Normally the word Free is associated with something of not so great value. We feel if something is given for free, there must some catch, otherwise What’s in it for them to give it to us for free! J
But there are some resources, which may sound too good to be to true, but they are available for free and I have been utilizing them, so, I would like to share with you top 5 free resources I have been using.
1. Free Conference Call
As the name suggests this service allows you to do conference calls for free, there are companies charging you as much as $39 to $97 per month based on your conference volume. You get a private number and host as well as participant code, when you register with Free Conference Call. They also give you menu options to control the conference. You can use 3 different services offered by them at no cost.
You can use their main service which allows you to have a conference call with 96 people, so, this becomes a open session where everyone can have a discussion, you can mute the call if only you want to present on a topic.
Second service allows you to get international dial-in numbers, with the main service you get US number, so, with international dial-in option you get numbers from UK and Europe cities.
Third service is really cool, it allows you to arrange a large event, where 96 people can participate in a discussion and 1000 people can join in on the call to listen to the discussion.
Thus you can choose the free service based on your requirement, you can use one or all. All the services provide you recording feature, so, you don’t have to pay anything for getting the entire call recorded and as soon as you are call is over, the recording MP3 file is available in member area for download.
Now, you don’t have an excuse to start your own Teleseminars. You can not ask for anything more from this cool free service! J
After Teleseminar, the latest trend is hosting Webinars, where you share your desktop and show the presentation and other activities like using a software or service. Many Webinar services are cost prohibitive, you end up paying as much as $99 per month for hosting a webinar with 100 people.
Now, you don’t have an excuse, because you can use Freebinar to host Webinars at no cost. You can invite 150 participants, they also give you a free conference line and there are different admin controls available to you for Webianrs, like allowing chat feature, allowing interaction, allowing participants to ask question etc.
You can schedule as many webinars as you like in a month, there are no limits. The only limitation is they do not offer recording, but you can use the next tool I mention to do the recording of your Webinars.
Give it a try and you will be happy you did! J Thank me later.
Screen capture videos are becoming very common, using screen capture videos you can demonstrate how to make the best use of any software or service or you can share a presentation and record video for the same.
Most popular product in the market is TechSmith’s Camtasia. It comes for around $300, you can also get a 30-day trial version of the same. But, I want to let you know about the free alternative, Camstudio, it has limited functionality compared to Camtasia, but it does the basic job of screen recording well.
So, you can use Camstudio to record screen capture videos, record your Webinars or create informative presentation videos.
Do you like to create multiple products at one go, I love to do it. We talked about how to record your telesemiars, we also talked about doing webinars and informative presentations and screen capture videos.
How would you like to convert the Webinars in to audio only files, how would you like to write the webinar or teleseminar or presentation videos on to CD or DVD. Free Studio Manager does all the job for you for free.
It has plethora of options and they keep on adding more. You can download Videos from YouTube and upload to YouTube, you can convert videos in to different formats, like iPhone compatible format.
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com
5. eFax
We all need to send and receive fax for offline business or otherwise. eFax allows you to receive fax at no cost. They give you a personal fax number, you can pay premium to get a number of your choice.
I really like the service because I get the fax instantly to my email, which I can read and if needed I can print, so, a simple way for me to save paper! J
Refer to screencast, I use screen recorder Democreator instead of freeware camstudio mainly because I need to edit my video and enhance its presentation for my costomers. And now you can get a free lisence by writing a review for it, so you can say that it's a freeware as well.
http://twitter.com/50andFIT Kazi
Thanks for the great resources. I've tried out some of these and will definitely test drive the others. Great post Amar
http://twitter.com/50andFIT Kazi
Thanks for the great resources. I've tried out some of these and will definitely test drive the others. Great post Amar
These services are also free to use and you don't need to download/install anything. They host your videos also, but, if one wants to have a better control on the videos and edit them then additional service or software will need to be used.
Amar
Sheila Atwood
I have been on calls using free conference call and they were as good as any other system I have been on.
I am on a Mac so have to find Mac compatible products. I would have loved to get CamStudio but it is PC only. I use http://jingproject.com instead. It cost $10.00 to upgrade from free and the videos are short…but I love it.
