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by Quentin Brown
Internet streaming audio is the most prevalent form of multimedia
on the Internet today according to Creative, one of the leading
companies in the sound hardware field. Over the last few years,
streaming audio has moved from being a curiosity to a business
strategy that is adopted by many media organizations.
There are over 100,000 sites that provide streaming audio
content and there is a diverse set of available content ranging
from music, news, business presentations, sports, talk shows,
educational material, religious sermons and company earnings
call.
Streaming Audio has always been available to the big corporate
sites and techies. Now every one can use simple software to
produce their own streaming audio from a web site.
Marketers and business people have always known that a well-placed
audio stream can increase sales and signups to their products
and services. The problem has always been that the average
person could not afford the high cost of special servers or
programmers to be able to use this technology.
There have been a number of products around that provide
streaming audio however as they have grown and developed so
have their plugins required for listening to the streaming
files.
With the new software available today anyone can add audio
to their sites without the need for large plugins and complicated
software. Simply add your audio file and choose a component
to activate the stream and click go.
These programs output all the necessary files, which you
can then use to embed in your web pages with a quick copy
and paste. These new software programs use Macromedia Flash
technology and the LAME compression and resource bits to produce
very high quality output from MP3 or WAV files. The web visitor
can simply click and listen, even over a standard 56K modem.
So now that you're considering adding the sweet sound of
your voice to your site, where might you want to use it?
Depending on your website's content and theme, there are
a variety of ways to incorporate your voice into it.
For example: You might place a welcome message on your front
page, summarizing your site's highlights, informing visitors
of what they'll find, and thanking them for stopping by.
If you have an "about us" page on your site, you might want
to record a brief message to accompany your background info.
This will help people feel as if they're actually meeting
you.
Since testimonials are a great enhancement to any site imagine
if you actually added them in your customer's own voice.
If you use one of the phone recording services you could
give them the number and they could easily record how they
feel about your products/services. If your site has been featured
in an online interview or radio show, imagine including this
audio in your site. Just think of it as your very own live
press room.
One thing to consider is the quality of your voice. If it's
not all that pleasant to listen to, you may want to employ
the help of a friend, or you could hire a "professional" voice-over
service. Do a search at Google and you'll find plenty of options.
There are many features that these new programs provide the
user. Produce as many files as you like. No need for expensive
programmers Host them on your own server - you're in control.
Greatly reduce the size of your audio file. Streams over most
modem connections Easy to use interface Added components for
more variety.
MP3 Sound Stream is one of these products that enables anybody
to add streaming audio content to their website.
MP3 Sound Stream 1.25 (mp3ss) makes high quality 56K streaming
audio from MP3 or WAV files. Select a file and it will create
a web page and Flash animations that stream the audio. It
uses LAME compression to produce very high quality output.
The program is written in C++ and runs on the following platforms:
Win95, Win98, WinME and WinXP. Rather than trying to sell
you on this product simply visit MP3 Sound Stream (http://www.mp3soundstream.com
and experience it for your self. You can download a full featured
demo of the product and see how simple it is to add audio
to your site today.
About the author:
MP3 Sound Stream is a new and inovative product that aloows
anyone to easily add streaming audio to their website. Quentin
Brown has been involved with Internet Marketing for the past
7 years and continually helps people to resource and equip
their online businesses for success. http://www.mp3soundstream.com
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