Traditional businesses and large corporations use audio and web conferencing over traditional face-to-face meetings. It saves the employees’ time. They can simply pick up a telephone or visit a website and meet with co-workers from a different office as well as with clients. This also saves the company a lot of money on travel expenses.

You can benefit from these services, too. Advancements in technology, such as high speed Internet and faster computers have allowed people with online businesses to become more productive in many ways. It doesn’t matter if it’s thousands of miles away from team members or clients. When accessing a conferencing system you can talk, share ideas and even view each other’s work online.

Many companies provide free teleconference lines. Some companies require registration each time there is a conference but some simply give you your own telephone line and password. When you want to hold a teleconference, simply invite people through email, giving them the date, time, phone number and password.

This is a great way to meet with team members and find out the status on various projects. People with direct sales businesses can also benefit from teleconferencing as they can present their opportunity to several people at once. They can also use this system to train their new recruits.

You may want to offer a free teleconference call to your mailing list on any subject that complements your website. If you have a website that gives out tips on gardening, invite your list to join you on the conference lines and ask you questions. Most teleconference lines allow you to record the call, which you can later use as freebie on your website, or even sell as an information product.

Web conferencing is also growing in popularity. Some companies charge a flat monthly fee and give full access to a web conference room that can be used at any time. Other companies allow only rooms to be reserved when needed and may charge a fee for the time or per attendee. Compare each of the companies to find out which one has the best deals.

Web conferencing can be a great way to showcase products to potential customers and in training customers on how to use different products. Again, those in direct sales may choose to use web conferencing as a recruiting and training tool.

Another idea is to use web conferencing in a coaching program. Let’s say that you are a great scrap booker. You can offer online scrapbook classes and teach others how to create scrapbook pages. You can create a whole new income stream for yourself by offering web conference tutorials.

The possibilities of using audio and web conferencing to grow a business are endless. Start brainstorming and put some of these suggestions to use and see which ideas work best.