Do what you love, and love what you do. This is how I first began my photography business: a previous hobby that turned into a true embarkation of transforming it into a flourishing business. While working for an audio and web conferencing company, Copper Conferencing, during the day, I also maintain a startup photography business. [...]

I said I was going to curtail travel to avoid the H1N1 Swine Flu, but I need to visit our Denver office and have relented – I fly there Tuesday. I watched the news tonight only to find that contentious passengers who have come down with the virus are having a very difficult time changing their tickets.

To me, the best conference calls are ones where most of the people have an opportunity to contribute. They’re the ones that don’t last forever and stay focused. They’re the ones that use the medium to collaborate, train, strategies and engage.

Copper Conferencing is an audio and web conferencing company that promotes their services through one of two sales channels. Copper’s direct sales team works with the end user to evaluate their needs and set customers up with the most appropriate product to enhance their business. Copper’s indirect sales team works with outside agents and resellers [...]

9/11 changed the way our company saw the relevance of our conferencing business and the conferencing industry forever. People who had never conferenced, called up and asked for accounts. They stayed home. They found new ways to engage with each other without jumping on an airplane. Swine flu may be the next catalyst to keep you home.

I may stop traveling as much. Here is why I’m going to cut back. Someone sneezes all over the place in row 40, seat G, and you get their germs, even if you’re in First Class.

People, especially Skype users and those in foreign countries, have gotten very aggressive about hacking into a conferencing service and then using that service to rack up and resell tons of long distance minutes internationally.

Sometimes I’m downright embarrassed that I was one of the original founders of InterCall. It seems like this company has become so big and so bulky that they’ve forgotten why they entered the market.

I have absolutely no problem recommending Copper Conferencing to anyone because I firmly believe that my life as a business professional is much easier because I can conduct conference calls and web meetings whenever the need arises. Which got me to thinking about what other products or services would make the list. So I took a poll of Copper’s employees and asked them what their favorite products were and why. Here’s what some of them said

Most conference calls work reliably every time you pick up the phone and call leaders seem pretty happy. And, most people think that you can’t automate beyond a reservationless call. However