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We all know that multimedia is a powerful way to entertain, inform and market to people. Let’s first separate the uses of multimedia from its delivery mechanisms.
Major delivery mechanisms of your multimedia presentation include DVD and CD ROM, kiosks, computers, the internet, games and displays.
The top uses for multimedia are for presentations, sales and marketing, education and training, and entertainment.
Here’s how they all come together:
Education and training – A great learning tool, the use of multimedia allows for interactive learning at the users pace. Learning goals can be identified and met before allowing the user to proceed to the next lesson. Training sessions can be transportable on DVD or CD ROM to allow for maximum flexibility.
Sales and Marketing – The use of multimedia at kiosks at trade shows are used to entertain and educate. They can also be programmed with database functions to gather information from participants for future marketing efforts. Businesses design flexible and interactive multimedia presentations to describe their products and services for their sales force as well.
Presentations – Presentations can be designed so that the presenter can go from one subject to another, based on a client or audience’s interests or feedback. Sometimes a little multimedia eye candy can go a long way towards keeping your audience alert and amused, especially when the content of your presentation is technical.
Displays and Kiosks – Multimedia can also be used in stores to entertain, educate, engage and market to customers. Whether your customers are standing in line waiting to check out, at a trade show or walking or driving on the street, multimedia can be used to engage, motivate and inspire your potential client to make a purchasing decision.
Websites – Want to add pizzazz to your website? Multimedia is the way to go. With varying levels of interactivity, you can engage your audience and increase the ‘stickiness’ of your site by including interactive tests and quizzes, learning sequences, and engaging mini-movies.
Entertainment – Multimedia has been used to give life to virtual reality and game development of all sorts for years. Animation, music, sound, graphics and lots of multimedia programming are used to give life to these two huge industries.
There are many variations on the themes we’ve just outlined, but these should give you a brief survey of the major uses for multimedia.
Copyright (c) 2008 Irwin Myers
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Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun (a medium with multiple content forms) or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which only utilize traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. Multimedia includes a combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video, and interactivity content forms.Multimedia is usually recorded and played, displayed or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance. Multimedia (as an adjective) also describes electronic media devices used to store and experience multimedia content. Multimedia is similar to traditional mixed media in fine art, but with a broader scope. The term “rich media” is synonymous for interactive multimedia. Hypermedia can be considered one particular multimedia application.Multimedia may be broadly divided into linear and non-linear categories. Linear active content progresses without any navigation control for the viewer such as a cinema presentation. Non-linear content offers user interactivity to control progress as used with a computer game or used in self-paced computer based training. Hypermedia is an example of non-linear content. Multimedia presentations can be live or recorded. A recorded presentation may allow interactivity via a navigation system. A live multimedia presentation may allow interactivity via an interaction with the presenter or performer.
Multimedia presentations may be viewed in person on stage, projected, transmitted, or played locally with a media player. A broadcast may be a live or recorded multimedia presentation. Broadcasts and recordings can be either analog or digital electronic media technology. Digital online multimedia may be downloaded or streamed. Streaming multimedia may be live or on-demand.Multimedia games and simulations may be used in a physical environment with special effects, with multiple users in an online network, or locally with an offline computer, game system, or simulator.The various formats of technological or digital multimedia may be intended to enhance the users’ experience, for example to make it easier and faster to convey information. Or in entertainment or art, to transcend everyday experience.
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The usage of web multimedia solutions in websites is no longer only a big company’s cup of tea. Online communication has seen a breakthrough as multimedia development companies have begun delivering streamed audio and video presentations. Many multimedia service companies have mushroomed in Irvine and the Bay area of Northern California.
Consumers’ attention spans are decreasing due to their busy schedules in today’s fast paced environment. Thus multimedia marketing is an effective tool in capturing and retaining their interest, and ultimately leading to more sales. Multimedia converts a static image or advertisement into an interactive and animated one. A new meaning and look can be attained by adding an audio and video element of multimedia to an online advertising campaign.
When a visitor lands on your site, the first thing that attracts them is the use of graphics and content. The sound effects, music, voice-overs, etc. are some audio elements that can be used to make an attractive online presentation. The trick is to make the visitor feel connected emotionally with your company and products/services.
The selection of audio and video elements of multimedia marketing is solely dependant on the nature of your business and the products/services you offer. For instance, the multimedia marketing approach would be different for a web designing company’s website vs. a cosmetics company’s website.
The goal of multimedia marketing is to make the customers feel that they are getting personalized treatment along with a fair price. In your site’s testimonial section, you can record live video footage of satisfied clients in their own voice. Also, you can creatively display your products/services with animated images. You can couple it with attractive sales and discount offers, thus creating a complete online marketing package. Such type of work can be well executed by a professional multimedia development company who conducts extensive research and consults with you before developing a web multimedia solutions plan.
Sometimes a product needs demonstrations to illustrate its features and usage. In such cases, videos can be added for better interaction and connectivity. Raise the pulse of your target customers with exciting multimedia. When used in conjunction with content, your site will take off. With Internet technology becoming increasingly “hi-tech” every passing day, it is truly an intelligent move to explore these areas for your business profit. The money and effort invested in multimedia marketing is easily returned when sales jump through the roof.
The multimedia presentations used should be edited or changed after a span of time, otherwise it would become repetitive and boring for the customer. Multimedia marketing opens the door for global publicity for a business.
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