How much unproductive time do you spend each week traveling from the office to client sites? (my guess is a lot!)
How many times have you arrived at a client site only to discover that you could have handled the work quickly and easily from the office? (frustrating, isn't it?)
To boost your productivity and reduce these time-wasters, you should consider a product called GoToMeeting.
CONNECTING REMOTELY
GoToMeeting allows you to connect with your clients and/or prospects via a secure internet connection and phone (or with a headset connected to your computer) to:
- Solve business problems
- Work together on a project
- Demo a new product to them
- Conduct a webinar
Once you have connected to an online meeting, it really is just like working on-site. GoToMeeting allows you to:
- Share the contents of your computer screen with other meeting attendees
- Have other attendees share their computer screen by making them a presenter
- Mark up the screen with drawing tools such as highlighter, pen, etc.
- Have online chat with meeting participants
LESS THAN 3 MINUTES
I created the GoToMeeting account I use in my QuickBooks consulting practice in less than 3 minutes and was literally off and running.
When you host a meeting, each participant in the meeting is securely connected to the meeting, usually in 2 minutes or less (even faster if they have used GoToMeeting for prior meetings).
MEET NOW OR MEET LATER
I like the fact that you can create a meeting "on the fly" and meet right away, or simply schedule a meeting at a future time. GoToMeeting even sets up the meeting invitations that can easily be sent using Microsoft Outlook.
As far as I know, you can have an unlimited number of meetings on your account every month. There are no limitations.
NO SOFTWARE TO INSTALL
GoToMeeting is known as "Software as a Service" (or SaaS in geek-speak). That means you do not have to have an IT department to set it up or keep it running. They take care of all of that on their end.
The current price of a GoToMeeting account is $49 per month, with annual plans available that offer a discount. If your business is service-based, you should be able to recover that cost in less than a day by being more productive.
FOR BIGGER MEETINGS
You can have from 1-15 people in attendance for a GoToMeeting session. If your business needs more room than that, you can investigate a product called GoToWebinar. That product incorporates all of the features of GoToMeeting plus allows you more attendees and more advanced functionality.
Most businesses will be fine with the GoToMeeting option, but it is good to know that there is a growth path if needed.
I SAVED TIME AND MONEY AND CLIENTS ARE HAPPY!
Just this week, I have fired up 3 meetings to help clients nail down solutions to their QuickBooks headaches. One was located in New York, one in California, and one in Idaho. GoToMeeting has allowed me to expand the reach of my QuickBooks practice with ease and be a lot more productive at the same time.
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Scott Gregory is a specialist with QuickBooks Pro, Premier and Enterprise accounting software. He has been helping businesses "think beyond the ledger" for over 25 years.
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Posted by: document imaging software | March 29, 2010 at 03:06 AM
very informational... educative as well, i read and felt like reading over and over again....good job!
Posted by: Acai Optimum | March 24, 2010 at 09:24 PM