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The Mommy Insider is a Skype Ambassador!
Just as I am with any opportunity that comes my way, I am honored to be a Skype brand ambassador for the next few months. As a Skype Ambassador through Mom Central Consulting, I will be sharing my experiences using Skype with you over the next few months. I will be posting about how I use Skype at home, as well as tips, ideas, and stories about Skype. Some funny, some touching.
My First Time and Now:
The first time I used Skype was when my daughter was about two-years-old, over three years ago. She was sitting on my lap and I was experimenting with this Skype program I had just put on my laptop. My daughter got a kick out of seeing herself on the screen and seeing my sister who lives states away. Since then, she’s almost six-years-old, Skype has become more of a household word. I use Skype to talk to relatives as well as for work. I no longer have a land-line because of services like Skype. Great, huh?
When I feel like hiding from the camera/video, I communicate via Skype voice call or chat. On the flip side, when I’m feeling particularly confident or actually have makeup and clothes on that match, I will go for a Skype Video Chat.
I talk to my Dad who lives in Florida pretty regularly on Skype. He’ll buzz in asking for a video chat and I just click the button to accept. We always have a great time video chatting. On the business side, Skype video chats make a huge difference in the productivity of business calls. I am able to accomplish a lot more with a video chat or Skype voice call than I am from a simple phone conversation or email alone.
What is Skype?
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet.
Skype allows people to talk and video chat via their Internet connection, Wifi, Smartphone, and more.
- Mac or PC computer
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android device
- You can even Skype via a Skype-ready Blu-ray™ player and TV webcam!
- There is also a home phone adapter that will allow you to make Skype calls right from your home phone. Use Skype’s FREETALK® phone adapter to make convenient, low-cost calls and Skype-to-Skype calls from your home phone.
- More Skype features
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Disclosure: I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Skype. I received Skype credits to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.
Great for you to be able to be a skype ambassador! I honestly don’t know what I would do without Skype!!! My “baby” moved to Turkey to teach English to young children and it has been really hard on me to see her go away-and SO far. Since getting Skype, I am not only able to talk to her often-but also to SEE that she is okay.
This past one was the first Christmas that one of my girls was not home with us and that was very difficult for me to handle, but with Skype she was still “with” us and was able to be a part of our Christmas morning gift exchange and family fun.
Even tho there is a seven hour time difference between us now, we are able to see and talk to each other often and I can’t be more happy about that!
enjoy!
Thank you for the comment Diane. I love hearing Skype stories like yours. I have been known to video chat/phone with my sister on my kid’s birthdays so she can watch them open gifts. Skype is a great tool for bringing family closer together even when hundreds of miles apart.