Introducing Zipcast

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We built Zipcast for you! What is the essence of meetings Slides + Video + AudioFast, simple, and social(works in any modern browser) powered by SlideShare

It’s a new paradigm for web meetings First web conferencing product that does not require a download. Personalized meeting rooms (www.slideshare.net/NAME/meeting) can be shared via email, IM, Twitter, or Facebook. No limit to the number of meeting participants. Accommodates presentations up to 300MB. Presenter controls the slides, but participants can move forward and back at their own pace. powered by SlideShare

It will change the way you do web meetings Meets the basic meeting use case: “Let me quickly share slides + audio + video with colleagues”  People don’t need hundreds of features They just need something that is fast and works  Designed for people who hate meetings Its free Designed for people who hate meetings powered by SlideShare

And the way you do webinars• Drive viral traffic • Easy login via SlideShare or Facebook Connect. • Share chats on Twitter or Facebook.• Built on top of millions of presentations already on SlideShare• Activity feed of public zipcasts at http://www.slideshare.net/zipcast• . powered by SlideShare

Why we built Zipcast We’ve designed Zipcast to reflect the way people work on the web today.  Built for people who hate web meetings  Fast, platform-agnostic, and highly social We’ve done this before, with SlideShare.  The shifting paradigm  Balancing professional and playful This is a natural extension of our product. powered by SlideShare

What’s free, what’s paid Free  Unlimited public meetings (ad-supported)  Video & chat included Paid (SlideShare Pro)  Ad-free, private, password-protected meetings  Audio conferencing  Starts at just $19/month powered by SlideShare

HTML5 powers Zipcast Websockets, a feature of HTML5, lets you do real time messaging with lower latency Websockets lets you do this entirely in the browser  It’s fast and cheap  Lets you do slide sharing and chat HTML5 supported by more and more browsers powered by SlideShare

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1. Share ideas with colleaguesYou want to share an idea with colleagues e.g., product specs, orconference slides from an industry expert.Just start up a private Zipcast and invite your colleagues by giving them thelink over IM. powered by SlideShare

2. Launch your next productusing ZipcastYou are a startup with no marketing budget – but you know howto build buzz.Start a public Zipcast about your cool new software. Ask friends, users to joinin and invite their friends. Soon you will have a gathering growing virally. powered by SlideShare

3. Give a remote talk at aconferenceYou have been invited to Australia but don’t have 5 days to makethe trip. You want to visit Melbourne, but sometimes, you justcan’t make it Sit at your desk, or even on your couch, and do the talk (make sure to ask theconference to project you on a large screen). powered by SlideShare

4. Teach anyone, anywhereAre you a professor and want to do a lecture remotely to yourstudents while travelling?Engage your students using Zipcast, without cost or complexity. Share yourlecture slides - your students can see your video as well. It will be like being inthe classroom! powered by SlideShare

5. Pitch a clientAre you a design, marketing firm and want to pitch a potentialclient on a project proposal?Invite the client to your Zipcast meeting room and present your idea. Haveother team members on your end, so that client gets to meet the people whowill work on it via video. powered by SlideShare

6. Walk people over your salesdeck – build trust with video.You are a sales person looking to walk a prospect over your salesdeck.Give them a link to your Zipcast room and get straight to pitching (don’t wastetime downloading old fashioned web meeting software). powered by SlideShare

7. Support your customersWhile on the phone, simply give your customers the link to yourZipcast meeting room and talk them through the problem.Show them presentations, or drop links to documents or videos on SlideSharein the Zipcast chat. Consider keeping your meeting room open during supporthours for customers to join in. powered by SlideShare

8. Run a non-profit fundraiserYou are a non-profit looking to raise funds for the next year.Your pitch deck is on SlideShare so you are half the way there. Next time youare on the phone with a potential donor, invite them to your Zipcast meetingroom. Walk them over your deck.. powered by SlideShare

9. Share your trip photo albumswith friendsYou went on vacation to Italy and took pictures of historicalbuildings. Now you want to share with your friend who isinterested in architecture.Start a Zipcast to share and discuss these pictures with your friend. powered by SlideShare

10. Do PowerPoint Karaokewith your friendsZipcast is not just all work. It can be used for PowerPointKaraoke - choose a random presentation and someone who hasnever seen that deck before presents it. It can be a fun way tospend an evening. Imagine your friends improvising through thedeck that Colin Powell used to justify the Iraq war!With Zipcast, you can choose a random slide deck on SlideShare and have yourfriend present to it. Then it’s your turn and they get to choose the slide deck! powered by SlideShare

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Introducing Zipcast

by Rashmi Sinha on Feb 16, 2011

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