Present Using Webinars Instead Of The Teleseminars For These Reasons

When you present using the teleseminar, you stream your voice live to anyone who calls on the telephone. But with the webinar, people can see your screen, which means they get a live streaming video presentation in addition to hearing your voice. You should present using a webinar, which means video, instead of a teleseminar because you can show people instead of just telling them.

You can demonstrate and clarify even if that demonstration only consists of bullet points and screen shots. When I tell you that you can stream the video on your computer to people, it sounds scary, doesn't it? But the good news is people don't have to see your face. They can be viewing just your computer screen, which means your desktop, a PowerPoint presentation, or your web browser. This means people see only what you want them to see, and it's very easy for you to rip up a PowerPoint design and a PowerPoint presentation in just a few minutes.

No matter what you do, especially if you're explaining a step by step system or some kind of software, audio alone won't cut it. That's why it's important on a webinar to be able to demonstrate something, which might mean pull up a piece of software, pull up a web page, or just show diagrams and/or pictures to make sure people understand your point. There's no harm in explaining a concept, then showing it and explaining it again so people understand it.

Finally, you can be half-assed when it comes to showing some kind of visual image. What's a PowerPoint? It's just several slides existing of titles and bullet points. And you probably would write some kind of a map or notes to keep your presentation on track, so you might as well show those bullet points to your audience to help them follow along, as well. In addition, you can take pictures or screen shots and replace them as different slides on your PowerPoint presentation, and your webinar can still be very entertaining when it is simply you talking over a visual slide show. I hope those three things convince you to run a webinar in place of your next teleseminar, because you can show video, even if it's just a PowerPoint presentation. You can demonstrate some action and clarify your step by step how to information for your audience, and you can show something as simple as bullet points or screen shots.

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Webinars Vs Online Meetings

Webinars are definitely becoming more popular, not only for training and education, but also for marketing.

If you haven't yet got into webinars, you really should. But one of the most difficult decisions is choosing a webinar provider, especially as there seems to be somebody new cropping up practically every week! And occasionally you'll see a provider drop off the perch (as happened with the popular DimDim service, after it was bought by Salesforce.com).

I've seen and evaluated a whole bunch of webinar providers, and I can say that they really are all different. So you need to think carefully to choose the right one for your needs, and only take somebody else's advice if they truly understand your needs.

So I can't give you a recommendation here (Sorry)!

But I can give you one piece of advice that will help you narrow down your search: Think carefully about whether you want to run webinars or on-line meetings.

Webinars and on-line meetings have many things in common, and some people use the terms interchangeably. For example, they might both have multiple participants, control over microphones and screen sharing.

But there's one big difference, and it might (or might not) be important to you: If you're using webinar software, it not only manages the webinar itself, but also supports stuff that happens before and after the webinar.

For example, I use GoToWebinar from Citrix for my webinars. It delivers an excellent experience during the webinar itself, but so does pretty much any on-line meeting service. The difference is that GoToWebinar also helps me before and after the webinar:

Before the webinar you can create a promotional pageWhen people register, you can ask them to submit questionsThe software automatically sends reminders in the weeks and days leading up to the webinarImmediately after the webinar, you can ask participants to fill in a surveyYou can send automatic follow-up e-mails to those who attendedYou can send automatic follow-up e-mails to those who didn't attend

In brief, it automates a lot of the pre- and post- work for a webinar. You basically just set up each webinar once, and GoToWebinar takes care of all this other stuff for you.

Not everybody needs this, but it's extremely useful if you're running a lot of webinars (as I am). If you're planning to run webinars regularly, I think you will find this useful as well.

Most of these other services are for on-line meetings, so they don't offer those features. For many people, that doesn't matter, because they aren't running a lot of webinars, so they just want a convenient way to run the occasional on-line meeting. But if you're planning to do a lot of webinars, these additional features become very handy.

That's why I recommend GoToWebinar to most of my clients (after assessing their needs). I don't do it because I get paid a commission (I don't!), but because it really does suit their needs better than most on-line meeting software.

What about you? Well, I can't answer that for you, but I hope you take this important feature into account when making your choice.

Gihan Perera is the author of "Webinar Smarts", the smart way for professional speakers, trainers, thought leaders and business owners to deliver engaging and profitable webinars.

If you want to know how to reach the world with mic, screen and mouse, visit http://webinarsmarts.com/ for your copy.

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