Is Zoom In Your Biz Tool Chest?

This is Vanessa Collins, your Certified Digital Marketing Specialist with your Weekly Tech Tip. There are not many pieces of technology that I use more than this. This is one of the workhorse platforms in my business. This is the revenue generating service that I use at least once a day and frankly, it baffles me that I have not shared this platform with you guys until now. Well, here it is… meet one of my best friends…Zoom.

I know what you are thinking, Zoom is video conferencing platform and you are right. But it is what you can produce with that simple platform that makes it simply amazing. You can meet with clients, do online trainings or have full webinars. You and your participants can share screens, so it is great for teaching or troubleshooting. You can record those meetings and trainings. Zoom automatically produces a video and separate audio file. This means that you can provide replays for your clients and ell you class replays in your online store. You do have an online store, right?

Zoom is simple to use and easy to access. Your participants can use computers, tablets or phones. On the phone, if they use the Zoom app, they can see and interact via video.

Zoom has a free version that allows meetings up to 100 participants. On the free version, there is a 40-minute limit on group meeting but unlimited 1 on 1 meetings. The paid version is only $14.99 a month and allows unlimited group meetings. You can add on the webinar version for an extra $40 a month.

So, if you are looking for a platform to record your online classes, I highly recommend Zoom. You will find it at Zoom.us.