Posted 9/29/10 By Dan Baldwin, TA Executive Director, 951-251-5155 email 

Starting this Friday, October 1st at 10am Pacific and then continuing every first Friday of the month (November 5th, December 3rd, etc.) TA will host a "First Friday" Conference Series designed to:

1. Update TA members and vendors about their member and vendor benefits, and

2. Introduce "Solution Shootouts" where select TA vendors introduce their solutions by topic and share why their solution is the same, better or different than other similar solutions a TA member might be presenting to their business clients and prospects.

This Friday, October 1st the Solution Shootout is on "White Label Conferencing".

Following is the conference call schedule in Pacific Time. Each segment is separate from the other.

A. 10:00a - 10:25a : TA Complimentary Member Benefit Review

                  Conference access:
                  Dial 605-475-6402, code is 804429#

This session will review the main benefits of being an active complimentary (free) TA member. There's a lot more benefits than just getting email blasts from TA vendors. We'll share what these benefits are an how you can take advantage of them. This session is for anyone that is a TA complimentary member or wants to become one. Complimentary TA members can be agents or vendors.

                   Outline for this segment includes:

                   1. History of Telecom Association www.TelecomAssociation.com
                   2. Who are "complimentary members" TAjoin.com and "paid vendors" TAvendor.com
                   3. What's the deal with all the email blasts (www.Managed Voice & Data News.com)?
                   4. New 2010 blogs (www.SellingTelecom.com & www.BuyingTelecom.com)
                   5. "Members Choice" Awards (TelecomVote.com, TelecomAwards.com &  past winners)
                   6. MultiLocation Business Alliance rolling out for 2011
                   7. Questions

                                     Conference access:  Dial 605-475-6402, code is 804429#
                                     Click here for vendor benefit review outline

TA does more for our paid vendors then just send out email blasts. This session is for existing vendors and prospective vendors. We'll review all the benefits that paid TA vendor members receive so existing vendors make the most of their investment and prospective members know what they can expect.

SOLUTION SHOOTOUT: White Label Conferencing for Agents, VARs and Integrators

Many telecom agents and channel partners with an existing base of customers are looking for services they can resell to their embedded bases. Audio and web conferencing is a perfect "white labeled" opportunity for agents who are just beginning to sell non-regulated services to their existing business customers.

Whether you're an equipment VAR that's very familiar with resale or a telecom network service agent that's never resold a non-regulated service - this session is for you. Each of the following TA vendor members offer some sort of audio or web conference solution that TA members can white label or resell. Each has been invited to take 25 minutes to share how their solution is better, different or more appropriate for TA's members.

Each "shooter" has been asked to make sure their presentation addresses the following questions that are of greatest interest to TA members considering white label audio and web conference options.