How To Increase Sales Through Streaming Audio

Many studies have proven that radio is a good medium for product advertisements. People listen to the radio for entertainment, usually to listen to the latest music or to their favorite radio program. In between the program, advertisements on products and services are being played.

For many years, this has been the trend in advertising. But now that the radio medium is almost behind the audio-visual medium, the TV, and the Internet, other marketing strategies have to be employed to continue the benefits of advertising through audio.

It is then that the benefits of using music on websites were discovered. Before, music on the Internet was just available in downloadable forms as mp3. Even through hosting downloadable music on their servers, companies were able to get much traffic on their sites. And everyone engaged in Internet marketing knows that website traffic plays a big role in boosting product and service sales.

However, there had been a problem with illegal music download in which artists, musicians and record companies have lost millions of revenues.

Then, came the popularity of Internet music streaming. Unlike the former, radio streaming does not allow download of the music files. Thus, the copyrights of the artists and record label owners are protected.

So, how can this be done? There are several ways to stream audio from your site. First, is to stream a radio program from your site or blog. You can find free affiliate programs that allow you to stream their radio content from your site.

What will this mean to you? This means that your site will have new audio content every time it is visited. What’s even great is that the content is being updated even without much effort from you.

In this case, what you needed to do is to signup with an Internet radio station and have the link embedded on your blog or website.

Another way is to stream mp3s. To do this, you just need to upload your mp3files on a server and add the files’ links to the page. When the link is clicked, the browser opens a media player window and plays a file. However, since the file is in mp3 format, it may also be downloaded. Downloading music files without the authorization of the copyright owner is illegal. Therefore, if you will be using this type of streaming, make sure that you have the appropriate permit to do so.

A third way to add audio to you blog or website is to stream music through organizing playlists. Playlists are m3u files, which if downloaded, will not play music if offline. Using this process, however, can be complex. Here is a short instruction on how to do it.

1. Save your mp3 or wma file on the server. You may skip this step if you know that the file exists on another server and know the link to that file. Make sure that the link has a .mp3 or .wma extension.

2. Open your text editor and type the path to the file. Include the http:// and the file extension. Repeat this step until you have included all the links to the files that you would like to be included in the playlist.

3. Save the playlist with a .m3u extension.

4. Upload the m3u file on the directory where the music files are hosted or to your server.

5. Open your html editor and embed the link to the m3u file. Through this, you can also set if you want to have the playlist to autoplay if someone visits your site of if you want your visitor to control playing the music. You can also set the volume level.

After the code is embedded on the html file, and whenever your site is visited, the songs in the playlist will be buffered, streamed and played one after another. If your playlist has several songs, the user can skip forward or go back a song in the playlist using the media player controls.

Doing this setup works for many website owners. Through this you can customize the type of music being played on your site. You can even play recordings related to your product to boost product awareness.

It requires knowledge of html to be done. But if it will be the best way to increase traffic to your site, why not request assistance from programmers. After all, having audio on a website is a proven way to increase sales.

Work From Home Singaporeans 2nd Affiliate Referral Contest Is Launched!

Earn Commissions & Win Attractive Prizes

Simply By Promoting “Work From Home SG”!

The second referral contest is now LIVE. And it spans for two full months from the period of 10th June to 9th August (11.59PM SGT)..

Unlike the conventional referral Contest where only the top 5 or top 10 people get rewarded and recognized, we’re giving an open opportunity to anyone who can successfully promote Work From Home Singaporeans based on the following criteria:

And here are the contest prizes:

Just refer 25 people and you win… And You Win Prize #1!

Just refer 25 people to sign up for a free membership at our site and you’ll walk away with a $10 Popular bookstore voucher.

Just refer 50 people and you win… And You Win Prize #2!

Just refer 50 people to sign up for a free membership at our site and you’ll walk away with a pair of Cathay movie tickets.

Just refer 75 people and you win… And You Win Prize #3!

Just refer 75 people to sign up for a free membership at our site and you’ll walk away with a $30 Swensens dining voucher.

