While attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week I saw a great collaboration tool for micropreneurs. Many new online businesses, like my own, have a team that is spread out throughout the world. Talking to each other even by Skype can be difficult at times because of varying schedules and travel. So having a service that includes mobile face to face chat is key to collaborating effectively. Although Qik allows you to talk face to face over mobile phones it has one drawback; it has a push to talk button on the screen which is necessary for talking. This can be annoying or limiting in certain situations. A fairly new company called ooVoo has conquered all of these problems. In fact, according to their side by side video quality comparison of Qik and ooVoo the quality is better as well.
ooVoo also has a free video chat room service that you can place on your blog/website as well giving you the ability to talk face to face with your readers (something I will be trying out)!
Another benefit to ooVoo is that no software is necessary to download for conferencing and when you utilize the mobile to web or mobile to mobile feature it can be executed on any smart phone with a video function; Yes that includes Windows, Android and iPhones/iPods. The ooVoo Call Me Button, which can be placed on any web page makes it easy for your readers or friends to do a free video call through any web browser. So if you’re a small business with communication/meeting problems within your company or a blogger looking to get more acquainted with your readers I suggest you check out ooVoo’s service. Try the ooVoo chat room below!

By Peter Marino
Senior Partner and CMO
reelWebDesign.com