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Don’t be a One-Trick Webinar Pony

Today's post is from Jerry Rackley, Chief Analyst at Demand Metric, who will also be presenting more information on this subject in an upcoming webinar, Streamlining the Sales Cycle with Webinars, on Thursday, May 23 at 1 p.m. EST.   As a marketing communications channel and form of content, webinars have undergone a lot of maturing.  Just a few years ago, webinars had a pretty narrow focus as an online sales or demonstration tool.  They’re still very good for this, but their utility today is much,... Read More » » read more

Addressing 3 Challenges for Today’s Demand Generation Webinars

Today's blog post is provided by Mike Agron, co-founder or WebAttract. Mike recently  presented on the ReadyTalk Webinar series in a webinar called "Managing the Webinar Life Cycle from Start to Finish." He also co-wrote an eBook on the topic.  I always say that anyone can deliver a mediocre webinar, but to deliver an amazing webinar it takes thoughtful planning, nurturing and execution.  Ask yourself, are webinars high enough on your priority list to devote the necessary time to craft the... Read More » » read more

A Change of Heart on Customer Service

Today's post comes from Abigail Wall, an account manager with ReadyTalk.   How often do you have to call Customer Service? Does the thought of doing so excite you? If your customer service experiences are anything like mine you may dread calling another Customer Service Team. I get tired of the computer automated prompts when all I want to do is ask a quick question. I usually exhaust all of my online support options before picking up the phone and making the dreaded call. I plan on waiting for... Read More » » read more

Guest Post: 5 Reasons to Fit Webinars into Your Content Marketing Strategy

Today's post is provided by Christine Leas, from Kapost. Webinars are fabulous affairs, indeed.  They’re convenient, inexpensive, educational, social…and they’re one of the most popular ways for B2B marketers to reach new customers and build enduring relationships with existing ones. According to a recent study by the Content Marketing Institute, 59% of B2B marketers are using webinars (up from 46% last year) and 61% believe that webinars are an effective content marketing tactic. And that 61% are... Read More » » read more

Webinars near the top of content effectiveness rankings

Today's post is provided by Jerry Rackley, Chief Analyst, Demand Metric. Jerry will be presenting on the ReadyTalk Webinar Series on 2/27 on "Beyond the Slide Deck: Creating and delivering great presentations. Register today. Content Marketing is a marketing strategy with a lot of cachet these days, and for good reason: it is effective in helping attract and retain customers.  Webinars are certainly a strong plank in the Content Marketing platform, but how strong are they?  The 2013 B2B Content... Read More » » read more

Solution-Soft shares why ReadyTalk is their solution for audio and web conferencing

Today's guest post comes from Michael Morrison, director business development and marketing, at Solution-Soft. Solution-Soft is a leader in date and time testing tools as well as data storage and fil transfer. Micahel has been a ReadyTalk customer since 2008 and today he shares his experience with ReadyTalk's audio and web conferencing services.   At Solution-Soft, we use ReadyTalk for many of our web and phone conferencing needs. We use it for a number of reasons but the greatest is that our... Read More » » read more

Guest post: Top Three Metrics for Webinar Lead Generation

Today's post is provided by by Jerry Rackley of Demand Metric. Tomorrow, 12/11, at 1 pm ET, ReadyTalk will be hosting a webinar with the American Marketing Association that dives deeper into 6 key performance metrics that all modern marketers should be gathering from their webinars. Jerry and other experts will cover how to capture, analyze and act on that data. Be sure to register.   I can remember the 90s when webinars were new.  The company I worked for at the time jumped on the bandwagon,... Read More » » read more

How to Change Your Meeting Entry Announcement

Today's post is provided by account manager Abigail Wall, who works with customers daily to help them get more from their ReadyTalk accounts and improve their meetings. We often hear questions about changing the beeping audio entry announcement that you hear when a participant joins your call. We go over this in our free live trainings, which if you haven’t had a chance to join yet I highly recommend attending one! A full schedule of our upcoming trainings can be found on our website. Our... Read More » » read more

Best Practices for Monetizing Webinars

  Webinars have gained popularity in the past decade, more often than not, because they are free. They take the same amount of effort to organize as does any corporate event. Like other online content, the question comes to: How do I make money from it? There are multiple ways to monetize online content; not everything will work for your company or your customer. Below suggests ten ways to successfully monetize webinars and highlights the best practices for hosting webinars: 1.  Your content needs... Read More » » read more

Getting the Best Use Out of Video Clip Playback

Today's post is provided by Brittany Jones, ReadyTalk product marketing intern. The market is buzzing about the creation of ReadyTalk’s video clip playback functionality. This feature was implemented to enable rich video content sharing to engage and capture your audience’s attention. Video clip playback allows you to easily upload and stream short video clips with a one step process. What many of you may not know is this feature can be used by several different users for various use cases to... Read More » » read more

Cardiac Kids and ReadyTalk

Today's guest post is provided by Jessica Liss, ReadyTalk Technical Product Manager This year ReadyTalk entered a team of five runners to compete in the Corporate Cup division of the Colfax Marathon. The Corporate Cup marathon relay aligned well with ReadyTalk’s values of health and wellness as well as giving back to the community as the top three finishers were rewarded with cash to donate to their choice of the race’s charity partners.    The ReadyTalk runners (me, Brian Schlosser, Jason Stueve,... Read More » » read more

New Marketing Intern

Editor's Note: Yesterday, we introduced you to ReadyTalk's summer interns, here's one more intern. Maddie is ReadyTalk’s new marketing intern and will be working here for the next three weeks.  This is her first exposure to the working world, and is very happy to have this opportunity.  Maddie is going into her sophomore year of high school and is very excited to see what marketing is all about and gain some experience while working at ReadyTalk as well.  Outside of work, Maddie loves to dance,...Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk Rides at Bike MS 150

  Today's guest post is provided by Ben Limmer, ReadyTalk Software Developer ReadyTalk is a company that truly cares for  its employees and their families. When I started with the engineering department I heard about the Charitable Contributions Committee, an employee-run group that helps disperse a quarterly allotment of funds to charities that matter to our employees and their families. I brought the idea of sponsoring a ReadyTalk team to ride in the annual Bike MS 150, a charity bike ride to... Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk in the Community: Green Leaf Denver

Today's post is provided by Kim Morse, an account manager with ReadyTalk. Green Leaf Denver is a local organization that engages youth, 14-18 years of age, in urban agriculture. The organization addresses several critical needs within the northeast Denver community. Chief among them is empowering underserved youth to take on responsibility and to learn leadership skills while tackling the lack of access to healthy foods within food desert neighborhoods.  At the same time, Green Leaf Denver is... Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk in the Community: Habitat for Humanity

Today's post is contributed by Jessica Liss, technical product manager. One of my favorite benefits about working at ReadyTalk is the 20 hours of volunteer time we are able to use during normal working hours each year. In addition to helping others, I enjoy building relationships with co-workers and strengthening connections to my community. Volunteering brings employees closer, which I believe makes ReadyTalk a more productive and happier place to work. At the end of April, nine of us... Read More » » read more