At First Glance

You're Invited to a Webinar: Master The Fine Art Of Networking To Win Clients And Increase Sales!

11th in our monthly Glance Webinar series....

Reach out to the right people in the right way. Play to your strengths. Overcome your fears. Do your homework, and target your ideal clients...and the people who can get you close to them. Employ the  techniques that transform card-carrying introverts into networking superstars. 

Presented by networking guru Diane Darling, this engaging 1-hour session will cover:

• Unlocking the networking potential of current relationships
• Networking strategies in a down economy
• Building the right relationships for future gain
• Networking with people who know your ideal clients
• Networking tips for a variety of personality types
• and more...

Diane Darling is Founder and CEO of Effective Networking, and author of "The Networking Survival Guide" and "Networking for Career Success". She has appeared on NBC Nightly News, in The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe. She recently taught in the MBA program at Boston University. Register now!

A Marketing Guru Spreads Her Mojo with Glance

Angela Wills is on a mission to help marketers. She hosts a radio show and teaches and coaches marketers, with a specialty in online business strategies (MarketersMojo.com).

Knowing that many of us are visual learners, Angela combines Glance's screen sharing with phone conferencing to instruct customers across the globe.

Watch her video on our Lights, Camera, Savings Youtube page, and you'll see how recently she taught a 4-6 week course on how to manage affiliate programs. Her customers learned valuable info, and Angela generated income through the program. Just one of many ways you can generate income with Glance.

"Just using the screen with the conference line helped me connect with my customers," says Angela, who has experienced that aha moment you get with Glance that's hard to describe.

While Angela's spreading the mojo, we're spreading the wealth – giving Angela three free months on her Glance account, just for her short video explaining how she uses Glance! 

What are you waiting for? For three months free, and exposure on youtube and this blog, send yours today!

David Pogue sells the idea that "Simplicity Sells," in this virtuosic presentation

We came across this gem from '06, we find it astonishingly relevant today. Check it out.

Through songs, comic wisdom and visual aides, New York Times columnist David Pogue makes mincemeat out of the complexity that plagues so many technology products and services.

If you're having lunch at your desk, why not kick your feet up and watch the whole thing. It's stimulating, inspiring and he provides lots of great case studies that you can take with you.

If you're short on time, we've listed the time codes of some of our favorite moments below:

6:40 – The software upgrade paradox: if you improve a piece of software enough times, you ruin it. Interesting point on the allure of excessive unnecessary power.

7:40 – Check out what Microsoft Word looks like with ALL the toolbars open. Hilarious and scary – the result of excessive unnecessary power!

9:40 – Example of how intelligence trumps consistency. This reminded us of the saying "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds." It's certainly true of small-minded software. 

20:00 – Pogue talks about how a product upgrade doesn't have to have new features, it just has to be improved. So true. 

Those are classic examples of the "simplicity sells" philosophy that drives not only Glance; but so many good, elegant apps today.

As David says at the end of the presentation, "This cult of doing things right is starting to spread." Looking back, his remarks had plenty of foresight.

We're not big on cults at Glance, but as far as cults go, the Cult Of Doing Things Right is a pretty appealing one. Join us.

– Rich, CEO of Glance

We're exhibiting at the New England Xpo for Business in Boston – May 19th!

Conducting business without leaving your desk is a big part of our story at Glance. But sometimes there's no substitute for a good, old-fashioned in-person event!

That's why we're excited to be joining the New England Xpo For Business in Boston, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19th.

This highly anticipated B2B show has been earning accolades around the country. It's finally making its debut in Boston tomorrow, with over 300 booths featured, and over 10,000 attendees expected. We're glad to be part of it!

If you're attending the show, please stop by our booth, #224, for an exclusive Xpo discount: new Glance customers receive 20% off for the life of their subscription (visit http://glance.net/offer1)!

The theme of the show is Innovative Business Products & Services. Attendees will enjoy seminars, networking opportunities and more...and discover countless new ideas for improving business – Glance's simple screen sharing tool being one of them.

We'll be posting highlights and select product/service reviews from the Xpo right here on the Glance blog – so don't forget to check back soon!

