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Ways to Use ReadyTalk

The Value of Video Conferencing in Day-to-Day Activities

A recent study from Wainhouse Research indicates that companies are recognizing the value of video conferencing in day-to-day activities. Benefits of using video in your meetings include: Improving personal interaction with remote colleagues. Removing miscommunications by sharing non-verbal cues. Strengthening customer and prospect relationships regardless of distance. Increasing audience engagement by personalizing your message. View this AMA TV episode to learn more. Looking for more information on... Read More » » read more

Managing a Remote Workforce

  Managing a remote workforce—sometimes hundreds of miles away—is dependent on outlining procedures and providing direct communication to your workers. Businesses shy away from telework for this very reason, and they believe managing a remote workforce is extremely complex and time-consuming. Luckily, web conferencing and webinars make the process painless for collaborative meetings with remote workers and supports open communication with the staff. Employing remote workers allow businesses to... Read More » » read more

How to Leverage Webinars in Your Content Marketing Strategy

  Last week, I had the opportunity to soak in some great ideas and advice from content marketing experts at the inaugural Content Marketing Bootcamp event. Hosted by Eloqua and Kapost, the event brought together close to 250 B2B marketers who were passionate about creating, managing, and delivering compelling content throughout the buying process.  Why Content Marketing? Why is the topic of content marketing so timely? We’ve all heard the CEB statistic  that today’s buyer doesn’t engage with sales... Read More » » read more

Make Webinars Part of your Content Marketing Strategy with ReadyTalk for Kapost

To my fellow marketers, does this sound like a familiar scenario? I have 17 emails in my inbox from various colleagues and sponsors about the title and description of our upcoming webinar. What will it look like once we start working on the presentation and all of the associated promotions?  What a nightmare. There must be a better way of doing this… Introducing the ReadyTalk for Kapost integration. Kapost is a content marketing platform that has recently added ReadyTalk webinars as part of the... Read More » » read more

Tips for a Great Virtual Meeting

  Advancements in technology has made is possible for organizations to hold virtual meetings and discuss significant matters through web conferencing. Companies with branches in different location have greatly benefited from this technology. Regardless of geographical location, it is possible for employees to meet face to face through video conferencing. In addition to internal employee meetings, video conferences allow customers  to participate when companies are doing product presentation or... Read More » » read more

Virtual Meetings - Leading the Green Business Movement

In today’s increasingly global business atmosphere, leaders are spending more time than ever collaborating and innovating across continents. This often requires travel to get key decision makers in front of each other. At the same time, there is a green business movement to reduce the carbon footprint in an effort to preserve natural resources and the earth for future generations. Until the emergence of web conferencing services, these two factors worked against each other. Web Conferencing... Read More » » read more

10 Ways Marketers Benefit When Integrating Webinars with Other systems

While webinars are a valuable part of the marketing mix, your webinar platform is inherently isolated from other critical systems – CRM, marketing automation, and third-party registration.  This disconnect presents a number of challenges including less accurate data, more manual work to move data between systems, and delayed follow up. Good thing many business-critical systems can now be integrated with webinar platforms to eliminate these errors and manual tasks. Tune in to this AMA TV episode... Read More » » read more

Use webinar recordings as part of a great marketing mix!

You’ve just finished recording your online meeting or webinar. Now what? It is a commonly acknowledged fact among marketers that content is king. Knowing how to leverage your content with an effective marketing mix can help you reach larger audiences. Think about it this way: one piece of content can be used in multiple ways and multiple channels. Using your recording as your starting point, here are five ways to give your message the most mileage:Blog Posts: If your content is rich in helpful... Read More » » read more

10 Tips for Taking Your Eloqua Webinar Programs to the Next Level

Earlier this month a few of us from the marketing team attended Eloqua Experience (their annual user conference) in Orlando and returned with a ton of great action items to put into play in the coming year. We learned from our peers that webinars continue to play a large role the mix of marketing programs and we decided to put together a web event of our own on how to improve on webinar campaigns created in Eloqua. We’ve actually compiled 10 actionable tips to get the creative juices flowing. With... Read More » » read more

Drive Value from Recorded Content with Updates to ReadyTalk for Eloqua

Marketers have many things that ‘keep them up at night’….budgets, the latest promotion trends, but at the top of the list is lead generation efforts. These can encompass several different meanings, but the most important pieces usually include the quality level of leads and how quickly the prospect can be handed to sales for follow-up. A common tool in a marketer’s tool box is webinars. More and more, recorded webinars are used for follow-up after the live event is over to attendees and no-shows.... Read More » » read more

