Webcam Conferencing: the New Wave in Inexpensive Online Meetings

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Is it time for you to give webcam conferencing a try? If you have meetings not quite important enough to justify flying, but still needing that personal touch, try webcam conferencing.

Webcams are cheap, easy to use, and have much better clarity these days than a few years ago. Prices range from $28 to $200+ depending on the features you want. If you just want to talk with your friends or family you can get by with a lower-priced model. Planning to use this for business meetings? I personally like the Logitechs.

Your choice should definitely be a USB webcam. Installation is easy, and you'll be ready to go in a snap. My website lists a number of webcam brands/prices for you to review.

Family Usage:

For family use the easiest starting point is with instant messaging software (AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Live, Yahoo). It's free, easy to use, and chances are you have friends who already use it. Get a couple of your friends to practice with you and you'll be ready to roll.

Business Use:

Businesses don't use video messaging much yet. They tend stick to web conference software. Fortunately, the major vendors all support video streaming and will integrat with your webcam.

I still think you're best off practicing over instant messaging first, just to make sure you have the hang of your webcam hardware. Then it's time to practice with your web conferencing software. Worried about the cost of the practice time? Sign up for a free trial with a conferencing vendor and take your webcam for a spin. This article's resource box has a link pointing you to a full-featured 14-day trial for online web conferencing.

Points to Remember:

You'll want to speak a tinch more slowly than normal. This is actually a recommendation for all presenters, but is even more relevent in webcam conferencing.

Check out your webcam's features. Many of them offer real-time enhancement (think: wrinkle-smoothing), lighting adjustments, and other features to improve the image. Use that web conference free trial to practice a bit.

All done? Great. You're part of the webcam conferencing world. Have fun!

About the Author

Tyler experienced web conferencing while employed from a remote office. Learn more about getting webcam conference free trials at his website. Get a totally unique version of this article from our article submission service

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