Video Conferencing - Benefits to a Small Business

How Video and Audio Web Conferencing Can Benefit The Small Business Landscape by: GTS, Inc - Mark D. Watt
How to Be In Multiple Places At One Time: Imagine your small innovative design firm just completed a prototype of a new concept car for one of the largest car companies in the US. Your company is located in San Francisco, CA and the car company is located in Detroit, MI and with other decision makers located in Mt Vernon IN, and Lexington, KY and you need to present your prototype without sending an overnight package or attempt to have everyone fly to the corporate office. So, you need a solution that will allow you to bring everyone together on the same page to present your prototype design which was created utilizing your company CAD software application, so that you may view, present and make modifications in real-time. Meet-N-See-N-Hear: Implement an integrated audio, web and desktop video in an easy-to-use solution by allowing participants to see, hear and interact as if everyone is in the same – and on the same page with web conferencing. Meet - Use your computer, laptop or desktop, and a web browser See - View your participants by utilizing a web-cam to see your participants body language and facial expression, live face-2-face in real-time Hear - Speak, listen and communicate through audio in real-time Present - Present your training program, power point or your marketing program in real-time Share - Share your application or document in real-time Demo your product or services in real-time Edit and Modify - Edit your documents, applications on the fly in real-time The Benefits of Web Conferencing: Web conferencing overcomes geographical boundaries by bringing clients, customers, colleagues, vendors, friends and families together to communicate, collaborate and engage each other in real-time. Your small business or any organization can and will reduce your travel expenses, improve communication with remote teams and partners, improve sales and sales lead generation, demo your products and services, improved productivity, provide training and increase your business bottom line. Strategies for Your Small Business Technology Success: Provide your team the following tools so that they can be mobile and connected. It doesn’t matter if your organization is a small business or large corporation. - Provide your team business class laptops with wireless capability. *Optional web-cam - Handheld PDAs. *Optional wireless capability - Cell Phone - VPN access for secured email and files Conclusion: In closing, on-line web conferencing offers small businesses, organizations, and companies a way to reduce expenses and enhance the way they conduct business over time and space. The factors above make a great check-list for moving into the web conferencing space and increasing your firm’s bottom line. Check out GTS, Inc new e-book at the following web sites: http://www.g-collaboration.com/ http://www.lulu.com/gtsinc http://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/205735-ebook.htm About: GTS, Inc based in Raleigh, NC, is an on-line web conferencing content, and solutions provider. For more information about GTS, Inc, and visit our web site: http://www.g-collaboration.com/ About The Author Mark Watt has been using computers since 1980 and collaboration concepts since 1994. Beginning with business computer programming and on the bleeding edge of personal computers in the mid-80’s he soon becomes very knowledgeable about hardware and the software that was being developed by many of these upstart companies. As the ninety’s approaches, Mark’s experience gains momentum with LAN/WAN networking, the Internet, html, website development, portals, and web conferencing. Mark now brings that experience of collaboration and online web conferencing to the end-user and organizations so that they may benefit from his many years of knowledge and experience. © Copyright 2006 GTS, Inc http://g-collaboration.com/

Future of Ecommerce

There are varying viewpoints on the Future of Ecommerce. There is the group of people who believe the internet is going to continue the robust growth it has been having and that it will have a huge economic impact that is only starting to be seen now. Some believe that many dot-com businesses are doing well. They are running with sound business practices and are doing it without cash from venture capitalists. The internet is seen as having a positive impact on businesses big and small, by not just improving sales but also by taking business processes and streamlining them and making businesses more productive and hence more profitable. The savings that have been created by improvement to business processes have made some huge savings for businesses, including some multibillion-dollar companies.

Then there is the other viewpoint that e-commerce is heading for a fall. Some believe that as time goes on sales will start to fall. Those online shoppers are not loyal and are only after a fantastic deal and freebies and will not return to a site, just flit around looking for the latest bargain. Also it is seen that the increase in online shoppers is likely to come from the older population and they will be more cautious about buying online.

If you would like my two bobs worth as a past retail business owner, I see many advantages for business owners in using the internet. From my experience, dealing with business people and talking about the internet, there are a number of business people that are afraid of the internet. When I look at their businesses and their reluctance to take the challenge of mastering the web it concerns me. Out of my other eye I see the young up and coming people with business ideas and more efficient systems starting to take over from these older businesses.

Whatever happens, the future will be very exciting and I do see the internet playing a major part in business whether it is by contributing to increased sales and/or increased efficiency