Did you know online meetings improve your companies productivity? Meetings held online can help you participate in meetings around the world, at a moment's notice, and at a fraction of the cost. Here are the top 9 ways online meeting can help you be more productive.

Travel less.
The most obvious productivity increase is the reduction in travel. Think of all the time and expense in traveling to a meeting, even if it's across town. Setting up a meeting online only takes a few seconds.

Increase productivity.
With less time making travel preparations and related activities holding online meetings gives you more time to get other things done.

Reduce costs.
Read the related article Can you really save money with online meetings? It's true the cost of gas keeps increasing. Reducing cost is easy to see when airline prices nearly doubled in 2008.

Be efficient.
The best online meeting software integrates easily with Microsoft Office. Quickly send meeting notices and WebEx MeetMeNow even has invite by phone for adhock meeting requests.

Conduct trainings and large events.
Training online is nothing new, but have you participated in it yet? It is a great way to reach out to customers and employees to demo products or train them in you companies policies.

Deeply engage your audience.
Video, audio and chat conference abilities allows exciting new ways to keep the meeting stimulating and interactive.

Get more value from your meetings even after you're done.
Many online software vendors offer recording options. If you offer a training or product demos this offers the ability to offer it again to others. Reuse, re-watch and distributing your online sessions can save hours and thousands of dollars.

Simplify administration and deployment.
Whether you are a company with 5 employees or 50,000, you can easily enable everyone in your organization to conduct effective online meetings. With a variety of administration tools, you can comply with corporate policies and easily manage users of the Live Meeting service.