Add Video on Your Website To Increase Sales and Traffic
Do you want to increase your website sales, web-traffic, or start your own online TV talk show? Would you like to broadcast your newsletter articles or videos over the Internet to others? Has this seemed impractical because video loads too slow, takes to much web space or just seems to hard to understand. Welcome to the NEW world of instant loading, user friendly web video.
You may have noticed that a large number of websites are now featuring videos, everything from music videos, to online training. News is a popular use for presenting website video. You've probably heard a lot about RSS (Really Simple Syndication), a format designed for sharing web content like news headlines.
Did you know?
That there are so many new advancements in online video and audio in the last year, almost anyone can have their own online radio or TV talk show, radio or television station without high fees, advanced technical knowledge, and no FCC (Federal Communications Commission) intervention or regulation. Just build a website, install your audio and/or video files, advertise, and you're in business. You can even broadcast your audio and video files through RSS feeds to websites worldwide and Joint Venture (JV) with other website owners to include your video on their websites.
Why would you want to put video and audio on your website?
There are many reasons. We are now in the 21st Century and 2006 is said to be the year of online video. Video is a premier sales tool. You've heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. How many words is a video with audio worth? A LOT! More than ever, people today are in a hurry and easily distracted, and even sensitively attuned to watching television many hours a day. TV is losing some of its ground to web-surfing.
Give the people what they want, video. Entertain, inform and educate them the way they are already trained for. Now it's easier than ever to do this. Here, we are focusing on adding video / audio to your website for various purposes such as, marketing, training, V-Blogging, video sharing and etc. New technology has made it easy to add fast loading (called Streaming) video content to your website.
Until recently, between slow dial-up Internet connections and older technology, adding video wasn't practical for general website usage. But since over 60% of individuals online now have broadband access, and the new streaming technology, audio and video files can now be viewed online with little or no buffering. Buffering means to make the video viewable to your computer (the simple explanation). Therefore, video is now a feature that can be efficiently used online. There are still size and quality limitations to consider, but the industry is making progress in this arena almost daily.