Oddcast.com and Web Hosting Provider Easy CGI Partner on SitePal
October 24, 2007 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Oddcast.com (http://www.oddcast.com/) and web hosting provider Easy CGI (http://www.easycgi.com/) have partnered to provide the latter’s shared-hosting customers with SitePal Talking Avatars, it was announced recently. The avatars are “customizable, animated characters that interact and speak with website visitors, helping to improve sales conversion rates”.
"Our Advanced shared-hosting plans are designed to give our customers easy-to-use tools to build a successful online presence," explained Easy CGI’s Vice President, Mr. Ted Beckwith. "SitePal's easy-to-use interface and easy integration with an existing Web site means our clients have one more, hassle-free way to drive more online traffic and sales."
SitePal’s talking character avatars are cartoons of humans that can be adapted from SitePal’s library of characters or created from photographs. The avatars can be preprogrammed to provide spoken instructions and explanations. They are useful for providing the first line of support, for instance offering sales or customer support information. The avatars follow mouse movements and their lips synchronize with speech for a realistic effect. Voices can be generated automatically or messages can be recorded by voice professionals “in a variety of styles, accents and languages”.
"Yes, we're very excited to partner with Easy CGI," added Vice President, SitePal Business Development, Shawn Holt. "SitePal is the only web-based avatar platform in the world that focuses on driving business results, while Easy CGI has a great history of bringing their customers the most innovative and effective web tools on the market. Our collaboration is a definite win-win-win - for us, for Easy CGI and for their customers. We look forward to seeing Easy CGI customers personalizing their websites and driving more sales using SitePal's speaking characters."
Established in 1998, Easy CGI is a “globally competitive web hosting provider, hosting over 20,000 websites”. The company offers “three tiers of shared web hosting solutions” suitable for a “wide range of individuals and companies looking to host websites ranging from simple to complex”. SitePal's Talking Avatar is just one of many tools that Easy CGI makes available to its customers to improve the functionality and performance of their websites.
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