Category Archives: web conferencing

How Web Conferencing Can Benefit Your Business

If you're new to web conferencing, you'll find that there are plenty of benefits to hosting regular web meetings: it's cost effective, saves time, and can help you extend your business to remote clients. Below, we share five great reasons for making the switch to our convenient StartMeeting web conferencing product.

1.  Save money with less travel and more talk!
The New York Times estimated that businesses in the United States would spend approximately $273.3 billion on corporate travel expenses. Imagine expanding your business across borders without busting your travel budget. Our international web conferencing services make it easy to connect with remote clients, partners, and team members on the same call. Read More...

7 Best Practices for Working With Remote Colleagues

Working with remote teams is a reality for many of today’s modern businesses. Impeccable organization, collaborative tools, and strong communication are the keys to keeping your projects on track. Use these best practices for collaborating with your long-distance colleagues:

Regularly communicate your organization’s vision and goals with every member of your team. When distant employees understand the overarching business goals, it helps to motivate them, keep their work on track, and create a sense of shared purpose. Read More...

Study Shows Video Conferencing Could Save the Government $8 Billion

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We already know that video conferencing is a great way to reduce costs. Now, a study by the Telework Exchange shows that Federal workers could save up to $8 billion annually by using video conferencing.

The report suggests that even a 50% adoption rate of video conferencing by federal employees would result in 3.5 hours per week in productivity savings, or about$8 billion per year. 92% of survey respondents said increased video conferencing would save tax dollars, and 84% of respondents expect video conferencing usage to increase in the next 5 years. Read More...