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Development Scenarios > Streaming Media


Opportunity Identified
Customers don't stay on my site for long. I want my website to talk to them personally. I need some help in brand building strategies online. I've created an advertisement (10 sec) that I would like to show on the site too. Read more...
Solution Proposed
The solution entails implementing the following - Rich media to aid navigation, Streaming advertisements and product demos, Online product catalog and shopping cart, Online auction facility, discussion forums for users and much more. Read more...
Benefits
Easier navigation, Compelling content and the ability to sell products online easily. The facility to create communities of users who keep returning to the site. Read more...

Opportunity Identified

"I'd like to Enhance the stickiness of my site.
Customers don't stay on my site for long. I want my website to talk to them personally. I need some help in brand building strategies online. I've created an advertisement (10 sec) that I would like to show on the site too.
I've heard about streaming solutions and want to know how I can benefit from using these applications on my site. How can I use streaming technology to Enhance stickiness? What are the implications? Can I use it to advertise my brand? How? I would also like to create a community interest on the site, maybe even sell products or auction products at a later stage."


Solution Proposed

How can broadband help you?
Websites that use audio and video to advertise products or services are much more compelling than websites that only rely on plain text and graphics. An example of this is using audio commentary with images to guide users through product demonstrations, processes, or the site itself. You can advertise and demonstrate a product or concept to its best advantage with rich, synchronized sounds and images.

When you use audio and video to promote and sell products on Web sites, you can stream your messages to users. When users receive streamed messages, they can begin viewing them without waiting for the entire movie or audio clip to download to their computer, thus avoiding frustrating delays.

Streaming and multimedia can Enhance the stickiness of a website considerably. Visitors to your site are likely to stay longer if they see something interesting and eye-catching.

What we can do for you
To help your customers find what they are looking for, we can use rich media like flash to walk your customers through the information that they need. This will help them navigate through your site and find relevant information.

I presume your 10 sec advertisement relates to a specific product that you are trying to sell. This advertisement could be streamed from the product page. It would be more interesting than reading product literature alone. In fact, it would encourage users to read the literature on the product page once the movie has created a sufficient interest.

For selling products online, we can integrate a shopping cart into your website. This would enable you to catalogue your products and let users search for these products. They will also be able to review the products and read product reviews written by others. Once they are satisfied about a product, they can buy it online and pay for it using a credit card.

If you want to offer auction facilities, we could also integrate auction software with your site. Both the shopping and auction facilities would require users to register on your site. This could help you get enough information about the user in order to personalize the site and create targeted marketing campaigns.

To foster a sense of community, we could create online forums on your website where people could discuss common issues and give feedback. We could also have periodic contests and games to add to the stickiness of the site.

A successful website also needs to periodically update and refresh content on the site. We can provide this service as well.

 

Benefits

Features:

  • Rich media to aid navigation
  • Streaming advertisements and product demos
  • Online product catalog and shopping cart
  • Online auction facility
  • Discussion forums for users

Benefits include:
  • Easier navigation
  • Compelling content
  • Sell products online easily
  • Create communities of users who keep returning to the site.


Implications

You would need to have a streaming server for serving the broadband content. There are plenty of hosting providers who provide this service and we could recommend a suitable one to you based on your anticipated traffic and budget.

You will also need to sign up with a payment gateway and get a merchant account so you can accept payments online. We can recommend some good payment gateway providers based on your requirements. Read more about online security.

However, these solutions have to be used judiciously. There must be a right mix of static (read, light) content and interactive (read, heavy) content, so that viewers are retained without the loading time putting them off.

Our suggestion is that you start with a light Flash intro on the home page. This will give a general overview of your products and services and aid navigation to relevant locations within your website, so the user can see what he wants easily.

If you have an advertisement that you want to show, that can be streamed on a page relevant to the product that is being advertised. Either way, streaming is viewer initiated, so in this case, the user will not mind waiting a little while the media buffers to display.

Click here to read more about adding value to your existing web site and make it communicate better, giving your customers a personalized experience.

If what you've read matches with your requirements, please contact us and share your ideas. Or if you'd like to read more about our services and see if what we offer interests you, please click here.

   
 

 

 
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