Ask the Readers $200 Giveaway: What’s Your Top Tip to Stay in Touch with Colleagues Without Spending a Fortune?
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We all know the importance of keeping in touch and communicating with your colleagues when it comes to professional success. However, sometimes keeping in contact with your colleagues can be expensive. Luckily, there are ways to offset the cost of maintaining communication with your professional contacts!
How do you stay in touch with colleagues without spending a fortune? Do you use any particular apps or tools? What money-saving strategies have you found to be useful useful when communicating with your colleagues?
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I must admit I'm not that tech savvy, but obviously texting is probably the easiest and most people have a phone so that's pretty darn cheap
I work at a university and we all use skype!
Facebook. Most of them I only have short little snippets and don't need an actual phone call.
I would say either email or Skype
facebook
For me the fastest, cheapest, and most convenient way to stay in touch is through email.
I use email. It is easy that way.
Email is the easiest, fastest and cheapest way to stay in touch.
I try to use free online and android and apple apps to make calls.
I've never used Skype. We use phone and email.
We stay in touch with Facebook and Skype
I use email for any contact with colleagues.
Email, texting, Skype and FaceTime
I use Skype, Facetime, text and email. I love how technology has made communication so much easier!
I always email colleagues and close friends. It's a very inexpensive way to keep in touch with everyone.
Email, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Skype.
We have scheduled dinners once a month. The face-to-face meetings provide us the chance to share our lives with one another
A good tip is to use Google hangouts! You can have up to ten people in a video call, and it's complete free!
LinkedIn, I feel it is the best way to keep up with what is going on in the business world.
Either by using Skype or direct email or text...
i use skype
we use google hangouts to stay in touch without spending a dime. i am tony l smoaks on rafflecopter.
I use LinkedIn to stay in touch with my colleagues.
Normally we email but now just received a new computer that has Skype and all I have to do is figure out how to use it.
I use Skype, Linkedin and various other social networking circles such as a group facebook page :)
Facebook and Skype has helped a lot in that department. I'm still a huge fan of snail mail. I love sending cards. Cards are inexpensive, stamps are inexpensive-ish, and it's a great way to show someone you care.
I used LinkedIn (as other readers have posted); I think that is the "most professional" social network to keep your "personal space" so they're not snooping around your personal life (that is unless you have them on your FB etc).
I guess I'm old school. Usingf\ good old fashioned email
Skype, email and in person!
I use FaceTime, it doesn't cost me any extra and it works for me and my friends.
I use e-mail, skype and face to face to keep in touch.
You can email and leave messages on facebook. Costs only internet fees
Keep in contact via e-mail and Skype. E-mail is a convenient option when the other party is not available to talk. When you want to talk or see each other face to face then Skype is a nice alternative if you cannot meet up with the person.
I usually stay in touch via facebook and email.
We stay in touch with text, calling and skype especially skype when my hubby is awake he uses his laptop and the wifi of the hotel saves a bundle
Thanks for the giveaway… emails & using Skype are my chief modes of communication to colleagues, especially those working overseas.
Mainly we stay in touch by Facebook.
I don't have Skype so I'd just say Facebook. What's Facetime anyway?
I keep in contact mainly via email and texting.
Calls, texting, skype and social media.
I prefer to talk face to face or on the phone.
email and social media