Webinars Are The Way To Go

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I have recently attended some webinars with ProFora Media- a virtual events company based in the Philippines. There are advantages to being able to attend online workshops and seminars right at the comfort of your own bedroom. All you need really is a stable internet connection and a good enough PC and laptop.

There were quite a number of good topics this week: there were talks on social Media, e-mail marketing, setting up Amazon aStores, blogging and others. Our speaker was broadcasting live from Australia, and we had participants from all over the Philippines- Metro Manila, Bacolod and Cebu. The audio was fairly seamless, there was a good degree of interactivity, and all in all, the webinars were executed rather well.

I just realized that, particularly for small businesses and entrepreneurs, there's simply a huge potential for it. Other than the obvious purpose of holding all kinds of online seminars and meetings, I thought this platform can also be used for:

• Managing several branches or outlets all over the country.
• Keeping tabs of your sales team no matter where they are.
• Building yourself as an authority on a particular topic or subject matter, as a means of extending the reach of your blog, website or company.
• Chat party sessions, or town hall meetings- great for all kinds of communities from anywhere around the world.
• A great way for artists and musicians to meet their fans

And any of these can mutate in so many other different ways.

The challenge for webinar event organizers, however, in my opinion, is to get people to try out webinars and experience it for themselves. Webinars are a convenient and cost-effective way to get learning, at the very least. It's still a great way to do networking for those who want it, and I've already laid down some ideas for anyone with a business or organization.

For those who want to give webinars a try, the guys of ProFora Media and Digital Filipino have a series of online talks, in celebration of Digital Filipino's 10th anniversary- The ProFora Media Lightbulb Sessions- on Thursday, 17 Sept 2009. The webinars for the day include:

• 11am - 12nn "The State of E-Commerce in the Philippines" by Janette Toral of Digital Filipino
• 2pm - 3pm "Briefing on the 3rd Digital Filipino Web Awards (2009)", by Janette Toral of Digital Filipino
• 5pm - 6pm "New Trends in Outsourcing", by Gio Carino of Prodigy AE
• 6pm - 7pm "Online Video Marketing", by Mary Tolentino of ClientFirst
• 7pm - 8pm "Blogging For Money: How To Make Money From Writing Blog Reviews and News Articles", by Janette Toral of Blog4Reviews

Interested parties can contact ProFora Media directly, by checking out their Facebook page over here, or emailing them here: info@proforamedia.com.

As a public service, here's a little something about both Digital Filipino and ProFora Media, in the event you'd like to check them out:

Digital Filipino started out as an e-commerce resource website, run by Janette Toral, but has since then evolved into a community of web professionals, online entrepreneurs, new media enthusiasts and educators all over the Philippines.

Digital Filipino also serves as a venue to marketing Janette's books, articles, events, and advocacies. This site started last September 17, 1999 and continues to help a lot of people with their respective e-commerce and internet marketing needs.

Visit the website: http://www.digitalfilipino.com/
Join the community! http://digitalfilipinocom.ning.com/
Check out our blog: http://digitalfilipinoclub.blogspot.com/

ProFora Media is the Philippines' premier virtual events company, providing organizations, professionals and knowledge-seekers with new and innovative ways to learn and do business that are cost-effective and productivity-efficient.

Find out how webinars can work for your company today! Contact ProFora to attend one of our webinar, or arrange for a demo for your organization today.

Our website: http://www.proforamedia.com/
Check out ProFora on Facebook!
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ProForaMedia

Cheers, everyone.