My hat is off to you… members of our agent community for what you do every day as an “independent” agent. This independence results in a great deal of freedom, but not without consequence. As you are keenly aware, the price of your freedom is the responsibility to perform your duties consistently and to the best of your ability to ensure your livelihood is protected.
We are honored that, while exercising your independence, you have turned to the Conference Group as a trusted partner to help you achieve your financial goals. Thank you for your continued faith in our services and support.
Have a very happy and restful Independence Day!
By the way… keep an eye out for next week’s installment as we are announcing the elimination of a fee that is sure to result in incremental business for both of us!
For more information on the Conference Group, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Integrity
When sitting down to come up with a topic for this week’s installment of our blog, several product features came to mind, but the one concept that kept overshadowing the latest and greatest conference calling features is a simple, but universal concept… Integrity.
Just moments ago, I finished a telephone meeting with an esteemed colleague on our latest marketing campaign to appeal to current and new agents. He confirmed my hunch that today’s agents need to trust their vendors implicitly, as we are their lifeline to their livelihood… their commission!
Rather than put the concept of Integrity to the side while I wrote this blog entry, I decided to embrace it…
As we all know, competition is fierce, price compression is a reality and ethical conduct can be tested in a challenging economic climate. It is during these very times that relying on the most basic of values proves to be invaluable. “Integrity”, according to Encarta is “the quality of possessing and steadfastly adhering to high moral principles or professional standards”. This is what you want… what you NEED from those with whom you choose to do business.
Everyday, we are faced with business decisions relating to current or prospective business opportunities. How do we make these decisions? Simple… we do what is right. While there are many roads that can be taken in a decision process, more often than not, there is a right way of doing business, and one that, well… not so much.
One thing that you can be sure of when working with the Conference Group is how we do business. We invariably opt for the “high road”. There is simply no substitute for integrity. Those who know us know that I am speaking from experience. For those that just know of us, we welcome the opportunity to work with you to help you build your conferencing business.
For more information on the Conference Group, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
Just moments ago, I finished a telephone meeting with an esteemed colleague on our latest marketing campaign to appeal to current and new agents. He confirmed my hunch that today’s agents need to trust their vendors implicitly, as we are their lifeline to their livelihood… their commission!
Rather than put the concept of Integrity to the side while I wrote this blog entry, I decided to embrace it…
As we all know, competition is fierce, price compression is a reality and ethical conduct can be tested in a challenging economic climate. It is during these very times that relying on the most basic of values proves to be invaluable. “Integrity”, according to Encarta is “the quality of possessing and steadfastly adhering to high moral principles or professional standards”. This is what you want… what you NEED from those with whom you choose to do business.
Everyday, we are faced with business decisions relating to current or prospective business opportunities. How do we make these decisions? Simple… we do what is right. While there are many roads that can be taken in a decision process, more often than not, there is a right way of doing business, and one that, well… not so much.
One thing that you can be sure of when working with the Conference Group is how we do business. We invariably opt for the “high road”. There is simply no substitute for integrity. Those who know us know that I am speaking from experience. For those that just know of us, we welcome the opportunity to work with you to help you build your conferencing business.
For more information on the Conference Group, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Got International Conferencing?
You do if you turn to the Conference Group for your conferencing needs. We provide toll-free access to our service from approximately 60 different countries worldwide.
Your international clients will enjoy the same benefits as their American counterparts… free recordings, UBlast for large scale dial-outs, and attendance reports following each conference call.
The next time one of your clients says “can you provide conferencing access for our office in Luxembourg”, you can ask them how they want it… dial-in or dial-out… We got you covered!
For more information on our International conferencing access, or any of our services, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
Your international clients will enjoy the same benefits as their American counterparts… free recordings, UBlast for large scale dial-outs, and attendance reports following each conference call.
The next time one of your clients says “can you provide conferencing access for our office in Luxembourg”, you can ask them how they want it… dial-in or dial-out… We got you covered!
For more information on our International conferencing access, or any of our services, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Conference Viewer available for Full-Time Operator Calls
Of course you know all about the Cadillac of conferencing services… the full-time operator service. But, here we offer a twist… or actually more of an enhancement…
With Conference Viewer, the conference host is able to view the Q&A queue during a full-time operator call in real time… and even have the ability to manipulate the queue by changing the order of participants in the queue, or removing them from the queue. This added service gives our customers more control while still maintaining a professional operator-facilitated Q&A session.
What does this beautiful hood ornament of features add to the cost of the Cadillac? Nada. This is included in the cost of the full-time operator service. Tell all of your friends (or even better… clients) about the Conference Group’s Conference Viewer and start taking orders.
For more information on any of our services, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
With Conference Viewer, the conference host is able to view the Q&A queue during a full-time operator call in real time… and even have the ability to manipulate the queue by changing the order of participants in the queue, or removing them from the queue. This added service gives our customers more control while still maintaining a professional operator-facilitated Q&A session.
