Communication is key. This is especially true when you work with a team, and photographers, agencies, and creative teams can all benefit from improved communication. Need to communicate with another photographer on your team, share some photos of the last shoot with your creative director, need directions to today’s photoshoot? HipChat to the rescue.

HipChat is an advanced messaging platform that includes IM, group chat, file sharing, unlimited users, and so much more. HipChat allows you and your team to brainstorm, discuss projects, and share files. It runs on pretty much every platform: Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and there’s even a web app.

What Does HipChat Do?

On top of being an incredibly easy to use messaging app, HipChat also offers screen sharing, link sharing, video and voice calling, making it the perfect communication tool for both the office and for teams working remotely. Also, HipChat’s secure conversations are transferred in 256-bit SSL encryption – the same security protocol as online banks.

For the more technically inclined (or just get your IT guy involved), it can also be deployed on your own server. It’s easy to setup and maintain.

HipChat even integrates with over 50 apps, including WordPress, Asana, Giphy, Google Cloud Platform, MailChimp, Sketchboard.io, Twitter, and many others.

One of the great benefits of HipChat is that everything is fully searchable. One of your client asks about the photos from a shoot from 7 months ago? No problem, just search HipChat and your files will be right there. In fact, all your data, conversations, and files are synced seamlessly across mobile, desktop and web apps. Conversations are never lost when you switch devices.

Best of all, HipChat is free for unlimited users. Need video chat and screen sharing? That’s only $2 per month per user.

Are you a photographer working with a team? Could you use better, more secure, and easy-to-use communication tools? Give HipChat a try and enjoy more efficient conversations with your team!

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