May 2007

Q: My satellite meter says I have a good signal but the box says signal strength 0. Please help!

A: You are probably pointed to the wrong satellite. Call me for help.

Spotted on Yahoo Answers. This is a good example of how to promote a Skype Prime service without maintaining one's own blog or website. There are lots of people with questions and issues out there and it makes perfect sense to answer their questions on various online forums they turn to.

Stumbled upon a nice customization of Skype Prime buttons. And apparently this can be linked to a calendar service to show available service times.

Read more here. We have written about creating banners that show your availability in the Skype Prime promotion guide. And for those less comfortable with creating custom buttons and coding there are standard Skype Prime snippets that can easily be copied onto blogs or websites.

The new shiny Skype 3.2 for Windows is now available to download. In addition to adding nice features like easy taking photos for your Skype profile and sending money to PayPal users we made existing features easier to find by tweaking some menus. You can now access your Skype Prime services from Account > Skype Prime Beta Services. Actual using the service and charging or paying for calls remained the same.

As most of you have noticed Skype Prime doesn't have a directory, yet. While we are busy building it you can use the user-generated list of services on Skype Forums. It also has links to a couple of user-generated directories, which may be worthwhile to use in the interim.

On a different note this post on Skype Journal encourages people not to count on Skype's directory-to-be-launched, but develop additional ones. As Phil Wolff puts it:

> The point of a directory isn't to make a list. The point is to trigger useful, relevant conversations.

Creating very relevant information is always a good idea. If you've succeeded in it or found a good one, please do let us know via forum or comments.

Hosting a Skypecast that is related to your Skype Prime service is a good way to let other Skype users know about your service. And it's free

Creating it is easy - simply click on Create a Skypecast in the web directory, describe the Skypecast, set the start time and you're good to go. You can add information about your service and charges to the description of the Skypecast. After you've created it, it will be browsable on the web and it will appear in the Live-tab of most Skype users prior to start.