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3 Steps to a Better Airport Experience

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Summertime air travel is expected to increase 3.4% over last year, and while the destination can be the reward, what about making the journey more enjoyable as well? Most of the stress of air travel is just a matter of surrendering your time to the process of getting there. For many, this begins by dealing with finding joy and gratitude in getting ready, getting to the airport, and getting on the plane.

The Night Before Your Flight

You’re all packed and have checked in online, now take some time to plan your travel outfit the night before you leave.  No matter how long your flight, you want to be comfortable, so choose your softest, most breathable clothes.  Keep in mind the difference between casual Friday and looking like you spent the last three weeks painting your house – you never know who you might run into at the airport. Being comfortable and looking put together also makes you “look the part” of someone who enjoys travel, which can add a bit more fun to your journey and might even get you some travel perks. If you’re on an international flight, consider packing a change of shirt, underwear and some deodorant wipes, so you can feel a bit more refreshed when you deplane.

Commuting To the Airport

Many of us have had the experience of rushing to the airport, hoping we don’t miss the flight and make the trip even more stressful and expensive. So, one of the best things you can do is allow yourself ample time to travel to the airport. Think of ways you can save yourself time like showering the night before, packing everything you’ll need in your carryon, from a snack to your passport, and if you’re a morning snoozer, try setting your alarm 20 minutes earlier.  If you live in a big city, you need to plan ahead for traffic and unexpected delays like an accident or a freeway closure – even if you are taking a cab or rideshare. If you are driving yourself, don’t forget to plan time for finding a parking spot and grabbing a shuttle to the terminal. The worst thing that could happen if you plan ahead, is that you’ll arrive at the airport so early you’ll actually have time to meander through security and maybe check a few emails before boarding even begins. 

Before You Board

Even inside the airport there is still traffic – the foot kind.  Whether you’re checking bags or headed straight to security, be sure your boarding pass and i.d. are handy. If you planned your travel outfit the night before, hopefully you’re wearing slip on shoes, minimal jewelry and pants that don’t need a belt. These simple steps can really help you breeze through security

If you’ve given yourself ample time to arrive at the airport, and have made it through security, you have the option of exploring some of the airport’s comfort options, like restaurants, lounges, televised news & sports, and (if you’re lucky) massage stations.  O’Hare in Chicago has a light show along the moving sidewalk.  Austin’s airport will give you a flavor of the city.  JFK in Queens has a view of the Manhattan skyline.  You can ask if the airport has an observation deck or if you’re on a stopover from an international flight, if the airport has showers. Be sure to pack your headphones and ask if there’s an airport audio streaming system for the televisions around the terminal. A wireless streaming solution that transmits television audio to your smartphone can ensure you hear every word of what’s on screen to help you pass the time while waiting for your flight. 

Finally, be sure to pack some breath mints or pick some up at one of the shops in the terminal. Once you’re finally on the plane, you can offer one to your seatmate as an ice breaker.

Bon voyage.

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How to Promote AudioFetch at Your Business

By | Business, Casinos, Churches, Dining, Education, Fitness Centers, General, Restaurants, Sports Bars, Theater, Tour Guides, Waiting Rooms | No Comments

Installing AudioFetch at your business is a breeze. Getting customers to use it shouldn’t be difficult either!

Here are several ideas for announcing the addition of AudioFetch wireless audio streaming at your business, and getting more customers and guests to use it.

POST SIGNAGE

Your installation package comes with free marketing collateral to go on your TVs, table tents and cardio clings for fitness establishments to alert customers that you offer local audio over WiFi streaming, and brief instructions on how to use it. We also provide digital assets and sample messaging for promoting the availability of AudioFetch across your website, blog, email marketing, and social media channels.

Chico Sports Club uses cardio clings on their exercise equipment to alert customers about the availability of AudioFetch.

