1. marketing your business, project, or interests,
2.  building your mailing/emailing list, and
3. networking with others around your city, state, country, or the globe.

Planning for a teleseminar involves a fair, but not overwhelming, amount of preparation. Here are ideas to consider at least four weeks in advance of your planned teleseminar event:  

• Determine if you are having a guest or conducting the class alone 
• If you are doing the class with a guest, gain clarity on date, time, including time zone, handouts, advertising, etc.
• Determine date & time for class
• Clear the date/time on all personal/family calendars
• Determine topic for class
• Determine title for class
• Decide whether you will record the teleseminar; you can record with your bridgeline's free service or you can use an outside service.
• Determine price (free - $____)
• Arrange for bridgeline
•  Establish call-in number; obtain codes & directions
•  Write description of class
•  Write objectives for class
• Create webpage (optional)
• Write announcement for class that will be sent out via email or other means; specify clearly whether or not it will be recorded
• Create 'product' for teleseminar, i.e., if using a shopping cart system. If you aren't using a shopping cart system, then determine how people will register for your class
• If needed, create TinyURL & SnipURL to use in plain text emails; embed full link on websites or other services.
• Create accompanying AR (Autoresponder, i.e., pre-set confirmation email) for registrations; include templatized, appropriate, & sensible wording
• Create 'product' for handouts, if you are offering handouts
• If needed, create TinyURL & SnipURL for the handouts to use in plain text emails; embed full link on websites or other services
• Register yourself to test out the system; enlist others to register to keep testing it, especially the very first time
• Start putting on any of the social media sites (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.)
• Write articles for EzineArticles.com or other such sites; newspaper, newsletter, etc.

You do not have to do ALL of these, but this list gives you a great place to start when considering what you may want to do so that your teleseminar is well-conceived and advertised.