In China, Internet service is unreliable and slow for me, because I’m constantly using sites/apps from the outside world.
It doesn’t affect Chinese people much, because they have fast and ubiquitous connection for all their local apps – WeChat, Douyin, Baidu, etc.
But, running a digital marketing agency in China, we have indian phone number clients all over the world. I, myself, am outside of the office in Nanjing much of the time, and other employees often work from home too.
One of the more practical issues we had to tackle was how to improve video conferencing to make it easier for us all to communicate.
In 2013 and 2014, we invested at least 100 hours testing, and have greatly improved our video and audio calls. Then, for the following 5 years, we tested out several adjustments and updated this post.
Here’s how we do it now. But first, I should note that there aren’t any affiliate links in this post, and none of the mentioned brands are clients of ours. We’re objective.
Video Conferencing
Source: Zoom
Table of Contents
1) CONFERENCE SOUND – JABRA SPEAK SPEAKERPHONE.
2) CONFERENCE VIDEO CAPTURE – LOGITECH C930E WIDE-ANGLE HD CAMERA.
3) SOFTWARE – ZOOM AND SKYPE
4) INDIVIDUAL SOUND – LOGITECH WIRELESS HEADSET OR SONY EARPHONES AND YETI MIC
5) VIDEO DISPLAY – CHEAP-O WIDESCREEN TV
6) VPNS
7) PRACTICE!
BONUS: HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR VIDEO CALLS AT HOME
1) CONFERENCE SOUND – JABRA SPEAK SPEAKERPHONE.
Jabra’s speakerphone is easy to move around and provides pretty good sound, without an echo.
You can now find several models on Jabra’s site. We paid about USD100 for the Jabra Speak 410, which was definitely worth the investment. It’s lasted five years so far.