Today I moderated a webinar for a client. Attendees paid to participate – as much as $159. Once their payment was received, they were sent a login to the webinar.
This is where it gets interesting
One of the attendees chose to share her login credentials with two other individuals. That is — two other individuals who did not pay to attend. Following the webinar, one of the non-registered “stealth attendees” sent an email congratulating my client on a great presentation and asking for a copy of the slides. Pretty brazen, IMHO. Or maybe just really dumb to expose himself as a non-paying, unregistered attendee.
Sharing someone else’s webinar login is stealing
These people stole $318 from my client and her co-presenter today, then had the nerve to ask for a copy of the slide deck. Thinking that you can sneak in on someone else’s paid registration is unethical – perhaps illegal – and not very respectful to presenters who’ve spent long hours assembling their quality presentation.
Please don’t steal paid electronic content of any kind.
About the author: At Your Service Cincinnati principal Nora Rubinoff’s core virtual assistant services include social media management, WordPress support, online reputation management, project management, customer relationship management, customized e-mail marketing campaigns and productivity enhancement. Nora is a Mac and PC specialist. Nora is enthusiastic about architecting solutions that enable clients to make more out of their business day.
Nora is a recipient of the Karen S. House Award for Regional Collaboration as well as the Women of Excellence Award, several state and local government proclamations and holds the IVAA EthicsCheck™ certification. Nora is a past board member for IVAA and serves on several community advisory boards. Read more from this author
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