A conference call is a service which allows two or more people to participate in a single call. It is ideal for many corporate employees and businesses because it allows them to organize meetings, even urgent ones, easily while on the go.
A conference call is relatively easy to setup and manage. Although the service was expensive before, due to the tight competition, now there are a wide selection of options and budget ranges to suit every individual or business’ needs. The main advantage of having conference call services is its ability to reduce costs and travel expenses. Many individuals and companies spend lots of time and money attending business meetings all over the globe. They spend on airfare, room and lodging, food and pocket money expenses. Aside from those, they also lose time that could have been spent on work. The good thing about conference calls is that the only expenses you would have to spend money on are actually the phone, your data connection and the service. But if you sign up for a free conferencing service, then basically, you are just paying for the phone and the data connection.
Audio conferencing is the cheapest form of conference calls. If you are finding it hard to listen to multiple people you can consider video conferencing as well. This is extremely helpful especially to individuals who wish to see what the person they are talking to are doing. Luckily, individuals who aren’t too sold on web conferencing can try free apps first without having to spend a dime. One of the best free apps for making conference calls is Uberconference mobile apps for Android and iPhone.
Uberconference conference call is a free service that aims to organize confusing conference calls. Usually, when people participate in an audio conference call, they get confused as to who is talking at the moment. Although a simple solution is for speakers to introduce themselves every time they speak, it would be time consuming and may even sound silly. The best feature of this app is that when people start to join in on the conference call, you can easily tap on their names and view their profiles from their linked social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google+ to get to know their backgrounds. And when the call starts, there is no need to worry about who’s who and who is talking as the current speaker will always be shown, as Uberconference’s website’s states, “at the top of the in-call interface”.
There are more notable features of this android conference calling app. It has standard features such as mute, earmuff and hangup, advanced features that will record the whole meeting for future references and extra features such as automatic outbound calling of all participants.
This app is a very good alternative to business travels. Business travels are usually conducted to pitch sales, conduct meetings and meet clients—and you could do all of those with just the Uberconference conference app. You get to know the people you are meeting with the integrated social networking sites feature, have an efficient virtual meeting with the video and the identification speaker feature of the app and basically, talk to the people you wish to talk to whenever and wherever you are at half the cost and without the use of transportation. So what do you think of the Uberconference conference call app? Have you tried this app already? Make sure to share with me your experiences and comments in the comment box below!
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