Many of us grew up watching space-age futuristic TV programs like The
Jetsons, wondering if one day we too would be able to communicate
through video conferencing screens like George Jetson’s high-tech video
phone. Although we may not yet have the robot maids or flying cars of
Orbit City, thanks to VoIP service providers, video chat has become
something of the present.
VoIP video chat features are transforming the way our businesses
function. In business today, companies may have employees working from
remote locations all over the world. It can be a challenge to get
everyone on the same page when employees are so spread out. An SEO
company for example, may partner with international websites, which
means your staff members could be based out of foreign countries.
While in-person conversations are certainly the best, it’s neither
feasible nor cost-efficient to expect your employees in Paris to jump on
an airplane every day to make a 3 p.m. meeting in New York City.
However, with video chat, lots of employees can meet “face-to-face”
in real time on a virtual platform. If your New York City SEO company is
interested in a web developer living in France, video conferencing
makes hiring and maintaining a relationship with this foreign web
developer possible. Video chat technology opens the door to a bigger
pool of talents for your SEO company.
In a way, IP video conferencing shrinks the world a bit, linking up
your bloggers in California and Texas and that web developer in France
to your New York City home-base staff which, in turn, creates a more
cohesive work environment. Through a video conference, you can still
conduct your afternoon meeting in New York City, just perhaps with an
added view of the Eiffel Tower.
With VoIP providers, your video conferencing features allow you to
schedule a virtual conference at a certain time, and then join the
meeting by dialing a number or clicking on a link in an e-mail
invitation. Each video conference participant will then have access to
the virtual conference room in which the meeting is taking place. With
most VoIP providers, each virtual room holds up to a certain number of
participants, with the option of increasing the room capacity for an
additional per person fee.
For IP video conferencing to work, each participant must use a device
with a camera and microphone, like a phone with a video camera, or a
computer with a camera. Some businesses are familiar with the large and
expensive conference room video systems for large businesses and
enterprises. While these video systems are great for enterprises, they
are not the only choice you have in video conferencing. There is a wide
variety of available cameras, speakers and IP video conferencing suites
in a range of prices, so don’t be scared away by the high prices
associated with these very sophisticated systems.
Some VoIP services offer three separate video conference packages,
which vary in price based on their video resolution and maximum video
bandwidth. If you’re in search of a video conferencing plan that will
work best on small screens like video phones or webcams, low def plans
are offered for as low as $99 per month. On the other hand, if you’re in
the market for higher resolution and better quality for conference-room
video systems, the high def plans would be your best option, with 2048
kbps of bandwidth for $499.99 per month.
When you consider that the price of just one round-trip plane ticket
from Paris to New York City starts at $798, it’s easy to see the cost
advantages of using IP video conferencing within your SEO business.
Without even factoring in the multiple employees that may require
flights to your meetings, or the other expenses associated with employee
travel, the per month cost of a video chat solution, even with one of
the more expensive VoIP services, is still cheaper than arranging
face-to-face conferences.
Video conferencing is a time and money saving feature that will
benefit your business as employees can experience real-time
collaboration and face-to-face communication despite their unique
locations. While we may still be waiting on our personal jetpacks, at
least we can celebrate our very own advanced video conferencing systems,
which may even spike jealousy in George Jetson himself.
Chloe Mulliner,
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