– The Glance Team

"Thanks to Glance, I don't even have to put my shoes on!"

Ruben is living proof that Glance isn't just for companies – it's for barefoot freelancers, too.

In this recently submitted video, Ruben expounds on the virtues of using Glance:

"Today, for instance, we have bad weather. It's cold outside, all rainy and muddy," reports Ruben, as he points the camera at the bad weather outside. "I don't have to go anywhere. Thanks to Glance."

With summer around the corner, most of us won't have to worry about weather. But there are plenty of reasons for people like Ruben to use Glance all year long.

As Ruben makes revisions on his Photoshop documents, clients watch in real time, while discussing changes on the phone. Using Glance's super simple screen-sharing tool, clients see what's happening on Ruben's screen and they give instant feedback, make suggestions and provide approvals.

This saves everyone the back-and-forth hassle of multiple revisions, and makes scheduling in-person meetings a thing of the past...allowing Ruben the pleasure of going barefoot all day long. Taking advantage of artistic license, Ruben shows his actual foot as evidence. Okay, we're convinced!

Ruben, to show our gratitude for your video we're going to "foot" the bill on three months of your Glance service – a savings of $150 – all because you submitted your simple video to Glance's Lights, Camera Savings page.

Same goes for any other current subscribers. Follow Ruben's lead, let us know what you're up to, post a video – and get three months FREE!

Traditional Web Conferencing vs. Continuous Screen-Sharing? No Contest.

A few years ago, we zigged when everyone else zagged.

Companies like WebEx, Microsoft, GoToMeeting and scores of me-too copycats got lost thinking that if "more is better", then "lots more must be even better still."  What began as a simple idea -- "see what I see" -- got smothered in their heavy, complicated, too-often-unreliable "web conferencing" bloatware. 

Glance took a different path. We chose to focus on developing a lightning-fast, business-class screen-sharing service that people enjoy using casually -- a simple lightweight tool instead of a clunky heavyweight application.

Zagging worked.

We quickly found loyal followers in thousands of fast-moving companies who need to easily and reliably share their screens –- or see or control their guest's screen –- in one simple click, on and off, all day long. Meetings, demos, webinars, remote support and collaboration:  all were made easy, all could be conducted on the fly.

Glance is akin to opening a live window to your desktop. Guests see what you see, so they know exactly what you're talking about, in the moment. No fuss, no issues, no ambiguity. Glance ushers in a new era of continuous screen sharing simplicity for all.

I believe too many would-be "Web Conferencers" get frightened by their company's web conferencing applications. They fret about looking bad fumbling around with it in front of others.  Or they worry that their guests will have trouble connecting. So they don't use it.  An unused application provides no value.

But businesses that "glance" enjoy the fluidity of instant screen-sharing.  Because "glancing" is so quick and easy (and reliable!), "glancers" soon become accustomed to using it all the time.  So they harvest the value many times over.

See for your yourself.  Grab a free trial and experience that magic "A-ha!" moment that says you've found a simpler way to get stuff done.

Go on!  Give it a spin.  I think you're in for a treat.

Is Remote Service The Next Big Thing? It's More Than A Remote Possibility.

In the old days (last year and beyond), tech support services were judged by how often and inexpensively they could get a person to the customer's site to deploy, train and troubleshoot. Oh, how times have changed.

Today, the sign of a successful tech support operation is never having to be there in person.

Remote support helps the supplier and customer in countless ways, and is now the new standard. To jump in the game successfully, you need a fail-safe, business-class desktop sharing tool like Glance.

The effects of remote support via Glance on your bottom line can be enormous. Consider how few of the hours of an onsite service tech are actually billable. Time is wasted traveling – and the more in-demand the employee, the more time is wasted!

And even if you get the best person to a customer site with no travel expense (say he works next door), he's tied up all day with one client. With remote support that same employee can help a dozen customers in one afternoon without leaving his desk. More productivity, less waste, everyone wins.

Go remote and get more out of your support employees, settle more incidents quicker, enjoy a drop in repeat calls (since issues get solved the first time), save a mint on travel, and improve customer satisfaction.

Please pass the remote control. The world is going remote. In this economy you have no choice but to join them. However, you do have a choice of how. The quickest, simplest, most reliable way is to get Glance.

