A-Z Video Streaming - What Do I Need To Add Streaming Audio To My Site

Musicians Discover Right Now How to Quickly and Easily Create Streaming Audio and Video Like a Pro

2007-12-03T21:37:00.001-08:00

Streaming Audio and Video has always been available to the large corporate sites and techies. Now you can use inexpensive software to produce your own streaming audio or video just like the professionals with no knowledge of programming required. Lets face it when a person comes to your website what would they rather do listen or read.

Hint - You are trying to get people to listen to your music?

Best of all no special servers, monthly fees or additional costs….

With the web surfer becoming much more "web savvy" than they were a year ago, they are expecting not only information, but an entertaining web experience.

Why Add Streaming Audio or Video to Your Website

*Credibility - Anyone can add some text and graphics however music is a very emotive medium and if your visitors can hear samples then you will find they will have a much more positive response. If done properly you can also generate some good sales if that's what your wanting.

*Auditory - Statistics show that 30% of surfers are auditory and so if you do not have audio then you are loosing out on a lot of traffic.

* Stickability - Our customers have proven that audio has dramatically increased the time people spend on their site. So many people are now able to get traffic to their websites using Pay Per Click advertising however the next main consideration is keeping them there so you get more from your advertising dollar.
Tip! Unlike P2P file trading, P2P video streaming can be used to broadcast live video content using several encoding formats and is supported on various computer operating systems.

* Current Marketplace - is awash with TV and radio programs so people are already used to the concept and are expecting it on websites. With the average computer being multimedia enabled they almost feel dejected if they can not utilize all the functions.

* The Wow Factor - At present only around 5% of sites utilise any form of streaming media so it creates a wow factor and delivers a lot more word of mouth traffic than any other form of web page functions.

* The Online Population - Streamies, those users who watch or listen to streaming online, represent 44% of all Internet users and 27% of Americans overall. By far, streamies are the most valuable consumer group on the Internet. Streaming media consumers are far more interactive, are more oriented to e-commerce and spend more time online compared with Internet users who don't stream." (EdisonMedia Study, Jan. 2001)

You do not need any technical ability. The latest programs are so easy to use that anyone can add streaming audio or video to their website and stand out from the crowd.
Tip! The best thing about this is you can have a wireless car with all the video streaming from satellite and then WiFi'ing it throughout the car. Forget tearing up seats and floorboards or buying special head rests, not any more, wireless pure and simple.

Marketeers 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. This has all changed with Streaming Audio and Video software available on the market today.

Audio's power comes from its ability to engage more of your visitor's senses. The more senses you engage, the easier it will be to effectively communicate. Instead of just reading your words and looking at your picture, you can communicate with your voice or music? and the voices of your clients.

Your site has been sending non-verbal messages for years; now it's time to break free and let it send a message everyone can hear. Adding audio to your website is not only easy to do, it can help you gain the trust of your site's visitors, thus increasing your conversion rate. So stop wasting your time and money, and start getting the sales you may be missing.
Tip! If you run a large company or have staff in more than one place, then video streaming becomes a real boon. In addition to the options available to small businesses, you can use it for corporate communications.

Quentin Brown has been helping musicians add streaming audio to their websites for over three years. For great tutorials and affordable software visit =>http://streamingformuscians.com

Streaming Video Revolution!

2007-12-03T21:36:00.000-08:00

This year will be remembered as the year the Internet Video Revolution has taken over the Internet and simultaneously left many people wondering what streaming videos are all about.

For the first time in history, advertisers are spending more money for Internet advertising than for Television advertising. With the advent of Google Video and Mac Video websites, the Internet has now provided a way for individuals, businesses and video techies to showcase their videos via the Internet.

159 million Americans own cell phones with video capabilities. 58 thousand Mac Ipods are being sold every day and we are spending twice the amount of time on the Internet than watching TV.

I always tell my audience when I give a lecture about this topic to go into an Apple store and see who is in it! Take a good look around and watch what technology is being used and who is using it. And that technology is streaming video. I am amazed at how many business owners, expo promoters and webmasters are up in the air when it comes to this subject of streaming video and how it is changing the way we do business and how website are now being converted into their own TV sites.

A great indicator of this is to see what companies are using streaming media and how they are using it on their websites. So the next time you log on, take a good look around and learn from these companies if you have not done so.

And just a quick note, a streaming video commercial about your product or service can help increase your sales by as much as 85%.

Rey Ybarra hosts and produces the http://www.Optimalhealthtv.com, http://www.healthexpotv.com and the http://www.websitestreaming.com Internet TV websites featuring streaming media! He lectures at many of the major expos and events about the importance of producing streaming video for your websites. Rey is considered by his peers to be one of the most prepared talk show hosts and knowledgeable speakers/lecuturers in the field of streaming media.

On-Demand and Live Streaming Video On The Internet

2007-12-03T21:35:00.002-08:00

Using streaming video is a choice driven by many factors…

Streaming Video over the internet is in essence a task that has been occurring for the last ten years. But with the recent updates in technology and broadband being available around the world, only recently is it now considered a top trend for the internet. It's available for everyone to learn and use.

