Placing a Button on your website:
You can easily place a button on your site by copying and pasting the appropriate block of HTML code into your website. The button that you chose will appear on your site, and when a participant clicks on it they will have the possibility to join your session from your website rather than visiting the Mikogo homepage.

The first button will link to http://join.mikogo.com which is available for both PC and Mac users joining a Mikogo session. You can test it for yourself by simply clicking on the example button below.

<a href="http://join.mikogo.com"><img style="border:0;" src="http://www.mikogo.com/images/buttons/join-session/mikogo-join-1.png" alt="Mikogo - Session" /></a>

The next two buttons are a little different to the above button, but more in line to what you would be used to from the buttons that we released earlier this year. Instead of linking to the Join Session webpage, the buttons below link to the Mikogo software. There are two buttons – one for Mac participants and one for Windows participants.

<a href="http://www.mikogo.com/download/Mikogo.exe"><img style="border:0;" src="http://www.mikogo.com/images/buttons/join-session/mikogo-win-1.png" alt="Mikogo - Web Conferencing" /></a>

<a href="http://www.mikogo.com/downloads/mikogo.dmg"><img style="border:0;" src="http://www.mikogo.com/images/buttons/join-session/mikogo-mac-2.png" alt="Mikogo - Web Conferencing" /></a>

Please feel free to take your buttons of choice and place them on your website.

We are definitely interested in hearing your feedback on the buttons. Check them out, and please leave a comment on which buttons you prefer.
And if you add one or more of the buttons to your website, feel free to share the new addition to your website by leaving a link in a comment below so we can check it out and see which buttons are the most popular. This will be nice to see and gives us an impression of which buttons are liked more than others.

Looking for something else? For example, if you use Mikogo solely for remote support, then you may only want the words “Remote Support” on a button. Let us know what type of button you’re after by leaving a comment below.

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Offixo is a web-based turnkey solution for small and medium sized businesses. In addition to a complete CRM system, shared calendar and address book and invoicing, Offixo offers a broad range of features for your every day business. The complete Offixo package includes the following modules:

• Webmail
• Shared Calendar
• Shared Addressbook
• CRM
• Time recording
• Expense Recording / Travel Expenses
• Invoicing
• Task manager
• Filesharing
• Discussion forum

And soon you can enjoy the comfort of a web-based business solution which will include a special Offixo-Mikogo tool for your web-meetings and trainings. We are currently working with Offixo to have Mikogo included in their online solution so users can start Mikogo meetings when using the Offixo solution.

For further information please visit the Offixo website: www.offixo.com

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Introducing Beat The Brochure
Beat The Brochure is the leading online travel company in the UK and offers their customers the best worldwide travel prices available on the Internet. Beat The Brochure is a division of the award-winning Como Street Travel Group.

The Challenge
Beat The Brochure’s UK Project Manager, Daniel Ox, is regularly working in collaboration with off-shore developers which led to the need for a software solution that would overcome communication barriers. “We required a desktop sharing solution that would allow us to break those barriers down, by working together visually when there is an issue that cannot be communicated by instant messaging or phone,” explains Daniel.

The Solution
Mikogo encompasses powerful and highly secure web conferencing software within a User Interface that is designed with ease of use in mind, providing a quick and effective solution for starting online meetings. “My first thought was just how simple the software is to use. Within 60 seconds of the download I was sharing my desktop with our development team on the other side of the world. It’s the clean and fast solution that we needed.”

The Conclusion
Mikogo is now an essential tool for the British company and has become a key application used multiple times every week to resolve technical problems during web development. “Technical problems cannot be explained over the phone due to their complexity, and this is where Mikogo helps us through visual explanation.”
“It’s a great time saver, and more importantly it can keep the stress levels to a minimum!”

Please feel free to download the Beat The Brochure Case Study.

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Mid last week I spent close to two hours with Macworld’s Nick Spence. As you can imagine, when I say “spent” time with Macworld I do not mean a face-to-face meeting On the contrary. By utilizing Mikogo’s free desktop sharing for the primary purpose of demonstrating the Mikogo software and later presenting and discussing each others websites, we held our meeting over the Web with Nick in England and myself in Germany. Nick enjoyed Mikogo’s “unobtrusive” interface and found both the remote keyboard and mouse control and participant pointer to be highly effective.

Nick also mentioned that he would later test out Mikogo over the weekend with friends in England and overseas.

