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Poll: Do you communicate with your clients in real time via Instant Message (IM) chat?
Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Dec 26, 2010

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you communicate with your clients in real time via Instant Message (IM) chat?".

This poll was originally submitted by MuhammadAssayed. View the poll results »



 
m_temmer
m_temmer  Identity Verified
Local time: 01:08
English to Dutch
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God no Dec 26, 2010

That's for staying in touch with friends and family. I have a phone and e-mail and that's plenty for my customers.

 
Ventnai
Ventnai  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 08:08
German to English
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Used to Dec 26, 2010

I used to, but then it was as if somebody kept walking into your office all the time interrupting

 
Adnan Özdemir
Adnan Özdemir  Identity Verified
Türkiye
Local time: 10:08
Member (2007)
German to Turkish
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No, no, noo ! ... Dec 26, 2010

I prefer:

1) E-mail comm.
2) Telephone or telephonates such as (Skype). But telephone is better specially mobile telephone (Turkish: ''cep telefonu'')
3) Rarely comm. via telepathy plus empathy.


Saludos desde Anatolia-Karaman
Anadolu'dan, Karaman'dan selamlar

[Edited at 2010-12-26 10:03 GMT]


 
Oliver Lawrence
Oliver Lawrence  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 08:08
Italian to English
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You mean Skype? Dec 26, 2010

In which case yes, certainly, but not for everyone and generally only for quick sales ("you available for 2000 words by Thursday?" - "could be, send me the document"). Very efficient, no problems.

 
Adnan Özdemir
Adnan Özdemir  Identity Verified
Türkiye
Local time: 10:08
Member (2007)
German to Turkish
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:) Dec 26, 2010

Oliver Lawrence wrote:

In which case yes, certainly, but not for everyone and generally only for quick sales ("you available for 2000 words by Thursday?" - "could be, send me the document"). Very efficient, no problems.


Hi Oliver,

In such cases I agree

Selamlar


 
Sophie Dzhygir
Sophie Dzhygir  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 08:08
German to French
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Yes, but... Dec 26, 2010

...only on Skype (I have another IM client that's just for friends and relatives), only for a limited number of customers and only in a limited number of situations.

 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 08:08
Member (2009)
English to German
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No, but... Dec 26, 2010

Oliver Lawrence wrote:

In which case yes, certainly, but not for everyone and generally only for quick sales ("you available for 2000 words by Thursday?" - "could be, send me the document"). Very efficient, no problems.


I use Skype for teaching and quick inquiries, though I prefer emails or telephone. Less interruptions.

Saludos!

Thayenga


 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 08:08
Member (2006)
German to English
Definately Dec 26, 2010

Oliver Lawrence wrote:

In which case yes, certainly, but not for everyone and generally only for quick sales ("you available for 2000 words by Thursday?" - "could be, send me the document"). Very efficient, no problems.


 
Angie Garbarino
Angie Garbarino  Identity Verified
Local time: 08:08
Member (2003)
French to Italian
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Same here Dec 26, 2010

Sophie Dzhygir wrote:

...only on Skype,only for a limited number of customers and only in a limited number of situations.


So I voted "other"


 
Steven Capsuto
Steven Capsuto  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 03:08
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
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That just sounds distracting Dec 26, 2010

As Ian said, real-time messaging would be like people constantly walking into your office while you're trying to work.

I prefer e-mail, which I can check when I'm not in the middle of figuring out a complicated sentence. E-mail also works well since my clients are largely in other time zones: if an e-mail message arrives while I'm asleep, I can respond when I wake up.


 
Amy Duncan (X)
Amy Duncan (X)  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 04:08
Portuguese to English
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Yes, with some of them... Dec 26, 2010

I use the Skype chat feature with a few clients, and I actually prefer it to the telephone. In any case, I'm not being constantly Skyped, so it's not a bother. People normally contact me via e-mail.

 
keshab
keshab  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:38
English to Bengali
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NO...it is very very bad idea Dec 26, 2010

Although I select 'no' but I like to vote for my caption. It is too much disgusting. I never contact a client through IM but sometimes client tried to contact me. I have to face such situations where client contacted me via yahoo messenger. The situation was: I was doing his job and he was delivering shower of advises and comments on possible changes through IM. I got a terrible headache after completion of this job. It just destruct attention and waste the valuable time to complete the translat... See more
Although I select 'no' but I like to vote for my caption. It is too much disgusting. I never contact a client through IM but sometimes client tried to contact me. I have to face such situations where client contacted me via yahoo messenger. The situation was: I was doing his job and he was delivering shower of advises and comments on possible changes through IM. I got a terrible headache after completion of this job. It just destruct attention and waste the valuable time to complete the translation. Now I just remain off from all IMs during the time of translation. I have to retain the IM addresses in my profile for the sake of business contact but I really hate to be contacted at time of work.Collapse


 
Marlene Blanshay
Marlene Blanshay  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 03:08
Member (2009)
French to English
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only on occasion Dec 26, 2010

Mostly I use email, but occasionally one of my clients who has me on SKYPE will hail me and ask if i'm available. I have MSN but only use that for friends etc....
you can send files via SKYPE but email is better because you have a record of it being sent and received.


 
Klementina Shahini
Klementina Shahini
United States
Local time: 03:08
Member (2009)
English to Albanian
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No!No! Dec 27, 2010

Only through e-mails. I would love to keep business relationship on professional level. E-mails help.

 
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