Chico Sports Club uses cardio clings on their exercise equipment to alert customers about the availability of AudioFetch. Source: Chico Sports Club instagram

Depending on your type of business, you may also consider other options for promoting it on premises:

  • Business Cards – If you’re a tour company that is on the go, business cards can be a great option. Carry a stack with you in a  pocket or fanny pack, and hand them out to each guest.
  • Fliers – Hand out small fliers or notecards to each guest with info and instructions on using AudioFetch.
  • Reception/Front Desk – Do guests need to check in before entering your venue? Alert them to your audio streaming offer right away. This will allow staff to answer any questions immediately, ensuring they download AudioFetch on their first visit.
  • POP Signage – For QSRs or other venues where guests pay before sitting down, posts signage at the register. Again, this alerts them immediately and allows staff to address questions in an efficient manner.
  • Signage on Equipmentfitness studios can add signage to each treadmill, elliptical, stationary bike, etc.
  • Posters – Hang posters around your venue and in bathroom stalls (you can’t find a more captive audience!).
  • Menus – Sports bars and restaurants can add a call out directly on menus.
  • Marquee/Outdoor Sandwich Boards – Draw customers into your venue with outdoor signage on a marquee or sandwich board. Have some fun with the message to really grab their attention!
  • Programs – For churches, lecture halls, theaters and other venues that provide programs for events, add a simple note about the availability of local audio streaming for assistive listening.

If you would additional signage or custom posters to use at your location, contact us and we can help to get you the signage you need.

UPDATE YOUR WEBSITE

Do you have a page on your site that lists amenities or other special offers at your business? Add a note about AudioFetch here. Also, consider linking back to our website–customers today are very independent and like to research new tools themselves, a direct link allows them to do this without requiring further content from your team.

UPDATE YOUR APP

If your business has it’s own app, add a link to download the AudioFetch app directly from within your app. Want to take the integration further? We’re work with businesses to integrate our audio directly into your app. Contact us to discuss this option further.

BLOG ABOUT IT

Add some more info about how to download and use AudioFetch in a blog post. Include a few short quotes from existing customers showcasing the benefits it provides. Customers trust reviews from others, so these testimonials can be very powerful in encouraging new customers to stop by your venue or event, or join your gym.

If you’ve just installed AudioFetch, you may not have many testimonials from your customers yet. Feel free to quote some of our customers; find these testimonials on our AudioFetch Customer Reviews page.

SHARE IT ON SOCIAL

Social media is an effective and efficient way to spread the word about your business and the amenities your offer. Announce that you offer audio over wifi streaming on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and/or your other social media channels.

When there’s a big event happening (e.g., Super Bowl, March Madness or World Cup at sports bars), use social media to let customers know about any specials during games and their ability to use AudioFetch. And link to the blog post to encourage users to visit your site to learn more.

The following sample copy can be used on your social media channels by simply copy/pasting:

Now you can stream the audio from any TV directly to your smartphone or tablet via the @AudioFetch app. It’s the audio you want, without any distractions. Stop by and try it out! You can download the app here:

http://bit.ly/IOSAppAF

http://bit.ly/DroidAppAF

We’ve also put together some sample imagery that you can download and share on social. Click the links below to download imagery for the various social media channels:

Fitness 1440 in Longview, TX alerts their customers to availability of AudioFetch at their gym.
Fitness 1440 in Longview, TX alerts their customers to availability of AudioFetch at their gym. Source: Fitness 1440 Facebook.

SEND OUT AN EMAIL

Email is one of the most effective methods for engaging existing customers online. Include an announcement about your AudioFetch offering immediately after installation, and make note of it frequently to remind customers to come in and use it.

We know you’re busy, so go ahead and use the following text in your communications, and adjust as needed to match the tone of your brand:

We’re excited to tell you about our new partnership with AudioFetch to provide audio streaming to our customers. AudioFetch allows us to stream the audio from any TV directly to your smartphone or tablet via the AudioFetch app. This means you get to take control of what you’re listening to without feeling chained to one spot. It’s the audio you want, wherever you are, without any distractions. Be sure to try it out the next time you stop by!

