Whats up everybody! I hope you’ve got all had a incredible week!
This week, I stepped out of my consolation zone and did one thing new. I did a Fb Stay Occasion! This was not one thing I EVER thought that I’d do. I particularly by no means thought I’d get pleasure from it to any diploma.
In planning and implementing this occasion, I found a number of issues that helped make the method a bit simpler. With social media changing into increasingly essential in branding and getting your organization title on the market, I although I’d share a number of of my ideas and tips that I found.
Make a Plan
As a result of you can be reside, you will need to have a plan. What’s going to you do to fill the silence? What’s going to you do to entice viewers to observe? Extra importantly, what is going to you do to KEEP the viewers watching? For me, I selected to pick and put together a number of songs that might be extensively loved by the grownup inhabitants. I additionally chosen a music for households for many who might have youngsters watching. This allowed my to proceed the circulate and hold it enjoyable!
Don’t Depend on Your Plan
With these occasion being reside and real-time, you need to just be sure you are partaking along with your viewers. Relying on what your intent for the video is, you could interact and alter your plan based mostly in your viewers. Whereas I used my ready songs, I took time to reply viewer questions, in addition to engaged with feedback in regards to the songs or occasions. The plan is there for under in case you have little to no engagement from the viewers.
Consider Your Set
An essential facet of your video is the set. The background ought to be visually pleasing and engaging. The background ought to add to your video with out taking any consideration from you. It may be troublesome to seek out the stability. Essential parts embody the lighting, background decor, and placement of your digital camera. What would you get pleasure from seeing in a video?
Invite Others!
Fb Lives by nature are finest when you’ve got an energetic viewers to have interaction with! One of the best ways to make sure that is to ask others. Make a number of posts or inform your loved ones and/or associates. Encourage these will come to steer by instance by asking questions or make feedback. This may encourage others who be part of to observe and can in-turn, make your occasion rather more thrilling to observe.
Simply Maintain Speaking
Essentially the most awkward a part of a video is watching somebody stand in silence. You will need to fill these moments with one thing, be that music, speaking, or making jokes. If you happen to can’t consider something to say, reintroduce your self and the occasion to those that joined later within the video! It doesn’t matter what, simply hold speaking.
Have Enjoyable!
Crucial a part of main an occasion of any kind is to only have enjoyable. In case you are smiling, shifting, and have excessive vitality, your viewers can be extra engaged and prone to keep on. Discover methods to incorporate a little bit of your self in your occasions! It may be so simple as including in jokes, frequent phrases, or briefly discussing one thing you get pleasure from. Simply have enjoyable!
Though I’m in no rush to steer one other Fb Stay occasion anytime quickly, I’m extra open to it than I ever thought I’d be. One in every of my targets for my intern-self was to attempt new issues. Prior to now two weeks, I definitely have between my drum circle and my Fb reside occasions. I hope to proceed attempting new issues and pushing myself to attempt new issues in my skilled life!
Thanks for studying! Keep protected and wholesome this week.
Cicely McCain