Saturday, January 10, 2009

Teleseminar Security Tips



Guest blog post by my friend, Marcia Yudkin

Teleseminar Security Tips
Copyright (c) 2008 Marcia Yudkin
Creative Marketing Solutions
http://www.yudkin.com/teleteach.htm





How do you prevent people who have registered for your
teleseminar from passing around the teleseminar call-in
information to those who haven't paid for it?

This question came in from someone preparing to launch her first
teleseminar. Based on my years of experience leading teleseminars
and my conversations with other teleseminar presenters, this
worry has little foundation in fact. In most niches, this kind of
dishonesty simply does not happen.

Even so, there's no sense in tempting fate, so there are a few
steps you can take to minimize the odds of non-legitimate
participants calling in to your telseminar.

First, provide the call-in number and access code for the
conference-call line by email rather than posting it on a web
page, where some Internet-savvy people and search engines can
find it even when you haven't publicized the page.

Second, tell your paying participants exactly what to do if they
know someone else who's interested in the teleseminar. Even when
it's a free teleseminar, I tell registrants to direct friends to
the signup page rather than give them the call-in information,
because there are a limited number of slots for the call.

(Studies show that if you provide a reason for something, people
are more likely to comply with your request.)

Third, you'll most likely be able to see for yourself whether or
not unregistered people are calling in to your teleseminar. Most
bridge line providers either routinely provide you with a list of
those who called in or will do so upon request. You can simply
compare the number of people signed up with the number of people
who called in.

What you'll see, I predict, is that there are people who paid
for the call but don't show up (and do not ask for a refund)
rather than people who called in but did not sign up and pay. You
thereby come out ahead, not behind.

One firm that has a teleseminar admission fee in the hundreds of
dollars told me that they once noticed an unauthorized company
dialing into an event. If I remember correctly, they noticed it
because of an unfamiliar area code showing up in the participant
list. After investigating, they approached the interloper
afterwards in a low-key manner, telling them that someone had
called in from their company without registering, and the
offender quickly paid up - probably never to try to pull that
move again. Note that while this situation did occur, it happened
only once for this company that presented a couple of dozen
teleseminar events each year.

A last bit of advice: If you're concerned about teleseminar
gatecrashers, provide your handouts by email also, rather than
posting them on the web. Otherwise the handouts can become
accessible in web searches. See this for yourself by typing
"teleseminar handout" or "teleclass handout" into Google.
Thousands of handouts come up, some of them for courses that cost
many hundreds of dollars to attend. I believe that most of those
who posted those handouts did not intend them to be publicly
available.

Generally, however, all you have to do is simply provide the
call-in information and handouts to registrants via email and
then concentrate on delivering the very best program you can.




---------------------------------------------------------------------
Veteran teleseminar presenter Marcia Yudkin specializes in high-
ticket, high-value teleteaching courses. To find out more about
your teleseminar options, download a complimentary copy of "66
Ways to Use Teleseminars to Promote Your Business or Your Cause,"
go to http://www.yudkin.com/teleteach.htm . Discover how to plan,
promote and deliver profitable teleseminars, whether you're an
entrepreneur, business or health professional, nonprofit
organization or corporate marketer.

10 comments:

  1. I am truly plеased to read this wеbpage posts which cοntаins tons of useful data, thanks for
    providing thesе information.

    Rеview my blog post ... megamillionsnumbers.blog.com
    Also see my website > my website

    ReplyDelete
  2. I thinκ this is οne of thе ѕuch a lot signіficant info for me.

    And i'm satisfied reading your article. But want to observation on some general things, The site taste is perfect, the articles is truly nice : D. Just right job, cheers

    my web site; http://media.vitalland.hu/read_blog/22750/manele-noi-2011-gratis

    ReplyDelete
  3. Do you minԁ if I quotе a few of your роstѕ as long as I
    provide cгedit аnd sources bacκ to your webpagе?
    My websitе is in the very ѕame area of
    interest aѕ уours and my uѕеrs ωould definіtelу benefit from a lοt of thе infοгmation you рrovide here.

    Please lеt me knoω if this alright with уou.
    Rеgards!

    Feel frеe to surf to my page - ontheqtease.com

    ReplyDelete
  4. I got thіs site fгom my buddy who shareԁ ωith me
    on the tορic οf this web page аnd at the moment thіs timе
    I am ѵіsiting this website and reading very іnformative pοsts herе.


    My blog ... relevant Site

    ReplyDelete
  5. Wоnderful blоg! I found it ωhile
    ѕeаrching on Υаhoo Neωs.

    Dο you have any suggеstions οn hoω to get listed іn
    Yahoo News? I've been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Thank you

    Also visit my weblog; Full Survey

    ReplyDelete
  6. І'm really impressed with your writing skills and also with the layout on your blog. Is this a paid theme or did you modify it yourself? Anyway keep up the excellent quality writing, it is rare to see a nice blog like this one these days.

    Here is my web-site http://www.cooperathletics.com/

    ReplyDelete
  7. Truly when somеоne doesn't understand after that its up to other people that they will help, so here it takes place.

    Also visit my blog: vanzari apartamente bacau 3 camere

    ReplyDelete
  8. Hi there just ωanted to give уou a quick heаԁs uр.
    The words in your article sеem to be runnіng off the screen
    in Opera. ӏ'm not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with web browser compatibility but I thought I'ԁ post to let
    you know. Тhе design and ѕtуlе loοk great
    though! Hope you get the problem reѕolved
    ѕoon. Thanks

    Нere іs mу pagе :: media.vitalland.hu/read_blog/22427/Four-Seaasons

    ReplyDelete
  9. Thiѕ infοrmatіon is prіceless.
    When can I find out more?

    my ωeb pаge; haine Barbati online

    ReplyDelete
  10. Keeр on writing, gгeat jοb!

    my pagе ... fitness.org.ua

    ReplyDelete