{"id":6,"date":"2008-09-12T22:17:48","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/?p=3"},"modified":"2008-09-12T22:17:48","modified_gmt":"2008-09-13T02:17:48","slug":"free-tool-for-live-chats-on-your-web-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/12\/free-tool-for-live-chats-on-your-web-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Free tool for live chats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Live chat at DesMoinesRegister.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Earlier this year, we started doing live chats with sports columnist Sean Keeler<\/a> in the forums at DesMoinesRegister.com<\/a>. It got the job done, but it had some downside. The interface was slow, and you couldn\u2019t really organize the conversation \u2013 new questions would roll in before old questions were answered.

That\u2019s when we discovered the live blogging tool CoverItLive<\/a>. After a little internal testing, we started using it for live chats.<\/p>\n

Since then, we have expanded to include chats with athletes, actors and even city officials during the June floods<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it works. <\/strong>
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  1. You sign up for an account.<\/li>\n
  2. You create and launch a live chat.<\/li>\n
  3. You embed the chat on your site with the provided code.<\/li>\n
  4. You use the admin tools to monitor the chat.<\/li>\n
  5. Once the chat is done, you get an archive of the chat that can live on at your site (you can download the entire chat text, or just keep the option of replaying the chat in their widget).
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    Here\u2019s what I like about CoverItLive<\/strong> for chats.<\/strong>
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