Do you use IM for business?

Re: Do you use IM for business?

We do not most of our clients are not high tech they are more high touch

Re: Do you use IM for business?

We do use it if we do custom work for people outside of the US or Canada

Re: Do you use IM for business?

If chat is necessary, I'll use the phone.

Re: Do you use IM for business?

Unfortunately. We do technical staffing and work primarily with IT folks. Personally, I love the phone. Many of my managers get stuck in long meetings though and they will respond via IM where I can't reach them otherwise. I was quite resistent to use IM but since everybody kept telling me, get IM, get IM so I did and it really is okay. 😉

Re: Do you use IM for business?

We use them for some of our more technically proficient clients but we prefer to use Skype it is quicker and easier

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We use IM with our freelancers and the telephone/email with our clients. It works out well for us.

Aaron

Re: Do you use IM for business?

The use of instant messaging in the workplace is on the rise. Many people, myself included, believe that IM will someday replace email as the main communication tool for companies -- large and small. Given my current occupation, I think IM is fantastic -- it allows me to quickly and easily share code snippets with other developers, easily communicate non-technical information with other members of my team, and keep in touch with a few friends that I don't have the luxury of working with.

Having said that, companies for the most part don't have any "formal" guidelines in place when it comes to the use of IM by employees. However, just because said guidelines may not be in place, there are some "best practices" that you should try and stick to when using IM at work.
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Re: Do you use IM for business?

we do not use it.

we just use it for one year, after we choose others

Re: Do you use IM for business?

Hi..
We do not use IM most probably... but its for not local one...

Re: Do you use IM for business?

I think using IM to discuss business with clients is slightly unprofessional and should only be done if you personally know the client; however, using IM in the office to communicate is a great idea!