Saturday 16 August 2014

Use Digital Signage To Influence Your Customers

By Tanisha Berg


Signs are created with technology, and used in a variety of ways. Digital signage systems are located in many places these days to display all sorts of information like products and services in banks, marketing promotions in large department stores, schedules on university campuses, and flight schedules in airports. These systems can be used for virtually anything, given your imagination.

There are a number of ways to call these systems such as retail TV, narrowcasting, captive audience networks, electronic billboards, out-of-home television, etc. Regardless of the terminology, they all word to deliver information in the form of videos, graphics, audio, etc. Most these signs are in high-quality displays and are targeted at specific audiences at specific times. For example, a bank might show new services and products to its patrons using these digital signs as promotions. This would drive up sales and allow customers to observe something while they wait in lines. It's been proven that retailers have increased their revenues and product visibility using these systems.

A lot of retailers have invested a lot of their budget to marketing with these digital systems, allowing more customers to experience more interactive and enjoyable stays on the premises. Installing these systems allows for speedy communication, impactful advertising, rise in revenue, and marketing towards certain purchases. Many other industries have also started using these signs such as the government, healthcare industries, sports venues, entertainment facilities, and public transportation.

There are many ways digital sign systems can be configured with various components. Systems can have multiple media players, displays, or content management servers; all depending on the retailer's preferences. They can all be installed together on one device if so desired. However, usually, a standard system will be controlled through a single network and media player, and include a display and server.

One content management server could be connected to many media players. Additionally, one media player could be connected to many displays. There are stand-alone signs as well that include all three components and don't use a network connection. Regardless, all these systems can run on various operating systems.

People can interact with these signs with their mobile phones as well, using both SMS messaging and Bluetooth technology. SMS messaging can be used to send information onto the displays. Bluetooth can be used for users to directly interact with whatever is on the monitors. Additionally, signs that are connected to a network can allow social and location-based media activity for people.

These digital signs are highly convenient with the use of remotes, while paper has to be manually replaced and might require brief travel. Since digital signs don't need replacement every time information changes, it is environmentally friendly as well. They are also much more vivid and animated than paper signs.

You should plan ahead on how your system will be handled. Make sure you know what content and messages you want to display on the monitor, and which audience you want to target. Do all this before you set up your signs, and make sure your file formats are uniform. Additionally, you should plan future content as well so you can easily implement them later.




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