Eek! I've been a bad little blogger and allowed myself a break. Fear not - I was experimenting with new recipes, working on some new business, snorkeling, and doing other fun activities that will inspire more entertaining entries later.
My mission for this blog is "to inspire, to entertain, to educate." In light of of educating, I've been meaning to share a tip I use in my businesses to save costs by taking advantage of free technology. It's called Free Conference. Free Conference is a fairly self-explainatory service that allows you to schedule group conference calls with others free-of-charge * (*limited to 5 contiguous hours, but who doesn't need a bathroom break once in awhile..) It's really helpful if you're looking to bring together three or more people and don't want to have to deal with having a middle man to join everyone together, scheduling lines that multiple people are trying to use, or paying for a fancy phone service. All you have to do is register online and you get a free call-in number and passcode that you can share with whomever it is you want to talk to. You don't need to schedule anything - it's on demand - cool!
And here's a nice way to double dip on the benefits - Many mobile phone providers offer "friends and family" plans where a certain list of numbers won't rack up cell minutes. You can add your Free Conference line to that, and you won't rack up any mobile minutes for calls organized through that line. This is extremely useful if you are a remote employee or run a virtual office and have a high volume of calls with your clients, business partners or prospective clients. It even work at the beach (don't tell my co-workers..) On a personal level, it's also great if you want to have a virtual family gathering together to call a loved one abroad a son/daughter at college, etc.
Get more info on Free Conference here.
Happy conferencing,
~ Rachel
My mission for this blog is "to inspire, to entertain, to educate." In light of of educating, I've been meaning to share a tip I use in my businesses to save costs by taking advantage of free technology. It's called Free Conference. Free Conference is a fairly self-explainatory service that allows you to schedule group conference calls with others free-of-charge * (*limited to 5 contiguous hours, but who doesn't need a bathroom break once in awhile..) It's really helpful if you're looking to bring together three or more people and don't want to have to deal with having a middle man to join everyone together, scheduling lines that multiple people are trying to use, or paying for a fancy phone service. All you have to do is register online and you get a free call-in number and passcode that you can share with whomever it is you want to talk to. You don't need to schedule anything - it's on demand - cool!
And here's a nice way to double dip on the benefits - Many mobile phone providers offer "friends and family" plans where a certain list of numbers won't rack up cell minutes. You can add your Free Conference line to that, and you won't rack up any mobile minutes for calls organized through that line. This is extremely useful if you are a remote employee or run a virtual office and have a high volume of calls with your clients, business partners or prospective clients. It even work at the beach (don't tell my co-workers..) On a personal level, it's also great if you want to have a virtual family gathering together to call a loved one abroad a son/daughter at college, etc.
Get more info on Free Conference here.
Happy conferencing,
~ Rachel
What a great tip. I love it!
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