In the last post I had talked about my decision to open another branch of my company - something that was a result of our success and about which I was enormously excited. I would not be able to do it, however, without the best team behind me; employees that had seen me through the opening of my business and would now see me through the opening of an important satellite office. There were logistical challenges, of course, as we worked to set up this space far from home. We needed to be able to conduct business as usual and communicate with the home office effectively; web conferencing would ultimately be the reason that this could work.
We had always used web conference - along with other teleconferencing services - as a part of running a successful company. We couldn’t be everywhere at once; web conferencing gave us the ability to respond to issues or communicate most effectively with clients and vendors. It was the best way that we had found - far more effective than phone calls and email - to really stay engaged in what was happening with our clients on a day to day basis without actually having to physically visit them.
Web conferencing would continue to be instrumental in our success going forward. Through web conference I could manage projects at the home office seamlessly, employees could share documents with me that needed to be reviewed, and vendors could communicate with me regardless of where I was. Most importantly I could check in with my clients every day the same as I had always done through web conferencing. I could be anywhere and still be effective at my job and this was most important to me above all else. With web conferencing and teleconferencing services by my side I was poised to go to the next level of success.
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Opening my business was one of the highlights of my life; a topsy-turvy, exciting time that was filled with many challenges. I was happy to face each and every one of them and happier still that my dream became reality. My business became successful; so successful in fact that I’m currently opening an office in another state. The way in which we serve customers - and the demographic of those customers - made a satellite office almost inevitable and certainly something that would help us to further expand our business. I was on the road and I had a strong team and web conference with me as I worked to establish this new branch and solidify roots in another state.
Web conferencing is something that is very important in our business. Not only does it allow us to conveniently reach out and communicate with clients and even prospective clients and vendors, it allowed us to effectively do our jobs no matter where in the world we were at the moment - and with a national and hopefully one day, global, customer base, this was incredibly important.
We have always used some form or another of teleconferencing services over the years. Audio conferencing was something with which we were most comfortable but over time we expanded into web conference and video conference which were a revelation in our business. We have used video conference several times to pitch new business accounts across the country and web conferencing is something that we use on almost a daily basis to communicate with our clients on ongoing projects.
Now web conferencing was going to take on an even greater role in our company as we used it to not only stay in touch with current clients while were on the road, but to stay in touch with our home office to make sure things were running smoothly there as well. More in the next post.
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In business it’s all about getting noticed - about finding a way to distinguish yourself from the rest of the pack. You can have everything that other companies offer so until you find that something special that will set you apart you don’t have the power to compete effectively. Web conferencing is part of the teleconferencing services that can allow companies to compete on a global scale and set themselves apart from the competition. More than anything web conferencing and video conference complement the current mode of business which has allowed for companies to do business with each other from a variety of locations. It’s no longer necessary that those companies with which you work be right down the street, in the same state or even in the same country. Business doesn’t work like that anymore; the Internet has opened up a whole new world and companies are no longer restricted by physical distance. It’s just as likely - and just as convenient with the use of technology - to do business around the world as it is to do business down the street. Teleconferencing services have changed everything.
Web conference. Access documents and discuss in real time through the use of web conferencing where you have the resources you need for an effective meeting at your fingertips.
Video conference. The next best thing to meeting with colleagues in a traditional meeting space is meeting through video conference. No longer is distance any match for technology. Today, businesses can call on teleconferencing services to give them the ability to effectively handle projects or meetings on a moment’s notice.
Teleconferencing services have really changed the way that businesses across all industries work. - giving us the tools we need to operate effectively from anywhere in the world. Get in touch, impress new clients, get a project on track and communicate powerfully with web conferencing and more.
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In the last post I talked about the launch of my new business and how I had much to consider in the way of financial decisions - and my policy of business operation. We wanted to come out of the gate with some fire; to be noticed from the beginning and to be able to start generating a great reputation right from the start. Web conferencing was just one of the things that we were going to be implementing right away as it would give us an opportunity to expand our business and really change the scope of our client base.
