by Keith Keller | Mar 6, 2016 | GUEST BLOG POSTS: Social Media & SEO
CONVERT YOUR VIEWERS INTO FANS 5 Tips To Create Videos Backgrounds That Engage Audiences Featuring Guest Blogger Misty Megia Video remains one of the best ways to disseminate information/content/you out in the world. YouTube is still ranked in the top 3 most popular websites and video streaming from any device to another is only becoming easier as all of our devices are starting to connect. Video is definitely a part of our everyday life, helping us learn everything from high-tech strategies, audition techniques, to beauty tips. In fact, this morning I actually got ready watching a YouTube tutorial on how to do a certain hairstyle I was trying to accomplish #helpmyhair. Video has remained one of the easiest forms of communication and it can help you gain a strong following if you put some thought in. If you don’t think about it and just film all willy nilly, than your lack of presentation and thought is like walking into an audition without having showered for a week and the green fuzz in your teeth is about to be your only friend. The below tips are for producing video content that you feel will represent you in your finest light. This is not meant for that quick and dirty Periscope moment where you are showing people behind the scenes footage. My goal here is to give you some tips that will help you create something you are proud to show. Something that represents your personality your skills your thoughts before you even speak, so everything you do reflects a unified message. The message of “You have to follow me I...
by Keith Keller | Mar 3, 2016 | GUEST BLOG POSTS: Social Media & SEO
IS PERISCOPE GOOD FOR BUSINESS? 5 Top Tips To Get The Best From Periscope Guest Blog Post By Amazon Best Selling Author Victoria Rose As a Leadership Trainer with over three decades of experience in talking to people for days on end, surely live broadcasting should be relatively easy? Having faced both large and small audiences, some hostile, some friendly, one would think I was well prepared for Periscope. Not so. Even the learning curve of producing my own videos for the last three years does not compare to a Periscope live broadcast (called a Scope). Whilst I finally got the cringe factor down from a 10 to a four when editing my videos, live broadcasting takes the cringe-factor to a whole new level of cringe. It’s all because of that four letter word … “LIVE” Why? No chance to edit out the bad bits like you can with a video. No slide-show to keep you on track and no ability to control the questions like you can with a face-to-face workshop. Those constant, often irrelevant, questions and comments moving up the screen as you enthusiastically speak your words of wisdom can really throw you off track. For instance, when explaining a key concept to surviving the minefield of life then to be asked if I did my own makeup makes one doubt the worth of those words. Trolls populate every platform and that’s certainly true for Periscope. One such troll asked if I sucked d#@k. Thankfully, I knew how to block offenders. That’s why the comments are seen by the broadcaster before becoming...
by Keith Keller | Feb 25, 2016 | GUEST BLOG POSTS: Social Media & SEO
BLAB VERSUS PERISCOPE The Two Live Streaming Giants Decoded!! Introducing Guest Blogger Antwan Powell @Poky_Twan Recently there has been a collection of new platforms for entrepreneurs and business owners to connect with their clients. Arguably two of the most exciting of these have been BLAB & PERISCOPE. Live streaming sites that allow you to talk DIRECTLY with your potential customers and fans. Let’s decode the main differences shall we? www.Blab.im (The Brady Bunch Model) Up To 4 people On The Screen At One Time The Clear Winner For Usability & Engagement!! The challenges when starting a business. w/ @CDSciullo@KeithKeller@Ludwigman24https://t.co/cy2TivOoM6pic.twitter.com/18dbRUWVWO — Antwan Powell (@poky_twan) February 26, 2016 Blab Replays Can Easily Be Added To You Tube You Also Get An Audio Version To Create The Podcast Blab has many advantages, hosts have the power to allow who he want to go live. The additional guests can introduce their product to your audience, and leave contact information for the potential client or friend to keep in touch. With Blab you choose who you want on your video feed, but viewers still have the privilege of responding in text. Upon creating a new Blab account, the app itself has functions that show you who is live. Not to mention, each individual hosting a Blab create his unique banner, which addresses each individuals Blab primary topic. For instance, “Reach Out: Basic Elements for Entrepreneurs.” With this title and banner it is designed to help one attract a specific audience or group. Blab have a feature that is pretty simple. One color. A visual image of the viewers profile picture,...