No matter who you root for, everybody loves Super Bowl Sunday. It's a time for friends to gather, cheer on the teams, and of course, eat fantastic game-day food. No matter what your favorite fare – chili, finger foods, sandwiches – you'll find the best recipes on our Game Day Hotline. Start with scoring the best in dips – including super easy slow cooker versions – as well as our hearty chili, a favorite at football parties.

Meet one of our many fan pleasers: Yvette’s Buffalo Chicken Dip Read More...

By Bob Wise, President at FreeConferenceCall.com

Communication is the lifeblood of any business. The statistics are staggering: 69% of people in large organizations using conferencing on a weekly basis and 22% are using it daily, according to a recent survey by Wainhouse Research. With mobile workforces becoming more commonplace, choosing the best technology to connect your employees is crucial. Conferencing can help win new customers and keep projects on task, so there’s no room to tolerate poor quality or unreliable services. 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...

A personalized Meeting Wall creates not only a first impression, but also a personal connection with your callers.

Don’t miss this opportunity to solidify your connections by customizing your Meeting Wall with a photo, your company logo and a brief description of what you do. Better yet, draw your participants into the action by posting a meeting agenda or shared presentation. The more you encourage participation, and personalize the experience, the more you can expect engagement from those in attendance. Read More...

We’ve all been there. You’re just ramping up your best-ever meeting overview when that perpetually late coworker rings into your conference line. Or, just as the your team is finally warming up and throwing out some great ideas – one colleague’s dog starts barking while the other walks into a coffee shop and forgets to put their phone on mute while they order a half-caff, non-fat espresso with extra foam.

It’s all part of conference calls right? Wrong. With FreeConferenceCall.com Web Controls the call host can ensure these kinds of interruptions don’t derail a call. With one easy click, you can drop or mute distracting callers and even turn off entry and exit tones to minimize disruptions. Plus, you still have access to the attendee list to see who is on the call, where they are calling from, what time they entered and how long they stayed. Read More...

Quick; think about your all-time favorite song. Hearing it? What intense emotional event in your life does it remind you of? Research published in the Psychology of Music indicates your musical preferences can tell someone a lot about you – from your politics to your age and even how you were raised. So it’s no surprise to learn that music can also be used to create certain moods, focus attention or even increase sales.

If you’re not choosing custom hold music for your conference calls, you’re missing a great opportunity to set the environment on your calls and even manage the outcome. FreeConferenceCall.com enables users to customize hold music along with a photo and personal Meeting Wall. Read More...