Video Conferencing For Online Shopping

A day's schedule includes few tasks which needs traveling making it difficult and time consuming as a result creating an exhaustive feeling ending up the day with an incomplete schedule. The charismatic way of doing things online has been the trend as it is easy, time and money saving. Online banking, online registrations,online booking airline tickets, railway tickets or bus tickets reduces most of the hassles of long queues and getting struck up in traffic. Online shopping is no exception as it has many advantages:

1.One can visit the site as many times as they want, see and compare the products.

2. Visit more number of sites in less time.

3. Prices are fixed, building trust and confidence of buying products worth money.

4. Online shopping sites give the option of cash on delivery option which add the customer to be on the safe side that they will be paying after they are satisfied with the product.

5. Many customers shift to online shopping avoiding long waiting, traffic hassles and most importantly saves time . No rushing for shopping in the evening or at the week ends.

Though online shopping reduces all the inconveniences it also washes away the facility of interacting, clearing doubts and products real dimensions. Online shopping sites try to project the picture of the products by picturing the products from all angles and using models. Most of the pictures do not give the right measurements of the products. Though the product picture have the measurements printed customers get confused with what the product really looks like. With option of cash on delivery, the customer always complain that it was not the product he could sense from the picture online so he wants to reject or exchage the product.

Women accessories like ear rings, bracelets, all ornaments, bags look different, in particular the size. The pictures of all the products are displayed in the same size irrespective of the proportion misleading the customer, finally getting confused.

With the Cash on delivery option, repetitive rejection or exchange of products becomes difficult. There is every possibility of damage caused to the products during transport. A clear idea of the products can be presented with online tools like Video conferencing which creates room for interaction with a sales person live. It has the advantage of

1. Visualizing the product live

2. Clear estimation of the size of the products.

3. Interacting with the sales man and clearing all the doubts they might have.

4. Using Video conferencing technology ensures that online shoppers have the same personalized attention and exposure as in real time shopping

Changing lifestyle, increased work pressure, increase in population may be few reasons for customers inability to spend more time for shopping . Video conferencing in online shopping revolutionizes the e-commerce sites as it would make the site more trustworthy, rising expectations of more lead conversions reduced number of rejections and exchanges on cash on delivery option. Increasing the number of people visiting the site, in turn increasing the traffic to the site and also improving the trust of the site.

Shelly Desuza is eminent in writing articles enriched with fresh content based on SEO standards focusing on, Off page and On page optimization. She writes articles on SEO and Video Conferencing products, working as a Senior SEO and Web designer with Peoplelink Corporate solutions a leader in providing Boardroom Video Conferencing in India.

Business Conferences In Bad Weather

Business conferences, which contribute to major part of the productivity of a company. It involves traveling to distant locations, long and some times repeated discussions. Repeated traveling causes immense discomfort in employees added will be the bad weather outside, which is frightful as it brings down employee's enthusiasm and motivation. No one can go against natural weather calamities, which are diversified and unforeseen.

If one wants to excel in business, they need to think about implementing effective and innovative method to maintain   continuty  of communication with clients and branch offices. Online communication saves time and travel expenses. Web-based conferencing also offers the following benefits:

Bad weather cannot be an excuse for cancelling a conference any more. New communication tools like video conferencing gives an opportunity for businesses to continue with the meetings irrespective of the drastic weather. Providing a facility to work from remote places, with out traveling still being connected through video conferencing gives a very comfortable work environment to the employees as they are luckily able to escape from traveling in drastic weather conditions.

Winter weather is harsh, with ice and snow showers. Dense mist and fog causes airline flight delays and cancellations or temporary closing of airports. Pre scheduled meetings get delayed, postponed or canceled due to snow and ice packed roads and highways creating serious hindrances for traveling. Web and Video conferencing  helps out to hold face-to-face meetings, connecting people from far of locations across the globe.

Bad weather conditions at the client place makes them cancel all their meetings and look for an alternative, this is the time when they find the competitors in the picture reaching them and successfully closing the lead which was supposed to close at the scheduled meeting. Using of sophisticated tools of communication and not letting the client go away for any excuse of weather will add to the productivity of the company.

Online conferencing provides a comfortable business environment even in poor weather conditions. Conferencing online allows communications uninterrupted as in normal days. Using video conferencing, meetings and communications of business discussions are uninterrupted irrespective of weather conditions.  Now good weather condition is no more one of the favourable conditions for easy closing of a lead !! 

