Abstract
On this week’s “App of the Week,” we discover some great benefits of StreamYard, with a specific concentrate on their newest providing—the “On-Air Webinar” characteristic.
By Michelle Voznyuk, Advertising Specialist at Heinz Advertising
For the reason that begin of the pandemic, chances are high you’re usually internet hosting some form of digital occasion. Possibly you’ve saved it comparatively easy with a Zoom assembly. Or perhaps you’ve invested in a selected webinar instrument. No matter it might be, I needed to share a instrument that’s been working nice for our staff.
We’ve been utilizing StreamYard for some time now to stream our Gross sales Pipeline Radio episodes. The platform permits us to livestream to a number of places together with Matt’s LinkedIn web page and YouTube.
Just lately, we’ve additionally been utilizing StreamYard’s webinar characteristic referred to as “On-Air Webinars”. What I like most in regards to the webinar characteristic is how easy and intuitive it’s to make use of. We’re a small staff, so it’s all arms on deck. Which means we don’t have a devoted occasions staff. Having a instrument that enables us to shortly and simply arrange a registration web page and go is a complete sport changer.
How StreamYard Webinars Works
So, how does it work? Thanks for asking, I’d like to let you know!
While you enroll and login to StreamYard, you could have the choice to create a brand new stream/recording.
*To get entry to On-Air Webinars, you’ll want a Skilled or Premium account.
From right here, you possibly can choose “On-Air webinar”.
Subsequent, you possibly can fill within the particulars in your occasion.
You’ll be able to choose whether or not you’d wish to pre-record or host the webinar dwell and the place you wish to stream it to. The remainder of the knowledge might be compiled right into a registration web page you possibly can share along with your viewers.
*Fast tip: If you wish to stream to LinkedIn or YouTube, I counsel ready so as to add these locations till the day of the webinar. That manner, you’ll be capable of collect as many registrations as doable since these channels are ungated.
When you hit “Create”, you will notice the occasion on the high of the checklist beneath “Streams and recordings”
To entry the registration web page, click on “Share”, copy the hyperlink, and paste into a brand new tab. You’ll see one thing like this:
You’ll be able to customise this web page by including your brand and model colours.
Now you’re prepared to start out selling!
At any level, you possibly can edit the registration web page, handle registrants, or share the speaker/panelist hyperlink by clicking the three stacked dots subsequent to your occasion.
*Vital observe: when StreamYard says “invite company”, they imply those that will both be on the webinar itself or should be on the backend (organizers). DO NOT share this hyperlink along with your full viewers however use the “share” hyperlink as a substitute!
Clicking “Enter Studio” will can help you customise the feel and appear of the webinar itself. You’ll be able to change the way you need the audio system to look on display or add parts resembling a theme, brand, overlay, and so forth. Here’s a snapshot of what the studio appears to be like like:
When it’s time to hop on for the webinar, audio system will use their visitor hyperlink to entry the studio. You’ll be able to go away any organizers “off stage” throughout the webinar and they won’t seem to attendees.
To go dwell, the host can click on “Go Stay” within the higher proper nook. Attendees will be capable of take part through the chat perform. Audio system can even have entry to their very own personal chat that can solely present messages despatched by these on the backend.
One the webinar has ended, those that registered and attended will mechanically obtain a webinar electronic mail from StreamYard with the on-demand recording (so long as you’ve enabled that in your settings).
When you’ve streamed the occasion to LinkedIn or YouTube, the recordings will stay there as nicely.
Study Extra
I hope that helps in case you’re evaluating a brand new webinar or streaming platform in your group. When you’d wish to study extra about options and pricing, you possibly can go to www.streamyard.com.
Wish to learn to incorporate extra occasions into your marketing campaign technique? Attain out to our staff – we’d like to have a dialog.
