Use Your CCTV Security Cameras to Draw Additional Customers

Security camera systems are undeniably important tothat there is nothing to hide. Several auto shops that
help protect your business from theft and vandalism,have installed these systems not only saw a greater
as well as to provide video to police if anything occursamount of traffic to their websites, but also improved
at your business. However, a quality PC-Based DVRthe return rate of their customers and saw a boost in
Security Camera system can be used for many morecustomer referrals. Storage facilities have used
purposes when configured properly. Security camerascameras, to install into specific high-rate storage units,
are generating content 24 hours a day, which canand provided customers with a login through their
easily be used to help your business stand apart fromwebsite. By being able to view their storage facility
the rest of your competitors. Benefits are not limited towith an Infrared Night vision camera at any time
specific businesses, but can be adapted to virtually anythrough their website, their customers were more
business, to help customers remember you, talk aboutconfident in the security of the facility.
you, and refer others to you as well.Restaurants and Bars, especially in popular destination
First, it is important to ensure that you have a cameralocations, have used publicly accessible video
system that can support easy remote viewing by yoursurveillance cameras on their website for years, to
customers. We always recommend PC-Based DVRallow their customers to call their friends and family
Card/Software packages for this application, becauseand see them on the web. These web cameras can
they offer the best remote viewing options, and caneasily be tied into a PC-Based DVR Surveillance
generally support hundreds of simultaneous logins. Thecamera system to provide features to countless
system that we have used for most of our forwardcustomers and help increase traffic to the restaurant
thinking business customers is the Alnet Systemsor bar by patrons.
PC-Based DVR Cards, which install into a standardPet kennels are also a business that deals with the
Windows XP or Windows Vista PC, and allow forpublic trust. Clients have to trust the facility to provide
remote viewing from hundreds of simultaneous users.adequate food, water and love to their pets while they
This system allows you to permit access to specificare out of town or on vacation. By placing strategic
cameras only, so that you can specify certaincameras in the kennel areas, as well as in the areas
cameras only to be viewable by customers. If youaround the building, and providing logins to their
currently have a more limited VCR Based orcustomers, these dog kennels can provide their
Standalone DVR Security Camera system, you cancustomers with the ability to watch their dogs over the
easily remove the DVR or VCR and install a PC withinternet, from their PDA Phone, Windows Smartphone
a DVR Card. The cameras will plug directly into theor Laptop from anywhere in the world. Now
DVR Card, instead of the standalone DVR or VCR,customers not only have a greater peace of mind
allowing for a simple upgrade to your existing cameraabout leaving their pet, but they trust the facility more,
system. The PC-Based DVR systems are easilyand are more likely to not only use the service again,
upgradeable by installing additional cards into the PC,but also refer additional clients.
allowing you to keep your existing cameras forEvery day, millions of people leave their children with
security, and adding additional cameras for content.daycare facilities, despite the fact that nightmares
Once you know that your system is capable ofabout how children have been mistreated at some
broadcasting video to your customers, it is time to lookfacilities still spatter across the news. This makes it
at some of the hidden benefits of your businessvery difficult for parents to choose the facility that they
security camera system. The type of business iscan trust with their children. It is easy to show parents
important to consider when you are looking at usingthat your daycare center can be trusted, and provide
your cameras to the benefit of your business. Think ofvalue-added service to the parents at the same time
something that can help make an impact to yourby installing a remote viewable CCTV security camera
customers with video content. For example, oursystem. Not only will this show the parents that you
shipping facility uses our camera systems to takeare serious about the security of your facility, but you
snapshots and video of packages as they are beingcan also set up a user account for the parents, so that
shipped. When our packages are shipped out,they can connect in and view their children over the
customers receive an email with a JPG image of theirinternet using a web browser, or even with their PDA
package as it is being checked before it is boxed. ThatPhone or Windows Mobile Smartphone. This makes
way, customers can see their items, and it provides athe choice of where to entrust their children an easy
great personal touch, as well as helps catch any errorsdecision.
before the customer even receives their package.The above examples are in no way the only extended
Other uses include auto repair facilities, with camerasapplication of security cameras for improving your
showing the bays of their facility as well as the parkingbusiness model. They are just meant to show some
lot. These cameras can be embedded into a webof the limitless possibilities of a quality DVR surveillance
page, so customers can simply view the cameras livecamera system. Once cameras are in place, it is time
by viewing their website. This allows customers toto simply ask yourself, how you can use the content
view their vehicle while it is in the parking lot, or in theto improve upon your business model, improve
shop being worked on by the technicians. The Autocustomer trust and loyalty, and improve sales at your
Repair market in general has suffered in the past 20facility. It is time to stop looking at security camera
years from trust issues with the public, stemming fromsystems as just security devices, and to start
some facilities that break the public trust. Customersconsidering them as genuine business assets that can
can see the trustworthiness of your business, whenbe used to improve your overall business model.
they can view their car at any time; it lets them see