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VoIP or Voice Over Internet Protocol is exploding onto the scene. You’ll find hundreds of companies getting into the market… Along with that, you’ll find that “conferencing” is rapidly becoming the “new way to do business” on the Internet. Again… the marketplace is becoming very noisy with all kinds of companies screaming “PICK ME! PICK ME!” Your problem… How do you figure out which one works best Most VoIP is single user to single user, or at best… up to 5 users. It is purely a voice application. Some of the better known applications are still “free” to use, while they claim to be in “beta testing”. There is VoIP which is “phone to PC”, which again is single user and for the most part… voice only. These companies generally charge a fee and may even have a special external box you must rent or purchase to make your phone work. VoIP as a technology has been around for a long time. Increased connection speeds as well as computer power has made it a usable technology for the general public.
This technology is fueling the distance learning, webinar, and online “chat” services. Things you need to know about “conferencing” or more importantly the services and the software running them are that most services are created from a very few software programs. That means the services are leasing their software platforms from huge companies in the marketplace. They are generally locked in as to styles, features, and pricing. Additionally, the conferencing software commonly available today is “cumbersome” and generally regarded as a “bandwidth hog” making it quite expensive if you want to have more than a few dozen people attend a conference. The most common conferencing systems also use technology which has been labeled “dangerous to use” to the point that Microsoft has issued a patch which turns off the software. It’s referred to as “Active X” and can be used to download all kinds of virus’s, spyware, ad-ware, etc.
By answering the following questions, you’ll easily determine which option works best for you. This isn’t a test… and no one but you will see your answers About your business… What kind of business do you own… off line traditional, on line affiliate, a service, your own products… or network marketing . What methods do you currently use to contact your prospects, and customers? Telephone, e-mail, traditional mail using postcards or direct mail pieces, or some form of VoIP? How much travel time do you spend monthly going to and from appointments, meetings, conducting prospecting sessions, doing trainings, and attending professional seminars. How many miles do you put on your car, or in public transportation while getting to all of the above activities? Do you have employees or associates who have to do the same kind of traveling? If so, how much? About your family and friends… Is your family spread out, requiring long distance calls or travel? Got teenagers who hog your phone? Got kids in distant schools, or in the military? If you wanted to get your whole family together for a good old gab-fest and share digital photos, how many would be in your family and are they local or long-distance to each other? Got your answers jotted down somewhere? Great, let’s explore the options and costs. No matter what kind of business you have, obtaining and using either VoIP or conferencing software should be among your top priorities for the rest of this year. You can reduce your phone costs (no long distance, including inbound 800 numbers. You can expand your business significantly without leaving your base of operations. With conferencing software you can look “much bigger” than you really are… Communicating with prospects and customers in a professional manner is your top priority. Some VoIP and conferencing programs provide a more polished appearance than others. When you must contact companies larger than you… conferencing software will level your playing field by enabling you to present a very professional cutting-edge image. When you work from home, VoIP and conferencing software enables you to maintain a professional image. When you are the large company, using this cutting edge technology positions you in your industry as the leader. With VoIP and/or conferencing software, you severely reduce or eliminate long distance phone charges, nearly all your e-mail communications, and you can even re-think your traditional direct mail pieces. With online shopping becoming the “norm”, conferencing software can provide your customer a very personal and positive service. Fuel prices may dip in the short term. However, they are expected to rise in the long term (that’s over the next 4 years). As fuel goes up, so do labor costs. Reducing unnecessary travel improves your own productivity. Eliminating 1 hour a day of travel time saves you 220 business hours each year. Time your employees spend getting to and from meetings costs you in multiple ways… you pay labor, and all of the overhead just for them to sit in a car and get somewhere.. When you’re self-employed, and you have to travel to an appointment, if the other person has “blown off” the appointment… your time is wasted. Calling your “field reps” into your home office for a weekly meeting costs you the “multiple” of how many reps by how much time… When you send someone (or you ) to attend a seminar, your costs are not only for that seminar, but for the travel, the lodging, the food, and entertainment. Those are business deductions, but wouldn’t it make more sense not to incur the expense? Family time is precious Most families today live over a wide area. To have a reunion requires over a year of preparations… There are actually families who rent “tele-conferencing” services just to have a gab-fest. Some family members haven’t seen each other in years. They don’t even exchange pictures since the costs of film, processing and mail are so expensive. For some families to get together on holidays, they must drive long distances or even use public transportation… spend long hours and exposing themselves to the inherent risks of holiday travel Did you know the US Telephone system routinely crashes on Mother’s Day? That’s right… too many calls for the century old system to handle. What can you do about these issues? You can use VoIP and talk one-to-one or maybe one-to-five people. You can use conferencing software… but which one works for you? At the beginning of the report, we said you’d be able to figure out which conferencing service is best for you. Time to lay the popular ones out for you to examine… If you watch TV, you’ve seen WebEx Here are their latest offerings… You can get a “pay-as-you-go” plan for .33 per minute/per participant. You can get an “express” package which allows you 5 seats and 200 minutes. You get a number of business tool, including PowerPoint, file sharing, duplexing, etc. The cost is a minimum of $375/mo billable in 3 month increments. The traditional full program is just under $1000 monthly with lots of bells and whistles and still 5 seats and 500 hundred minutes. WiredRed had been in the conferencing business since 1998 Up to 5 users is $2995 annually Up to 10 users is $4900 annually Up to 25 users is $9600 annually Beyond that, you must call the company for a price quote They claim to offer state-of-the-art peer-to-peer communications which are firewall friendly and secure as well as unlimited priority hotline support. Convoq has just announced (Oct 18, 2004) the following new conferencing options Conference room with up to 50 participants, unlimited number of meetings for $2995 per year For 100 participants you get the same deal for $4995 per year. They also have a personal license option of $199.95 per year for a single room with up to 25 participants… unlimited meetings
There you have it…2 different companies from among the hundreds, if not thousands of conferencing companies all vying for your attention and your business. What if I told you there was something far better available to you today. And, what if I told you that you could literally save hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year while still getting all the things you really want in a conferencing system. Wait a minute… no one ever asked you what features you really want! Here’s a list… you check off the things you feel are really important to you, your business and your family…
Oh, and these features have to be available at a reasonable cost… HotConference.com is the perfect solution! For less than $45 a month, you get 5 conference
rooms.
Unlimited seating in each room … even if you need to seat thousands Fully voice enabled… duplexing available for small groups at no extra charge Web browser with a synchronous feature so you can show web pages of your choice White board, where you may share applications PowerPoint presentation module for your business presentations Complete moderator functions so you can see who’s there, and allow/disallow certain functions Web camera module for high speed users Password protection for each room if necessary 24/7 fanatical support services…BY PHONE during normal working hours, help desk system and live conference support 24/7. and even an emergency paging system if your conference room is inaccessible With many more features added regularly! Are you a personal conference software user? Do you simply need a single room to “do your thing”? Get the single room option at just under $30 a month. You get all the great features, voice enabled, web browser, white board, PowerPoint, web camera, etc. While the competition would have you believe conferencing software is “mumbo-jumbo” and you are “server dependent”, HotConference.com puts you in control. The software is fully proprietary… You need something special? No problem! Call the company, or better yet, submit a request form
and you’ll get a quick answer from the support team. Often changes
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