I am Shelly Desuza, eminent in writing articles enriched with fresh content based on SEO standards focusing on, on page and off page optimization. I write articles on SEO and Video Conferencing products, working as a Senior SEO and Web designer with Peoplelink Corporate solutions a leader in providing Boardroom Video Conferencing in India, also provides conference microphone speakers and multimedia products. 

Video Conferencing – 10 Ways Your Business Will Benefit

Video Conferencing

Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to think fast and come up with a quick solution to a problem? Did you lose out on a potential business opportunity, due to the fact that you couldn’t get a team together quick enough to formulate a solution? In business, this happens quite often. The success of your business greatly depends on your decision making skills and the time it takes to execute your solutions. This is where web-based video conferencing comes into play. Having a form of business communication that will allow you to meet with your team at the drop Cheap Amoxil of a hat is well worth the investment, especially in today’s globalized economy.
If you or your business is thinking about implementing a more effective way of communication, but you are still unsure whether or not you should make the low initial investment, read on. Besides being extremely cost efficient and saving businesses of all sizes on travel related expenses, web-based video conferencing also offers the following benefits:

1. Instant access to clients – Your company brand greatly relies on the quality of customer service provided to clients. Face-to-face conversations will personalize the experience your clients have with your business. For organizations with clients in remote locations, travel costs can be over-bearing and a telephone call doesn’t provide the same personal touch. Video conferencing allows your team members to instantly connect and communicate closely with clients around the world, while still maintaining the presence of face-to-face communication.
2. A way to conduct efficient business – An efficient business is a successful business. By implementing a cost reducing and time saving technology such as video conferencing, your business will be able to achieve maximum productivity with a minimum amount of wasted effort or expense. This will not only give you, but your business as well, a reputation for being innovative and resourceful, which means a lot in the eyes of clients, employees, partners and shareholders.
3. Less employee downtime – When employees are required to travel, your business is not only spending money on hotel, air fare and gas, but also losing money due to employee downtime. Downtime consists of the time employees take to drive to and from the airport, sitting in the airport lobby waiting to board, the time on the flight and the time spent commuting from the airport to the final endpoint. Video conferencing provides employers with the means to reduce downtime. Your employees can conduct meetings from their office and use the time that was spent commuting as time spent being productive.
4. Accelerated decision making and reduced time to market – Businesses rely on a constant stream of communication; being able to instantly connect and collaborate in the workplace will give your organization a leg up on the competition. Video conferencing has been proven to accelerate company decision making as well as reduce a product’s time to market by allowing teams to instantly connect with each other.
5. Greater industry impact and focus – Video conferencing provides your business with the tools needed to conduct meetings of high quality. With the ability to show PowerPoint presentations, survey and poll the audience and collaborate through a whiteboard or chat, your business meetings will have a much stronger impact on the attendees than a normal conference call.
6. Competitive advantage – In today’s globalized economy, having a competitive advantage over others in your industry will set you apart. Video conferencing empowers your business by giving you the ability to maintain a global presence. It gives you a greater market reach and allows you to provide better support for remote employees, ultimately allowing you to recruit and retain top employees, which in turn allows you to better serve your client base and grow your business.
7. Trusted brand image – When clients are able to put a face to a voice it gives them a sense of comfort in your business. The face-to-face interaction with video conferencing allows you to build that comfort level and build a trusted company brand. In general, people are more at ease when they are working with someone they know and more likely to become long term clients if they trust in your brand.
8. Reduced employee stress and enhanced quality of life – Not only is business travel damaging on a checkbook, it also causes undo stress. Constant business travel affects the work/life balance of employees and takes a toll on their sleeping patterns. This stress will show up in their daily work habits. Video conferencing can reduce employee stress and enhance their quality of life, making them both happier and more productive. Your employees are the face of your company; keeping them happy will have a direct result on your bottom line.
9. Easier management and access to globally scattered teams – If you run a business with multiple locations, either national or international, you may find it hard to manage your teams without physically being there. Video conferencing makes it easier to communicate and manage those teams. With the live video function, managers can connect with their teams across the world to coordinate projects and check in on work progress.
10. More desirable response time to immediate communication needs – Probably the most important benefit you can receive from video conferencing is the ability to meet with and interact with employees, prospects or clients at a moments notice. Video conferencing tools will help your company respond quickly to customer demands, provide instant customer support and attack all critical business issues as they arise.