Download the AudioFetch app here:

http://bit.ly/IOSAppAF

http://bit.ly/DroidAppAF

GIVE YOUR STAFF A HEADS UP

Your employees are the face of your business, and the first place customers go when they have questions. Make sure every member of your staff knows what the AudioFetch audio streaming system is and how to reference download instructions. Encourage them to download the app on their own devices, or have a device available for them to play with it, ensuring they have a basic comfort level that AudioFetch works well and is easy to use.

MAKE A LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT

Most live events like presentations or lectures start off with some housekeeping announcements. “Silence your phones,” “Hold questions until the end,” “Use this hashtag during the event,” and “Download AudioFetch to help you hear better during the presentation.” A brief announcement with an accompanying slide, where appropriate, can increase usage and improve your guests’ experiences.

Your guest won’t use your AudioFetch system if they don’t know about it. Make them aware by promoting in and around your venue, and through your online channels.

Do you have a creative way that you’ve promoted AudioFetch at your business? We’d love to hear about it! Share your story on Facebook.

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The Benefits of a Personal PA System

By | Business, Churches, Dining, Education, Fashion, Fitness Centers, Hearing Assistance, Music, Restaurants, Sports Bars, streaming, Tour Guides, Waiting Rooms | No Comments

Whether you’re a factory manager, a tour guide, a minister or a sports bar manager, you understand the importance of keeping your people happy. Information is today’s currency, and there is so much of it, coming so quickly, that being able to convey and understand critical information is of top importance.

Communication is essential, whether between your business and employees, or your clientele. This can mean different things depending on your business; saving time, eliminating distractions or simply providing an impeccable experience. Whatever your goals are, an audio streaming solution could help you get there faster.

Have you ever presented at a business conference in a cavernous lecture hall or noisy convention center? How much time is spent trying to get the microphone or AV system working and repeating Q&A responses so that people in every corner of the room can hear? What if you could take advantage of smart phone technology, and everyone could stream audio from your presentation in real-time? You wouldn’t be competing with conversation in the back of the room, noise from the hall, or general din of a busy convention center. Your presentation just became more productive and efficient.

Maybe you’re expanding your business and need to train employees at your new location, but last-minute installation and finishing are still going on. If you used a personal PA system with built in wifi, your new team could follow you around the store, warehouse, or office without worrying about the distraction or disruption of the other work going on. Your employees will be trained in less time, saving you money.

Construction sites and factory floors are notoriously loud. Bring in new people or guide investors around the site and have a productive conversation despite all that’s going on. You will know they aren’t missing any of the important points.

Maybe you work with the public – education, fitness instruction, giving tours at a local museum or botanical garden, auctioneering, hosting book club at the library, guiding field trips through a nature preserve or historical site. Streaming your instruction with a wireless audio guide system will give your students and clients a better, deeper experience without interrupting or distracting others, and maybe even save your voice.

Does your church serve the hearing impaired? Let them listen in real-time with personal PA technology. Do you have a cry room or nursery separate from the sanctuary? Mothers and caretakers can keep up on the sermon without waking the babies. You can tend your flock in a way that meets their needs.

Additionally, you’re not limited to streaming your own voice. Maybe your business or agency would benefit from streaming music, or pertinent content. Anxious patients in the waiting room? They can stream soothing music. Bored citizens waiting for their number at the DMV? Offer audio from TVs mounted throughout the room, or a review of traffic laws while they wait.

Perhaps you want to provide some of the benefits of music to your employees, without allowing a free-for-all when it comes to internet streaming. This technology can offer a variety of options, pre-selected by you or your management team.

If this is something that would help your business increase productivity and efficiency, or create happier, more satisfied clients, Fetch Express is one option to consider. Contact us at AudioFetch for more information.

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What Type of Businesses Can Benefit from AudioFetch?

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Churches, fitness centers and sports bars already know the benefit of offering AudioFetch to their guests. But they’re not the only venues that can take advantage of wireless audio streaming. If your audience needs to hear, or hear better–regardless of who or where they are–AudioFetch is a great addition.

