This document discusses streaming music over-the-air (MOH) and the benefits of a cloud-based streaming service. It highlights how the service allows users to easily add, schedule, and manipulate audio streams. It also notes how the streaming devices are monitored to ensure high quality performance. The document promotes the streaming service as providing relevant content marketing that is automatically scheduled and can include messages mixed with music across multiple topics.
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1. W H A T ’ S A L L T H E B U Z Z A B O U T
STREAMI NG MOH?
WEL COME
2. W H A T ’ S A L L T H E B U Z Z A B O U T
STREAMI NG MOH?
• Streaming audio is easily manipulated via user login panels.
• Cloud-based service provides the convenience of adding,
scheduling and manipulating streams.
• Streaming audio devices are tracked and monitored for
high-quality performance.
3. W H A T ’ S A L L T H E B U Z Z A B O U T
STREAMI NG MOH?
Sources now predict that
digital radio listeners will account for nearly
59% of the U.S. population in 2017.
4. Marketing, Broadcast and Music Pros
Sales to Fulfillment to Tech
18 Years
Name Brands to Small Businesses
A+ Rated BBB
High Touch, High Tech, Excellence
TIM BROWN
FOUNDER
5. 1. MAKES CONTENT MARKETING EASIER
2. PRIORITIZE TOPICS (the new architecture)
3. AUTOMATED SECHEDULING
4. STOP LOADING FILES
5. NETWORKING & I.T. CONCERNS
6. CONTENT CONTROL
7. OVERHEAD MUSIC & ANNOUNCEMENTS
6. CONTENT MARKETING
• Using RELEVANT content to attract customers.
• Educate and entertain, to drive traffic
(to your website or location).
• Who was the world’s first content marketer?
13. B E R E L E V A N T
“Hot topics”
News and information
Limited-time offers
Special events, demos
Seasonal specials, hours
14. CONTENT MARKETING
• When you help (educate, inform) you retain
customers.
• Putting relevant content in front of customers
again and again does take time. It’s work.
• We want to make content marketing easier.
18. M A K E E V E R Y T O P I C C O U N T
• Short and memorable
• Time-sensitive
• Means something to the caller!
• Call-to-action (“what do I do now?”)
• Written “for the ear”
19. B R A N D B U I L D E R
Your Values, Vision, Slogan, Heart
R I G H T N O W C A L L T O A C T I O N
Upgrades, Add-ons, Act-fast Offers/Urgency
M A K E E V E R Y T O P I C C O U N T
M U LT I C H A N N E L E N G A G E M E N T
21. SET PRIORITIES: MESSAGE FREQUENCY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0
L O W P R I O R I T Y H I G H P R I O R I T Y
22. Audio File Received
Technical Support
Some Content
Expires/Destroy entire file
Request New File
M
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U P L O A D I N G F I L E S M E T H O D
23. Set dates, times, priority for
each message
Time-sensitive messages
automatically expire
Callers hear updated,
relevant content
L I V E S T R E A M I N G A U D I O
Multiple topics reside
on the server
24.
25. • Unique failover feature
• Low bandwidth consumption (128k mono stream)
• Reports health check every 15 minutes
• Wired or wireless
• DHCP or static I.P. address
• Built-in monitor speaker
P R O S T R E A M
26. • Port 123: Time Synchronization Protocol
• Port 80: TCP HTTP
• Port 443: TCP HTTPS - HTTP Protocol over TLS/SSL (encrypted transmission)
• Port 53: DNS
• Port 10010: Stream
• URL: streaming.brandimusic.com
P R O S T R E A M
27. P R O S T R E A M
• Create a DMZ
• Use a guest network
• Bring in a separate internet connection on its own public IP
• 128 kbps MONO 1 listener for one hour = 0.025 GB/hr.
28. D I R E C T U R L
• ASTERISK
• FreePBX
• Interactive Intelligence
• Freeswitch
29. STREAM PORTAL
Monitored Service
Scheduling
• Announcements mixed with music
• Start/Stop dates
• “Good morning” “Good afternoon”
• Specify day of the week
• Specify time of day
• Increase/decrease frequency of each topic.
30. C O N T E N T C O N T R O L
CREATIVE
CONTENT
MANAGER
35. C O N T E N T C O N T R O L
Multichannel Engagement
1 in 3 consumers say their purchase decisions are influenced by
social media.
36. • Improve your mood
• Decrease anxiety
• Boost your immune system
• Create memories
• Music is powerful stuff
S T R E A M I N G M U S I C S E R V I C E
37. MUSIC IN YOUR SPACE
A growing number of small businesses are
being unpleasantly surprised with letters from
performing rights organizations… with indirect
or direct threats of copyright infringement.
US Small Business Administration
38.
39. WE PAY THE LICENSE
"Music has tremendous value in our lives
… new technology must pay artists fairly.”
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences president Neil Portnow
40. B L O C K S P E C I F I C S O N G S
Search by title or artist
Check box to remove song
41. S C H E D U L E A N N O U N C E M E N T S
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A little bit about us. Easy On Hold was created by marketing, broadcast and music pros in 1997
Everything is on site here – not outsourced like at other providers. We take a team approach to your project.
We work with Fortune 100 companies as well as medium and small business of every size.
We’re A+ rated with the Better Business Bureau. We’re trusted.
Our company values are: High Touch, High Tech, and Excellence. We communicate with you, we have a full time technical support department, we know you’ll be satisfied.
A little bit about us. Easy On Hold was created by marketing, broadcast and music pros in 1997
Everything is on site here – not outsourced like at other providers. We take a team approach to your project.
We work with Fortune 100 companies as well as medium and small business of every size.
We’re A+ rated with the Better Business Bureau. We’re trusted.
Our company values are: High Touch, High Tech, and Excellence. We communicate with you, we have a full time technical support department, we know you’ll be satisfied.
We’re about to hear your demo. We want to make every topic count. Here’s our proven formula that really works. A topic should fall into one of these three categories. The irresistible inspires the caller to consider buying or moves them closer to making an important decision. The brand builder inspires the caller to connect with the heart of your brand: your identity. And multichannel engagement boosts your other marketing efforts, such as social media.
We’re about to hear your demo. We want to make every topic count. Here’s our proven formula that really works. A topic should fall into one of these three categories. The irresistible inspires the caller to consider buying or moves them closer to making an important decision. The brand builder inspires the caller to connect with the heart of your brand: your identity. And multichannel engagement boosts your other marketing efforts, such as social media.