6 Ways Web Conferencing Will Benefit Your Business
Published on 21 December 14
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A good entrepreneur is always on the lookout for innovative technology that can be used to make things easier, improve productivity and efficiency, and to help push a business forward in any way possible. Anything that can give you an advantage over the competition and ensure that your company runs like a well-oiled machine is an option worth exploring. With web conferencing you get a versatile tool that can benefit you in a number of different ways, which makes it a worthwhile investment. Here we will be looking at several of the most important ways in which web conferencing can significantly improve business.
1. You can easily record and reproduce things said in a meeting
During a meeting there are always certain moments where a person’s concentration breaks and he or she ends up missing a few sentences here and there, particularly if the meeting goes on and on. With video conferencing, it’s not only possible for everyone to participate from the comfort of their own office or home, but you also have the ability to record every little detail and replay it as many times as needed later. It also allows those who have missed it to catch up quickly.
2. It allows people from different branches to develop a closer professional relationship
For larger companies, keeping different teams and people from different geographical locations on the same page. Sending out e-mail memos is a slow and inefficient process - you can often get a whole more information across in a few minutes of face-to-face time than with several days of sending e-mails back and forth. Video conferencing enables employees to learn more about each other and develop an effective communication strategy.
3. It can help you land more sales
Putting a face and a personality to a corporation has been shown to help people develop trust and become more comfortable during negotiations which is directly correlated with increased sales. It’s not that difficult to see why this is - your words aren’t at risk of being misinterpreted, you can get instant feedback, you can look beyond what is being said and base your strategy on the client’s reaction, and you are able to use a bit of that charm and friendly tone that help build rapport and cement your sales pitch.
4. You will be able to provide more effective training
New recruits need to be taken through the ropes quickly and effectively, and so do valuable employees who have been promoted to a new position. While you can have PDF manuals, e-books and training videos available, some good one-on-one online training will really help a person learn things much simpler and quicker. You can focus on the areas that they find confusing and difficult and ignore the areas that a person has previous experience in or has been able to pick up quickly on the fly. A 10-20 minute Q&A session can save you hours of time spent on research and help you avoid making big mistakes.
5. It enhances creativity and efficiency
When you have a bunch of people dealing with a problem separately, they will come up with a limited number of solutions, which then have to be communicated to other team members, evaluated and polished up or rejected for a different approach. If you get all the same people to sit down and have an hour-long brainstorming session, you’ll see much better results. The ideas they come up with during the web conferencing session can be polished up and put into action very quickly. Everyone will know their part, the different stages and the end goal.
6. It saves a lot of time and effort overall
Holding team meetings can consume time and other resources fairly quickly, and the resulting benefits may not even justify it. You have to consider electricity and heating, gas money, food and time that is spent away from doing actual work. However, a web conference can be conducted with people from all over the globe, in a fast and effective manner. It can also allow your IT staff to remotely access different computers and quickly solve any problem without having to go through long-winded conversations or run around the company every few minutes.
It’s safe to say that web conferencing has multiple benefits, and should be an important part of any company’s toolbox. It brings people together, encourages a good team atmosphere and allows for speedy problem-solving.
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Web conferencing is such a great technology helping businesses in reducing costs, travel time, better client interaction etc. There are various web conferencing tools like webex, gomeetnow, gotomeeting, R-HUB web conferencing servers etc. used by organizations for conducting online meetings.