Good morning Tribe members!!

I don't know why I didn't post this sooner instead of scouring the web on my own. Sometimes I forget about my online friends so I do apologize for that. :)

Has anyone used recording services for their business? I've been looking for a good way to record training for my team, new product announcements for my customers, advertisements, etc.

I've looked into conference calls, 800#s with recorded message playback, and web casting. I am a member of the Direct Selling Women's Alliance and found a service through them that I signed up for. I have a 30-day free trial and will be attending a training call in a few minutes for it. It allows me to record conference calls, training, customer testimonials and more for about $20/month. They provide flash player interfaces and HTML code for any and all calls that I can use to add the recorded messages to my web site.

I also found another service through the DSWA that is $35/month and comes with an 800#, voicemail, recorded message playback, fax service, unlimited incoming minutes, ad tracker and more. That sounds like a super deal as well. I love the flat-rate and unlimited incoming calls. There are extra fees for outgoing, like if I use the follow-me feature and have the calls into the 800# forwarded to my home office phone, but it's a reasonable rate of 6.9 cents/a minute (pretty standard 800# rate from what I've seen).

Now with the first service I found I could refer 3 active members and receive my service free. On the second service if I refer 5 active users I would receive my service free. Now they are both pretty sweet deals that anyone can take advantage of, not just members of the DSWA. So I was pretty happy to find them. I signed up for the first one last night. I'm still contemplating the second. The services are different and both can be very useful. Both offer me a 30-day free trial so I suppose I could sign up for both and see which I like best. Both can very much help my business in more ways than one.

Okay, so that I don't make this the longest post ever...

Have you or do you use any similar services? How do you like it? Personally I think these type of services can greatly enhance my business, but would like to hear from others who might actually be doing this already.

Does anyone do web casting or conference calls? Who do you use and what kind of rates are you getting? I found many services online that do one or the other for free or nominal fees. I would like to find webcasting with VoIP capability.

Well I know that's a LOT of questions to ask in one post, but if you can provide feedback on any part I'd appreciate it.

Thanks in advance!!

Christina