Comments on: 5 Ways Skype Helps Your Business http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/ Freelance Advice and Freelance Jobs - FreelanceSwitch Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:40:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Charles Stricklin http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8966 Charles Stricklin Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:57:55 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8966 The free/basic version of Pamela limits call recording to 15 minutes, the pro version does not. I use Pamela all the time to record podcasts, and with the exception of a couple of glitches (of which I'm fairly certain they've corrected) Pamela has been nothing but good for me. I especially like how I can record myself on one side of a stereo track and everyone else on the other. The free/basic version of Pamela limits call recording to 15 minutes, the pro version does not. I use Pamela all the time to record podcasts, and with the exception of a couple of glitches (of which I’m fairly certain they’ve corrected) Pamela has been nothing but good for me. I especially like how I can record myself on one side of a stereo track and everyone else on the other.

]]> By: Pat Kelly http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8954 Pat Kelly Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:52:51 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8954 Our experience as a Skype partner is that they bring unprecedented value to both the Consumer and to the Small Business sector. With Skype, Small Business has access to enterprise-class features at an industry re-defining price. Applications include web conferencing, remote desktop, unified messaging, and in our case, call center, support and business live chat capabilities. Recent Skype public announcements exhibit their commitment to the partner community and provide insight into near-term enhancements. Unlike the VoIP market, Skype is not about putting voice over an IP network, rather, making conversations (voice, video, chat/IM) a web app. All others are just talk. Our experience as a Skype partner is that they bring unprecedented value to both the Consumer and to the Small Business sector. With Skype, Small Business has access to enterprise-class features at an industry re-defining price. Applications include web conferencing, remote desktop, unified messaging, and in our case, call center, support and business live chat capabilities.

Recent Skype public announcements exhibit their commitment to the partner community and provide insight into near-term enhancements.

Unlike the VoIP market, Skype is not about putting voice over an IP network, rather, making conversations (voice, video, chat/IM) a web app. All others are just talk.

]]> By: Sunday Link Love at azazil.net http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8897 Sunday Link Love at azazil.net Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:21:09 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8897 [...] 5 Ways Skype Helps Your Business - Somehow, despite getting a whole year of globetrotting under my belt, I haven’t yet bought into the Skype phenomena. It sure looks like a great way to stay in touch with friends that I’ll be checking out before jetting off again… [...] […] 5 Ways Skype Helps Your Business - Somehow, despite getting a whole year of globetrotting under my belt, I haven’t yet bought into the Skype phenomena. It sure looks like a great way to stay in touch with friends that I’ll be checking out before jetting off again… […]

]]> By: Corin Royal Drummond http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8636 Corin Royal Drummond Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:05:50 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8636 Skype Fabulous but Fatally Flawed Skype's popularity scares me because it's one of those Roach Motel network services where you can check in but can check out. Skype is a closed network controlled by one company - EBay. And no, defacto standards are very different from real vendor-neutral open standards. We already have the SIP protocol which is very widely used, and fabulously feature rich. Gizmo, BroadVoice, and many other competing providers provide a much richer ecosystem around VoIP, than Skype can ever do. Internet users need to understand the power of open protocols and standards, because it's the only thing keeping the Internet from becoming AOL in the early '90s. In other words, friends don't let friends use Skype, as fabulous and useful as it is. It's just the wrong way to go, and the alternatives like Gizmo & Broadvoice, and Asterisk based personal PBXs are vastly superior. Skype Fabulous but Fatally Flawed

Skype’s popularity scares me because it’s one of those Roach Motel network services where you can check in but can check out. Skype is a closed network controlled by one company - EBay. And no, defacto standards are very different from real vendor-neutral open standards. We already have the SIP protocol which is very widely used, and fabulously feature rich. Gizmo, BroadVoice, and many other competing providers provide a much richer ecosystem around VoIP, than Skype can ever do.

Internet users need to understand the power of open protocols and standards, because it’s the only thing keeping the Internet from becoming AOL in the early ’90s.

In other words, friends don’t let friends use Skype, as fabulous and useful as it is. It’s just the wrong way to go, and the alternatives like Gizmo & Broadvoice, and Asterisk based personal PBXs are vastly superior.

]]> By: Jared http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8416 Jared Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:10:49 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8416 I still have yet to get on the Skype train. I wasn't aware of all the awesome features that it had. Skype here I come. I still have yet to get on the Skype train. I wasn’t aware of all the awesome features that it had. Skype here I come.

]]> By: Sulcalibur http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8411 Sulcalibur Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:10:07 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8411 I was using Skype as my main line for business and was using Skypein too for people to ring me from there landlines. I even bought a cheap phone. This was ideal because no matter where I was, I would always have the same number. Great! But no, calls were awful. I was running on 8meg Cable Broadband and the quality was bloody awful, so it just didn't work for me. I would love it if it did, but I'm just unlucky like that. Advise I would give is don't RELY on it. Other than that it's pretty good I guess. I was using Skype as my main line for business and was using Skypein too for people to ring me from there landlines. I even bought a cheap phone. This was ideal because no matter where I was, I would always have the same number. Great!

But no, calls were awful. I was running on 8meg Cable Broadband and the quality was bloody awful, so it just didn’t work for me. I would love it if it did, but I’m just unlucky like that.

Advise I would give is don’t RELY on it. Other than that it’s pretty good I guess.

]]> By: Brad V. http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8383 Brad V. Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:17:18 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8383 I'm seriously considering getting Skype because I started a podcast for my blog and I need an easy way to conduct interviews without breaking the bank. Thanks for this post, lots of good information!!! I’m seriously considering getting Skype because I started a podcast for my blog and I need an easy way to conduct interviews without breaking the bank. Thanks for this post, lots of good information!!!

]]> By: °flo http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8378 °flo Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:58:50 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8378 SKYPE rules! I use it many times a day at work. And when I travel on productions, I can even kiss my wife good night via videochat! I just love it!! _______________________________________ <a href="http://madvertisingblog.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">MADVERTISING - tales from a very strange industry</a> SKYPE rules! I use it many times a day at work. And when I travel on productions, I can even kiss my wife good night via videochat! I just love it!!

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]]> By: Amrit Hallan http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8359 Amrit Hallan Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:32:18 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8359 Skype is a great almost-free communication tool and I've been using for years now. As you've mentioned in the post, I mostly use it to talk to my clients. Skype is a great almost-free communication tool and I’ve been using for years now. As you’ve mentioned in the post, I mostly use it to talk to my clients.

]]> By: How To Use Skype For Your Business http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8358 How To Use Skype For Your Business Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:30:35 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/working/5-ways-skype-helps-your-business/#comment-8358 [...] Skype is a great VoIP tool that I’ve been using for, as long as it has existed I think. I remember I was among its first users because I was those days desperately looking for something that could enable me to talk to my clients through my computer, without incurring high costs. I have even been using their SkyOut service that lets you make phone calls on regular telephones. So have you been using Skype as a business tool? If you haven’t and you want to, Ivan at Freelance Switch tells you 5 Ways Skype Can Help Your Business. [...] […] Skype is a great VoIP tool that I’ve been using for, as long as it has existed I think. I remember I was among its first users because I was those days desperately looking for something that could enable me to talk to my clients through my computer, without incurring high costs. I have even been using their SkyOut service that lets you make phone calls on regular telephones. So have you been using Skype as a business tool? If you haven’t and you want to, Ivan at Freelance Switch tells you 5 Ways Skype Can Help Your Business. […]

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