Just refer 100 people and you win… And You Win Prize #4!

Just refer 100 people to sign up for a free membership at our site and you’ll walk away with a $50 Kinokuniya book voucher.

Just refer 150 people and you win… And You Win Prize #5!

Just refer 200 people to sign up for a free membership at our site and you’ll walk away with $100 cold-hard cash!

Just refer 200 people and you win… And You Win Prize #6!

Just refer 150 people to sign up for a free membership at our site and you’ll walk away with the latest Ipod Shuffle.

Just refer 300 people and you win… And You Win Prize #7!

Just refer 300 people to sign up for a free membership at our site and you’ll walk away with $200 cold-hard cash!

It doesn’t matter how many people others have referred because you’ll be competing with only yourself!

This means, after 9th July, we’ll be tabulating to see the how many people each one of you refer to sign up at our site from the period of 10th June to 9th
August (11.59PM SGT). So if you referred 160 people for instance, you’ll walk away with prize 5 which is $100 cash!

Remember, this referral contest will end on 9th August (11.59PM SGT), so you have to hurry!

Here’s what you need to do now in order to join our affiliate program and start
earning commissions as well as take part in our referral contest:

Step #1: Click Below to Sign up For Our Affliiate Program

http://www.workfromhomesingaporeans.com/aff/

Click on the huge button which says ‘Sign Up’ once you get to that page. Note, you MUST sign up for an affiliate account at the link above in order to earn commissions with our site.

Step #2: Sign Up Below

Note:
You MUST sign up at the form above in order to receive our affiliate
training tips and indicate you want to join our referral contest. Once you
sign up, you’ll be redirected to our affiliate training center.

Step #3: Start Promoting!

Yup the next thing you need to do is to follow our 10-day training program closely and start promoting our site actively!

Visit our training center here: http://www.workfromhomesingaporeans.com/trainingcenter/

If you follow it, you’ll definitely start to see commissions trickling in and boost your chances of winning our referral contest. BUT, whatever you do, do NOT resort to spamming or other unethical promotional methods. If you do, you will be banned permanently. Another thing to take note is do NOT try to refer
yourself to try and cheat us of commissions. We track every lead via IP address, so please don’t think you can fool us.

Just promote the right & smart way and it will be a win-win situation!

We’ll catch you inside our training center!

Need support?

Submit a ticket at at our help desk here

Congratulations to our winning affiliates!

We must say that our first referral contest was indeed exciting to watch on our side because the referral numbers just kept rising over the weeks and the people occupying the top positions of the leaderboard kept changing!

And in fact, one of the dark horses in the top 5 positions, referred over 50 members into the site in the last moments of the referral contest!

Here’s a recap of the prizes:
1st Place: LG Portable DVD Player
2nd Place: Ipod Nano
3rd Place: Ipod Shuffle
4th Place: $50 MPH Voucher + One pair of Cathay cinema tickets
5th Place: $20 MPH Voucher + One pair of Cathay cinema tickets

So, now it’s time to reveal the contest results:

**drumroll**

Occupying the top spot steadily in this race is….

Alex Lo - tomasson15

And following close behind is…

Eddy Lee - ronglee

In 3rd place is…

Jeremy Goh - jerryman

4th and 5th positions are respectively occupied
by…

Allen Na - allen

and Jexton Ong - jexs0207

Congratulations on the outstanding performance guys!

Now, for the 5 lucky affiliates who each win a pair of Cathay movie tickets from the lucky draw are:

1. Mohd Zarkhan - linuxdude
2. Chew Huishan - angeline
3. Heng Liang San - eucalyptus
4. Ting Chee Kheong - ckting
5. Lee Pei Shan - vanessalee

We will be contacting the winners personally to congratulate them as well as give them the details on how to collect their prizes.

If you thought that the first round of prizes are great, wait till you see what we have in store for you for the next contest!

It’s going to be a fresh and brand new round of referral contest with more attractive prizes and more bumped up commissions to be given away!

