New media player for both audio and video will integrate with VoiceZam

Brookfield, WI -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/12/2015 -- VoiceZam, a company dedicated to creating applications to assist professional talent in storing and showing off their demo tracks, announced it has developed a new media player with both audio and video capabilities.

The new player integrates seamlessly with VoiceZam, making it easier for talent to share their tracks and update their track lists. Bob Merkel, founder and CEO of VoiceZam, believes the new media player is an extremely user-friendly tool that provides both voiceover and on-screen talent with another way to help establish their reputation in the industry.

"This player has an intuitive, modern design and outstanding functionality," said Merkel. "We have already had many of our clients using the player, and it has received rave reviews. We're looking forward to it being enjoyed on a larger scale by a greater number of talent."

The media player makes it easier for VoiceZam users to share their YouTube and Vimeo files. Users log into their VoiceZam accounts, and anything they do on the back end within VoiceZam (such as uploading new files or video share links) shows up in the media player on the front end. There's no need to update the media player on their website—it can all be done through the VoiceZam interface, with the updates occurring in the player automatically. It is an easier, simpler, more straightforward way for talent to get their media in front of producers.

The player uses a modern, flat design favored by today's web developers for its clean, simple appearance. The design is fully responsive, meaning it conforms perfectly to devices of all types, including desktop computers, smartphones and tablets. It features modern, smooth animations and loads extremely quickly (within a second). The CSS-based design is also fully customizable. It offers 14 starting themes and color palettes and gives talent the options to change the hues and colors of buttons, talent names and more.

Finally, the player is SEO-friendly. Users can add tags to each track listed in the player to improve their SEO rankings. Analytics allow users to see when and where their media has been played.

"This is a truly sophisticated media player that comes in a very easy-to-use package," said Merkel. "We are excited for the opportunity to present it to customers new and old."

For more information about VoiceZam, visit its website at www.voicezam.com. You may view an example of the player used on a talent's website here.

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Brookfield, WI -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/07/2014 -- VoiceZam adds a new component to its already feature-rich program, building more value for voice-actors in marketing and tracking their demos. The optional tool is called "StraightShot™". It places clickable, customizable buttons on the user's email messages, connecting the interested party directly to the talent's website and playing the specific Voice Demo. StraightShot is easily composed from the existing VoiceZam interface, and incorporates other valuable program features like Zamtistics™. VoiceZam President and CTO, Bob Merkel says, "We call it "StraightShot" because it provides a 1-click trip, straight from your emails to your demos."

StraightShot helps talent achieve the three incremental steps a producer takes in selecting a voice talent: voice vetting, personal vetting and connecting. By clicking a StraightShot button with the related demo title for their project, example: "Narration", the producer is taken directly to the voice talent's Narration demo which immediately plays. Once the producers recognizes the voice matches their project, they are also provided with all the talent background information on the talent's website. Finally, the website (or VoiceZam player) supplies the talent's contact information."

The new feature takes advantage of one of the most used and reliable digital tools of the moment: email. Merkel notes: "…talent emails can work harder for them 24/7, proactively target marketing themselves to potential buyers with every email sent." The StraightShot buttons can be customized and displayed anywhere in the email message. Used in conjunction with Zamtistics™ -- VoiceZam's tracking tool -- playback "hits" are reported to the talent, showing what tracks were played, and when. Any original email that is forwarded or copied with the talent's StraightShot buttons only furthers demo exposure within networked connections.

Merkel and his development team are excited to launch the product after months of Beta-testing. Says Merkel: "StraightShot takes producers directly to your website's demos with a marketing-guided weapon—where StraightShot automatically plays them. All with 1-click!"

For an example of how it works, go to http://www.courvo.com/demos?ssm=15&ssc=voiceDemos&ssp=VZPR&ssa=1&sss=1. Learn more about StraightShot from the VoiceZam website, visit http://www.VoiceZam.com.

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