Below are 12 other types of businesses and organizations that use our wifi audio streaming systems:

1. Warehouses/Factory Floors
Giving your factory employees something to listen to while they work has been shown to improve employee morale and increase productivity. But you don’t want them getting distracted by allowing personal music selections or giving them internet access. That’s where AudioFetch shines–it provides audio entertainment for all employees, while eliminating the ability to surf the web. A win-win for employers and employees alike!

2. Coworking Spaces
Coworking spaces are popping up in large cities and small towns around the world. These shared business communities provide all the comfort and convenience of a traditional office without the major overhead, plus they inspire networking and collaboration amongst the various tenants through simple proximity and planned events. And most coworking spaces go the extra mile to have the most innovative technology and best office perks. AudioFetch addresses both of these benefits–using convenient, advanced technology to bring improve audio streaming for listening throughout the day, or broadcasting special events and announcements.

3. Fitness Trainers
A fitness instructor’s voice is their most powerful tool when leading a class. Their words ensure that students are performing the exercises accurately and safely, and help to keep them motivated throughout the class. So it’s imperative that students can hear the instructor, regardless of what exercise they’re doing and where the class is taking place. FetchExpress is a fitness instructor portable sound system that makes the instructor’s most powerful tool–their voice–even stronger.

If you are a fitness instructor or personal trainer, check out our blog “Boost Your Fitness Business with a Portable PA System” to learn more about how AudioFetch can help you get more students and keep them coming back.

4. Tour Guides
Tour guides typically operate in a very noisy environment (i.e., public space or tourist attraction) with lots of distractions or a very quiet environment (i.e., museum or library), where they risk becoming the distraction. In either situation, tour groups can find it difficult to hear their narrative. FetchExpress solves both of these challenges. The small portable wireless audio guide can be easily strapped to a belt or carried in a bag or hand, along for the ride with every step or mile traveled on the tour. People on the tour then use their smartphones to login on the wireless network integrated into the FetchExpress, and use the AudioFetch app to hear the tour guide’s voice. Voila! Everyone on the tour can hear and everyone else in the museum stops throwing the stink eye and shushing.

5. Doctor or Dentist Offices
The waiting room at healthcare office sometimes feels as painful as the actual visit with the doctor. By offering entertainment options with local wifi audio streaming, you can make that experience more comfortable for your patients. Then, when their appointment time comes up, they’ll be more relaxed and amiable when visiting with your staff.

6. Court Room Jury Selection Wait Rooms
Most people loathe jury duty. Even worse, though, is waiting all day in the selection room but never having your number called. Again, offering entertainment via mounted TVs around the room can make the experience a bit more pleasant for the potential jurors. And, with any luck, the next time they receive a summons in the mail, they will be ever so slightly more enthusiastic about showing up.

7. DMV
Where else do people wait for long periods of time? The dreaded DMV, of course! Offering entertainment choices on multiple TVs can make the experience a little less dreadful. The wait won’t feel as long, creating a more pleasant experience for the folks waiting and, subsequently, for the employees they’ll eventually work with. Another win-win!

8. Theaters/Concert Halls
Audio is tough in cavernous theaters and concert halls. You want every seat in the house to hear the performance perfectly, but ambient noise, echoes, hearing impairments and numerous other factors make it seem impossible to ensure that perfection. Wireless assistive listening devices for theaters gets you as close as possible to perfect. Each guest, no matter if they’re right behind the pit or in the very last row of the top balcony, can listen to the performance at the level they prefer through their smartphone. And no cumbersome, un-hygenic portable receivers to checkout and in.

9. Outdoor Movie Nights
Outdoor movie nights are a great way to bring the community together for a fun, family-friendly event. But the neighbor trying to sleep before a graveyard shift who’s kept awake by the massive explosions of The Martian or catchy tunes of Grease won’t think they’re so fun. Rather than using public speakers, allow viewers to listen to the films’ audio through the AudioFetch app, creating a more community-friendly event for the audience and the neighborhood.