Why Hosting a Webinar is like Hosting a Dinner Party

I thought this post was most appropriate considering the massive amounts of appetizers, dinner, drinks, desserts and holiday festivities that area being planned in the coming weeks. My mouth is already watering. However, those of you that are responsible for the planning these event are probably on the verge of a breakdown. Good luck. Ok, I kid. Whether you are planning for 10 people or if you are planning an event for 1000 people it's not all that different. How do I know? Well, hosting a webinar... Read More » » read more

How Web Conferencing Can Help Your Remote Workforce Collaborate

In the last few years, web conferencing has been inserted more and more into the conversation around the idea of the remote workforce.  Whether you call it telecommuting or working remotely, the conversation has changed from whether the telecommuting trend is real and into studies showing that 70% of employees surveyed regularly work out of the office in 2012. As telecommuting becomes more and more adopted by businesses,a recent survey regarding remote collaboration by Wrike.com showed collaborati... Read More » » read more

Updates to ReadyTalk for Salesforce: Import Recordings and more!

More and more, recorded content is becoming just as important as live webinars and meetings.  As schedules become busier and as we become more on-the-go than ever before, the ability to view a product demo or learn about the latest best practices for our respective industry on our own time is imperative.  ReadyTalk has provided robust recording, editing, and playback tools for quite some time now; however, getting that detail and data out of ReadyTalk and into Salesforce has been a manual task...Read More » » read more

Case Study: Leveraging ReadyTalk and Salesforce.com for Better Customer Development

As you read this, thousands of people are making their way to San Francisco for Salesforce’s annual user conference, Dreamforce. As we’ve mentioned, a major component of ReadyTalk exhibiting at Dreamforce is to create awareness about our free Salesforce App, ReadyTalk for Salesforce. The app allows ReadyTalk customers to seamlessly integrate data from web conferences and webinars with Salesforce. Integrating this data into Salesforce enables customers to act more quickly on that data. It also... Read More » » read more

Experimenting with Video Clip Playback? Try these 10 Best Practices.

If you haven’t checked out ReadyTalk’s video clip playback feature you’re definitely missing out. It’s a great way to add an engaging or informational element to your webinar, training, or sales presentation. Many of our customers have already shared their use cases with us and it never gets old to hear about creative ways its being used. For those of you already utilizing this great feature we’ve honed in on some very helpful best practices we’d like to connect you with. 1.     Use 1 - 3 short... Read More » » read more

The Power of Tying Audio and Web Conferencing Data into Salesforce

Dreamforce 2012 is coming up fast and ReadyTalk is gearing up for an action-packed week. It has also been just over a year since we launched the first version of ReadyTalk for Salesforce - a seamless integration between our audio and web conferencing service and salesforce.com. One of the things I'm most looking forward to at Dreamforce (other than the nightly parties and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, of course) is talking one-on-one with hundreds of real-world Salesforce users to get ideas for...Read More » » read more

Sales Enablement Tools: ReadyTalk for Outlook

Allowing your sales reps to work within their tool of choice, not only saves time but also, allows the rep to be comfortable and confident when speaking with prospects. Nothing can blow a sales call quicker than faulty technology regardless of whether it is user error. ReadyTalk for Outlook allows your sales reps to invite propsects and launch demos directly through their most used and accessbile software - Microsoft Outlook. Our reps love this product as it allows them to: 1. Start a demo... Read More » » read more

From Tailgating to Tradeshowing

Last Thursday, I attended my first tradeshow with ReadyTalk at Mile High Statio, a venue located next to Sports Authority Field at Mile High that is normally known as a pre-game tailgating spot. Arriving early in the morning dressed in business clothing, I experienced a different vibe than tailgating before a Broncos’ game. Not to worry, I brought my favorite Broncos water bottle to compensate. “From Surviving to Thriving: Mastering Technology in your Marketing World” was the title of the BMA... Read More » » read more

ReadyTalk for Salesforce...for the ReadyTalk Sales Team

The phrase "Eat your own dog food" rings true in the halls of ReadyTalk.  As web and audio conferencing provider, we constantly use our own service to connect with remote colleagues, hold meetings with prospects, assist customer with questions via our customer care team, and hold large-scale webinars for our lead generation efforts.  In addition, as a business, we are power users of salesforce.com, especially within our sales organization. And, as most of you are aware, our ReadyTalk for...Read More » » read more

Considering a vendor swap? InformationWeek shares some insight on transitioning

We recently teamed up with UBM's InformationWeek to discuss the (often dreaded) subject of conferencing service comparisons and what to expect when, and if, you decide to make the move from one vendor to another. Most people are well aware that web and audio conferencing are a mainstay in today's workplace. Whether it's training calls, sales demos, collaboration with remote work forces, marketing webinars - people are using it on a daily basis and fortunately the providers that are available do... Read More » » read more