Nick Spence writes:

This is a useful addition for trouble shooting computer problems, training and learning or simply if you want to collaborate in real time online. A notification window keeps track of what’s going on including the transferring of any files or documents, which can be defaulted to be your desktop so they are easy to find.
We also loved the participant pointer, a simple but effective tool for highlighting and aiding discussions and demonstrations.

Nick was of course curious about the development of further features in the Mikogo Mac version and I assured him that I will keep him posted as we make further developments.

To read the review, drop by the Macworld reviews page.

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Introducing Bolero Innovations Inc.

With over twenty-five years of combined hands-on experience, Bolero Innovations Inc. are professional web design service providers who are uniquely qualified to deliver a myriad of web technologies and framework applications. Company President, Mark Johnston, has spent 12 years of his professional career as a Senior Project Manager in the software development industry.

The Challenge

Bolero Innovations Inc. provides a wide range of web design services and needs to regularly organize client demos in addition to training sessions for both employees and clients. While having previously paid for online meeting software, Mark was searching for an affordable and easy-to-use solution to online trainings.

The Solution

It was Mikogo’s fast installation and easy-to-use user interface that impressed the Bolero President: “I was astounded by how simple it was to get started. As an application architect and user interface designer for over 13 years, I must say that Mikogo was the most hassle-free installation I have seen in a long time.”

“But my favorite part is how unobtrusive it is – finally an application that simply works, and only works when you want it to work, without making a peep when you don’t.”

The Conclusion

Now as the company’s primary tool for online demos, Mikogo is being used daily by Bolero Innovations. “Brilliant product! I cannot say enough good things about it. Prior to Mikogo’s free solution, we were using overly complicated and dreadfully slow products and paying monthly fees. All applications should be as easy to install and use as Mikogo. Mikogo has created the best, most efficient, easy to use, unobtrusive screen sharing application the world over.”

The Bolero Innovations Inc. Case Study is available as a PDF download.

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The benefit of this is that you can carry your Mikogo software on your USB drive and start meetings from your work computer and later start meetings from home or other computers. No need to install the software.

How to get the portable version:

Simply download it and save it to your USB drive. You’ll then have “Mikogo-Portable” with the icon on your portable stick. Double-click on it, Mikogo will instantly start and the little icon will appear in your system tray. Click on the icon, select “Start Meeting” and enter your user details. Click OK, and the meeting will begin – Simple!

And now you can share any content on your screen (i.e. your desktop, word documents, spreadsheets, slides, pictures, web pages, etc…) with your meeting participants.

Also, your user details (username & password) will be saved so there is no need to re-enter your details when you start a meeting from another computer. Next time you open your USB drive, open Mikogo, and select “Start Meeting”, the meeting will simply begin.

Enjoy!

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We have also made a couple of new buttons for Windows participants. There are several buttons for Windows and Mac participants available below. We have provided the HTML code below each button.

Placing a Button on your website:
To place a button on your site, copy and paste the appropriate block of HTML code into your website. The button that you have chosen will appear on your site, and when a participant clicks on it they will open the Mikogo software for participants.
If you place a Windows button, they will open the Mikogo.exe file for Windows participants. If you place a button for Mac users on your site, when they click on it they will open the Mikogo.dmg for Mac participants.

To test out the buttons, feel free to click on any of the buttons below and you will see that the appropriate Mikogo participant software will open for either Windows or Mac computers, depending on which button you click on.

Please feel free to take your buttons of choice and place them on your website.

<a href="http://www.mikogo.com/downloads/mikogo.dmg"><img style="border:0;" src="http://www.mikogo.com/images/buttons/join-meeting/join-meeting-mac.png" alt="Mikogo - Join Meeting" /></a>

<a href="http://www.mikogo.com/download/Mikogo.exe"><img style="border:0;" src="http://www.mikogo.com/images/buttons/join-meeting/join-meeting-win.png" alt="Mikogo - Join Meeting" /></a>

<a href="http://www.mikogo.com/downloads/mikogo.dmg"><img style="border:0;" src="http://www.mikogo.com/images/buttons/join-meeting/online-meetings-mac.png" alt="Mikogo - Online Meetings" /></a>

<a href="http://www.mikogo.com/download/Mikogo.exe"><img style="border:0;" src="http://www.mikogo.com/images/buttons/join-meeting/online-meetings-win.png" alt="Mikogo - Online Meetings" /></a>

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Opening the Scheduler
The first thing to note, is that you can open your Scheduler before you start a meeting or during a meeting. Click on the M icon in the system tray and select “Scheduler”:

The Scheduler then opens, and in this case you can see that I have already scheduled 2 meetings:
(Click on image to enlarge and view it)

To Start a Scheduled Meeting
In order for a scheduled meeting to start, you have to open your Scheduler and click “Start”. Meetings will not begin automatically simply because the scheduled time and date has been reached – this is for security reasons.
To start a scheduled meeting, click on the meeting so it is highlighted in blue and then click “Start”.