Web conferencing allows people to essentially “meet” online using Internet space. There, just as you would in a traditional conference room, you can share information, talk in real time, share documents with each other and more. Web conference and other teleconferencing services like audio conferencing and video conference have changed the face of business as a whole and we were confident that they would change the way that we conducted business. The use of web conferencing offered:
The opportunity to reach out to business prospects around the world. We were a start-up company with a corresponding budget. We didn’t have the money to be flying around the world to meet with prospective clients. We could, however, have them logon to a web conference where we could pitch them, share information with them and ultimately show them that we could give them the service they deserve no matter who far away we were.
The ability to manage effectively. We didn’t want to just work with companies down the street. The world had changed and we wanted to the opportunity to work with a variety of companies in a variety of places with no restrictions. Web conference would allow us to effectively manage projects from a distance.
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When it came time to open my own business I had much to consider, not the least of which was determining how best to spend my money. I did not, by any means, have an unlimited budget; I was, like most new business owners, operating within the confines of a very defined budget and I was watching every penny. I needed to be able to open with a splash and I needed to be able to immediately offer my products and services to my clients. That was where most of my attention was being focused. My business partner reminded me, however, that the type of technology that we integrated into the business would very well determine how effective we would be in offering those products and services. We were obviously computer-based but beyond that we had the potential to use Internet technology to define the scope of our business. Web conferencing and other teleconferencing services could change the way that we could reach out to people on the other side of the country - and the other side of the world - and could help us grow our business in a way that nothing else could do as effectively.
It should be no surprise, therefore, that we decided to integrate web conference into our business operations right from the start. In fact, it made the most sense because of our limited budget. Whereas we would otherwise be limited by physical distance we could now participate in global business with no restriction. It may seem oversimplified to some; but to us web conference was the magic carpet that could completely change the way that we not only launched our business but the way that we were perceived by prospects and certainly the way that we conducted our business in the years to follow. More in the next post…
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Technology is so vastly different from where it was even five years ago. Things continue to evolve steadily even on a daily basis and those in business - those who ultimately use and benefit from this technology - are charged with keeping pace as best they can. There are those things that we can’t imagine that we were ever able to live without - and yet we did somehow! And there are those things that we can’t imagine will ever be off the radar; those programs and technologies that we just know will continue to hold a strong place in our lives even as they continually evolve and become even more superior - something that we can’t even envision at the moment. Web conference is one example of technology that most of us can’t imagine having ever lived without in business; and something that we will likely continue to see evolve over the years as it becomes something even more spectacular and continues to change the face of business.
Put simply, web conferencing allows people to communicate online in a more sophisticated and business-savvy approach than email could ever provide. We may be used to communicating through email but for many of us that is where Internet technology had stopped in helping to us to support our business. Today, however, we are just as likely to use the Internet as a meeting place as we are the conference rooms in our offices.
Through web conference we can get online with meeting attendees and exchange information in the most up-to-the-minute format available to us today. Of course the possibilities are endless for what web conference can provide modern businesses including the opportunity to reach out to people all over the world. Distance is no longer a player when it comes to conducting business; web conferencing and related technology has removed those obstacles and shrunk the world.
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In the last post I talked about how I had battled my father to take our family business into the modern world. We had gone too long operating with old-fashioned ways. When I came here to work we were still not online - no one was using computers to do anything. I got us all up and running online and I built the company’s very first website that helped to really establish our business beyond the community in which we were working and living. This, of course, meant that we had the opportunity to work with people all over the country - and even the world - and the possibilities were endless. This also meant, however, that we had to establish more effective ways to communicate with people as we were not able to simply walk down the street and meet with clients and new business prospects.
I decided to start implementing web conferencing into our daily business routine. Through web conferencing we could meet - online - with vendors, clients (no matter where in the world they were), and even prospects that we were trying to sell. As you can well imagine the idea of any sort of teleconferencing services did not go over well with my father; but he trusted me as he had also resisted the website and use of computers and that had turned out to be truly positive for our business.