No matter what industry you are in, the success of your business relies deeply on your communication tools. If you have not done so already, the time to invest in a video conferencing and collaboration solution is now! Go GVO Live for the most cost effective web based video conferencing platform on the market place.

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Why isn’t everyone using video conferencing?

For years vendors such as Tandberg, Cisco and Polycom have been saying the use of video will become pervasive in the workplace. The reasons sound sensible and convincing; reduced travel and accommodation costs, better use of employee’s time, better work / life balance.

So why isn’t everyone using video conferencing?

When speaking to organisations that have video conferencing I seem to get two reactions, yes we do use it, its fine and no we bought some kit years ago, but never get it working properly and its collecting dust in a corner office.

Complexity

There’s no doubt in the past the configuration and use of video conferencing systems has not been user friendly. Recently an IT manager said to me, “We have Tandberg video conferencing kit, but it’s not used much.” The reason being in their case that the people it was intended to be used by were the senior management of the company who were technophobes. Although to be fair he did mention network issues and having to type in IP addresses prior to being able to use the system, not something many senior managers would be comfortable doing?

Cost

In the past when I’ve spoken to people considering investing in video conferencing, the main objection is not the cost of the equipment; instead it’s the cost of the network connectivity. Just a few years ago high definition video required greater than 10M bandwidth. Two things have made the pill easier to swallow; the cost of bandwidth has halved and the codec’s have been able to compress the huge amount of data required for HD video down to a more manageable size.

Facilities

Another reason for the lack of uptake of high end systems is the cost of the room facilities. Not the cost of the active kit, but the associated video screens and audio equipment. In a recent proposal I saw these peripheral items amounted to $20K before taking into account the network and video kit costs.

Tradition

Perhaps the most difficult reason to overcome when considering implementation of a high end video conferencing system is the idea that “we have always had face to face meetings”, so we’ll just carry on in the same vein. This is an attitude issue and will never be addressed by improvements in the technology or reductions in implementation costs.

HR guidelines

As in the recent George Clooney film “Up In The Air”, Human Resources management may dislike the idea of certain formal meetings being done via video conferencing. Although a friend of mine did actually get the sack via video recently, but then he did work for a video conferencing vendor?

Desk Top Video Conferencing

One thing is undisputed; the use of personal, low cost video conferencing is certainly taking off. In 2009/10 BT’s conferencing revenues increased by 400%, due in part to the volcanic ash cloud restricting flights and the recession forcing companies to cut back on travel costs.

Low cost video conferencing as offered by Cisco’s Webex and Microsoft’s Live Meeting is easy to use, relatively inexpensive and in terms of equipment is very easy to setup. On my PC, it passed the “no user guide” test in that I had connected the small Microsoft web cam and installed Cisco Webex without reading the installation instructions or doing and formal training. In use I found it simple and genuinely useful with the one click button to share my desktop. It worked fine over my 2M broadband circuit.

Maybe Video Conferencing’s time has finally come?

 

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Touching Your Lives - Making A Difference

Do you remember that famous scene in 3 idiots where Amir Khan helps the delivery of a child? Who doesn’t, and all applaud the ingenuity?

Change the scene. Imagine a battle field, quiet difficult for some earlier but thanks to the 24X7 news channels which have brought the battle fields to our living rooms. In the line of fire, bullets flying all over “Aaah”, your buddy collapse says, “pal I’ve been hit”, you look with disbelieving eyes….. battle sense taking over drag him to the safety of your bunker. Immediately padding him up profusely bleeding abdomen and make your call to the HQ informing of his state

Your buddy says “Pal think am sinking”, “hang on buddy” as a battle hardened soul keeping your cool call your father who is a surgical specialist “dad help”, “Hey son all well” he says listening to the battle noises in the back ground. “My buddy is hit”, doctor’s instinct taking over “how bad” see for yourself you switch on the mobile cam, the doctor and a father takes over “Son how are you feeling” he asks the injured “Hello uncle, am OK just punctured” a faint smile, the doctor has a closer look of the wound talking to him, thank god no organs are hit with his guidance and field sterilization you extract the bullet and stitch him up. With a morphine injection, let your buddy rest and you go back to the business of battle, thanking for the saved life with death all around.

