Video Email - will it catch on?
Video Email is a revolutionary new way in how we communicate with one another. In our personal lives, we send out an average of 15 emails per week. In our business lives, the company as a collective group sends out hundreds if not thousands of emails.
The pre-existing emails encompass two methods to communicating: text and pictures. Studies show that the average human being only retains 10% of what we read, only 20 percent of what we see with pictures. However, the average human being retains 50% of what they see AND hear. Hence the concept of video email could be the wave of the future.
It is a new and unique way of contacting perspective clients, retaining existing clients, and rekindling relationships with past clients. The facts make sense but i don’t feel it would be appropriate for business mail??? I know certain people wouldn’t feel comfortable videoing themselves in the office!
But i think this would be excellent for personal use!
August 31st, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Hi -
My company has done some pretty innovative things with video email that I think you might appreciate. First, GabMail is free. (www.freegabmail.com) There’s no download or registration - we don’t even require a login. Users can send unlimited numbers of messages, each up to five minutes in length, and the quality is the best on the internet provided that the user has sufficient bandwidth. (400-500k upstream) Unlike other videomail services, GabMail messages can be sent via your email client or webmail program of choice. Also, each message is threaded so that any video in an ongoing conversation is easily accessible with a single click. There are other unique features as well but the best part is that it’s incredibly simple to use.
Let us know what you think: mlipsky at gabsight dot com.