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Michael R. Burns - EzineArticles.com Expert Author  

Michael R. Burns earned a BS & MS from Texas A&M University in Management. He spent 11 years with Southwestern Bell and AT&T. Mr. Burns founded TeleSystems Marketing, Inc., a call center businesss in 1982. In 1989, Mr. Burns founded Conference Pros International. In 2000, Mr. Burns founded A+ Conferencing Ltd., which is markets audio, web and desktop video conferencing services through Master Agents and Resellers. 888-239-3969

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  • Online Team Collaboration is the Answer to Geographically Dispersed Members
    [Communications:Video-Conferencing] In today's world of telecommuters and geographically dispersed workers, it becomes difficult to collaborate on projects that require extensive interaction with multiple files and documents. Teleconferencing and web conferencing can help, but they are only "point in time" meetings. What is needed is a single space where all team members can go 24/7 to access all documents and work on the team project. Obviously, the Internet is the place to be and the vehicle is called online team collaboration software.


  • Conferencing is Rapidly Migrating From the Business to the Consumer Market
    [Communications:Video-Conferencing] When I first started working for the telephone company in the seventies, the only way you could have a conference call was through the phone company and you had to schedule it in advance and pay $3.50 per minute. During the late eighties and nineties, conference bridging technology developed to where you could hold reservationless conference calls without an operator and the rate dropped to around 50 cents per minute. Businesses were slow to adopt conferencing, but once they did, their usage increased dramatically.


  • Top Five Tips For Selecting a Great Conference Call Company
    [Communications:Video-Conferencing] There has been a proliferation of conference call companies over the last several years. Many of these companies are simply glorified websites with no personnel or technology behind them. If you should need assistance on your conference calls, no one will be there to help you. Here are five tips for selecting a great conference call company that will produce excellent results for you at fair prices.


  • Affordable Desktop Video Conferencing Benefits the Small Business and Consumer Markets
    [Communications:Video-Conferencing] The history of video conferencing has gone from expensive video equipment and "in room" systems that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars back in the 70's and 80's to the recent advent of desktop video conferencing services that use the Internet, web cams and cost under $100. per month for unlimited usage. Finally, the price point has come down to where small businesses and consumers can utilize this technology and not be burdened by huge costs.


  • Why a Conference Bridge is the Next Purchase in Your Future
    [Communications:Telephone-Systems] A conference bridge is a telecommunications tool that enables multiple parties at different locations to speak together as if they were in the same meeting. The conference bridge is basically a computer that is connected to several telephone lines or to the Internet and it allows several conferences to take place electronically at the same time or over time. It can be a great money saver when you consider the cost savings of parties not having to travel to attend remote meetings. Conference services can be used, but they can become costly with heavy usage. Therefore, the ultimate solution to the corporation or non-profit organization is to purchase or lease your own conference bridge and hold as many meetings as you want.


  • New Alumni Affinity Programs Focus on Conference Calling Services
    [Business:Fundraising] In today's recessionary economy, alumni organizations are looking at new creative programs to provide services to their membership and at the same time, provide a new source of revenue to the organization. One of these new fundraising programs is an alumni affinity program based upon providing conference calling services to the membership.


  • How to Score Higher on Your SAT Through SAT Prep Courses
    [Reference-and-Education:Online-Education] In today's world of college admissions, it is getting increasingly difficult for high school seniors to get accepted into the college of their choice. University admissions staff look at a number of different criteria in determining whether a student gets accepted to their school or not. Among these criteria are: high school grades, SAT/ACT scores, extracurricular activities while in high school, public service and writing samples. The SAT or Scholastic Aptitude Test is by far one of the most important elements in achieving admission. High school seniors and their parents should make it a priority for the applicant to take as many SAT prep courses and practice tests as they can to improve their test scores.