It’s a construction site, the site in-charge is bent over the site plans, studying the next stage of foundation, his deputy comes running, “Sir, Sir problem”, no questions asked, in-charge rushes to the site, a slight crack in the earlier foundation, its differential settlement, the previously cast foundation started sinking to its left. In spite of the detailed geological study and the allowances for unstable substrata the settlement has occurred, this will prove fatal if not corrected now. He makes the call, “Sir it happened” all construction stopped immediately and camera installed at the sight, beaming the site pictures, a geologist, a masters in concrete technology, a steel reinforcement designer, and foundation engineer all study the site and come up with the suggested solution which is implemented and saves the prestigious and a strategic structure. Well only that all the experts where not in a board room, geologist way away in a remote place doing a study, concrete technologist was abroad presenting a paper, reinforcement designer on a holiday and the foundation engineer was attending a seminar.

A software engineer on a holiday to his village sees that the paddy is infected by a peculiar disease. In the evening while chatting on FB mentions it to his friend, his friend suggests why don’t you let the world know it there might be a remedy. He immediately posts pictures of the diseased paddy. There where immediate response from an NGO, wanting to see the paddy live to take a call. The soft ware engineer fixes date and time with the NGO and shows the paddy on net. The NGO, who has organized for various experts to see the same at the same time, with experts interacting directly with the farmers, it turned out that a study on a similar disease has just concluded and so the cure was delivered free of cost to the villagers. The village had a bumper crop that year.

An enthusiastic young lady takes on the challenge of heading a school for differently able children. First day at school was the most pain full experience of her life. No knowledge of the various problems of the children the staff was just running the school like a kindergarten with no scope of any development for the students. On consulting with various child specialist and psychologist her sense of despair only grow, non were available to come to the school. She decides to take the needy children to the doctors, with the helping of her ever encouraging husband she established a desktop video conferencing facility at the school. The guidance of the psychologist and the child specialists brought about a marked change in the children. The interaction with similar children from other places through video conferencing also saw a sea change in the development of the children.

What is common is all these, the presence of a genius on site, or an ingenious person or an enterprising person or just a man who loves to do things right. All would have failed or correctly put could not have performed without the presence of the expert advice after studying the ground conditions. It was all possible because of the ability to see and study the situation live by the experts and exchanging views in real time. Distances have seized to be a constraint; exchange of ideas across the world is a reality. Ability to talk in person and see him solves half the problem, a look is better than thousand reports, presence of an expert on sight (be it virtual) is reassuring and a stitch in time saves nine.

Our Video conferencing is aimed at touching the lives of all the needy, courage to the scared, bringing a smile to the distressed and making a meaning full change to make this world a better place to live. Imagination is the limit say hello to the beloved in person, let your mom in India help you in preparing your dish in US, just have a chat with your lonely parents, friends across the world can party together or just make that much needed change to someone, to bring that million dollar smile, we are with you and for you always and every time.

About the Author:
Mr. PVR Subramanian is an eminent writer, holds a highly responsible position and is busy with his work schedule whole day. He is passionate for writing, gives time to fulfill his desire to write his experiences . And his writings keep us thinking.. as he writes to heart and not to the book..

Video Conferencing and The Enhancing Features of Cameras

 Its a wonderful experience when we can participate in a conferencing sitting at our   own desk.  The amazing technological development of Video conferencing helps us to see, converse and take decisions just by a click.  Conferencing using Video Conferencing technology  is much focused on  visualizing people.  It is mainly intended to look at the person and catch the body language and have a clear idea of the conversation which  helps in taking right decisions.  When it comes to visualizing having a clear picture quality plays a prominent role. Bad quality cameras produce clumsy and blurred pictures  with poor quality which makes conferencing confusing and ends up with lot of distraction.   Thanks to the revolutionary  developments in the technology which provides us with  HD video cameras, CCTV cameras and  Web cams which can be the part of important Video Conferencing Session. 

High Definition Video Cameras 

Using High Definition Video Cameras enhances the picture quality as the picture is displayed in 720p /1080p, The main idea being to present a better picture quality.  When a Standard Definition screens are used to visualize the video of High definition the result many not be felt as the picture is squeezed to fit into the Standard definition. A picture in a Standard definition uses 480 pixels where as a High Definition uses 720 to 1080 pixels on the screen in turn presenting a better quality picture.  Using   High Definition cameras is always preferred as the conferences held are at most important and clarity of the picture as we can see the facial expressions of the participant whether he is angry, frowning or whether he is attentive or not while in the conference.  

