Getting Started
To host an Instant Meeting fast, select Host a Meeting from the top of any page| select the Host an Instant Meeting button. Select [Skip] to bypass invitations and other dialogs.
Many of our data entry forms display help when you move your mouse over the field heading. For example, when scheduling a meeting, when you move the mouse over "Meeting Title", help is displayed.
Contact groups save time; You can create many contact groups, each containing a list of different contacts. Contacts can be typed in or imported from Gmail, Hotmail, Outlook or a comma separated file. When hosting an instant meeting (or when scheduling a meeting), you can invite all contacts (contained in the contact group) to your meeting with just 2 clicks. Just select the pre-defined contact group and click ‘add’.
Enrollee's can be imported into enrollable meetings, for large lists, this eliminates typing in names and e-mail addresses. Is your meeting running late; Blast off a notice to all invitees using the scheduled meeting e-mail blast feature.
To schedule a private meeting fast, all you need to define is the meeting password, then submit the form. Scheduled meetings are inactive when scheduled; This means they are not displayed on the website until they are being hosted. Click on the "Make Active" link if you want the meeting to be displayed in upcoming meetings (on the day of the meeting). Participants can then "wait" for the meeting to commence before you start hosting it.
Public meetings (displayed on the Public events page) must be made active or they will not be displayed. Setup your meeting center portal (not available for with BlueTrain Express upgrade now). Then use your meeting center for all functions (rather than BlueTrain's website). Think of your meeting center as a separate website because it is, meetings scheduled or hosted on BlueTrain do not appear on your portal, so always use your portal!
Start making money immediately by charging to attend your meetings and have BlueTrain seamlessly integrate the payments with your PayPal account (not available with BlueTrain Express accounts upgrade now). When setting up your meeting ‘enable’ the syndicated marketing feature and click ‘yes’ under enrolment.
Follow the easy steps Integrate your website with your portal using 1 line of HTML code (not available with BlueTrain Express accounts upgrade now). Copy the link below, adjust as required and paste on your website, in your blog, in your e-mails, on forums and other websites to build traffic and exposure. Paste the link below now:
<a href="http://yourdomain.BlueTrain.com" title="Your meeting center" target="_new">,
Invite a participant on the fly? Select Options | Send Invitations and select the copy meeting link option. Then paste the link into an IM chat session (or whatever) and the person can join your meeting by clicking on the link.
Microphones: While in a meeting, right click in the microphone column to assign a headset with a voice activated talk button. Everyone can talk anytime. Everyone may be assigned a headset and talk anytime. Left mouse click in the microphone column to pass a person a voice activated microphone. Hosts and cohosts can also click on a participant's name and private talk (and text chat) even during group discussions.
Are you trying to join a private meeting and the password is incorrect? On the “Join” page, click on the host's name to send an e-mail to the host requesting the password. Setup a message board and post attachments which can be downloaded during the meeting. Contracts, spreadsheets, proposals, PowerPoint files, any file type can be posted to the message board. All attachments are automatically virus scanned for everyone's safety.
Do you need 24x7 correspondence with enrollee's or members that is not e-mail based? Create a private message board, assign members and member permissions (read only, read/write/admin). Authorized members may post private or public messages, files and attachments to "their" message board anytime, it's a great way to correspond with clients in other time zones and it's free with BlueTrain and BlueTrain Express.
Personalize meetings by using the real-time full-motion webcam while performing your presentation. Or use a picture instead. In the meeting room, select WebCam, [Cam Settings] | then select "Load a Picture". When the presentation podium is passed to you, everyone will see your picture (or your live webcam). Discover other webcam features by clicking on [Cam Settings].
Share your account? Use Members | Account sharing to share your monthly seat plan or web conferencing seat plan with other members. This enables them to use your plan while logged on as themselves.