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Meet Beth Toeniskoetter, Product Marketing Manager

Beth is a Product Marketing Manager and works with our customers to understand their needs as they relate to webinar services and ReadyTalk’s Conference Center, which is used to setup the pre- and post-meeting details of our clients' upcoming webinars and online meetings. Prior to joining ReadyTalk in 2011, Beth worked as an account manager for a mobile payments start-up and as a product manager for the prepaid gift card program at First Data. Outside of the office, Beth loves to spend time with family and friends, practice her cooking skills, and run.  Connect with Beth on Twitter,... read more

Check It: ReadyTalk’s New Improved Operator-Assisted Services Request Form

At ReadyTalk, we are constantly looking for new and various ways to make our products and services easy-to-use while providing excellent customer service and support.  So what have we come up with now? A new and improved online request form for operator-assisted services! How does this benefit you (and the ReadyTalk Events Team a bit too?) Requesting a Gold or Platinum Webinar package? Or operator-assisted audio?  Now there is a single  form for all your Event Services needs A step-by-step and... Read More » » read more

Promoting your Webinar through Social Media: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

  Marketers are always looking for the next best way to create buzz around their product and their brand with the right audience.  There are so many promotional outlets in which to market your content, especially on the internet; webinars tend to bubble to the top due to the likelihood of a lower investment and higher ROI.  Over the past few years, many companies have put significant effort into building their following through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social networks.  Each of... Read More » » read more

Trying to increase your webinar attendance? Check out ReadyTalk's newest Social Media sharing tools on Conference Center!

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 » » read more

Drum roll please….ReadyTalk Introduces Five New Web Audio Subscriptions!

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 » » read more

Conference Center: Some (minor) changes are on the Horizon!

At ReadyTalk, we spend a considerable amount of time working on the user interface of our web conferencing service. The design of the ReadyTalk product has always been centered around ease-of-use, for both the meeting organizer and participants. We continue to make improvements to our interface, especially within Conference Center, which enables ReadyTalk users to start or schedule a meeting, create custom invitations, registration forms, promote upcoming webinars through social media, and more.... Read More » » read more

Make Audio Conferences Easier to Manage with ReadyTalk Event Call Director

  Anyone who has managed a large audio conference in the past knows that it’s a big job!  The pressure can be even greater for a high-profile conference or investor call. Through ReadyTalk's web interface, there are several options to help make your conference as seamless as possible (for both the chairperson and their participants).  But what if you need another level of control? That’s where ReadyTalk Event Call Director comes in. So what can our customers do with this add-on service? Here’s the... Read More » » read more

Contextual Interviews for the Marketing User: That’s a Wrap!

  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 » » read more

New Features: What’s New in ReadyTalk Conference Center?

What’s New in ReadyTalk Conference Center? ReadyTalk continues to evolve our product and service offerings to make the chairperson and participant experience even more seamless.  We've made some updates to the ReadyTalk Conference Center, where the chairperson schedules meetings and manages recordings: New Meeting Details: Remove Default for Registration Type Now, when creating a scheduled meeting, the chairperson will be required to choose the type of registration they would like for participants.... Read More » » read more

Getting to the Good Stuff: The 1st Round of Contextual Interviews

The contextual interviewing process continues! Last week, Scott (aka Skippy) discussed some of the simple rules we are following as we learn more about what our customers face on a daily basis, and ultimately, how ReadyTalk can help.  In the past few weeks, several folks across ReadyTalk have been preparing and conducting interviews with some of our most important customers. As you may recall, we originally identified two types of use cases within our customer base: The Marketing User and the... Read More » » read more

Creating the Best Webinar Experience through the Value Innovation Process

Since the beginning of ReadyTalk time, listening to customer feedback has always been at the top of our list for how to best improve our product offerings. But how do we take that one step further, to ensure we are developing the right things, at the right time, while helping to accomplish our customer’s goals? The answer is: contextual interviewing, a concept refined by consulting firm Value Innovations, Inc, from the book Blue Ocean Strategy, written by W. Chan Kim and Renée... Read More » » read more