10. Marketplaces/Food Halls
Marketplaces and food halls are a hot new trend in the foodservice industry. Inspired by long-standing European markets, they’re popping up all over the United States, bringing a convenient, fun and artisanal vibe to dining out and shopping for groceries. Most marketplaces are found in revamped warehouses, and contain a central bar, coffee shop, bakery, butcher and numerous other boutique shops and restaurants. The old warehouses are ideal for space, but not ideal for noise. AudioFetch can allow guests to listen to mounted TVs while they enjoy a drink and dinner, or tune out the crowd din with local music broadcasts while trying to work from the coffee shop.

11. Craft Breweries & Tap Rooms
Craft breweries, and even cider houses and local vintners, use mounted televisions in their tap rooms to provide entertainment and announcements to their guests. With AudioFetch, those guests can listen to the TVs without being distracted by or distracting others. It’s the same idea behind the bar entertainment systems that our sports bar and restaurant customers have found so useful.

12. Community Centers
With the numerous classes, workshops, clubs, meetings and events, community centers can find near innumerable uses for local audio streaming. Whenever guests need to hear better during a townhall meeting or quilting class, the AudioFetch system and portable FetchExpress make it easier and more convenient.

With real-time audio streaming, multiple input types, up to 64 channels, hassle free installation, the option for integrated WiFi, and go-anywhere portability, our audio streaming solutions can be used by just about any business or organization.

Don’t see your business listed here? Not to worry! Contact us today to learn how we can help you create a better experience for your guests and grow your business.

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How to Run Ads Through AudioFetch’s Ad Portal

By | Casinos, Churches, Dining, Education, Fitness Centers, Restaurants, Sports Bars, Waiting Rooms | No Comments

When you make the smart decision to install AudioFetch in your business, whether it’s a sports bar, house of worship, fitness center, educational facility or any other venue, you are provided with an added benefit to help further promote specials or events at your business.

Each AudioFetch customer is able to place ads or graphics within the app for free. Any guest at your business using AudioFetch will see the ads at the bottom of the app screen. You can direct users to your website or social media channels, include notifications about discounts or special events, add an email address or phone number for them to connect with you, or near innumerable other options.

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It couldn’t be simpler to add these ads or graphics to your app! Just follow the steps below:

  1. Log in to the ad porter at www.audiofetch.com/ads
  2. Enter the username and password provided to you in your AudioFetch manual
  3. Upload your ad or graphic

Not sure what to include in your ads? Below are some ideas for different types of venues:

Sports Bars

  • Food or drink specials
  • Happy hours
  • New menu items
  • Aired sporting events
  • Holiday or other special occasions

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Restaurants

  • Drink or food specials
  • Happy hours
  • New menu items
  • Bands/musicians
  • Holiday or other special occasions

Houses of Worship

  • Link to program
  • Link to weekly schedule
  • Church announcements
  • Events/special occasions
  • Amenities/services

Fitness Centers

  • Link to class schedules
  • Special member events
  • New equipment and/or member benefits
  • Food/drink specials at fitness center cafe

Educational Facilities

  • Link to lecture/course program
  • Link to campus map
  • News/announcements
  • Link to events calendar

Airports

  • Link to arrivals/departures schedule
  • Ads for terminal restaurants or bars
  • Link to airport map
  • Link to weather notices
  • Notices about amenities/services (e.g., charging stations, water bottle filling stations, left luggage)
  • Quick travel tips

Hospitals

  • Healthcare notices (e.g., Get your flu shot today!)
  • Link to hospital map
  • Quick healthcare tips
  • Links to job postings
  • News/announcements
  • Link to events calendar

Casinos

  • Deals/promotions on hotel rooms
  • Food or drink specials
  • Link to entertainment or events calendar
  • Link to map of casino
  • Announcements about tournaments

If you need to confirm your login credentials for the ad portal, please call 888.330.4283, extension 3. And if you have other questions about taking advantage of this ad space, please don’t hesitate to contact your AudioFetch representative.

9 Ways to Promote Your Local Audio Streaming Offering

9 Ways to Promote Your Local Audio Streaming Offer

By | Fitness Centers, Casinos, Churches, Education, Restaurants, Sports Bars, Waiting Rooms | No Comments

So, you’ve made the wise decision to install AudioFetch in your business? Good for you! Sit back and bask in the gratitude of your patrons and enjoy the benefits it brings your business for a minute.

