Make Your Website Talk: How to Install Streaming Audio on Your Site

One of the most important tasks in online selling, and indeed in all sales, is to convince the potential buyer that you are a person who you can trust. A nice picture of you in the "about" is useful, but even more convincing would be a warm audio message in which you explain and present your product or service.

If you are considering the installation of a sound capabilities on your website would be beyond your financial or technical means then I think that will change your mind after you finish reading this article.

There are some online services that provide full audio support, but they charge monthly fees and this can be more than you want to invest. However, if you want to add audio with flash buttons for your site with a limited budget then there are several moderately priced downloadable software packages that allow you to do everything without any technical know-how. They range in price from $ 40 to $ 100. Visit the websites of audiomakerpro.com, or flashaudiowizard.com soundstreamer.com, and see how these programs work.

Now, if you're like me, a real cheapskate and do not want to spend any money at all, but I would like to talk about your site, then you can use the following method to install a streaming audio on your website.

First you need to record your message. I was able to use an old software package (CoolEditPro) to record a message directly to mp3 on my computer. If you have an mp3 player with recording capability you can simply record a message and then transfer to your computer.

Suppose that the message is saved as myintroduction.mp3. If you load the file on the server and create a link to this file, you will not be streamed, but when someone clicks on the download link. In order to make the streaming is necessary to do the following. Open a text file and enter a small piece of text: [http://www.yourwebsite.com/myintroduction.mp3] (this is the place where the file is placed) and then save the text file with a name as audiointro.m3u. It 's just a text file but has an extension that makes it look like an audio file. Now, load the actual file myintroduction.mp3 audiointro.m3u audio and text files on the server.

Instead of a web page where you want someone to listen, put a text link or a button connected to audiointo.m3u graphic files. When someone clicks on this link you will hear myintroduction.mp3 stream files from their speakers. It will be played on the default mp3 player of that particular computer, such as Windows Media Player, Winamp, etc.

This is streaming audio-poor person, but it works. The advantage of the packages at low prices at or above the price of audio services is that the buttons are nicer and have a break, stop and start functions.

Some audio services argue that adding audio to a website increases conversion rates by 300%. Audio is a tool. If used properly can actually be just the thing you need to improve the performance of your website. Then, choose the method that is convenient for you and try it.

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