Altitude on Small Business Tools

Web Conferencing is a popular tool that’s great for hosting meetings, working with clients nationally, and connecting with colleagues and associates without being in the same room. There are a number of useful services out there, but deciding on the best one and finding the best price isn’t as easy. The trick is finding the right service that offers the features you need for the types of meetings you plan on hosting.Dimdim is a free web conferencing service that allows you to share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam with no downloading required to host or attend meetings. That’s one of the great things about the software, you don’t have to add yet another piece of software to your hard drive. In addition to that, Dimdim has built-in VoIP, which provides free calling to and from any computer with a microphone and an Internet connection. And they offer a free teleconference service, as well.The really neat thing about DimDim is that you can show pictures, share PowerPoint presentations, PDF documents, and screen shots from your computer and video all from one spot. You can record your meetings and then receive a copy by email when it’s ready for viewing, on average, 5 or 6 minutes later.The software proves to be pretty simple to use. Like most web 2.0 tools, you start out by registering and establishing your free account and you’re instantly able to schedule your first meeting. For free you can host up to 20 people in your conference and for $99, not a month, but for a year, you can add customization and branding options.The internal portal is user-friendly with various options for chatting, accessing websites, loading documents, and setting Webcam quality.Looking for a place to host a web conference, that has the features you need —- website and desktop sharing, recording, and chat? And of course you want it at a great price, right? How about for free? You should check out DimDim.com