I will have to check out your other suggestions.
http://gjsuap.wordpress.com Gjsuap
Thanks for a list of great resources. I will star to use them.
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I have been thinking about the next steps in my business to host webinars, and now you’ve given me valauble information and feedback.
Great stuff!
Regards,
Valerie.
Victorhe
i also have some question in converting my favorite youtube .i download a free youtube downloader which i found in internet with google in http://www.leawo.com/youtube-download/
but i don’t how to convert my youtube video into
RMVB format .i s there any solution for this ?do i need get another converter? help!
5 Powerful Free Resources for Your Business
Normally the word Free is associated with something of not so great value. We feel if something is given for free, there must some catch, otherwise What’s in it for them to give it to us for free! J
But there are some resources, which may sound too good to be to true, but they are available for free and I have been utilizing them, so, I would like to share with you top 5 free resources I have been using.
1. Free Conference Call
As the name suggests this service allows you to do conference calls for free, there are companies charging you as much as $39 to $97 per month based on your conference volume. You get a private number and host as well as participant code, when you register with Free Conference Call. They also give you menu options to control the conference. You can use 3 different services offered by them at no cost.
You can use their main service which allows you to have a conference call with 96 people, so, this becomes a open session where everyone can have a discussion, you can mute the call if only you want to present on a topic.
Second service allows you to get international dial-in numbers, with the main service you get US number, so, with international dial-in option you get numbers from UK and Europe cities.
Third service is really cool, it allows you to arrange a large event, where 96 people can participate in a discussion and 1000 people can join in on the call to listen to the discussion.
Thus you can choose the free service based on your requirement, you can use one or all. All the services provide you recording feature, so, you don’t have to pay anything for getting the entire call recorded and as soon as you are call is over, the recording MP3 file is available in member area for download.
Now, you don’t have an excuse to start your own Teleseminars. You can not ask for anything more from this cool free service! J
http://www.FreeConferenceCall.com
2. Freebinar
After Teleseminar, the latest trend is hosting Webinars, where you share your desktop and show the presentation and other activities like using a software or service. Many Webinar services are cost prohibitive, you end up paying as much as $99 per month for hosting a webinar with 100 people.
Now, you don’t have an excuse, because you can use Freebinar to host Webinars at no cost. You can invite 150 participants, they also give you a free conference line and there are different admin controls available to you for Webianrs, like allowing chat feature, allowing interaction, allowing participants to ask question etc.
You can schedule as many webinars as you like in a month, there are no limits. The only limitation is they do not offer recording, but you can use the next tool I mention to do the recording of your Webinars.
Give it a try and you will be happy you did! J Thank me later.
http://www.freebinar.com
3. Camstudio
Screen capture videos are becoming very common, using screen capture videos you can demonstrate how to make the best use of any software or service or you can share a presentation and record video for the same.
Most popular product in the market is TechSmith’s Camtasia. It comes for around $300, you can also get a 30-day trial version of the same. But, I want to let you know about the free alternative, Camstudio, it has limited functionality compared to Camtasia, but it does the basic job of screen recording well.
So, you can use Camstudio to record screen capture videos, record your Webinars or create informative presentation videos.
http://www.camstudio.org
4. Free Studio Manager
Do you like to create multiple products at one go, I love to do it. We talked about how to record your telesemiars, we also talked about doing webinars and informative presentations and screen capture videos.
How would you like to convert the Webinars in to audio only files, how would you like to write the webinar or teleseminar or presentation videos on to CD or DVD. Free Studio Manager does all the job for you for free.
It has plethora of options and they keep on adding more. You can download Videos from YouTube and upload to YouTube, you can convert videos in to different formats, like iPhone compatible format.
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com
5. eFax
We all need to send and receive fax for offline business or otherwise. eFax allows you to receive fax at no cost. They give you a personal fax number, you can pay premium to get a number of your choice.
I really like the service because I get the fax instantly to my email, which I can read and if needed I can print, so, a simple way for me to save paper! J
Get your free fax number today.
http://www.efax.com
Here are top 5 free resources I use. What are the powerful free resources you use for your business?
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