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Five Great Reasons To Start Utilizing Web & Video Conferencing Technology Now |
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Several years ago I was in a computer store and a salesman
was trying to sell me something, in fact, he was trying to
sell me anything that he could. I said that I had the latest
computer and really didn’t need anything more. Then he
showed me a web camera and I thought for a few seconds, but
I really couldn’t figure out why I would need that gadget.
Now things have changed and that salesman could get the sale
from me, because the time is right to start conducting online
web and video conferences. Here are a few reasons why the
age of web conferencing has truly arrived:
1. Transportation costs are rising and web conferencing is
one way to conduct meetings without getting into a car or
plane.
Imagine how much money you could save if you were able to
hold a staff meeting with your distant branches without paying
for fuel, hotels and all the other costs associated with outside
meetings?
2. The cost of conducting a meeting outside a main office
is much higher than you can calculate by only adding up the
material costs.
When you leave your office or home, you have to put everything
aside and subject yourself to delays in traffic, airports,
trains and taxis. Sure, you can take your laptop with you,
but are you really as productive using a laptop in a busy
airport as you are while you are in your own office? Web conferencing
allows you to get back to your other work as soon as the online
conference ends.
3. Web conferencing allows you to meet face-to-face with
your colleagues no matter where they are.
Globalization is not just a slogan. Business, educational
and social organizations are now working in increasingly wider
networks which are spread throughout the world. If you have
clients, employees, representatives or students in another
country or in a distant location, think how convenient it
would be to be able to turn on your computer and hold a meeting
with them. Well, this is not a distant dream, it is possible
right now using existing web and video conferencing technology
4. Online conferencing allows you to give support and help
to clients without sending out a technician or a representative.
If you are selling a product or service that must be supported,
then think of the improvement in customer relations and reduction
in costs that you could achieve if you could effectively meet
online with your client. Today’s conferencing technology
even allows your staff to “take over” the computer
of a client and demonstrate how an application works.
5. Video and web conferencing is now extremely affordable,
easy to use and very functional.
Gone are the days of proprietary systems and cameras. Today
you can use standard PCs and inexpensive web cameras to conduct
your meetings. The online meetings do not require equipment
or software that is not already found in most offices. In
addition, several companies now offer conferencing services
at a price that even individuals and small organizations can
afford.
If you need to hold meetings, or meet with staff and colleagues
who work in far-flung locations then you should consider online
conferencing. The spread of online meetings could change the
way we all work, just as the widespread adoption of email
did fifteen years ago.
About the Author:
Dan Richmond is CEO and Co-founder of MegaMeeting.com. MegaMeeting
provides web & video conferencing services for individuals,
businesses and educational institutions. For more information,
please visit www.MegaMeeting.com. or call 818.783.4311.
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