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Here’s an article I wrote and published today in “The Portable Business™.” If you’d like to subscribe, go here:

Audio Acrobat is the quiet little hero in my life, streaming my audio and visual, giving life and sound to my business and marketing. So sturdy and trustworthy and versatile that I often forget it’s there and take it for granted. But I simply could not live without it, no sirree. Let me tell you about just some of the creative ways you, too, can use Audio Acrobat.

• Bring the spoken word to your web site, blog and ezine. Record an intro, read a page, supplement your written article with a recorded version… you name it. If you sat down and thought about it, you could probably come up with a hundred different ideas for putting audio to use on all kinds of media.
• Stream your teleseminars. If you conduct and record teleseminars, Audio Acrobat is perfect for streaming them to the world. Attendees and those who missed the live event can listen later at their convenience and you can continue to reach new audiences long after the event.
• Podcast your shows. Any recording can be podcasted, which is simply an RSS feed for audio. This is particularly useful if you produce a radio show or audio ezine and need a reliable way to get your audio content out automatically to subscribers.
• Stream videos. Many of us use services like YouTube and Viddler to stream our videos. But since Audio Acrobat also streams videos, why not take advantage of it, especially if you’ve already got an account. There are no annoying ads and you can customize the player controls and colors.
• Capture and stream testimonials. Here’s another nifty thing about Audio Acrobat. They give you your own audio phone lines that you can publicize. Have clients, attendees and others call in with their raves and testimonials. These are recorded automatically over the line and transcoded into your account. You can then take the HTML and stream each individual audio testimonial on any web page.
• Customizable players. Audio Acrobat gives you all kinds of flexibility over the players for each individual recording and video. You get to set the size of the player, the colors and the controls.
• Add polish while saving bandwidth and discspace. Using a professional service like this adds polish to your business image. It’s gives life and interactivity to your marketing. Plus, since they stream the files instead of your own site, you save on bandwidth and discspace usage.

RESOURCE: These are just the basics. I’m sure I’m leaving something out, but put your thinking cap on and you’ll come up with all kinds of fun and unique ideas to put Audio Acrobat to work in your business and marketing. Be sure and check out their no-cost, risk-free 30 day trial.