DimDim: Web Conferencing, Online Meetings and Virtual Classrooms Become Cheap and Easy For Small Businesses

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If you’ve ever hosted any type of webinar or online meeting…or have done any teaching in a virutal classroom…you probably learned a few lessons along the way.  For instance, it can be expensive.  Very expensive.  Attendees struggle with downloading and installing software and getting their connections to work.  And you usually have to spend a good chunk of time just learning how to use the service, so you can give your presentation in the first place.

In fact, web conferencing can be so expensive and technically daunting, that it’s usually out of reach for most small businesses.

Enter Steve Chazin.  Steve is a former marketing guru for Apple, where he worked closely with Steve Jobs.  And he’s one of the forces behind a new, less than one-year-old, web conferencing service called DimDim.

What does DimDim do?  Well, it puts professional-level web conferencing services in the hands of “the little guy”.  Services that rival those offered by Cisco and Adobe…yet are dead-simple to use and are dirt cheap (even free).

With DimDim, you can host web conferences or online meetings where you can share your computer screen with the attendees, share documents (like PowerPoint presentations), share web pages (even pages including videos), share white board presentations, have multiple presenters, record your presentations to Flash files, use VOIP, turn on or off chat features and more.

For both you and the attendees, there is nothing to download or install.  It is all 100% browser based.  It doesn’t matter if you’re on Windows or a Mac, using Firefox or Internet Explorer.  And because it’s coming from a former mastermind at Apple, everything is simple, elegant and straight foward to use.

But perhaps best of all is that you can start using it for free…where you can host meetings with up to 20 people.  If you’d like to host more attendees or take advantage of advanced features, additional plans are offered at affordable yearly rates.

So if you’ve been wanting to host online meetings but the “techie stuff” or cost has scared you away…or if you already use another web conferencing service but are tired of restrictions and paying fat monthly fees…then DimDim is a service you definately want to check out.

You can learn more and instantly sign-up for a free DimDim account by clicking here.

5 comments

  • Dave-
    Thanks for mentioning Dimdim. I’m glad you find it simple, elegant, and straight forward to use. Keeping the product easy, open, and affordable is our focus, and we’re constantly working to improve.

    Let me know if there is anything else we can be doing to make it better.

    Thanks!

    -k
    Kevin Micalizzi, Community Manager
    Dimdim Web Conferencing / http://www.dimdim.com
    e: kevin@dimdim.com / twitter: @meetdimdim
    On Facebook: http://cli.gs/dimdimFB

  • At Batipi, we’re web meeting consultants to help you find the best technology to meet your requirements.

    I was looking at DimDim, a few years back, but looks like they have come a long way. Previously, they we’re only open source.

    Thanks,
    http://www.batipi.com

  • Hi Dave,
    Have you tried Mikogo for free online meetings and web conferencing? http://www.mikogo.com
    Mikogo is a screen sharing tool ideal for Web presentations, online meeting, remote support, and more. With Mikogo you can share any screen content or application as you need it – websites, PDFs, powerpoint files, spreadsheets, images, etc. No need to upload files beforehand. This allows you to be very flexible during your meeting. We’ve included all features at no cost, and made Mikogo available for all to use.
    If you haven’t already tried Mikogo, drop by our website and try it out. In the case of any questions, please feel free to contact me. Would be happy to provide you with further info.

    Regards,

    Andrew Donnelly
    The Mikogo Team
    andrew(at)mikogo.com
    http://www.mikogo-blog.com

  • Hey nice blog,I was looking at DimDim, a few years back, but looks like they have come a long way. Previously, they we’re only open source. now we have some marketing tools also,Thanks for sharing