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Advance sales, training and overall business relationships with easy-to-use, secure, online Web Conferencing and Webinar solutions for one low flat rate. Business applications include Sales Presentations, Sales Demos, Global Collaborations, Online Training and much more.



Why Web Conferencing

Traditionally, much of business success had depended on key participants getting together, sharing ideas and "talking things over." Effective sales presentations have been the result of face-to-face meetings. Today, with ever increasing demands on time and the rising cost of travel, "getting together" has become more and more difficult but yet, never more essential. Web Conferencing is the low-cost answer.

Web Conferencing allows you to meet quickly and "on demand" via the Web. Text, audio and video may be used simultaneously to communicate in real time between two or more participants in different locations.

Business Benefits

Saving time and travel costs and the ability to meet quickly, "on demand" are key benefits to Web Conferencing. Beyond these core values, your business also benefits from the increased relationship building of Web Conferencing in the following ways:

  • Increase Sales
  • Engage Employees
  • Inform Customers
  • Develop Investors
  • Close New Customers
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Increase Profits
  • Expand Marketing
  • Train Effectively
  • Build Collaboration
  • Stay in Touch
  • Retain Employees
  • Advance Media Relations
  • And more!


When to Use Web Conferencing

There are many reasons for using Web Conferencing as an effective small business development tool including:

  • Committee Meetings
  • Collaborative Brainstorming
  • Customer Orientation
  • Demonstrations
  • Distance Learning
  • Employee Training
  • Focus Groups
  • Human Resources
  • Investor Relations
  • Marketing Presentations
  • New Product Orientation
  • Preliminary Interviews
  • Presentations
  • Press Briefings
  • Product Roll-Out
  • Sales Meetings
  • Shareholder Meetings
  • Special Events
  • Staff Meetings
  • Strategic Planning
  • Training Seminars
  • Workshops
  • And more!


What Is Needed?

If you have a computer, an Internet browser, a phone line (or Voice over IP) and an Internet connection of 56kbps or better, you can be Web Conferencing in minutes simply by signing up for a 30-Day Free Trial and downloading Web Conferencing software. It is simply not necessary to purchase or maintain software, employ sophisticated IT talent or support additional hardware.

What Does Web Conferencing Cost?

There are different types of pricing structures available for Web Conferencing including pay by level of usage, which can add up quickly and also represent overage charges. Optimally, a flat-rate plan, paid either monthly or annually at a discount, allows your business unlimited opportunities to build sales and relationships at a fixed cost and actually encourages more use of this valuable tool.

Is Web Conferencing Secure?

Your BUZGate Educational Champion, GoToMeeting, offers the most secure online meeting product available, with industry-standard SSL and U.S. government-standard 128-bit AES encryption to ensure that your login information and meeting sessions are secure. As a result, you can be assured that sales forecasts, financial data and contracts shared in a GoToMeeting Web Conference environment will only be viewable by the meeting participants you authorize.

Web Conferencing Flavors

There are 3 different ways that GoToMeeting allows your business to benefit from Web Conferencing:

  1. Single Conferencing Account at a fixed rate for unlimited online meetings with up to 15 attendees
  2. Single Webinar Account at a fixed rate for unlimited online meetings and Webinars with up to 1,000 attendees
  3. Multiple Accounts at a fixed rate for unlimited online meetings, Webinars, users and administrative capabilities

Web Conferencing Features

When evaluating a Web Conferencing solution, it is important to select a provider that offers features that fit your business needs. In this regard, GoToMeeting provides:

  • Easy Setup
    • One-Click Meetings
    • MS Outlook & Lotus Notes Integration
    • Instant-Messaging Integration
    • Screen Clean
    • Free Voice Conferencing Service
  • Real-Time Collaboration
    • Share Keyboard & Mouse Control
    • Instantly Change Presenters
    • Drawing Tools
    • Chat
  • Built-in Relationship Advantages
    • Desktop Viewing Broadcast
    • True 24-Bit Color Clarity
    • Attendance Reporting
    • Specific Application Sharing
    • Desktop Recording/Meeting Playback
    • Multiple Monitor Support

30-Day Free Trial

Discover how Web Conferencing can be used as an effective business development and collaboration tool for your business by signing up for a Free 30-Day, no obligation trial.

Common Terms

Familiarizing yourself with some of the contemporary terms associated with Web Conferencing will help you to understand the scope and breadth of what is possible when using such a tool to grow your business.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Select any of the following links to learn more about the advantages of Web Conferencing:

10 Great Reasons

As with anything in business, justifying ROI is important when making a purchase. Below are 10 great reasons why investing in a GoToMeeting Web Conferencing solution can more than cover the fixed rate cost:

  1. Increase sales by further engaging potential new customers
  2. Improve sales performance through delivering frequent and quality training sessions
  3. Build new customer relationships more effectively and efficiently through simultaneous audio and online communications
  4. Save the time, expense and hassle of business travel
  5. Secure and retain satisfied investors by holding routine conferences
  6. Expand sales by staying in touch with customers
  7. Retain satisfied and productive employees through online training sessions
  8. Increase media exposure by holding press events when and where opportunities present themselves
  9. Host unlimited Webinars at a fixed rate to build customer awareness and loyalty
  10. Increase profits while decreasing costs and avoiding the hassles associated with business travel

Where to Begin

Begin building your business relationships while saving time and travel expenses by selecting one of the following options:

  1. Sign up - for a Free 30-Day Web Conferencing Trial
  2. Sign up - for a Free for 30-Day Free Webinar Trial

About Your Educational Champion

GotoMeeting
GotoMeeting Trial "Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc., offers the leading Web-based access, support and collaborating software and services including GoToMeeting®, the easiest, most secure and cost-effective solution for conducting online meetings. Citrix Online products are used by more than 10,000 companies worldwide."

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