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Got Growth? 4 Tips to Grow a Small Business

business growth graph Got growth on your mind? Savvy entrepreneurs and small business decision makers understand that stagnation puts a stranglehold on enterprise. So if you’re thinking of growing your business, there are, at the most basic level, two ways to do it: make money and save money. And investing in the right tools, like web conferencing or conference calls, is an ideal way to accomplish both. So here is the small business pro’s quick guide to saving and making money:

Hire remote workers.

Don’t restrict your small business workforce to the talent in the surrounding towns or cities. Online tools and cloud computing make it surprisingly easy to assemble a remote workforce. Using tools like web conferencing, teleconferencing, and social media, businesses can affordably collaborate, connect, and engage talented employees with the ability to facilitate growth.

Streamline training.

Training takes up a good deal of time and resources, especially in heavily regulated industries, like health care or finance. One way to grow the bottom line is by reducing expensive training costs. Use live streaming or archived webinars to create a streamlined and consistent training experience across your organization.

Engage investors & clients.

Leverage the combined power of video and social media by sharing webinar clips on Facebook or tweeting links to “How-To” videos. Of course, sharing archived video via social networks places relevant content within easy reach of your immediate audience, but it also makes it simple for those viewers to share the video with other potential customers or investors. (Check out our partner company Social Strategy1 to find more tips for using social media to grow your business.)

Monetize content.

While free content has its place in marketing a small business, there’s also room for monetizing knowledge and insights. Share specialized events and education, like compliance training, with pay per view webcasting. Clients and prospects receive valuable, relevant information and you expand the bottom line with an additional revenue stream. Learn more in Va-Va-Voom Video Strategy – Monetize Video with Pay Per View Webcasting.

Get the tools that will help you make money and save money.

RollCall is a teleconferencing and web conferencing provider offering secure, reliable communication and collaboration tools, from reservation-free conference calls to enterprise-level web conferencing. Contact our team to find the tools that will help your small business save money, make money—and

How to Generate Webinar Interest Using Social Media

Webinar ChalkboardWhether you write a blog or connect on Twitter, you and other business pros know how valuable social media is for engaging with clients, investors, employees, and reporters. Social networks, like Facebook and LinkedIn, are affordable, efficient, and encourage sharing among others who may be outside your own network, making these tools an ideal way to generate interest in your webinar. Here’s how:

Invite: Some social networks, like Facebook and LinkedIn, provide the ability to create and promote events. And while most professionals use these tools for events of the face-to-face variety, you can leverage them for virtual events, like webinars, as well. For example, LinkedIn allows an attendee to share that he or she is attending a virtual event, plus it will post the webinar attendance in a status update after “I’m attending” on the event page is checked.

Tweet: Promote a webinar in a short (but tweet) way by using the microblogging social network to tweet links to a registration page or an event web page. Keep promotion consistent because tweets tend to have a short life span. Remember to create a hashtag to help followers stay up to date, and include that hashtag in all other promotional messages, whether it’s an email blast or a Facebook post.  

Promote: If you’re like many owners, managers, or entrepreneurs, you have a host of social media channels already at your fingertips. Log onto those company social network accounts and promote the event in posts and status updates. Also recruit internal brand ambassadors (the employees) to share event news on their company profiles, whether it’s on Facebook or LinkedIn.

Blog: Write a blog post about a topic pertaining to the upcoming webinar. It might be a brief preview of one of the main points or info reminding potential attendees why the virtual event will be worth their time. 

For a range of affordable and scalable webinar platforms, contact RollCall Business Conferencing. To learn more about using social media to build revenue, gather intelligence, engage customers, and manage online reputation, contact the team at our partner company, Social Strategy1.

How to Use Social Media to Extend Webinar Reach

How to Use Social Media to Extend Webinar Reach

Are you using live webinars to engage audiences and drive lead generation? If you are, then you know that a well-planned webinar shares targeted, relevant information, nurtures informative discussions, and allows attendees to get their questions answered real-time. But the value of that webinar doesn’t stop when the attendees log off. 

Use Social Media to Extend the Life and Value of a Recorded Webinar

Archived webinars and social media go together like mocha and latte. Not only does the webinar format lend itself to media-rich social media platforms, it offers an important added benefit: sharing and promoting archived webinars on social media boosts SEO. (For more info, check out this post from our partner company Social Strategy1: How Social Media Boosts SEO.)

