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Viewing Teleseminars: How to Maximize the Experience and the ProfitsTeleseminars: How to Maximize the Experience and the Profits
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As easy as teleseminars and tele-training are, a few pitfalls can ruin them. Here are a few hazards to watch out for, not only to benefit the enjoyment of your participants, but also to protect the content - and future profits - for yourself. By Alex Mandossian As easy as teleseminars and tele-training are, a few pitfalls can ruin your participants' experiences. Here are a few hazards to watch out for, not only to benefit the enjoyment of your participants, but also to protect the content - and future profits - for yourself. Entry Beeps 'ON' Sometimes participants are late or pop in and out of a call during the whole hour. The last thing you want to happen is for a telltale beep to announce that. Not only does it destroy the listening experience for the other participants (and reflect badly on you because you seem unorganized) but it can also affect recording quality. If you are going to repurpose your teleseminar and sell the recording, you will have all these beeps throughout the recording, which ruins the value. To prevent this, mute the participants. Starting Your Call Late Never start a class late. It suggests disorganization and disrespects prompt attendees. My students know that if they are 5 minutes late, they will have missed content. However, for some people, participants can come in 10 minutes late and not miss anything. If you want to train people to show up on time, then you must start on time. No Back-Up Recording If your primary recording source fails, all of your content is lost forever. I always hire someone in another part of the country to create the backup recording. At least twice a year, a lightning storm will mess up the recording, so not only doing a backup, but also creating a backup in another state is invaluable. You need to record your calls, so that you can repurpose your content for more profits. However, if you have promised participants they will get a copy (whether paid or unpaid) and the recording fails, you look bad. No Back-up Plan During a recent training, my power went out. I conducted the rest of the teleseminar from my mobile phone in my daughter Breanna's walk-in closet. I literally conducted an additional two hours of training from my cell phone. Why? The show must go on. My computer went out, everything went out. I did not have my notes, which were on the computer. Shame on me. I was not even able to print anything because all the electricity went out, but the show went on. It must go on for you, too. You do not Repurpose If you do not repurpose your teleseminar training, then you are literally throwing money away, because your audience wants your information in multiple formats. Put your teleseminar recording on a CD and sell it or transcribe the audio and sell the transcripts. Make MP3 downloads available online so your listeners can more 'intimately' listen to you on their iPods or MP3 players. These are just a few things to keep in mind while preparing for and executing your teleseminars, to not only make the experience better for your audience, but also to make more money for yourself in the end. About the Author: Online marketing expert Alex Mandossian helps authors, speakers, consultants, entrepreneurs, and small business owners maximize their online profits with minimal time and effort. To learn more online book marketing strategies, log on to http://www.AlexMandossian.com. Article Source: 1st Rate Articles - http://1stRateArticles.com |
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