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Interview card with David Erickson on it

As many of you may have heard, we are celebrating our 10 year anniversary during the month of October. Ten years ago, FreeConferenceCall.com started in a one-room office with a simple idea: to provide high-quality conference calling without a surcharge and with that idea, a multitude of communication services have been created.

On our anniversary date, you have a chance to interview our CEO and President, David Erickson, by asking him a question. The interview is taking place on October 26, 2011 at 11 am PT/2 pm ET via twitter and will run for one hour. Please use hash tag #freeconf10 to have your questions answered. Read More...

How to Use the *9 Touch Tone Command: Record Conference

The *(star) 9 touch tone command allows hosts to record conference calls that can be accessed anytime the following ways:

  1. Playback number
  2. Podcast/RSS feed
  3. MP3/WAV Download
  4. Listen online

Why is this important? Recording your conference calls is FREE and simple to do. If you are hosting a training seminar, crisis response meeting, having a deposition, etc. the recording feature can be used to archive the conference call, allowing others who couldn't join to access it at another time. Read More...

Customer of the Month: Jim Bennett

As promised, our October featured Customer of the Month is Jim Bennett of Bennett Associates. He has been a loyal customer for two years and uses our FreeConferenceCall.com service anywhere from four to five times per month, with that number increasing all the time he says. Find out how FreeConferenceCall.com has helped Jim and Bennett Associates:

  1. How do you use FreeConferenceCall.com for your business? My business requires a great deal of interviewing clients over the phone. By using FreeConferenceCall.com's services, I am able to make it easy for a client to connect with me (no excuses, it's free and you can connect from anywhere).
  2. How do you use FreeConferenceCall.com outside of business ? I belong to 3 or 4 networking groups where we now use this very reliable service. They are now using the service for their businesses as well. There is no downside. As a matter of fact, I receive a short report as a host which essentially is a record of callers that were on the conference call. I see the phone #'s of those on the call, and for how long they were on.
  3. How has FreeConferenceCall.com helped you succeed? In my line of work where communication is essential and traveling to see people face-to-face is happening less and less, I now have a FREE and reliable tool that takes away the excuse that we cannot connect. Thank you FreeConferenceCall.com for this valuable service.

We would love to feature you on our blog! Read More...

How to Use the *3 Touch Tone Command: Exit the Conference Call

The *(star) 3 touch tone command is a great way to ensure that you're telephone line will be disconnected properly from our system when you have concluded your call and are ready to hang up.

Why is this important? Some phone carriers will continue to keep phone lines connected to the conference call even after you've hung up. This may cause you're phone carrier to tie up your phone line even if you're not using it. It also prevents the Call Detail Report from being released to the host since it cannot be generated until all parties have been disconnected from the conference line. Read More...

How to Use the *2 Touch Tone Command: Caller Count

While on a FreeConferenceCall, hosts have the ability to get a count of callers on the conference line, by pressing *(star) 2 on the phone key pad.  Knowing the caller count is a great way to ensure all invited participants have dialed in. The *2 touch tone command can also help the host know if anyone new has joined or disconnected while the call is in progress.

Instructions on How to Use *2 Read More...