  • Tips on Holding a Successful Webinar
    [Communications:Video-Conferencing] In today's tough economic economy, businesses should look to using web conferencing technology to communicate with prospects and customers, train employees and customers and gather market research. The webinar has become the key tactic to accomplish these goals and it is very effective and cost efficient. With a webinar, everyone can be at their PC or laptop; at home, on the road or in the office and you can have as many parties on the call as you want. Here are some tips to making your webinars as successful as face to face meetings.


  • Become a Conference Calling Master Agent
    [Business:Entrepreneurialism] Conferencing calling is one of the hottest services in the economy today. With businesses cutting back on travel and meeting costs because of the economic recession, conference calling is showing unprecedented growth. All areas of conference calling, including audio, web and desktop video conferencing are showing double digit growth. If you are out of work or looking for a new career change, you should consider becoming a master agent, working out of your home and selling conference calling. Some of the best conference calling master agents make over $100,000. annually with very little expense.


  • Flat Rate Conferencing Offers a Better Value Than the Traditional Per Minute Plan
    [Communications] As conference calling services have developed and competition increased over the last decade, new pricing methodologies have been born to improve the value of the conference calling dollar. Traditionally, telecom services have been priced on a per minute basis. Now you can get flat rate, unlimited usage pricing plans that fix your monthly conferencing bill, saving you lots of money.


  • Why Use Operator Assisted Conferencing in Today's Automated World?
    [Communications] The use of conference calling services has doubled every four years over the last decade. Businesses are using conferencing to replace expensive travel costs with more efficient online meetings. Originally, operators manually dialed all of the participants in a conference call or answered all of the incoming lines to a conference call. As the technology for conferencing has improved over this period of time, more automation has entered the marketplace and made initiating and holding a conference call much easier. Why now has the use of operator assisted conferencing been increasing again?


  • Tips on Buying Your Own Conference Bridge
    [Communications:Telephone-Systems] Conference calling has become ubiquitous in business today. Businesses are using more and more conference calling every day and the conference calls are lasting longer. The usage on conference calls has doubled over the last few years and forecasts call for another doubling in the next three years.


  • Become a Student Recruiter For an Online Tutoring Service
    [Home-Based-Business] With the economy losing jobs every month and the economic situation getting worse, many people are looking for part time jobs or home based businesses to replace their previous job or supplement their existing employment. They are looking for a line of work that doesn't require much training and one that they can start earning money very quickly. One of these opportunities is in the area of recruiting students for online tutoring companies. Online tutoring companies are actively looking for students that need academic assistance and some are willing to pay you good money to find them.


  • Teaching American Sign Language
    [Reference-and-Education:Languages] American Sign Language (ASL) is a beautiful and expressive language. It is a visual gestural language with its own grammar and word order. Up until recently, signing had to be taught in person or using expensive video conferencing equipment. Now with the advent of desktop video conferencing, signing can be taught inexpensively to students right in their own home using their computer and the Internet.


  • Online Tutoring Companies Use New Desktop Video Conferencing Technology
    [Reference-and-Education:Online-Education] The tutoring industry is a quickly growing field, but typically it is fragmented with individual tutors teaching out of their homes. Students have to travel to the tutor's home or sometimes the tutor will travel to the student's home. Weather and traffic can also be problematic for tutoring sessions occurring on time. With the advent of the Internet, online tutoring sites have popped up, but many have not flourished because of a number of reasons, one of which is that the student and teacher have not been able to see each other, like in a typical face to face session. Several tutoring companies have developed a new desktop video teleconferencing services that solve this problem.


  • Become a Teleconferencing Reseller
    [Business:Entrepreneurialism] During the current economic bad times, the teleconferencing business is one of the few industries that have grown each year. Becoming part of the teleconferencing industry as a reseller can be a very profitable and rewarding career alternative. Being a teleconferencing reseller has many benefits for the up and coming entrepreneur. As a teleconferencing reseller, you can create your own brand, which can build equity in your business. You also are able to start your own business in the teleconferencing space without having to purchase any expensive hardware or software. In the final analysis, being your own teleconferencing reseller enables you to run the business out of your home and create a viable recurring source of income for your family.




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