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| Hosted by George Borden, Digital Signage National Sales Manager for Black Box, this video shows how the iCOMPEL™ digital signage appliance can be used to improve sales and external and internal communications, and why it's a good choice over similar products on the market. The video also demonstrates the ease of integrating iCOMPEL into a network; using its built-in software to create dynamic, multizone multimedia screen presentations; and incorporating Web-based RSS feeds into digital signage. Plus, it covers how easy it is to stream different content at certain intervals throughout the day and summarizes how to choose an iCOMPEL model for your application. |
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George Borden, Black Box Digital Signage National Sales Manager (host):
Are your sales falling? Are you looking for a way to gain an edge on competition? Are you finding it more and more difficult to keep all your people on the same page and informed? Wouldn’t it be great if you could add an engaging salesperson, one who is always on- ...read moreGeorge Borden, Black Box Digital Signage National Sales Manager (host):
Are your sales falling? Are you looking for a way to gain an edge on competition? Are you finding it more and more difficult to keep all your people on the same page and informed? Wouldn’t it be great if you could add an engaging salesperson, one who is always on-message and works 24/7 without the cost of adding and training an actual salesperson? And what if that same salesperson of sorts could also be used to disseminate up-to-date information to employees and the public in real time?
With digital signage, you have just that type of salesperson. Imagine vibrant signage coming to life in your lobby, dramatically promoting your services in an eye-catching way. It's just what you need to increase sales, gain a competitive edge, improve processes in your business, inform and alert people, or all of the above.
Well, with iCOMPEL from Black Box you can. In fact, you can deliver the right message at the right time to boost sales, whether you want to upsell, cross-sell, merchandise, or advertise. And you can do this in real time, which saves you the cost and hassle of having to replace posters and other static signage around a building. It's equally effective for internal or external communications as well, whether it's to employees in your company, students in schools, patients and staff in hospitals, or for wayfinding in hotels and government buildings.
Why choose iCOMPEL over similar products? First, it's a one-time investment. All software comes preinstalled, and updates are always free. Plus, it's very affordable with no expensive licenses to buy year after year. If you’re tired of being nickel-and-dimed at every corner, then iCOMPEL is for you.
Because iCOMPEL works right out of the box, it keeps digital signage simple. It's even easy for beginners but sophisticated enough for large-scale, complex applications. It’s no simple media player with limited capabilities. It can be scaled from one screen up to one thousand screens or more just by adding more iCOMPEL players. Even better, iCOMPEL is easy to integrate into any network, and you won’t create any IT or security problems in the process.
iCOMPEL is perfect for any application, including retail, hospitality, small business, corporate settings, hospitals, government buildings, and college campuses. Schools love iCOMPEL because it makes it really simple to set up a notification system to inform, educate, and alert students and staff. If there's a crisis, you can issue a lockdown or an evacuation notice from a central office or even by using a Wi-Fi enabled smart phone. That's the flexibility that iCOMPEL will give you.
Building signage is easy in iCOMPEL. iCOMPEL comes with a number of screen layouts that contain multiple zones for adding media. A zone is a section of the screen that you use to display a specific type of media. Manipulate zones however you want, put them wherever you want, put zones on top of zones, whatever. Start with a base image and drop in the various types of media. You can even combine video and live TV with scrolling text and images, as well as Flash, QuickTime?, and PowerPoint? media. Plus, you can add Web-based content and RSS tickers showing stocks, news, and weather.
With iCOMPEL, you have total control of everything. You control the size and location of zones and play what’s in each zone. This is done through playlists for the individual zones. Pull-down menus enable you to access schedules, layouts, and playlists. You can choose one of the many preinstalled layouts, or you can simply create your own. Build your layout with drag-and-drop tools that enable you to position zones wherever you want them. It’s also easy to access and stream RSS feeds into your presentation.
iCOMPEL also gives you the ability to play your media creations whenever you want. Schedule your layouts to play that day or the following day, the next week or the next month, it doesn’t matter—it‘s all available with iCOMPEL. You have total point-and-click control to stream different information by zones at certain intervals throughout the day. iCOMPEL also supports interactive displays, such as touch screens, and it can be connected to motion-detection devices. This way, the screen only plays when someone approaches.
To choose your model, first determine what you want to display. Do you want to stream video and live TV together? Then determine the number of screens and locations you'll be distributing content to and how exactly you want to manage it all. Will you be doing this remotely over the Internet or from a nearby workstation?
For more information about iCOMPEL, please call me directly at 724-873-6565, or feel free to e-mail me at george.borden@blackbox.com. I’d be more than happy to set up a one-on-one demo with you. Thanks for your time and attention, and have a great day.
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