Wednesday, August 15, 2007

HotConference.com vs. E4L

I logged into HotConference.com's "members only" call today... and it struck me as I listened to the founder Joel Therien what is so wrong with E4L.biz. I don't know a ton about HotConference's business, but there are clearly members with questions... one came up about a new product Joel had promised and when it would be launched. Joel responded with the name of the company he was working with, the date and time of his next meeting, and the names of the people he was meeting with. In other words... DETAILS... VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS.

When similar questions are posted by Members to Brad Morse of E4L the answers are vague... VERY VAGUE. You hear "next week" or "soon". He never tells you the names of the companies he's negotiating with... or anything else specific.

Joel Therien also stated today "I suck as a manager" and explained how he brought his sister into the business who has a corporate background. Now I haven't checked into this business enough to know what the issues are... but they have a functioning business (unlike E4L's non-stop "pre-launch" and now "in-launch" whatever that means) and Joel has a blog with videos of himself outside his home. So EVERYONE can track the guy down. Does anyone know who Brad Morse is or where he lives or anything else personal about him???? In addition... if you Google Joel you get a ton of results. If you Google Brad... you get nothing. So you tell me... if E4L is not a scam... then it's a really poorly run "in-launch" business.

For those wondering about HotConference... it's online conferencing with built in VOIP. That way you can host an online meeting, show your desktop or surf the web live... AND have a conversation without having to use the phone. Since not everyone has a computer microphone I also suggest FreeConferenceCall.com as a back up... everyone pays for a toll call... but there are no set up fees or monthly charges... it's 100% free if you're using extra cell minutes like I do.

You can try out virtually every online conferencing service via free trials... the only thing that E4L seems to have done is to use HotConference which I've decided is my favorite.