So if you want to stand a chance of winning attractive prizes, be sure to sign up as our affiliate!

Share Your Driving Factor & Win A Book!

In ANY industry, you’ll notice that the main difference between someone who’s successful and someone who’s not is their mindset.

Likewise, if you wish to succeed, you have to get your mindset and foundations right.

Now, one of the key things we mentioned inside the Mindset training file was establishing your driving factor.

Basically, you need to have a really strong driving force in order to motivate yourself to take consistent action towards your goals.

Without a strong enough driving factor, you will easily give up or lose focus.

So, have you established your own driving factor already?

Well, it’s time to share in our forum with others.

Now you might be thinking, it’s your own driving factor so why should you share it with others?

The reason is, when you type it out and let others know about it, it’s like a public declaration and it shows that you’re serious about it.

Now, we are going to reward two members who have shared their driving factor with a physical hard copy of one of our recommended books written by Adam Khoo. You can choose between “Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires” or “Master Your Mind, Design Your Destiny”.

The two winners will be selected based on how inspiring and sincere your driving factor is.

But remember, the whole purpose of this incentive is to encourage you to really think about your driving factor and declaring it so that you will not forget about it and others can help encourage you too.

There’s no right or wrong driving factor.

You just need to have one that is going to motivate YOU and you alone.
That’s all it matters.

So start posting your driving factor on our forum now

>> What is YOUR Driving Factor?

Launch of Work From Home Singaporeans

We have finally launched and made the Work From Home Singaporeans site live!

This website is going to be a community site of people who are looking to learn more about working from home, get to know like-minded people who are doing so and even venturing to build up a successful online business. There’s a lot for people to learn and at this site, through the free audio training program, you will learn a lot on ways to earn money online, how to find freelancing jobs online, how to build up your very own online business and much much more.

The purpose of the website is to share with people our knowledge in the field of internet marketing and also to extend to people out there, our helping hand during this times of economic instability and recession.

The site is made for people, whether old or young, who are looking to increase their monthly income in ways that allow them to work from the comforts of their home.

If you are looking for an avenue to learn more about Working From Home, this is the site to join.

We are not a scam or get quick rich website. We are young Singaporeans who truly want to help fellow Singaporeans in this difficult times of belt-tightening and financial turmoil and at this community site, everyone can help one another.

There are no strings attached for joining our site. So, just join it with an open heart and mind and be prepared to learn so much more than what textbooks and encyclopedias can teach you about making money through the internet.

All the best!

Welcome to Work From Home Singaporeans Blog!

A big Welcome to you!  If you are reading this blog, you are certainly interested to know more about Working From Home and certainly, through this site of ours, WorkFromHomeSingaporeans.com, you will definitely learn a lot about working from home.

As for this blog, you’ll be constantly updated with news, announcements, tips and advice that you’ll need with regards to the Internet, Internet Marketing, e-Commerce, Blogging and so much more. You’ll be updated first hand on the events and activities that we are organizing for this special community as well.

You’ll also get to know us, the people behind this on a more personal note.

Who are we?

Well, you’ll be able to find out more about us by reading ‘About Us’ section. But on a short note, we’re enthusiastic young people who are working actively from home and we have come together to create a community of people working from home and to share information with those who are planning to.

Whether you are a mother of 2, a student, a retiree or a person looking for an extra source of income, you’re definitely welcome to join us!

Basically, we just want to create a community where information flows freely, where ideas are being shared and opportunities spring up and get developed. You don’t have to wallow in your own hole, working from home. (Or at least, that’s how the media portrays it.) In fact, this community can be the most happening place to be! People working from home, have the freedom to control their time and ability to do something and we are not restricted by the boundaries of bosses and locations. 

It’s about time, more people knew about the perks of working from home and we are hoping to accomplish just that with this community of ours.

We are looking to share with you our learnings, experiences teachings as well as knowledge through our site. So do drop by regularly!

Calvin & Patricia (: