Yesterday a potential client was adament that I had to travel to a weekly catch-up meeting every week. So much so that he put it into the proposed contract. Meetings are essential for my business. But, sometimes I find getting to meetings impossible. So I use conference calls.

Numerous conference call companies are available and the price of the service continues to decrease. You don’t have to reserve meeting rooms or restaurant reservations. Obviously there is no need to travel so that is a significant cost saving. Conference call systems are cheap, as the bill will not be much more than a normal telephone call. So taking all that into account you can save a lot of money and to be honest I’ve travelled extensively throughout my career and I’m getting to the stage where I detest having to travel for meetings.

I know I’m not breaking any boundaries by extolling the virtues of conference calling. But I really couldn’t live without them so I thought I’d post something here.