Glance's Free Webinar Series Democratizes Best Kept Secrets of Success

We're well-known as the leader in one-click desktop sharing, offering uncommon ease, speed and reliability. But a fortunate few have discovered another valuable Glance offering:  wisdom.

Once a month, the Glance Webinar Series provides insider wisdom (and often times, wit) on timely topics and innovative techniques, offering detailed instructions and real-world skills. Guest-hosts are usually big-name thought leaders, and attendees can follow along, ask questions and participate in real time – for free.

An April 7th unsolicited followup email from Webinar attendee, Kaitrece F. reads, "Glance Webinars are very tight and extremely well thought out."

They have to be – Webinars are a big part of our story. Many companies rely on us to serve as a platform for their Webinars, web conferences and product demos. In order to provide an excellent Webinar platform, we need to be intimate with the Webinar process.

Interestingly, the most recent event in the series was a Webinar...about Webinars, entitled Running Your Own Webinar: A Step-by-Step Guide for Success, co-hosted by our CEO Rich Baker and Bryan Walkey, president of MeetingZone North America.

Past topics include software sales, company newsletter creation, blog leads, search marketing, web demos and a course on building "Web 2.0 Apps in Minutes." All this free information represents a win-win situation, providing valuable info to attendees, while allowing Glance and guest hosts to engage in meaningful dialogue and make new contacts.

All Glance Webinars are recorded and stored here, and viewing privileges are granted to anyone with an internet connection, plus it's 100% free. The best way to stay in the loop with the Glance's Webinar Series is to join our mailing list or follow us on Twitter.

How One-Click Desktop Sharing Provides All-Day Help To DayliteHelp.com

Cynthia provides sales training and tech support for customer relations software, Daylite.

We were glad to hear in her new video that DayLiteHelp.com's customer relations are improved by using Glance.

Cynthia's in Portland, OR, but 95% of her clients are spread out all over the world. In her new video submitted to Glance's Lights, Camera, Savings page, Cynthia maintains that "the only way I can help them is to use Glance, and I use it all day long, every day."

Wow. All day long, every day! Sounds like the difference between a nimble, one-click screen sharing tool like Glance and a complicated web conferencing application like WebEx.

Glance's lightweight, business-class interface allows Cynthia to jump on and off with customers all day long, to "share clients screens, share their mouse, and provide them with real-time training."

"There's just no way I could do this without using the Glance software. So a big thank you to Glance."

Cynthia, there's just no way we could offer Glance's one-click desktop sharing without people like you! So the thanks is all ours. We're happily awarding you with three months of Glance FREE for your wonderful video testimonial.

Same goes for any other Glancers looking to save $150 – simply post a quick video about Glance, and fame, fortune and glory is yours!

Directory Solutions Group Finds The Perfect One-Click Solution For Software Demos On The Fly.

If you were in the market for directory solutions software like rDirectory or SimpleSync, would you rather sit through a one-size -fits-all automated presentation on the manufacturer's web site...OR experience a one-on-one, personalized web demo conducted by a value-added reseller (and software guru), in real time?

Most of us would choose the latter – and that's exactly what Jerry Welch is offering his customers, with the help of Glance.

For years Jerry's been presenting software products on the fly with Glance's one-click screen sharing, and increasing his bottom line in the process.

Jerry points out in this new video testimonial how "it's nice to have a client on the phone and say ' would you like to take a look.' They ask when I can schedule a presentation, and I typically say how about right now?"

How about right now, indeed. That's Glance in a nutshell!

And with the recent addition of reverse screen sharing, Jerry can view and control his products on his client's desktop. "It just became even that much more valuable," he explains.

And you just became more valuable to us, Jerry! That's why we're giving you three months of FREE Glance service – that's a $150 value – in exchange for your simple video posted to our Glance Lights, Camera, Savings page on Youtube.

Same goes for anyone reading this – post your simple video right now and save big on the tool that's changing the way smart companies do business around the world.

If anyone's interested in rDirectory or SimpleSync, please contact Jerry for a presentation. Chances are it'll also be a great way to see Glance in action.

Thanks Jerry!