Connect With Readers Over the Phone

February 29, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Filed Under Blogging Demographics, Podcasting, Recommended

While certainly not the first free Web-based conference call system, Rondee might be an ideal tool for bloggers and podcasters.

The site takes the expense and equipment out of conference calling, making it available to the everyday, financially challenged blogger. Your only expense is a long distance call (though, that could be quite high for folks not in America. the area code you need to dial is based in San Diego, CA).

Anyone with a telephone can teleconference. All you have to do is schedule your call, send out e-mail invitations to each invitee, dial 619-2-RONDEE, enter the pin # you’ve been issued, and chat it up.

Potential uses: Bloggers can set up conferences with readers; blog networks can coordinate with writers scattered around the world; podcasters can conduct telephone interview.

If the organizer chooses to record a call, all participants will be notified and the audio will be made available in GSM, which can be converted to a WAV file.

With no software to download, Rondee could be nice alternative to Skype or TalkShoe.

The question is, do bloggers want to take their relationship with readers off the Web?

About the author: Andrew G.R. is the owner of Jobacle, a career advice and employment news blog and podcast designed to make work better. Follow him on Twitter.

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2 Responses to “Connect With Readers Over the Phone”

Andre Vanier on February 29th, 2008 3:41 pm

Thanks for the mention Andrew,

I’d be happy to provide a personal demo to any of your readers. I can be contacted at andre [at] rondeeinc [dot] com

Andre Vanier
Rondee, Inc.
Tim on March 5th, 2008 9:30 pm

Thanks for this tip - I’ve been using Skype with Pamela and it has worked well so far - but i pay a pretty price for it… will check out Rondee tonight.

Check out some of my podcasts on http://timothysykes.com/

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