One of the challenges of doing a Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation for your webinar is dressing up your slides to convey a professional image. Many of us are technically challenged when designing PowerPoint™.  Also, we may not have the eye for design or the time to create visually appealing and compelling presentations. Poorly designed unreadable PowerPoint™ slides can leave your webinar audience clueless. (more…)

These days almost everybody knows what a conference call is… yea I know, there are free services like Skype which are decent if you have access to studio quality equipment… but almost no one has studio quality equipment unless you’re a radio station of professional podcaster, like Podcast Answer Man. For everyone else, the best choice is still a land line or (cell phone if you must) and a top notch conference call service provider. (more…)

Are you wondering how to do a webinar? If so you have come to the right place. If you would first like a little more information on webinars, you may want to check out this post, Defining Terms: Webinar.

Webinar leaders can reach hundreds of thousands of people, but its like herding cats (see video at the end of this post). Each participant comes with a different set of expectations and attention span. (more…)

What is toll free conferencing?

With toll free phone conferencing your service provider provides you with an 800 toll free number that your participants can call into at no cost to them. (more…)

In my last post (Shawn Frey Story) I gave you an eagles-eye view of the benefits that I and my employers received by my active facilitation of 80 plus conference calls. Basically, I told you about all the rewards and none of the negatives… (more…)

Hello, my name is Shawn Frey, outside sales professional, conference call expert and founder of the No Nonsense Conference.

I’d like to share my story with you about how I got started using conference calling as a means to build my career and income. It began in the Fall of 2003. I was having lunch with master sales trainer, * Warren Wechler. (more…)

A certain micro-blogging website that sets smart limits for appealing usability has taken the social media scene by storm. It’s a world where tweets don’t come from just baby chicks, the one hundred forty character limit isn’t talking about the world’s longest play, and following someone doesn’t imply stalking (at least in the physical sense). Yes, if you haven’t figured it out by now, Twitter.com has risen as the elegant black horse to Facebook. (more…)

Remember in fourth grade when you were dying to prove to your BFF Sally that Nelly really DID kiss David? You sneak into your parents room, heart racing, and dial Sally’s number. She picks up in a hurry – you whisper Nelly’s number as she initiates the infamous 3 way call. As she presses flash-number-flash with sweaty fingertips, the sound of two wheezy breathers echo across the line in between ominous rings. (more…)

It is amazing how much we take for granted in the industry of which we work. Do the people (your clients) understand the language you use on a day-to-day basis? We would like to take this opportunity to define these four common terms: conference call, webinar, webcasting and web-conferencing. (more…)

What is the crux of conference call security?

Conference hosts are often very cautious about who attend their calls. Through roll call, number counts, and conference locking our conference hosts can feel confident that only authorized participants are on the call. However… (more…)