The meeting will begin and you will receive the Meeting Info window containing the exact same ID as assigned in the Scheduler i.e. 524-644-209

Once you have started the meeting, the meeting will be highlighted in green in your Scheduler indicating that the meeting is now in progress:

IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE:
1. Start the same meeting at any time:
Please note that you do not have to start the meeting at the exact time that was scheduled. In this case the meeting was originally scheduled for 6th Feb 2009 at 11:30am. However if I wish I can start the same meeting at any time and day I wish e.g. today Wednesday 18th March 2009

2. Meeting ID will always be the same:
For any scheduled meeting, the same meeting ID will always be saved in my scheduler and I can start this meeting with this ID at any time I wish. This allows me to save multiple meeting IDs and send them in advance to my meeting participants. So I can start this particular meeting whenever I wish and I will always receive this ID, 524-644-209.

Scheduling a New Meeting
To add a new scheduled meeting, click on “New”. The window, seen below, opens and you can then set the following:

• Topic
• Start (including date, time and time zone)
• Expected Duration
• Recurrence Pattern
• Your Name
• Meeting Password (only if you wish to set a password for the meeting)

Conference Call Information
If you intend to use the Mikogo Voice Conferencing service, tick the checkbox as in the image above. This will simply include the call conference info in your scheduled meeting details, which you can later send to your participants. You can later choose if you actually wish to have a conference call with your participants or not. Ticking the checkbox just means you opt to send your participants this info.

If you wish to send your participants info for another conferencing service, you can do so by checking “Use Own Conference Call Service”. This will then allow you to type in the white text box below and provide the information on your conference call service that your participants will require.
Tick the disk icon under the text box to save this info for later needs.

If you wish to receive an email shortly before your scheduled meeting to remind you, tick “Remind Me” and enter your email address in the field.

When you have filled out all the fields you require, click “Save”. You will then see your Scheduler again containing the new scheduled meeting.

Starting Today’s Meeting
Come the day of a scheduled meeting, in this case today is Wednesday, the meeting scheduled for the day will be highlighted in orange. When it comes to the scheduled time, click on the meeting and click “Start”. You will then receive the Meeting Info Window with the appropriate meeting ID.

Sending the Meeting Info to Participants
From the image above you can see a few buttons at the bottom of the Scheduler. Click on your meeting of choice, and then click “Email Invitation”. Alternatively you can click on “Copy Invitation” and then paste the info into a new email. This will contain all the info that you included when you made the new scheduled meeting. Then email it to your participants.
Of course you can do this days before the meeting begins and notify your participants of the upcoming meeting.

Participants Joining a Meeting
Say for example, yesterday you emailed your participants the info for today’s meeting. A couple of minutes before you start the meeting, a participant goes to www.mikogo.com, clicks on “Join Meeting” and enters the meeting ID. In this case, the participant will arrive in the waiting room until you start the meeting:

A couple of minutes later when you do in fact start the meeting, the participants who are in the waiting room will instantly be joined to the meeting.

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Mannheim, GERMANY March 11, 2009 – Mikogo has today officially announced the availability of its latest version, Mikogo Beta for Mac computers, providing an easy-to-use online meeting solution to Mac users around the world. The innovative software tool is set to spark enthusiasm within the Mac community as well as the current Mikogo PC users, as the new Mikogo Beta provides a simple cross-platform solution to desktop sharing at no cost.

Ideal for online meetings, Web presentations, webinars and more, the Beta version provides Mac users with a quick solution to start a meeting and invite both PC and other Mac users to view their screen in real-time over the Web. Mikogo’s cross-platform functionality also enables both Mac and PC users to join and view an online meeting which was started by a PC organizer.

Once a meeting has started and participants are viewing the organizer’s screen, users of the new version can enjoy the following features:

• Screen sharing with up to 10 participants
• Switch presenter
• Participant pointer
• Pause of transmission
• Copy/paste/email meeting info
• Voice conferencing service
• Instant screen build-up

“Mikogo has already appealed greatly to the Web and business community thanks to it’s ease of use and free offering for both commercial and private use,” explains Mark Zondler, Co-Founder of Mikogo. “Now with its cross-platform functionality, we wish to serve the ever-growing Mac community by providing a simple, fast and effective solution to online meetings and Web presentations.”

