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Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in Webinars
Have you ever attended a presentation where the speaker was just
reading the bullets from the PowerPoint slides? Or maybe they just
rambled on and on about the same simple idea or topic? You may have
felt like saying, “Tell me something I don’t know,” or “I can read
slides, why didn’t you just send them to me?” Over the years, I’ve
recognized that when a speaker doesn’t feel reallyconfident about
the subject matter, it’s easy for them to slip into a comfort zone
to just get through the...Read More » »
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in Ways to Use ReadyTalk
Working from home can be challenging. The temptation of the comfy
couch, the allure of daytime TV, and the overwhelming urge to not
change out of your pajamas can be daunting. However, I'm not here
to discuss these issues. More often, working from home or from a
remote location may cause you to feel out of the loop from your
colleagues. I've compiled 5 quick tips to make your remote
collaboration sessions more effective. Utilize collaboration tools
and communication techniques to be a more active... Read More » »
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
Today we are excited to announce the beta of our pre-recorded video
playback feature. Pre-recorded video playback gives your trainings,
sales demos, and webinars a more engaging, personal feel by
incorporating short video clips into the live presentation. Your
meetings will never be the same and your participants will thank
you for incorporating rich video content in your presentation. With
pre-recorded video playback, you can: Upload pre-recorded
video clips to your access code Playback video... Read More » »
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Friday, November 11, 2011 in More from ReadyTalk
Accidents happen. At ReadyTalk we’re committed to helping
our customers prevent accidents and mistakes. Each month,
ReadyTalk’s Account Specialist Team shares a recent accident and
tips for how to avoid it in the future. Recording your conference
with ReadyTalk is a great way to share your audio and web
conference with others who were unable to attend your meeting. You
can send out a link for your recording, embed it in your website
and even post it on Facebook! One time Sarah recorded her... Read
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
Verizon has gotten amazing mileage out of its “Can You Hear
Me Now?” campaign. I think it has stuck around because we can all
relate; there’s nothing worse than having a conversation with a
friend and having their line cut in and out. Unreliable audio is
acceptable among friends. When it comes to business, it’s another
story. This week, I was on an audio conference with a vendor
who sells content marketing solutions. Since we’re mapping our
content and identifying next year’s content marketing... Read More
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011 in Webinars
Chances are, you are very familiar with the many moving
parts that go into setting up a webinar. With assistance from the
American Marketing Association, we created a best practices
document to offer help sorting through those details. As a
supplement to this document, the members of our Events team came up
with the following additional points to consider while setting up a
webinar. Be sure to schedule your webinar as far in advance of the
actual date as possible – ideally, at least 6 to 8 weeks... Read
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
ReadyTalk has made significant enhancements to our application and
desktop sharing feature. If you are not familiar with this feature,
it can be used to share your entire desktop or specific
applications with everyone in your web meeting. Sometimes
application and desktop sharing may appear slow and blocky in the
participant view of a web meeting. We have made significant
advancements in the way we deliver this content to eliminate this
blocky effect for participants. Instead of painting the... Read
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
This week, we rolled out some new hold music on ReadyTalk's audio
conferencing bridges. You would think choosing the perfect hold
music would be an easy task. Just pick the music that fades
into the background, annoys people the least, and sounds
neutral...right? That's not always the case. Picking hold music is
tough. There are limitations around music available to us. There's
a world of musical tastes, general annoyance around being on hold
in general - the decision of what hold music to choose... Read More
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Monday, October 24, 2011 in Webinars
Social media is here to stay. And it keeps. On. Growing. The three
major players, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, continue to garner
the most users in both the B2C and B2B arena. ReadyTalk customers
often conduct large webinars on a regular basis for several
purposes, such as online training, new product launches, and most
often, lead generation and qualification. This is where
social media and webinars marry, since our customers are constantly
looking for ways to easily engage with... Read More » »
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
The world of conferencing continues to change. First, it was
bringing small groups of employees across various office locations
together on the phone, followed by the need for web conferencing to
show others what you were working on. Now, those groups are
no longer small, or limited to your own organization. The use
of audio and web conferencing has grown to much more than a way to
cut down on costs, but as a successful way to generate leads
through webinars, or train users on your product....Read More » »
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
Today, we are excited to announce the launch of ReadyTalk Quick
Launcher - a tool available on your desktop that makes it easier
and faster to start, join, and invite others to meetings. This tool
will be a favorite for people who would like a quicker, persistent
way to connect to their ReadyTalk accounts. If you are tired of
logging into ReadyTalk through the browser to gain access to your
account then this is definitely the tool for you. Quick Launcher
gives you the ability to: Start an... Read More » »
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 in Webinars
Over the years, I have seen many companies chose to build a
channel program but immediately fight themselves on their decision.
