Teleseminar Tip #12 – Teleseminars Vs. Webinars
April 23, 2009 by Web Conferencing Reviews
Filed under Webinars and Teleseminars
Teleseminars are telephone seminars or conferences. Webinars are seminars or conferences conducted on the internet. The following are the advantages and disadvantages of both systems:
Teleseminar Advantages – It is easy to use. Everyone seems to have access to a land line phone or cellular phone. It is inexpensive because the only equipment you need is a telephone, bridgeline and your mouth. People can listen to it while they are working, driving or at home. There are not many technical difficulties with teleseminars. You call into the bridgeline and enter the conference. This can be recorded and scheduled to play without your presence.
Teleseminar Disadvantages – There are no visuals during the teleseminar. People may be multitasking when they are listening to your teleseminar. You can provide a study guide to alleviate this problem and engage the listener.
Webinar Advantages – There are visual and audio on the webinars. This can be an asset for the participants who need to see what you are talking about. The visual can help with your sales since you can show them different examples instead of just speaking the different examples.
You are constantly monitoring the amount of participants who are on your line. This can be distracting when you are conducting a live call. You have to be present starting and stopping the webinar. There are a lot of technical difficulties that can occur with webinars. You may end up with a lot of customer service complaints during the actual webinar. Participants need to be in front of a computer to get access to a webinar. This is very restrictive for people who want to just listen and do other activities while learning.
Both teleseminars and webinars are great means to create relationships with the prospects and clients. It is up to you to determine which method is best for your topic.
I invite you to visit www.1TeleseminarTips.com to learn how teleseminars can accelerate your business by increasing your sales and creating expert status.
Thanks to Layla Tusko for contributing this article to our Conferencing blog:
Teleseminar Advantages – It is easy to use. Everyone seems to have access to a land line phone or cellular phone. It is inexpensive because the only equipment you need is a telephone, bridgeline and your mouth. People can listen to it while they are working, driving or at home. There are not many technical difficulties with teleseminars. You call into the bridgeline and enter the conference. This can be recorded and scheduled to play without your presence.
Teleseminar Disadvantages – There are no visuals during the teleseminar. People may be multitasking when they are listening to your teleseminar. You can provide a study guide to alleviate this problem and engage the listener.
Webinar Advantages – There are visual and audio on the webinars. This can be an asset for the participants who need to see what you are talking about. The visual can help with your sales since you can show them different examples instead of just speaking the different examples.
You are constantly monitoring the amount of participants who are on your line. This can be distracting when you are conducting a live call. You have to be present starting and stopping the webinar. There are a lot of technical difficulties that can occur with webinars. You may end up with a lot of customer service complaints during the actual webinar. Participants need to be in front of a computer to get access to a webinar. This is very restrictive for people who want to just listen and do other activities while learning.
Both teleseminars and webinars are great means to create relationships with the prospects and clients. It is up to you to determine which method is best for your topic.
I invite you to visit www.1TeleseminarTips.com to learn how teleseminars can accelerate your business by increasing your sales and creating expert status.
Thanks to Layla Tusko for contributing this article to our Conferencing blog:
Layla Tusko is a writer, coach, educator, marketer and stay-at-home mother. She is actively working on multiple internet projects.
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