Monday, August 18, 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.

Retailers and companies call these systems a number of different ways such as electronic billboards, captive audience networks, retail TV, narrowcasting, out-of-home television, etc. Although these names all sound different, all the sign systems work to deliver information using graphics, audio, video, etc. They are usually in high definition displays and target the specific audiences that visit the area they are placed. For example, banks can display these types of signs inside and facing outside their premises. Customers could look at these while in line or while walking past and learn of special promotions. This would raise the sales made and provide more visibility for the bank's products.

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.

Content management servers can support many media players. Similarly, a media player could support large amounts of display screens. If you don't have a network connection, you can also install a stand-alone sign with all three components. The operating systems you use for these systems can also vary, depending on preference.

Mobile phones can be used to interact with the sign systems. SMS messaging and Bluetooth technology are both great ways for people to send messages to the displays, or even directly use options on the monitors. This pulls attentions to the signs even more. People could even use social and location-based networking in systems that are connected to a network.

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.

Before you install your sign system, organize all your information. Make sure you know what content and text you want to be displayed, and what demographic you'd like the target. Make sure your files are saved in the same formats as well. It is smart to also think of future content so that you don't have to think of them later.




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