Webinars v Teleconferences for Home Business

I'd be interested in some feedback on this. Got your typing fingers on?

Home business marketers of all shades seem to run teleconferences; an occasional one runs webinars. An even rarer bird posts recordings of the event for download or streaming afterwards.

How do these activities compare in relation to profit generation? And, for that matter, is that their primary purpose? Or are we entering the big business 'branding' fuzzy zone when we speak of such 'customer relations'?

Being in a time zone that doesn't line up too well with when most of the teleconferences air, I'm a great fan of the downloadable recordings.

I'm also not too keen on paying international phone rates for unknown quality in teleconferences. Too often they develop into idle chitchat or pitch fests that I'd rather not be paying for and not wasting time on.

And yet, I enjoy attending good ones.

They provide interaction with other Internet home based business people that is simply not available any other way.

So long may they live!

But which format do you prefer? Why? And how do you benefit? Be real interested to know.