Want to do more to increase that gratitude and those benefits? Promoting AudioFetch at your establishment can increase usage and guest satisfaction. Consider these 9 ways to maximize AudioFetch promotion at your business.

1. Give Your Staff a Heads Up

Your employees are the face of your business, and the first place customers go when they have questions. Make sure every member of your staff knows what the AudioFetch audio streaming system is and how to reference download instructions. Encourage them to download the app on their own devices, or have a device available for them to play with it, ensuring they have a basic comfort level that AudioFetch works well and is easy to use.

2. Post Signage

Your installation package comes with signage to go on your TVs, table tents and cardio clings for fitness establishments to alert customers that you offer local audio streaming to their smartphones, and brief instructions on how to use it.

Daddy Rabbit AudioFetch Table Tent

Daddy Rabbits Pub placed the free table tents throughout their establishment.

Depending on your type of establishment, you may also consider other options for promoting it on premises:

  • Reception/Front Desk – Do guests need to check in before entering your venue? Alert them to your audio streaming offer right away. This will allow staff to answer any questions immediately, ensuring they download AudioFetch on their first visit.
  • POP Signage – For QSRs or other venues where guests pay before sitting down, posts signage at the register. Again, this alerts them immediately and allows staff to address questions in an efficient manner.
  • Signage on Equipment – fitness studios can add signage to each treadmill, elliptical, stationary bike, etc.
  • Posters – Hang posters around your venue and in bathrooms (you can’t find a more captive audience!).
  • Menus – Sports bars and restaurants can add a call out directly on menus.
  • Marquee/Outdoor Sandwich Boards – Draw customers into your venue with outdoor signage on a marquee or sandwich board. Have some fun with the message to really grab their attention!
  • Programs – For churches, lecture halls and other venues that provide programs for events, add a simple note about the availability of local audio streaming for assistive listening.

3. Update Your Website

Do you have a page on your site that lists amenities or other special offers at your business? Add a note about AudioFetch here.

4. Update Your App

If your business has it’s own app, add a link to download the AudioFetch app directly from within your app. Want to take the integration further? We’re working with select businesses to integrate our audio directly into your app. Contact us to see if you’re eligible for this exclusive option.

5. Blog About It

Add some more info about how to download and use AudioFetch in a blog post. Include a few short quotes from existing customers showcasing the benefits it provides. Customers trust reviews from others, so these testimonials can be very powerful in encouraging new customers to stop by your venue or event, or join your gym.

6. Share It On Social

Social media is an effective and efficient way to spread the word about your business and the amenities your offer. Announce that your offer local audio streaming on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and/or other social media channels you have. When there’s a big event happening (e.g., Super Bowl or March Madness at sports bars), use social media to let customers know about any specials during games and their ability to use AudioFetch. And link to the blog post to encourage users to visit your site to learn more.

Golds Gym AudioFetch Facebook Post

The Arlington South Gold’s Gym alerts their customers to availability of AudioFetch at their gym.

7. Send Out an Email

Email is one of the most effective methods for engaging existing customers online. Include an announcement about your AudioFetch offering immediately after installation, and make note of it frequently to remind customers to come in and use it.

8. Online Directories

Online directories like Google Maps, Yelp, TripAdvisor and Yellowpages often show up first when customers search for businesses online. Adding your AudioFetch offering to these listings can make your business stand out from competitors, providing a differentiator that can drive new foot traffic to your business or event.

9. Make a Live Announcement

Most live events like presentations or lectures start off with some housekeeping announcements. “Silence your phones,” “Hold questions until the end,” “Use this hashtag during the event,” and “Download AudioFetch to help you hear better during the presentation.” A brief announcement with an accompanying slide, where appropriate, can increase usage and improve your guests’ experiences.

Your guest won’t use your AudioFetch system if they don’t know about it. Make them aware by promoting in and around your venue, and online.

Do you have a creative way that you’ve promoted AudioFetch at your business? We’d love to hear about it! Share your story on Facebook.

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