If you have ever worked in a business office, you are probably familiar with this term, previously known as teleconferencing. For those who are unfamiliar with either term, teleseminars or teleconferencing involve a telephone call among a group of people who usually all phone the same telephone number to be connected to each other.

Though it is not a new concept, the telephone meeting idea has gone through many technological changes through the years. It started as a simple office conference call among employees in long-distance locations.

Today, technology allows the host or presenter to include training sessions, sales and marketing presentations, Power Point Presentations, videos, and much more. They are becoming increasingly popular as people come to realize the cost savings of a teleseminar compared to an in-person presentation.

This is especially true of businesses which have locations not only nationally, but internationally as well. The cost savings in travel alone can more than cover the cost of the equipment and the service itself. One company has a conference call scheduled weekly between their Delaware office and their office in Dublin, Ireland.

It would be economically unfeasible for everyone to get together in person to have a meeting on a weekly, or even monthly, basis.

HOW DID TELESEMINARS BECOME SO POPULAR?

Alexander Graham Bell could never have known what the potential for his invention really was in 1876. As technology evolved and with the advent of the home computer age, marketers learned how to use Teleseminars to their advantage.

Some send an email to the attendees with a link for them to access handouts, graphs, an interactive website, or a power point presentation. Some Teleseminar providers even allow for a real-time presentation for those who have Internet access and choose to utilize it for the presentation.

This is done with the use of special software that is shared with the participants to allow them to see the same thing at the exact same time. Some larger companies are doing this on a regular basis with the use of a web-based program such as Web Meeting.

It’s only a matter of time before this concept becomes affordable enough for Internet marketers and Teleseminar hosts to use it on a regular basis.