Connecting with your web design clients

Most of our contact with clients is done through email and phone conversations. This is comfortable for most everyone. Sometimes more functionality is required for that personal touch, or for educational purposes. The following is a list 10 of sites and applications that can be used for that.

1. Skype - it’s easy to use, free to download and has video chat. why not? too bad they don’t have screen sharing functionality

2. DimDim - This is my web conferencing app of choice. compatible with mac and PC. free to use for conferences under 20 users. if thats not enough it’s open source as well, download flavors for linux and windows servers on their sourceforge page

3. WebEx - probably the bast known web conferencing tool, prices start at $39/month for the individual free 14day trial too. This is the corporate choice

4. Vmukti - runs on windows server 2003, and XP written in c#, also open source. you can check it out on SourceForge. it also comes in a professional version with hosted options.

5. WebHuddle - Secure java applet no server install. Open Source and free check the demo: WebHuddle demo

6. OpenMeetings - Open Source web conferencing integrates with moodle, see all the information at their Google Code page. there is also a demo here (note: the password = demo username = demo) you can download the code and install it on your server….oh yeah its free!

7. Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro - it took me a while to figure out how much this costs to use. you’ll need to call adobe for anything beyond their month to month subscription service $375 for their starter pack or $0.32 per user per min.

8. Glance - one click desktop sharing! check out their news section

9. iVisit - for both for desktop and mobile, track your mobile clients with GPS, take a look at their features page. free for 90 days - fully featured for 7.95 per month with a 1 year subscription

10. Gizmo Project - similar to skype, give it a try if you have an aversion to skype.

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