Set Up a Skype Account

Skype is also a viable business tool, enabling free internal phone calls, text messages from your computer, and inexpensive calls to land lines and cell phones.  Whether you own a business or would like to use it in your personal life, setting up a Skype Account is easy to do.  Here’s how:

Step 1:  Visit www.skype.com and download the software onto your computer.  There’s a big DOWNLOAD button so you can’t miss it.

Step 2.  A window will open on your computer.  Save the file SkypeSetup.exe. on your computer.

Step 3.  Once the download is complete, open the Skype setup application.  The setup wizard will launch guiding you through choices and settings for your computer. 

Step 4.  Your next step is to Start Skype.

Step 5.  You’ll now be asked to create your account.  It’ll ask for your name, Skype name, and password.  It’ll then ask for an email address and location information. 

Step 6.  You’re now able to make Skype calls.  You can also take a peek at their getting started guide which will walk you through making a test call and your first phone call.  With Skype you can also import contacts from Hotmail, Yahoo, Outlook and more.

Skype can be the one stop communication solution for busy people who are tired of spending so much money on phone bills and text messages and using Skype is easy to do.

Record a Conference with Go to Meeting

Recording a web conference has many uses. Not only can you use it to refer back to at a later date, the recorded conference can be used to create internal systems, marketing materials, and audio or print products to sell or distribute to your audience. 

With Go to Meeting in order to audio, you must have a sound card.  You must also have a microphone or other audio input device installed and configured on your computer.
 
Once you’ve effectively registered for Go to Meeting and have set up your account you’re ready to host a conference. 

To record a meeting you must first set your preferences.

Once your preferences are established in your GoToMeeting preferences tab, recordings are automatically saved to the path you established.  For example you can set meetings to be saved right on your desktop or in a “Meetings” folder.  Meeetings are automatically saved when you end or leave a meeting.  

To make things easy, GoToMeeting has set recordings up to be specifically named.  For example, Meet Now meetings are named with the date and time plus the words “Meet Now,” and Scheduled Meetings include the meeting subject in the file name.   However, you cannot change the location where you would like to save a recording once you have clicked the record button. Take note of your location so you don’t lose your files on your computer.

GoToMeeting has set up recorded meetings to be stored by default in your My Documents folder. You can change the destination location before you begin recording. You cannot change the location during or after the meeting.  GoToMeeting recommends that the designated location have a minimum of 1.0GB of free space to accommodate the recording so you don’t run out of space and lose your recording.  Meetings are saved as Windows media files to make it easy to edit, email, and playback. 

There are many advantages to being able to record meetings and conferences.  GoToMeeting’s automatic record makes it easy.