It is common for there to be a misunderstanding about the role of
channel partners and that can lead to arguments as to whether an
indirect channel program is beneficial. Some will argue that it
costs too much while others see the value right away. Before
proceeding to build a channel program seek buy-in internally from
key stakeholders. As a channel marketing manager,... Read More » »
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
While we knew that marketers and trainers were tired
of the hassle of getting webinar data into their CRM system, we
were surprised by the great turnout at yesterday’s webinar on the
value of integration. If you had a chance to join us, we hope you
found the event worthwhile! Many thanks to Helena Brito from
Mandiant, Jill Myers from OverDrive, and Pat Buchanan and Dave
Kornegay from SchoolDude.com for speaking on the event. Each of
them shared fantastic insight into how the integration has... Read
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
Have you been looking for a quick and streamlined way to send a
ReadyTalk On-Demand meeting email invite? With the ReadyTalk
Scheduler for Outlook you can quickly and easily send a customized
email invite through Outlook. Your ReadyTalk account credentials
are stored in the scheduler giving you a one click experience to
email and invite your participants. With the ReadyTalk Scheduler
for Outlook you can: Send a custom email invite for a ReadyTalk
Audio, Web, or Audio/Web meeting Start an On-Demand... Read
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Monday, August 29, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
In a previous life, I was the director of marketing at a small IT
analyst firm in Boulder, CO. A large percentage of our leads came
from webinars that highlighted our research studies and positioned
our analysts as thought leaders. We also hosted dozens of webinars
each year to help our technology vendor clients meet their own lead
generation goals. On average, my small team of three was running
two webinars a week in addition to handling all of the other
marketing activities for the firm (PPC...Read More » »
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Friday, August 19, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
We’ve all been on a conference call with distracting
background noises and colleagues who forget to use the mute option.
This week, we polled our Twitter Followers and Facebook Fans to see
what the most annoying things to hear on a conference call: 10.
Someone eating 9. People typing (and clearly not paying attention)
8. ECHO…Echo…echo… 7. Wind noises / Calling from outdoors 6.
Someone taking a call on other line and hearing their hold music 5.
Heavy breathing4. Food being unwrapped right next... Read More » »
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011 in Audio and Web Conferencing
So there you are, delivering the concluding remarks to end
your very first webinar. You’re feeling quite good about your prep
work, your marketing efforts, and the fact that a good number of
participants actually showed up! Then, you read the very small
number of surveys that were tuned in and your seemingly incredible
presentation turns about to be “meh.” - meaning ho-hum or
booooring. What happened!!?? Why are so many webinars
painfully boring for the audience? Here’s why: It’s...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in Webinars
We’re excited to announce the availability of the new
ReadyTalk API, which allows our customers and partners to integrate
ReadyTalk conferencing services with other key business
applications. Web conferencing services, like ReadyTalk and other
applications (such as CRMs, marketing automation platforms, and
learning management systems) can’t automatically “talk” to each
other. In order to move data from one platform to another,
marketers are forced to resort to the time-consuming and tedious...
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Friday, July 15, 2011 in Webinars
While it’s been a few months since we’ve last blogged on the
contextual interview process at ReadyTalk, we’ve been hard at work
behind the scenes. The 1st round of interviews for the IT
Specs/Contracts user has completed and is currently under review by
our team, while the final round of interviews for the marketing
user wrapped up just a couple weeks ago. Another round of thanks to
our participating customers, we really appreciate the feedback! As
we last left it, our team was analyzing data... Read More » »
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in Ways to Use ReadyTalk
As government agencies begin to implement telework policies,
managers are new to managing remote employees and challenged to
avoid disruptions in day-to-day work as employees begin
telecommuting. While it may be challenging at first, it is possible
to maintain workflow and organizational processes. In a recent
white paper, “Best Practices for Managing Teleworkers: Changing
Attitudes, Changing Ways,” analysts from Frost and Sullivan discuss
practical steps managers can take to limit disruption... Read More
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