or as little time as desired on each visual. You can show all of your visuals, or just those needed to respond to attendee concerns or questions. No limits on audience size:

No audience is too large or too small for a web-based presentation! You can easily and cost-effectively show and tell 1-to-1 as you speak to individual prospects, or you can present to hundreds at a time. No advance scheduling:

Your visuals are available 24/7. No reservations are required to present. Convert any telephone call into a presentation by inviting your caller to immediately access your online visuals while talking. More than one set of visuals can be prepared and ready for instant use. Preparing your visuals:

Use Microsoft PowerPoint™ to create your presentation. Presentations can be as simple or complex as desired. In addition to creating visuals for your ‘core’ presentation, consider creating ‘contingency’ visuals available for showing as needed. This permits you to customize your presentation on the basis of questions from the audience or callers.

You can easily add and edit visuals. This permits you to customize the title or specific visuals with your clientís name or client-specific contents and prices.

After completing your presentation, upload it to the server where your visuals will be available online to you and your clients, prospects, or employees. Access:

Only those who know the specific location of your presentation on the web will be able to access your visuals. You can communicate the URL during the phone conversation or you can send it to a group via e-mail before an event.

Unless you are also online, visitors will not be able to navigate through your presentation. Applications:

Any presentation task you would normally accomplish in-person can now be done on the phone and online:

- Demonstrations. Do a better job of describing the benefits of your product or service by showing as well as telling. Interactively walk prospects through the steps youíll use to help them solve a pressing problem or achieve a desired goal.

- Previews. Increase attendance at teleseminars and live events by previewing the contents and benefits of attending.

- Proposals. Deliver client presentations in an interactive environment. Use your voice to build enthusiasm and address concerns or questions as they arise.

- Continuous contact. Keep in close touch with clients and prospects while helping them make informed purchase decisions and best use of their purchase.

- Training. Keep employees and your sales staff motivated and up to date on your latest products and services.

It’s all about relationships. Web-based presentations are just another way you can put today’s low-cost technology to work building and maintaining close ties with customers and prospects. At low cost, you can communicate with added impact from your office.

Let Roger C. Parker show you how to attract qualified prospects and retaining clients by creating the right messages and choosing the right tools. Visit www.onepagenewsletters.com or call Roger at 603-742-9673 for information

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Communication began with simple, one-on-one, in person-based interactions, primitive yet effective. Today there is an explosion of technology that allows groups of individuals to communicate worldwide without leaving their offices. This is the technology of teleconferencing, which literally means, “conference at a distance”. Initially teleconferencing was conducted via a telephone network, and was limited to voice only. Computers have given a new meaning to the term, they allow more than just talk. Once a teleconference is established, these groups can share video, applications, presentations, and a host of other multimedia experiences.

Teleconferencing permits participants to meet in a virtual conference room, and communicate as if they were sitting right next to each other. Until the mid 90s, the hardware costs made teleconferencing exceedingly expensive for most businesses, and individuals, nevertheless this situation is changing rapidly. Most experts believe that teleconferencing will be one of the fastest growing segments of the computer industry.

In its basic form, teleconferencing uses communication means that range from simple telephone lines to sophisticated satellite links. The only requirement is that the conditions be interactive, allowing participants at each location the opportunity to actively participate in the meeting. As equipment and high-bandwidth cabling become more commonplace, it’s possible that sophisticated, multimedia teleconferences can be held from your own computer or even in a mobile setting. Recent developments include improved equipment, more transmission options, the introduction of digital devices, and the integration of teleconferencing technologies with the desktop through personal computers.
Additionally, there is a trend toward using teleconferencing for more international applications. As more international services have become available, this segment has seen significant growth for teleconferencing.

The advantages of teleconferencing are obvious, and numerous. However, there are some disadvantages that should be bought to light. Technical failures may occur when trying to establish a conference or during a conference, which would terminate the meeting prematurely. Socializing is less than a face-to-face meeting, and it would be difficult to build close relationship between group members.

An individual’s capability to progress culturally is unified in their ability to expand potential through innovative technology. Teleconferencing appears to address this progress, by enhancing productivity, communications, information management, continuing education, and travel and lower energy costs.

Dr. Jay B Stockman O.D. is a contributing editor for myEyeNet. Visit http://myeyenet.com/ for more information.

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An exciting new development in Internet technology is making sales and business meetings through the Web as easy as turning on a computer.

Web based conferencing can now be used by organizations large and small. It is a very cost effective way to overcome geographical obstacles and meet with individuals or groups no matter where they are located.

Sales demonstrations and presentations can reach a large group of buyers quickly, easily and for little cost. No more traveling from location to location to repeat the same presentations. You can generate excitement and sales using audio or video in a way only the Internet can provide.

Web conferencing is poised to create a revolution in fund raising. Low cost, yet dramatic presentations can motivate contributors as no other method has been able to do.

Business and sales meetings can invite input from those in attendance. You can get valuable feedback from those using or selling your product or service. You can do PowerPoint presentations with live video conferencing just as you would if you were renting a hotel ballroom.

People in remote locations can discuss building or sales plans while simultaneously viewing the related blueprints or documents. That can save time, money and misunderstandings. Web based conferencing allows you to do this and much more through the Internet, from the convenience of your own office or location.

Web conferencing is much like participating in a telephone conference. With Web conferencing participants can use their computer’s Web browser to log into a third party conferencing company’s site. Once there they use a provided code to join the conference. If you are the presenter, the Web conferencing company makes all the arrangements and you are left with the just the responsibility of preparing and presenting the program.

The various Web conferencing providers offer basically the same service with some variation of features. The cost for Web conferencing is much the same as that of a teleconference and is usually negotiable. Companies that contract to do a schedule of regular Web conferencing will be offered discounted rates.

The quality of both Web audio and video technology is rapidly improving and it will soon approach that of television. There are very few limitations on the manner in which you wish to present your message.

The advantages of Web conferencing are so vast that no company can afford not to explore the many ways it can be effectively used to save time and money, and to increase sales.
Mark Walters covers develpments in Web and video conferencing at http://www.HearMeWeb.com

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