What does this beautiful hood ornament of features add to the cost of the Cadillac? Nada. This is included in the cost of the full-time operator service. Tell all of your friends (or even better… clients) about the Conference Group’s Conference Viewer and start taking orders.
For more information on any of our services, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
You have a $50.00 demo account!
"Try it…you’ll like it!” Remember that famous tag line? For the life of me I cannot recall the product that went along with this slogan in the 1970’s ad campaign, but it kept ringing in my head as I was thinking about the latest installment of our blog…
The Conference Group gives you, our agent, one of our most valued resources, the ability to use our services at no cost. Each month, we credit up to $50 toward any of our services including audio conferencing, ReadyShow® Web, or ReadyShow® Video.
We encourage you to take us up on our offer and use this credit to demo our services, or even offer a free trial (obviously up to the $50 credit amount) to your prospects to seal the deal. This will give them the ability to experience the quality of our bridging service for themselves. We are sure that once they try us, they will like us!
OK… I couldn’t take it, so I Googled the slogan and what did it reveal? Alka-Seltzer! Having used the stuff myself countless times since the 70’s, I dare say that you will like our service even more!
For more information on any of our services, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Need to Get 50 people on a bridge… STAT?
Not all reservationless accounts are created equal…
The Conference Group has done it again… this time with a proprietary web interface that will allow a conference leader to create and maintain a list of conference attendees for automatic dial-out. What is this little gem? “UBlast”
Here is how it works: Ask us for a UBlast login… you can do this by clicking here or calling the number below. Go to http://www.conferencegroup.com/ublast and enter your login information. Upon entry, you will see a page that looks like this:
From here, you can add, delete, or modify your dial-out list. You can also set you list to “Auto-Dial” your list immediately upon entering the conference as a leader. If “Manual Dial” is selected, the leader would press *92 on the telephone keypad to initiate the blast dial-out.
When UBlast in invoked, your participants’ phone will ring and they will be prompted to press 1 on their telephone keypad to enter their conference… no passcode needed!
Now you can literally get your audience on the bridge in seconds by merely entering your conference as a leader. A leader dial-out authorization form must be signed by the account contact person.
How much does all of this power cost? Nada! It is included as one of our many features of our reservationless service. We told you not all reservationless accounts were created equal!
For more information on UBlast, or anything else conferencing related, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
The Conference Group has done it again… this time with a proprietary web interface that will allow a conference leader to create and maintain a list of conference attendees for automatic dial-out. What is this little gem? “UBlast”
Here is how it works: Ask us for a UBlast login… you can do this by clicking here or calling the number below. Go to http://www.conferencegroup.com/ublast and enter your login information. Upon entry, you will see a page that looks like this:
From here, you can add, delete, or modify your dial-out list. You can also set you list to “Auto-Dial” your list immediately upon entering the conference as a leader. If “Manual Dial” is selected, the leader would press *92 on the telephone keypad to initiate the blast dial-out.
When UBlast in invoked, your participants’ phone will ring and they will be prompted to press 1 on their telephone keypad to enter their conference… no passcode needed!
Now you can literally get your audience on the bridge in seconds by merely entering your conference as a leader. A leader dial-out authorization form must be signed by the account contact person.
How much does all of this power cost? Nada! It is included as one of our many features of our reservationless service. We told you not all reservationless accounts were created equal!
For more information on UBlast, or anything else conferencing related, contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
“On-Demand” Outlook Plug-in
Of course most conferences are “reservationless”, but how does your client communicate meeting dates and times to her audience? Most likely via email.
The Conference Group is pleased to offer our FREE “On-Demand” scheduling plug-in for Outlook. Once this feature is downloaded, a Reservationless Conference Request button will appear on the conference leader’s Outlook toolbar. By simply clicking on the button and selecting the conference participants from the contacts list, the leader can send an Outlook event to the participants, which will auto-populate all conference access instructions. This can be used for audio conferences, web conferences, or combined web with audio events.
To learn more or to download the free “On-Demand” plug-in, click here or visit http://www.conferencegroup.com/ondemand/.
For more information on the “On-Demand” plug-in, or our agent program in general, please contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
The Conference Group is pleased to offer our FREE “On-Demand” scheduling plug-in for Outlook. Once this feature is downloaded, a Reservationless Conference Request button will appear on the conference leader’s Outlook toolbar. By simply clicking on the button and selecting the conference participants from the contacts list, the leader can send an Outlook event to the participants, which will auto-populate all conference access instructions. This can be used for audio conferences, web conferences, or combined web with audio events.
To learn more or to download the free “On-Demand” plug-in, click here or visit http://www.conferencegroup.com/ondemand/.
For more information on the “On-Demand” plug-in, or our agent program in general, please contact us on 877-716-8255 or agents@conferencegroup.com.
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