With the new Beta version only just out the door, Mikogo doesn’t intend to wait long before empowering Mac users with even greater free desktop sharing. “The release of this Beta version is just the first step of many to come for our Mac users. We look forward to reshaping and strengthening cross-platform desktop sharing by equipping a growing Mikogo Mac user base with further innovative features soon to be released.”

The full press release is available here: Mikogo Releases Mac Beta Version for Online Meeting Software

The Mikogo Mac Beta version is public and available for everyone to use by downloading it here.

Further information including a guide on getting started, a video and screenshots are available here: Mikogo Mac page

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A few things to note:

The client is cross platform, so that both Mac and PC users can start meetings, and invite both Mac and PC users to participate. I.e. Windows participants can join a meeting started by a Mac user. This means a few different downloads:

Mac Download: There is just one download to both start and join meetings with a Mac.
Mikogo Mac Client (.dmg)

Windows Download:
Mikogo Organizer – this is needed to start meetings
Mikogo Participant – this is needed to join meetings. (just download, not an install)

There are no passwords required to receive the above files – simply download them.

Once you have downloaded the Mikogo Mac client, you can start meetings by using your current Mikogo username and password. For those beta testers who are new to Mikogo, you can register for a free Mikogo account here. Please note, that only the meeting organizer needs account details. Participants do not need to register in order to join.

Getting Mikogo Started on the Mac
For details and screenshots on getting Mikogo started on the Mac, please take a look at the Mikogo Mac webpage.

Beta Feedback
As mentioned Mikogo is now cross platform. Ideally it would be great to receive beta feedback from a range of different scenarios (if it is possible). e.g. Mac/PC as organizer and Mac/PC as participant.

Once you have tested the Mikogo Mac Beta version and you wish to send us your feedback, please take note of the following:
1. all feedback should be sent to mac(at)mikogo.com
2. Please include your hardware and software specifications
3. If you find a problem/bug, please help us by providing a detailed description, ideally with screenshots and with steps on how this may be reproduced.

Please understand that we require the above points to ensure that we can quickly identify problems, fix them, and then officially finalize the Mac version for everyone.

Features Available in Mikogo Mac version

• Starting and joining meetings
• Switch presenter
• Mouse pointer for participants
• Zoom viewing screen

We will release new Mac beta versions with further features (e.g. remote control) as and when they become available – so stay tuned

We’re keen to officially release the Mac version, so once again thanks for your help and beta testing.

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The beta version will be made available shortly in a closed beta test and will be cross platform, so that Mac users can start meetings, and invite both Mac and PC users to participate. Vice versa, PC users will be able to start meetings (as they do now) and then invite both Mac and PC users to participate.

Are you a Mac user who is interested in taking part in the beta testing? If so please take a look at this new blog post for further details: Mikogo Mac Beta Version Available Here

Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you!

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SalesImpaq CRM software is designed to make CRM easy to use, while still remaining effective. Integrated with Hoover’s proprietary leads database, SalesImpaq provides access to 27 million company leads and 36 million business contacts – an ideal solution for businesses looking to add new customers, engage with prospects and evidently grow as a company. Furthermore it integrates seemlessly with Microsoft Outlook, leveraging Outlook email and calendar to provide a feature-rich CRM solution.

Mikogo is proud to provide free desktop sharing and online meetings to the ever-growing SalesImpaq user base. Thanks to the Mikogo SalesImpaq partnership, you will be able to organize free online meetings with up to 10 participants, directly from the SalesImpaq Dashboard.

SalesImpaq values the creation of software and services that make business owners and business people more successful. By utilising Mikogo free online meetings, you are able to save yourself valuable time and money. Clearly Mikogo and SalesImpaq is a partnership that can assist companies in achieving greater results and success, faster and more efficiently.

Off to the Races:
The Founder and CEO of SalesImpaq, Brian Bigley, has made an 11-day tour of California, traveling 500 miles by walking, biking and riding a Segway from San Francisco to San Diego to launch the company and raise awareness for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

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Yes, we have jumped on board the Twitter bandwagon and so far enjoying the trip. Over the last couple of weeks we have been:

• receiving messages from Mikogo Twitter users who wanted to say Hi to the Mikogo Team
• informing others about Mikogo’s free screen sharing
• reading interesting news stories shared by our followers
• and sharing interesting stories from around the Web

We’ve also met people from around the world who messaged us regarding their interest in using Mikogo’s free desktop sharing for their online meetings.