We began to use web conferencing which allowed everyone involved in our meetings to access the same documents at the same time and this gave us much more flexibility in communicating with people nationwide. Having the use of web conferencing go so well encouraged us to branch out even further and we are now even using video conference in many of our business dealings - showing our commitment to staying at the forefront of technology.
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No one wants to be stuck in a grind doing the same thing year after year and known for nothing more than consistency; especially a business. In business it is important to reinvent yourself; to remain viable in a changing marketplace. Those who are not able to keep up find themselves pushed to the wayside very easily; it’s important, therefore, to stay up on what is happening in your industry as well as in technology across the board. You certainly don’t want to be known as the company stuck in the dinosaur age when everyone else is employing the many advancements available to us including teleconferencing services.
This was never a philosophy that I was easily able to get my father to buy into. You see, I work in the family business and I have a far different perspective than my father - who has owned and operated the business since he was a young man - and his father before that. I want to branch out, to step into the modern age of technology but this has been a hard sell to a man who just doesn’t embrace change.You have no idea what I had to go through to get him to admit we needed computers in our offices, let alone a website. It has been a hard fought battle for me since I graduated from college but I believe strongly that it’s a battle worth fighting; that in helping my family’s business take these steps I am ensuring its viability and the future security of our family.
Now that I have finally gotten this company online and we have a website to go along with our online status I am ready to take another step forward by starting to use web conferencing and video conference - two things that I think will propel us forward in business. More in the next post…
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Pitching new business is difficult under normal circumstance as there is always the pressure to deliver; but the thrill of competition and the ability to present what we have to offer to our prospective clients has always been just the adrenaline that I need. I am so passionate about what we do - about how good we are - that my presentation flows easily from my lips and I find that if I can gather people together long enough to listen to me then I have a good shot at closing the deal. Lately things have been more complicated however as we have expanded our reach to a global scale. Sure, this is a good thing - no, a great thing - but it obviously puts a certain strain on our resources especially when it comes to travel. While I would love to be able to pitch new business in person on every occasion it’s just not possible each and every time So I turn to video conference.
Video conference - as well as a host of other teleconferencing services including web conferencing and audio conferencing - has given us the ability to communicate effectively with clients and prospective clients around the world without sacrificing the quality we demand from these communications. Video conference has also been a big player in my pitch meetings when it is simply not possible - from a financial or a logistical point of view - to travel.
Through video conference I can gather attendees in a common space at a pre-determined time just as I would for a traditional meeting. I can then stand up and lead the pitch just as I would at any other time - complete with visual props, written documents, and more. Video conference has not slowed down my ability to close the deal; now I’m just doing it in a way that is more in line with modern business and the technology of the present and the future.
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Putting together a presentation is enough of a challenge without logistical obstacles getting in the way. Yet when we faced the prospect of pitching our services to a prospective client who was across the country the logistics could not be ignored. We only had a certain amount of time to present to this client and flying across the country was simply out of the question. We entertained a phone conference but the thought of trying to convey what we do over a phone line seemed unappealing at best. Instead we opted for video conference knowing that this method would give us the best chance to impress the prospective client even with distance as an issue. The reason? Visual appeal.
Over the years we had crafted a very strong presentation to give to new business prospects and the presentation has been finely tuned to utilize our message along with graphics and other visual tools. We find the visuals very important in explaining our position and we did not want to sacrifice this component for a phone call that might not give us the edge in winning the business.
We had used web conferencing services before but had not had a video conference with a prospective client so this was going to be all new; but a great way to see if something like this could work in approaching prospective clients around the country. We set up the video conference and proceeded to put on our entire presentation just as we would if we were in a conference room with prospective clients.
In the end video conference worked well on our behalf as we were able to convey our message in spite of the physical distance between us. All in all video conference was an amazing use of technology for us and certainly technology that we will continue to use well into the future as we branch out in finding new business.
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