Posts Tagged ‘Small Businesses’

Go International with an International Conference Call

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

The worldwide marketplace has really opened up with the Internet and many small businesses are finding themselves with the prospect of being able to sell their goods and services internationally.  But many of these businesses hesitate because of the expense of trying to sell to companies overseas.  With an International Conference Call you begin to forge relationships with companies overseas without ever leaving your office.  An international conference call can bring you together with customers and prospects around the world at a minimal cost.  Zip Conferencing offers several ways to have your international participants connect to your international conference call.  You can choose the method based on where your participants are located and the cost of the connection.

  • US Local Number - The least costly way for you to have participants connect to your international conference call is to have them dial the local number here in the United States that comes with your conference call reservation.  The local number is reachable from anywhere in the world.  The only drawback to this method is that your participants will have to pay for the long distance call to reach the number here in the United States.
  • International Local Number- The next best option from a price perspective for your international conference call is to give your participants a phone number located in their country.  Zip Conferencing has local access numbers in over 40 countries around the world.  Participants in Paris, France, fro instance, would dial a number in Paris and be connected to your international conference call here in the United States.  Your participant will only pay whatever it costs them to dial a local number in their country.
  • International Toll Free Number – The most convenient way for international participants to connect to your international conference call is to dial a toll free number in their country.  That way they do not incur any charges associated with your conference call.  This is also the most expensive way to connect to your international conference call.  Zip Conferencing has toll free access numbers in over 40 countries around the world.

With Zip Conferencing’s International Conference Call service you can take your company global without much expense to you or your customers.  So what are you waiting for?  Go global with an international conference call.

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Conference Calls and the Entrepreneur

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

The US Government is doing everything it can to help small businesses as they realize that this is the best way to grow the economy and create jobs.  And even though the funding has loosened up a little, the biggest issue still is getting money from investors to the entrepreneurs so that they can get the businesses off the ground.  But luckily, things have come back to where private investors are getting back into the market and businesses are finding funding sources.  But one of the things I have heard is that the investors are still a little gun shy and want to get involved in their investments and get as much information as they can get.  Conference calls are once again the best way to provide this much needed communication line for the investors and the most cost effective way for the entrepreneur to keep them informed.

Conference calls allow the small business owner to keep their investors informed without the need to hold a costly in person meeting.  Everyone wins in this situation.  The investors are able to stay informed regarding the business matters, the entrepreneur is able to communicate effectively and important to both, the business is able to conserve much needed capital.  Without conference calls, the amount of information flow would be reduced and expenses would go up not helping anyone.

In addition, conference calls are an excellent way for the employees of the business to communicate regularly at a low cost.  Many times a small business is spread out with few resources and simply can’t afford face to face meetings every time they need to communicate the many changes that their business inevitably goes through when it is young.

So, if you are thinking about starting a business these days and wondering what you may need to get started, you should definitely consider getting a conference call service account.  Because conference calls and the entrepreneur are a perfect match.

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Conference Calls for Small Businesses

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

According to a lot of the pundits out there, including President Obama, there is a surge in the number of new businesses that are getting started.  This is because people have been laid off from their existing jobs and are starting out on their own instead of trying to find a job which is difficult at best right now.  And with the start of all these businesses a lot of entrepreneurs are trying to figure out how to promote their businesses and stretch their precious capital.  This is just another reason why conference calls continue to grow, because they are a great way to reduce expenses but still get the job done.

New small businesses need to get their ideas to new customers, investors and prospects without breaking the bank.  One of the ways to do this is with a conference call instead of the expense of traveling.  It has been well documented in this blog how companies are saving thousands of dollars by choosing to conduct a conference call or a web conference instead of travelling to an in-person meeting.  Nowhere is it more important to save money than in a new small business.  Most small businesses just don’t have the money to be travelling around the country.  But with a conference call and a web conference a small business owner can present their product or service to potential customers around the country without leaving their office.  And the cost of doing a conference call or web conference these days is very affordable to even the small business owner.  In fact, with the advent of the Internet which has allowed small businesses to sell their products and services globally, the need to present to customers in remote locations has increased even more.  The ability to present to people from great distances using conference calls has expanded the marketplace for small businesses.  No longer are their goods and services limited to a local area.  The technology now available has literally helped some small businesses survive where they otherwise would not.  A conference call and web conferencing can also make a small business look bigger in the eyes of the customer by allowing them to present to anyone, anywhere.  And their office is simply a PC and a telephone.

If you have a small business and you are not taking advantage of conference calls and web conferencing in your business I urge you to examine your processes and try using the technology available to help expand your business and reduce your costs.  It may just make the difference in the life or death of your business.

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