WEB TOOL – Teleconferencing
[INTERMEDIATE] Do you hold regular conference calls in your organization? Or maybe you host free or paid tele-seminars? You’ve probably found a number of conferencing options — some at no cost, but most that charge a monthly or per-use fee for this service.
While paid subscriptions offer all types of bells and whistles, most of this fluff you don’t really need. We found a conference calling company that not only is free, but is easy to use and reliable.
FreeConferenceCall.com
There are many reasons you may need to speak with more than one person at a time on the telephone:
- Team meetings
- Client conferencing
- Free or paid tele-seminars
- Training calls
Using a conference calling system is a great way to have a “virtual” meeting where participants can be anywhere in the world. In the past, these systems could be quite costly. Now there are several companies offering “free” use of their conference calling systems. NOTE: While setting up your conference and using the system is free, long distance charges typically apply for the participants to dial into the call. However, since most folks have unlimited phone accounts, this doesn’t pose much of a problem.
So, what tele-service do we recommend?
We like www.FreeConferenceCall.com because of these three distinguishing features:
- A “reservation less” system. When you set up your account you are given your own phone number and participant access number. These are yours to use anytime without “booking” a time slot in the master system. You don’t have to schedule a call and use different phone numbers each time you hold a session. The numbers conveniently stay the same.
- You are able to record the call for free. Most conference calling systems offer this option as an “add on”. With FreeConferenceCall you can record the call and then download it to your computer. You can even give an access number to those who are not able to participate in the live call. This is very important for tele-seminars as many people sign up to participate, but are not able to attend. NOTE: With the free service you can only record one call at a time. Be sure to download your MP3 call file before you record the next one — as the new session will replace the older one.
- You can have up to 96 participants on one call. Many free calling systems limit you to significantly fewer callers per conference. Plus, your sessions can be up to six hours long.
Other Options
With www.FreeConferenceCall.com you’ll have even more calling options that you can purchase including:
- International packages
- Full featured conferencing with up to 1000 participants
- Flat rate conferencing rates
- Toll free packages
- Voice box and messaging options
As this is a free tool, take just a few minutes to set up your account and give it a try!