Presentations can be tricky things to pull off, particularly conference call presentations where you can’t see your audience and adjust your delivery speed and pitch to match their reactions.
Not only that, there’s also no guarantee they’ll be looking at the slides you’ve sent across – you’d be surprised the things people get up to while on a teleconference.
So it’s important you make any presentations as engaging as possible, here’s how…
Luxembourg City lies around 350 miles from London, and so commuting won’t always be an option – in which case a teleconference, or conference call, will do the trick – and here’s how to quickly and easily set up a conference call between UK and Luxembourg, using nothing more than a mobile or landline.
Have you ever thought about trading with Latvia? If not, you could be missing a trick – the Baltic nation has one of the fastest growing economies in the EU and Eurozone, despite a slow down in growth over the last couple of years.
If you’re looking to tap this growing market, you’ll need a cost-effective and reliable international conference call provider – the good news is, you’ve just found it…
If you’ve business interests in Italy, or looking for an opportunity, you might want to get out there, be hands on and get to sample everything this beautiful country has to offer. But because this might not always be possible for busy business owners, and so you might need an alternative.
And there is a simple and inexpensive way to connect with Italy that needs nothing more than a landline or mobile telephone – so here’s how to quickly and easily set up a conference call between UK and Italy.
If you’re doing business, or thinking of doing business, in Israel then you’ll be all too aware of the trouble, dangers, and expense of regularly travelling to the country.
The ongoing unrest in means the security situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories changes regularly. It is always tense and unpredictable and the foreign office advises against travel to the borders with Palestine and Syria.
If you do have to travel out there, check out the government website for the latest foreign office advice on travelling to Israel.
If travel isn’t essential, you should consider keeping in touch with clients and colleague via conference call. Here’s how to set up an international conference call for up to 100 participants, in just a few simple steps.
If you need to re-route business calls to another department, you need to let customers know that their call is still live while they’re placed on hold. If you leave them in silence, they may think they’ve been cut off and simply hang up.
That’s where hold music comes in. But how can you find the perfect music for your business, and do you need a licence? Let’s take a look.
Hong Kong is, for many, the gateway to China and the Far East and a region with rich historical links to the UK having been under British control between 1841 and 1997.
It’s also the world’s eighth largest trading economy, has been ranked as the world’s freest economy for the last 20 years, and one of Asia’s leading financial and business centres.
It’s also about 6,000 miles away so not somewhere you can easily commute to!
So if you’ve business associates, clients or work colleagues in Hong Kong, why not conduct your business via conference call? It’s cost effective, requires nothing more than a landline or mobile and can be set up in a few simple steps.
Germany is Europe’s largest economy, and the fourth strongest in the world, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of more than €3 trillion. Germany remains the UK’s largest export market in Europe and second largest globally after the US. Its consistently strong economic performance offers long-term growth potential for UK businesses.
If you’re thinking of exporting to Germany, or you have colleagues or clients out there, instead of taking the time and money to fly across the continent, it makes more sense to stay in touch via teleconference, using your landline or mobile.
Getting to France has never been easier – take your pick of road, rail, sea or air – but if you’ve colleagues, associates or clients out there, it’s not always practical to hop over the channel and meet face-to-face to discuss business matters.
There is, however, a simple and inexpensive way to connect with France that requires nothing more than an ordinary telephone – so here’s how to quickly and easily set up a conference call between UK and France.
Working from home has its benefits – notably, you’ll miss the daily commute but never have to miss an episode of Come Dine with Me again – it’s also filled with potential pitfalls, particularly where the conference call is concerned. Although our conference calls are simple to set up, we have no control over what goes on once the call is connected, and people’s conference call etiquette can often leave a lot to be desired.
It’s can be complicated enough when the teleconference is done over the phone; eating is out and coughs must be stifled to avoid deafening the other participants. And throwing video into equation makes things even worse as this means you actually have to get dressed for work – if only from the waist up.
If the idea of a remote conversations gives you the pip, then simply follow our three top tips to avoid conference call catastrophe…