Comments on: Your Virtual Office with Skype

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:14:23 +0000

It sounds like you are ahead of me in integrating Skype as part of your business. I have mostly used it in the past as a way to keep in touch with family and friends overseas; and I have only recently begin to look at it as a tool for business. I exclusively use it from my computer, because I like the hands-free aspect of it, and I rarely use video, because I’m so damn ugly and because I don’t like people to see my retro-styled, post-apocalyptic basement office.

Lately, I’ve been talking more and more to some friends in Guatemala, the ones who use Skype to teach Spanish, and they use the full video and have it hooked up nicely. When I go down there next month I will look into their operation a little further.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:32:53 +0000

Hello,

I use Skype and Google Voice for my small business. I use GV to give me a number I can round robin to any phone I like including the Skype one. Using GV allows me to call my customers back from the number they called and not expose my cell phone or other phones that I am using.

My question to you is, do you use Skype video or just voice? And do you use it from your computer or do you have a Skype phone?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:18:36 +0000

Thanks Steve, its been mostly thanks to my friends overseas that I have used Skype. So much so, in fact, that I never really thought much about what it could do for the business domestically; even though it can be a great tool for keeping in touch with your team wherever the members might be.

By: Steve | MyWifeQuitHerJob

Steve | MyWifeQuitHerJob — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:15:31 +0000

Hey Tyler,

Thanks for the link. Since all of our vendors are in Asia, we use Skype exclusively to communicate with everyone and it’s dirt cheap. At some point, we hope to expand our business internationally as well and Skype will probably take on an even larger role with our business.