Businesses and organizations, both small and large, are using streaming video for communicating, training, informing, educating, promoting and selling services and products across the internet. One major decision an organization or business must make is what their major usage of video on the internet will be for them. This decision is usually the determining factor on whether or not the information is offered on-demand or live.

What Is On-demand Streaming?

On demand means that viewers click on a link for that video and actually watch it either immediately on the website or as it progressively plays in their media player on their computer. The event that is being displayed as video actually has occurred another time and not necessarily the same day of viewing when doing on-demand.

Many television stations will state coming live to you from….but this is not really occurring at the time you are watching it. It was taped live and being presented at a later date. This is referred to as ‘simulated live'. When you watch American Idol on television, it states it is live from wherever they are that day, but actually it was taped months ago.

What Is Live Streaming?

Live streaming is when it is actually happening at that moment you are watching it. A live stream is delivered to it's viewers within seconds of it happening. Many sports games now are coming ‘live' over the internet. They are happening at that exact time.

Events can be streamed live from one side of the world to the other with high quality viewing. Our company did a stream of a live sporting event in Germany and viewers watched it in Canada, Europe and the United States. It was occurring live at that time, and viewers watched it as it happened.

Corporations are doing live trainings from their headquarters in one country to offices in other countries - live and on-demand. Universities and Colleges are doing long-distance training of courses live with interaction amongst students and professors from one side of the world to another. Live streaming is being used in many ways for events around the world. When the new Pope was inducted it was one of the largest live streaming events in the world over the internet.
Tip! The best thing about this is you can have a wireless car with all the video streaming from satellite and then WiFi'ing it throughout the car. Forget tearing up seats and floorboards or buying special head rests, not any more, wireless pure and simple.

Cost Can Be a Determining Factor

Many live events take a more experienced, and professional crew to produce as encoding (compressing and decompressing to send that large file) is done at location prior to sending it over the internet. Content Delivery Networks (CDN's) can be expensive if doing large on-demand or live streams of extreme length. Smaller video streams can be uploaded to your website using your own hosting service. Whether or not you have to use DRM (Digital Rights Management) is also another factor to consider. So there are a lot of factors involved in streaming on-demand and live video.

So your first decision when consider streaming video over the internet is whether it can be on-demand or whether it must be live. Your event at hand will determine that and your viewers' needs will also affect that decision. The extra costs for a live crew on location can be a determining factor also.
Tip! Finding a reliable source on the internet is a task in itself. Work with those who are already experts in the field of audio and video streaming (playing audio and video over the internet).

Copyright 2006 Cathy Linderman

Cathy Linderman currently works with internet audio and video and her business provides related resources, practical training and products for all websites, whether personal or business. Cathy and her business associate, Komee, are known for their simple, practical, easy-to-learn techniques for using audio or video on websites. Editor: Komee Carpenter http://www.GlobalInternetBroadcasting.com

Internet Video Streaming Traps and Customer Complaints

2007-12-03T21:35:00.001-08:00

It is very important in Internet video streaming that you do not trap the customer into a situation where you bog down their Internet connection with a video stream that is too large of a file. Believe it or not many people are on dial-up still out there and there are many mobile users who cannot get the bandwidth on their cell phone while traveling to watch your video if the file is too large.

It is much smarter to have a small video stream on your web site is especially if your customers are the average middle-class American consumers. If all your customers are business customers and corporations this may not be a problem because they will have adequate bandwidth to handle the Internet video that you choose to use on your web site to help educate your customer or better explain through visualization tools exactly what your company does and how your service or products works.

It should be considered imperative and essential that you pay attention to the Internet video streaming and audio on your web site in order to not trap customers into a problem where they cannot view the video. Additionally it is smart use Internet video streaming on your web site because it shows that you're a professional and also shows the customer that you are high-tech and up with the times. Just be smart about it. I hope you will consider this in 2006.

Lance Winslow

Hurricanes Video Streaming

2007-12-03T21:34:00.000-08:00

Have you considered putting hurricanes on your web site? Well, you could put hurricanes video streaming on your web site and perhaps duty-free satellite images of each of the latest hurricanes and then people can click on them and watch the video streaming.

It is bound to get lots of interest from Internet users and this means more frequent visitors to your web site. Video streaming for something as simple as a hurricane satellite image only takes up a little bit of bandwidth and it is a good idea. During the 2005 Atlantic tropical hurricane season hurricanes were the number one thing that was searched on the Internet. In other words people are looking for this material and they are interested in it.

Therefore if your previous visitors know that this is on your web site they will return during each new hurricane to check out the storm or to learn more about it. This way you can have hurricanes on your web site along with video streaming and increase your traffic tremendously. It makes sense to put things that people are interested in as well as to help educate and inform the public on things that they care about. In doing so you will increase your traffic to your web site and make your visitors very happy. Please consider all this in 2006.

Lance Winslow