Here are a few ways to use social media to share webinar clips or an entire event on social media:

  • Tweet the playback link so the live event attendees and followers can share the webinar with others.
  • Embed the full webinar or a clip on your Facebook Page.
  • Share the webinar on a site like YouTube or Vimeo.
  • Upload the event presentation to a sharing site such as Slideshare.
  • Post clips on the corporate blog with a link inviting viewers to watch the full archived event.  
  • Remind live event attendees and archive viewers to follow you for updates on Twitter or Facebook. If you created an event hashtag ask followers to use it when asking related questions or commenting on the event. Remember to monitor the hashtag—and respond to followers!

Extend the life of your webinar by using social media to share and connect. RollCall Business Conferencing provides the live streaming and on-demand webinar platforms you need to engage audiences and drive lead generation. Contact us to learn more.

To find out more about using social media to build your brand, chat with the team at our partner company Social Strategy1.

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ILD Celebrates 15 Years of Back Office Innovation

ILD Turns 15

Anniversary Showcases Business Evolution Reinforced By Groundbreaking Digital and Social Media Solutions.

ILD Corp., a global leader in digital back office solutions is proud to announce that today is the company’s 15 year anniversary.  Originally a call center for telephony services, ILD has grown into one of the largest digital back-office support providers in the United States. Best known by the company’s brands, RollCall Business Conferencing Solutions (conferencing and webcasting services), ILD Teleservices (bill to phone payments), ILD Call Center and Social Strategy1 (social web services),  ILD Corp. continues to serve over a thousand national and global enterprises. 

“Reaching this milestone is a true testament to our employees and our partners. Over the years, hundreds of individuals have worked together to make ILD what we are today, and we’ve very proud of the achievements that have taken place since we founded the Company,” said Mike Lewis, Chairman and CEO. “It’s an important time to pause and acknowledge the accomplishments of the past, but even more importantly it is a time to focus on continually improving our operations and developing new and innovative services to ensure a long and bright future for each of our business units.  In this technology savvy world, we continue to evolve our businesses and service offerings with the needs of the digital age.”

President and Chief Operating Officer Dennis Stoutenburgh added, “We’ve introduced new innovative services to our product portfolio, which are all on a strong growth path. We’ve made a commitment to provide the latest technology, the most experienced people, and with this, our customer service levels are higher than ever! Investing in technology has streamlined our processes and made us quicker, more efficient and more competent in offering the technical expertise and insights that our customers have come to expect from us.”

ILD is part of the INC 5000 list and has also been named one of the Best Companies to Work for by Florida Trend Magazine.

Use Webcasts for B2B Thought Leadership – FAQ

Thought Leadership

Looking for a tactic to generate leads and build relationships with B2B clients? Then perhaps it’s time to share thought leadership messages through webcasts.

What is thought leadership?

Thought leadership is all about establishing your organization as a trusted, competent, and relevant B2B partner. It is not a heavy-handed sales pitch. When done well, regular webcasts can help launch relationships, engender trust, provide insight, and create value.

What kind of content can I share?

  1. Facts, tips, and tricks the audience doesn’t know.
  2. An interview with a knowledgeable colleague or industry expert.
  3. A discussion of trending topics—as in the industry-related variety, not the latest star-behaving-badly scandal!
  4. Information about your company, staff, etc.—any appropriate topic that helps clients get to know you better. For example, share why you have such a passion for what you do.

How can I use webcasts to establish thought leadership?

From blogs to whitepapers, you have plenty of options to share insights. Webcasts, however, allow you to present a message that’s engaging, media-rich, easy to archive, and easy to share.

How can we promote a thought leadership webcast?

  • Announce it and post reminders on Facebook or Twitter.
  • Incorporate links into an appropriate corporate blog.
  • Promote it prominently on the company website.
  • Feature archived webcasts to generate interest for upcoming events.

RollCall Business Conferencing is your go-to webcast provider.

Our range of communication platforms is designed to handle all of your thought leadership webcast needs, from secure connections to custom branded channels. Contact us to learn how our webcast systems will help you establish your brand as a trusted and reliable B2B partner.

For an example of a thought leadership message in action, check out Steve Ennen’s How to Measure ROI in Social Media, from our sister company Social Strategy1.