Tags: Audio processing & publishing

Posting audio to a website involves more than inserting a link into a webpage or assigning it to a product. Doing it right manually takes time and is prone to errors. Doing it right, with an automated system, makes it easy, makes it fast, and eliminates errors. It also eliminates the need for an office staff member to be familiar with editing audio files. SlipStream accomplishes this by addressing the entire workflow.

Click-of-a-button product creation

Eliminate duplicate data entry and its associate errors

Do you have an activity at an event that you would like to record and sell? With a single click of a button the product will be created from the event activity's record: the talk title, and talk description are copied over, the speakers are linked to the product, and various default setttings are loaded. Assign a SKU and category in the store and tag it for the search engine, and you're ready for the audio.
Sample audio generation

Letting customers hear before they buy

As part of it's automated processing protocol, SlipStream will generate sample audio. You can set the default start and stop time, use those default values, or over-ride them. The sysem will generate the sample audio and link it to the product so site visitors will see an audio control to play the audio sample any time the product is displayed.

Processing the audio

Checking and formatting the audio

SlipStream will do a thorough analysis of the audio file to make sure the file was uploaded in its entirety and that there is no evidence of any data corruption. It will then confirm the audio is formatted properly and, if not, will do the necessary conversion; it will attach the appropriate intro and outro audio files to the beginining and end of the talk; and it will. SlipStream will then link the file to the product in your store.
ID3 Tag population

Completing the MP3 experience

Every MP3 file is supposed to contain meta data - data, in addition to the actual audio, that descibes the file. Without this information, your customer can not take full advantage of the MP3 file by importing it into their media play. Properly populated the ID3 tags lets the customer sort his talks by title, speaker, groupings, etc. This information follows the file into the user's MP3 player or onto MP3-CDs he might create. Complete this step and you complete the user's experience.  Slil;Stream automates this for you. No one needs to do the work and there are no data entry errors assoicated with re-entering data you already entered when you created the product.

Bulk processing

100 clicks is still 100 clicks

It's just a click to do it all, but what if you have 100 audio files to deal with? It still takes time and, worse, if you miss a click you miss a product. The same holds for attaching product and CD label images to your audio products. SlipStream solves this problem but permitting bulk processing on multiple files. Load up the day's audio files and labels to the site, choose bulk processing and SlipStream will take it from there. It no longer takes days or weeks to post audio from your events. With SlipStream there's no reason why all your audio isn't posted on the same day it is recorded at your event.

 
Intro / Outro library

Attaching your identity to the audio

Do you want to identify the audio as coming from your organization or it's event? Do you want to preced the talk with a welcome message, provide information about your organization, note the material is copyrighted, or provide a closing message at the end of the recording? SlipStream supports an intro / outro library where you can keep these various messages at hand. You'll need it for later in the audio processing workflow.

 

 

 

Self-administered content
Update content on your site quickly and efficiently. Do it yourself. Eliminate the delays, costs and frustrations of outsourcing the task to another organization. No longer do you have to pay a developer to develop your website so you can continue to pay him to update the content!
Site navigation
Your business changes over time. You add and remove products and services to adapt to the market and your customers' needs. You will need to add menu items, rename menu items, change links, and even change your menu structure.
CRM
Your service is only as good as your ability to quickly pull up all of a customer's information when he calls. SlipStream's Customer Relations Management system let's you show your customers you care by retrieving all their data quickly whiie you stay focused on their needs.
E-commerce
SlipStream's e-commerce package handles physical and non-physical products while also taking into consideration the workflows for content posting, order fulfillment, and customer support.
Blog
Attract users to your blog with content and a professional appearance. Maximize the impact of your blog by keep it visible. People should be able to find your blog post not because it's recent, but because of its content.
Resource library
Draw more people to your site, help address their needs, promote your events and activities, and give greater cohesion to your user community. SlipStream lets you provide a variety of on-line resources, it makes them easy to for site visitors to find, and it helps you to continue to add content on a regular basis by keeping he content management process simple and fast.
Support Groups
Help people find support groups, and give them a point of contact for the group, but protect the groups' information and privacy.
Event management
Dynamic event pages and on-line registration simplify the task of entering and managing all your event data, while better promoting it, making registration more convenient, enabling the selling of other products as part of the registration process, keeping your customers better informed and, oh yes, saving you money in the process!
Self-administered forms
Collect marketing data on-line: What do people think of your products and services; What would they like to see; or what are the needs of your customers segmented by demographics? You can create information forms to collect just about any data you would like.
World-class search engine
The very core of your website should be its search engine, and so it is with Slipstream. Bring the latest in search technology to the people you serve, and maximize their experience on your site.
E-mail marketing
You need to be able to mass e-mail marketing messages to your constituents. SlipStreams integrates with powerful on-line services to help you promote your mission, your organization and its events.