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You've finally gotten a serious bite on that commercial property you've had on the market forever. However, it's quickly become a logistical nightmare. The buyers agent is very accomodating but there is also three lawyers, the client company's representative and (dear God no!) the need for a minor zoning change. That's quite an orchestra to conduct but the result could be the largest commission of your career so far. You're ready to throw a significant amount of money at this to make it happen but you don't have to.
All of these people have access to the internet both at home and at work. GoToMeeting is a perfect solution for this situation. All the other people need, is access to a computer with a web browser on it like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Think for a moment about this. How often are all of these people at their computers at the same time? Send an email today and you are all meeting tomorrow morning. The power of getting people together to hammer out the zillion tiny issues that come up in a deal like this is incredible. Is it worth $50 a month to you? It is to me.

0 commentsGoToMeeting Reviews • August 30 2008 11:03AM

Compare GoToMeeting and Webex MeetMeNow

Differences are highlighted in hot pink  
   
Citrix GoToMeeting Webex MeetMeNow
   
Flat monthly subscription Annual subscription (pre-paid)
$49 per month or $468 annual(pre-paid) $468 per year
Single license for unlimited meetings with up to 15 participants Single license for unlimited meetings with up to 10 participants
   
Windows Windows
from Windows 95, 400 MHz processor with 256 MB RAM Windows 98, NT 4.0 SP6, 2000, XP (Home and Pro), 2003
Browser: Internet Explorer 5.0+, Netscape 6.0+, Mozilla 1.0 or higher Browser: Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.x, Mozilla 1.6, Netscape 4.7 / 7, Firefox 1.0
   
Mac  
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher  
   
128-bit SSL encryption 128-bit SSL encryption
128-bit AES/ Blowfish encryption 128-bit AES/ Blowfish encryption
   
Integrated VoIP for free orĀ   
telephone conferencing service Integrated telephone conferencing requires US telephone number
(with local telephone number option incurring additional costs) (with local telephone number - incurring additional costs)
   
Easy Install Easy Install
1. Register account 1. Register account
2. Install software (4.4 MB) 2. Install software (11 MB)
  lack of differentiation between am and pm makes it difficult to specify time
   
Schedule meetings Schedule meetings
Schedule recurring meetings Schedule recurring meetings
One-click meetings (ad-hoc meetings) One-click meetings (ad-hoc meetings)
Meeting calendar Meeting calendar
Invite participants after meeting has started Invite participants after meeting has started
Expel an attendee from the meeting Expel an attendee from the meeting
Transfer mouse and keyboard control Transfer mouse and keyboard control
Access to desktop Access to desktop
Access to selected applications  
Clean screen (hide task bar etc.)  
Instantly change presenters Instantly change presenters
Annotation and drawing tools Annotation and drawing tools
Chat Chat
Full screen/partial screen mode  
Instant Messaging  
  Webcam Video
Audio Conference Call Control Audio Conference Call Control
Mute participants Mute participants
Participant reporting  
Meeting recording  
Inactivity time-outs  
Outlook Outlook
Lotus Notes Lotus Notes
3 commentsGoToMeeting Reviews • August 14 2008 08:36PM

GoToMeeting Review

We started using GoToMeeting with the free trial. We did a few meetings with it and it really worked well for us but we really didn't do many meetings at all that would justify it. Cut to three years later and we were looking for a solution to our post-implementation troubleshooting. It became necessary to do an email and phone dance with the implementation team, the sales team, the client and the developers. This would take weeks of emails and phone calls. All of a sudden I was like, why don't we just use that GoToMeeting software. We know it workls because we tried the free trial successfully and this way we can get everyone together at the same time and do in days what used to take weeks. We did and it worked. What a great tool.

0 commentsGoToMeeting Reviews • August 07 2008 08:39AM