PTZ cameras:  

 The usage of PTZ cameras in Video conferencing improves the functionality as it  can be moved by a  remote control or other interface(hardware or software), With the PAN(left to right) movement we can view the participants from left to right, by using the  Tilt( up and down) we can view up and down and the Video can also be Zoomed in and out by using Zoom option.  We can as well use the feature to pre program to follow specific patterns to continuously monitor an area.  These functionalities of the PTZ camera gives the organizing committee to have a closer and broader view of the conferencing.  These cameras have automatic day and night function if the conference starts in the evening and extends to the evening   of night the quality of the video is automatically adjusted.  If the lighting is low due to any of the reasons there is nothing to worry as there cameras provide good color images in low light conditions and they produce good sharp black and white images in extremely poor lighting conditions 

The need for video conferencing and collaboration is increasing, as face to face meetings are possible with the colleagues whether we share the same office building or not.  Companies look to cut travel costs and ensure going Green in their level of communication and surveillance.  Improvements in the Video and picture quality and usage of highly technical video conferencing PTZ cameras has made Video conferencing a eventuality.

 The author Shelly is working as an successful SEO for Peoplelink Corporate Solutions, a leader in . Video Conferencing Software   and Solutions.  She has 3+yrs of experience in Content writing and web designing. The company also provides products like Desktop Video Conferencing, Boardroom Video conferencing, Telepresence, Video Conferencing Cameras  and  Audio Conferencing products.

New Delhi Govt allows video board meetings

The government on Friday notified norms allowing companies to hold general meetings via videoconferencing in a “green” initiative aimed at ensuring wider participation in shareholder meetings and speedier decision-making. The ministry of corporate affairs in a notification said that shareholders can
attend board meetings through the electronic mode and video conferencing. “They will be required to be physically present for only one meeting in a year,” a senior official at the ministry of corporate affairs told Hindustan Times . The chairman of the meeting and secretary should, however, ensure that integrity is safeguarded in cases of video conferencing.
The ministry has been receiving representations from various industry bodies to recognise participation by shareholders in meetings under the Companies Act 1956.  more..

Video conferencing – A Trendy future

As of now we cannot imagine an office with out internet, emails and the telephones. One can visualize that the day is not far when their will be no office with out Video conferencing. Video conferencing has been accepted world wide as an industry requirement tool which enables increased productivity.

Business- As the operational and establishment costs are now much lower, many oraganizations consider video conferencing as a business standard. Application of Video conferencing has totally changed the way of business communication. Highly efficient employees can be involved to settle many business dealings, quick training of the staff at the branches at a single go, technical solutions which involve higly experienced employees and awareness of day to day emerging trends in business .



Mobile Video conferencing – The day opens with a new technology launched. The next day it is a requirement. In order to keep in trend with the emerging techniques training and learning has become a must. With the emergence of Mobile video conferencing one can attend any online classes with out sticking to the system.



Law – Organizations involving many legal matters which need to be resolved by eminent lawyers, at work stations far apart, involves lot of traveling, as security of the organization is involved, mobile video conferencing will be of greater use for such employees.



Education – Whether it is lower or higher level of education, upgrading the faculty to the present standards is important. Application of Video conferencing in education can bring about teaching staff with better awareness of the changes in science and technology with updated versions.
WALTER LEWIN Professor of Physics, Emeritus, A person with his lectures can make the younger generations jump with joy. The way he teaches physics, the children who get his lectures are really very fortunate. With the emerging trends of Video conferencing their will be global class rooms where all the children around the world will be able to listen to great lectures.



Medicine - Diagnosis and routine medical advices in the rural villages is an acute requirement. Telemedicine and telenursing integrated with Video conferencing can become a technological boon in villages. The paramedical staff can be trained with interactions and discussions with highly proficient surgeons and save lives in critical conditions with low cost and timely treatment.

Telepsychiatry is a technology where children and youth with many mental and adolescent disorders can take advices from eminent Doctors who are geographically miles away.

Health- Maintaining good Health involves good nutrition, proper hygiene, regular exercise with a peaceful soul. People need regular advices from professionals. Healthcare integrated with Video conferencing can reach to any geographical location of the world. As we can see Ram Dev Baba teaching yoga, serving mankind with many solutions to physical and mental health problems.



And many other fields will be immensely benefited by video conferencing technology where networking makes reaching people all over the world making it a Global village.

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