What IM program do you guys use for Business?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by RedXer, May 6, 2008.

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What IM chat program do you use for business?

  1. ICQ

    1 vote(s)
    4.8%

  2. AIM

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    14.3%

  3. Yahoo

    5 vote(s)
    23.8%

  4. MSN

    11 vote(s)
    52.4%

  5. Google

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  1. #1
    Google, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, and so on..

    ICQ was the standard in my last industry, but nowadays I'm having to use programs like Trillian, Meebo, and Pidgin that combine them all since people are all over the place with chat programs.
     
    RedXer, May 6, 2008 IP
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    For business I like to use MSN, for normal chit chat w/ friends I like to use AIM.
     
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    For any use Yahoo messenger
     
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    For business I prefer not to use unencrypted ones or toys (with viruses, smileys, spammers, bloatware etc which are massively non professional) ; so no MSN, AIM, ICQ and so forth. Gtalk over SSL, Jabber over SSL, Skype (is encrypted) all using Pidgin as integrated client. The less business ones are ok if you kill all features (like Windows objects in MSN, smileys and other trype which is not interesting at all) and tell the client every 5 minutes that he shouldn't use that :)
     
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    FaNtEcH Well-Known Member

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    I use Yahoo Messenger and Skype...
     
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    I prefer MSN & Skype. :)
     
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    Barefootsies Well-Known Member

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    Depends.

    Adult... ICQ
    Mainstream biz, most conversations, chat... Yahoo

    However, for some my Europe business. I use Skype.
     
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    always use ym and second is msn
     
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    Msn always.
     
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    MSN for me, coz it was already on my PC.
     
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    Thanks for the replies so far guys, interesting to see Skype mentioned so frequently, I wasn't expecting that one to be so popular, but I can see how it definitely saves on phone bills.
     
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    I definitely prefer to use GTalk for my business stuff, but MSN for friends + occasionally business if they're paying well
     
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    I use MSN for buisness as i find most people on the web use MSN Messenger
     
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    MSN, Yahoo, and Skype
     
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    MSN, easiest to use and everyone I know has it.
     
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    I find that noone really uses AIM in the UK... only really if they need to chat to Americans.
    MSN is used by practically everyone here, YIM not so much.

    I have Adium as I'm on a Mac so it makes no difference to me.
     
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    Aim- I use the most
    Skype- trying to use this more often
    MSN-business only
    G-chat barely use but its not bad

    Skype is my favorite though :D
     
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    well,i use aim to talk with my account managers from aff networks and msn to webdesigner clients
     
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    Using msn messenger since forever. Lol. Sometimes I do use the built in messenger of gmail however, thats rare. :)
     
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