So far I must say we’ve been enjoying the tweets and the messages that we’ve been receiving. Such as Rick letting us know that he finds Mikogo “VERY handy for troubleshooting and support issues” and then dropped by our blog to leave a comment.
Or my personal favourite, being reminded by Wayne of the current warm summer temperatures back home in Australia. Cheers

Thank you to our followers for contacting us and sharing your tweets.

Check out the Mikogo Twitter page, feel free to follow us and share your tweets, daily news stories, ideas, etc. Looking forward to reading your tweets.

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Traveling business class, or even traveling in itself, is one area which is becoming a simple memory of the former ‘pre-financial crisis’ business life. It has been reported that business travel is indeed decreasing, with more and more business travelers having to travel in economy as a way of saving costs.

The implication is clear. With less business travelers, comes tougher financial times for the airline industry. One of the worst hit airlines is that of British Airways, who reported a decrease of over 8% in business traffic relative to a year earlier, while Lufthansa have also noted a decline in business passengers.

In order to keep their heads above water, airlines are expected to cut capacity by, for example, reducing the number of flights.

With tighter measures being taken and the prospect of fewer flights, companies can hardly be expected to travel for business – and rightly so. Those looking to overcome the financial crisis and reduce their costs can now do so via free online meetings with Mikogo. Companies across the world are utilizing the Mikogo software, and are effortlessly organizing and participating in business meetings and presentations, while subsequently avoiding the issues currently surrounding business travel.

Try out Mikogo for yourself and save the cost, time and hassle of life as a business traveler.

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Post tags: airlines, business travel, financial crisis, job loss, mikogo, travel

At this point, the Mikogo Community is comprised of users from over 160 countries! Based on this, it is easy to imagine how Mikogo facilitates greater communication across the globe via the Internet and free desktop sharing.
It really is great to see that Mikogo is being enjoyed in so many countries. Considering that Mikogo is in English, it comes as no surprise that our free online meeting app is used primarily in the USA. However Mikogo is clearly popular in more countries than just the English-speaking world, and therefore it is definitely one of our big plans this year to have Mikogo translated into several languages – an exciting task at hand, and something that will no doubt appeal to thousands of Mikogo users around the world.
For those who enjoy a good blogging session, we would love to see more and more blog posts about Mikogo in your own native language. If you are blogging about Mikogo, feel free to let us know about your post by leaving a comment below.

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The question: what will be the next language for Mikogo? German? Spanish? Polish? Let us know what you think should be the next language. Simply vote below by checking the tickbox next to your language of choice, and then click on “Vote” at the bottom.

Thanks for voting Very interested to see the results!

Interested in translating Mikogo?
In order to translate Mikogo into further languages, we are searching for volunteers to assist the Mikogo Team. Several people have already contacted us over the last 12 months offering to volunteer and translate Mikogo into their native language. This has been great and we look forward to seeing more people raise their hand & join the growing Mikogo Translator Community.

So if you’re keen to see Mikogo in your native language, please get in contact with us by sending us an email to team@mikogo.com or by leaving a comment below.

The more volunteers, the merrier – and most importantly, you’ll have Mikogo in your own language even sooner.

If you vote for “Other” language, please leave a comment below containing which language you are interested in seeing Mikogo in.

Thanks again!

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Enjoy your free online meetings with the new Mikogo version!
Cheers.

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As economic development has in the past been the driving force between corporate expansion and therefore business travel, the current declining economy has brought about discussion on how companies can introduce cost-cutting strategies to their travel policies and in some cases even eradicate business travel expenses.

Many corporations have already started minimizing their travel expenses, and it would appear that their solution is to simply not travel. With this fall in demand on top of already high oil prices, airlines will need to make up for that revenue in other places. If airline rates do increase, as some have predicted, corporations will have more to think about when considering the need for business travel.

Cutting down on travel costs has become an important issue and companies are eliminating these costs while simultaneously saving valuable work hours, simply by using online collaboration software solutions.

Such practical and effective software solutions not only save companies time and money, but also play a vital role in the reduction of C02 emissions by eliminating the need to travel.

For tens-of-thousands of private users and small businesses, the Mikogo free desktop sharing tool provides the ideal solution by allowing the meeting organizer to invite up to 10 participants to an online meeting.

Small and medium-sized enterprises seeking a means to collaborate online, employ the services of the multiple BeamYourScreen fee-based software products and benefit from up to 20 meeting participants along with a wide range of features, including the award-winning HTML viewer.

Using desktop sharing software, you can save time and money by chairing a professional meeting directly from your desk with attendees participating from all over the globe.

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