Are you excited about what you do and what you can offer other people? Have you been curious about doing a Webinar and trying to figure out which Webinar Tools Service is the best fit for you and your business needs?
Webinars are such a wonderful powerful tool allowing you to communicate in a virtual live seminar/workshop/conference setting with a group of people from all over the world at the same time!
If you’ve started to do any research on Webinar Services, you’ll know that there is a wide variety on what’s out there and the most important thing to know is exactly what your needs are.
So, let’s take a moment to think about the various features and functions that are available. First things first, almost all of the webinar solutions offer a set of basic features and functions allowing you to have a successful webinar such as the ability to share your screen, set up a phone conference line, and change presenters during the webinar. There are additional features that are offered as well by a variety of webinar services such as:
- A registration page and “lobby” for participants to wait for the webinar to begin;
- Automated emails to send out registration confirmation, reminders and follow up messages;
- Interaction from the Audience where they can “raise their hand” for a question, use different emoticons or take a live poll;
- Have an “Ask A Question” box;
- Reporting on how many people attended the webinar and how many people paid attention;
- Analysis on not only how many people attended the webinar, but also information on the participants such as who they are, where they are located, how long they watched, questions that were asked, and so forth;
- Recording of the webinar will allow you to offer this time and time again so you can continue to educate new people.
Below, we’ve highlighted a variety of Webinar Service Tools that we recommend…hopefully you’ll find this helpful!
GoToWebinar is one of the top and well known webinar tools which allows you to connect with thousands of people at a reasonable cost. Visit the website to find out more information on how you can begin your free trial! Some of the key features are: Email Automation, Custom Branding, Practice Setting, Audience Interaction, Video Sharing, Mobile Support, Recording, Multiple Presenters/Panelists
Google+ Hangouts which is messaging, Voice and Video Calls. You can have up to 10 people on the same free video call and can stay in sync on all of your devices! Some of the key features are: Ability to live stream to your attached YouTube Channel and/or website; can record and publish hangouts to YouTube; Works on all devices and you can share your screen too!
Zoom has a free online marketing service which has made them very popular and not many people know that Zoom also offers video webinar services where you can select anywhere from 100 to 10,000 view-only participants! The cost for the webinar is based on the number of attendees. You can see more details on the Webinar FAQs of the Zoom website or call 1.888.799.9666.
OfficeVP is an automated webinar system which offers all of the same features as the other tools; however, it gives your participants to opportunity to pay for seminars in advance which is a great feature!
I’ve only highlighted several options for Webinar tools and if you are curious to see even more you can find some great suggestions from an article written by Matt Mansfield, 28 Webinar Services for Small Business Owners and The 15 Best Webinar Software Products From Around The Web written by Nathan B. Weller.
Stayed tuned…I’ll be covering how to make sure that you capture your audiences attention during your Webinar!