(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 14, 2008 ) Goshen, MA - With teleseminars, teleclasses and teleconferences increasingly popular, newcomers to this remote learning format make numerous mistakes that mar their prospects for making money from the telephone sessions. An upcoming four-week course with veteran teleclass presenter Marcia Yudkin enables teleseminar novices to avoid such mistakes when leading free or paid teleseminars and turning them into audio products (www.yudkin.com/teleteach.htm), gaffes like these:

Teleseminar mistake #1: Using a cell phone or Internet phone instead of a land line. "According to conference call line providers, the quality of the call is only as good as its weakest link," says Yudkin, author of 6 Steps to Free Publicity and 10 other books. "Sometimes Internet phones create echoes and cell phones degrade the line quality for all the participants."

Teleseminar mistake #2: Neglecting to turn off entry chimes. Although every commercial conference-call line includes a command for turning off the chirps that signal someone coming on or getting off the line, many experienced teleseminar presenters fail to eliminate these distracting sounds.

Teleseminar mistake #3: Relying on computer notes. "If you have your notes printed out, you won’t worry if the power goes out during a telephone session," Yudkin notes. "Spread the notes out across your desk to avoid distracting listeners with the sound of paper rustling."

Teleseminar mistake #4: Sipping water or coffee audibly during the teleclass. "Always have a glass of water near you in case your throat gets dry, but use a straw to avoid gulping noises on your recording."

Teleseminar mistake #5: Recording in mono rather than stereo. "I like to listen to teleclasses on my portable CD player as I walk around our lake," says Yudkin. "Last month I returned a $99 teleclass collection for a refund because the mono recording played only in my left ear. After five minutes, it hurt to listen."

Yudkin’s upcoming "Teleteach for Profit" course meets the first four Wednesdays in April from 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern time and includes information on costs, teleclass structure, marketing, publicity, logistics, technologies needed and not needed for success with teleseminars, audio product creation and packaging; samples of pertinent emails, postcards, transcripts and other people’s teleseminars; one-on-one consulting or moderation of their teleclass; free distribution of one teleseminar-related news release; and two months of access to a private member forum for feedback and answers to questions. The program costs $795.

For more information on "Teleteach for Profit," go to www.yudkin.com/teleteach.htm .

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