By Caroline Leff

More than ever before, education is evolving and rapidly expanding. As technology-based communication and collaboration tools have improved, they have increasingly become integrated into classrooms and around campus. But there are still opportunities for growth. From the perspective of a college student, I would argue that colleges and universities would benefit from using video conferencing for education in more innovative ways — to take education far beyond the classroom walls. Read More...

By Jill Huselton

Everyone wants a sales silver bullet — that elusive equation of behaviors that will propel the average salesperson to the level of slayer. A little internet searching will give you a long list of competencies, but let’s face facts: There’s no one way to make a sale. The only silver bullet is the capability to clearly demonstrate to the customer that you care about their needs. Read More...

January 31 is Inspire Your Heart with Art Day.

According to MommyPoppins, there are all kinds of ways — and reasons — to celebrate. “Whether it’s written, painted, sculpted, or performed, art helps us feel, communicate, and make sense of life. Visit a local art gallery, take in a musical performance, or have an at-home poetry slam. Let children experiment with water colors, write a song, put on a dance show, or decorate a driveway with chalk art. Today is about celebrating creativity and the power of self-expression.” Read More...

In case you haven’t heard, this October is FreeConferenceCall.com’s 15th anniversary. And, we've been celebrating in style. Founder and CEO, David Erickson, has a special thank-you for our customers around the world.

Fifteen years ago, David Erickson designed a free business model for audio conferencing. But it needed a name. At 3 a.m. Oct. 26, 2001, after hours of debating options, Erickson thought, "Why not just call it what it is?" The next day he checked web registrars, and FreeConferenceCall.com was available. Fast forward from the purchase of a $10 domain name, and find a company that has quietly become a leader in the global conferencing space. The name still drives 78% of sign-ups. Read More...

It might not be Olympic Gold. But at FreeConferenceCall.com, the highest caliber of recognition is the business equivalent of being up on that podium, eyes shining and hand pressed to the heart. In other words, FreeConferenceCall.com is thrilled to have won a Gold Stevie® Award in the Customer Service Department of the Year in Telecom at The 14th Annual American Business AwardsTM.

The company stood out from a pool of thousands of applicants to win the highly coveted award. “The judges were extremely impressed with the quality of entries we received this year.” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. Read More...

By Brad Dupee, Executive Vice President Business Markets, FreeConferenceCall.com for Business

For the last 10 years I have lead sales organizations, both large and small. Each was tasked with generating B2B revenue in the Unified Communications industry. During that time, it was common for these companies to create fear, uncertainty and doubt about the services provided by our competition. I even trained my teams to go particularly hard against up-and-coming players that provided free or low-cost services. We were very effective at creating an impression that the services provided by these players were second rate and could not possibly be as reliable, secure or as high-quality as required for big corporations to even consider. At the time, I couldn’t possibly have realized that towing this competitive line would serve to create one of my biggest career challenges yet. Read More...

By Bob Wise, President FreeConferenceCall.com

In direct contrast to the so called “Law of the Jungle”, where size rules the day, Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer and entrepreneurship expert Mark Leslie recently published what he calls “Leslie’s Law”, proving that in the tech sector “small fish (almost always) eat big fish”. Leslie’s theory follows the relentless upmarket trajectory of start-ups and new technologies that erode market share from larger competitors until the “behemoths of the sector are forced to retreat back into a narrowing market niche.” Read More...