subject: Gotowebinar - What Is Under The Hood? [print this page] With GoToWebinar, it is one of many webinar packages you can choose to host your webinars. There are other vendors that are cheaper than GoToWebinar but at the end of the day, it is finding out which one is best for you.
Without going into specifics, when you are deciding on your vendor, you must at least be comfortable with the knowledge that nothing is going to go wrong on your webinar. So, bearing that in mind, here are some of the essential features that your package should include.
Reliability
Deliverability
Ease of use
Customer support
With GoToWebinar you will need to download the webinar software onto your computer. The drawback here is that it does take a bit of memory. So, when you are doing your presentation, any applications you have open that are not required, I suggest you close them down.
To set it up it is quite easy, you just need to follow the prompts. People can then just register with their name, email address and any other details that you want. You may ask them a question when registering but bear in mind that you may have less people register.
You have the ability to record your webinars but you must remember to be connected to the internet after the event has finished. If you switch off the internet, GoToWebinar won't be able to process the recording into a wmv file. This is useful as it gives you the opportunity to either put the replay on your site or create a product!
The webinar software is adaptable enough so that you can have someone else become the presenter. This might be useful if you have a guest who is going to share some information using their screen.
Their 27/7 customer support is second to none. They will support you and will take you through every step of the way. The amount of time they spend with you is not an issue.
Finally, the price plan for GoToWebinar is based on a monthly fee depending on the number of attendees. It starts at $99 for 100 attendees, rising to $499 for 1000.
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for, and I believe it is the case here. You may think that GoToWebinar is a bit pricy, but the software delivers time and again without any problems. This is important because you need to give a professional presentation without any hitches. There is a 30 day trial which you can use to get use to the control panel and hone in your presentation skills.
