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[Emma Starr Company: Monitium Contribution Level: 2]

I have plucked up the guts to start hosting my own webinars. I want to put my content on slides like you see in TF2. Has anyone had experience doing this on DimDim or another service other than camtasia?
Thanks
Emma

[Volker Schaefer Company: Life Plus International Contribution Level: 5]

Hi,

there is just a good advice on another forum post:
http://www.betternetworker.com/forums/main-mlm-discussion-f2/convert-powerpoint-to-video-with-free-software-t22109.html

I tried this software and it is really good for me.

Be well

Volker

[Richard Bravo Company: Life Force International Contribution Level: 9]

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I have used DimDim. Honestly I wasn't impressed.
Throughput was terrible which created a huge lag in the presentation.
People kept saying they couldn't see what I was talking about ... almost a 7-10 second delay.
That may not seem like much but I teach at sort of a fast pace, so when I have to stop 20-30 times during a 90 minute presentation to wait for the participant's screens to catch up, it's very annoying.

Hands down my all time favorite right now is using Skype and Mikogo.
Skype (http://www.skype.com) provides the free VOIP conferencing for audio.
Mikogo (http://www.mikogo.com) provides the webinar platform.

* You could also use one of the free teleconferencing services out there for audio.


The upsides are ...
#1 - It's FREE.
#2 - It can accommodate the same 25 seat capacity as DimDim
#3 - It's blazing fast and the audio is crystal clear.
#4 - It has full screen sharing capabilities so you can take control of a participants desktop.
#5 - You can switch presenters at will amongst any of the participants.
#6 - Did I mention it's FREE?

The downsides are ...
a) It's a little cumbersome for non-tech people to get setup.
Participants need to have Skype and Mikogo installed prior to the webinar.
If they aren't comfortable with installing new software and configuring their microphone settings.

b) Skype conferencing can only accommodate 25 seats, but that limitation applies to every platform I've looked at. So if you need more you'll need to pay for something like GoTo Webinar.

c) Mikogo doesn't provide the built-in recording feature for Mac (Windows Only).
So you'll need to do a screencast of your meeting if you're an Apple user and you want to record.
(Come on Mikogo ... That's LAME!!!)


Overall I love the Skype/Mikogo combo for more intimate meetings.

I've used GotoWebinar for larger presentations and the platform is impressive.
So if you need to accommodate more than 25 people this is pretty much the industry standard for now.

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[Rafal Szybiak Contribution Level: 1]

Try this one: http://www.omnovia.com/small-business-pricing.html
It's not for free but the quality is outstanding. I'm using plan called "Start 200" and found the way how can I get it for as low as 6 USD/month as an add-in to some affiliate program resselling hosting/autoresponder services.

[Ben Fitts Company: SendOutCards Contribution Level: 3]

I wouldn't want to use a free service to host webinars for my team. I wouldn't want to use anything that gives an unprofessional image.

You're stepping up as a leader here. You want to go all out and I'm assuming that if you have a big enough group to do webinars you should be making some money in your business!

We use GoToWebinar for webinars because it supports 1000 users. I have hundreds of people at a time on webinars. It is $99 a month. However you don't need extra software to do slides or anything because you can just use Powerpoint, Google Docs, or whatever.

If you're small you can start with GoToMeeting which is GoToWebinar for up to 25 people. As your group grows and as you regularly get 15-20 people on a webinar you can step it up to GoToWebinar which supports 1000 people.

[adam carter Company: Market America Contribution Level: 1]

Are you looking to hold a webinar for people to attend, or are you looking record it and give it away?
If you are looking to hold one you can look up freebinar.com,
it's a free webinar platform. I've used it before and it's great if you don't have a huge list and dont' want to spend $99 a month to hold 2 webinars for 10 people its a great options.

there are 2 downsides..
1. The way the client is desigined screen sharing isn't that great, you'll need to turn down the resolution on your comptuer screen so that it's big enough for everyone to see.

2. You need to call in for the audio (I usually run skype and the phone call together)

[adam carter Company: Market America Contribution Level: 1]

If you are doing slides (screen share may not work because of the way the screen is liad out) you can use freebinar.com but you will need to call in to the webinar for the audio.. they don't have VOIP set up quite yet.

James that's a pretty cool idea.. get a tribe together of 10 or so people and work out times for everyone for the month and share a webinar service...

[Dave Kotecki Company: Life Force International Contribution Level: 5]

I have a built-in meeting room for 25 people with my GVO
hosting account. It's included in the price of hosting, along
with all the other tools and training.

[Nathan Isaac Company: SendOutCards Contribution Level: 3]

Check out Freebinar it can hold over 100 guests and it's free! I have not tried it yet, but it's there. http://www.freebinar.com/

[Nathan Isaac Company: SendOutCards Contribution Level: 3]

Are you talking about me? I hope not.