Are you running a business where members of your company are in different parts of the country or world at different times? This makes it extremely difficult to hold conferences whenever you want, unless you want to fly all of the people in. The solution to this problem is conference calls and here are some tips to help you have a successful conference over the phone:

-The thing you must first do to set up a successful conference call is to tell the participants you want in the call the toll-free number they will be calling, the code they must enter to get into the conference, the agenda of the meeting, and most importantly, the time they are to call in. The company you sign up under will provide you with your own 800 toll free number that you will use. All the participants will be allowed to choose their own entry code so that they can enter it when they are ready to join the conference. The reason an agenda is important before starting the conference is so you can stay on track and get the most out of the meeting.

-Before you do the tip above you should make a list of all the people you are going to want to participate in the call. This will help you when it comes time to send out all the information as you will already know who to send the information to and you will know what to send them. You should also consider that participates are going to be all over the country or world in different time zones so try to find a time that the most amount of members can participate.

-This may be one of the most important tips and that is you must start the conference call on time! The participants are all going to make special arrangements to call in on time so you must start it on time. If you do not start the conference on time you will have to deal with a big mess that can be avoided easily.

-Tell all participants to use the mute button when they are not talking to the members of the conference. This helps to eliminate all the background noise that can become a distraction while the others are either talking or listening.