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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Goodbye Webinars? Hello New Video Streaming Apps!


Last year, I took a 2-month webinar course at Sheridan being presented by a webinar coach from US. I felt the need of expanding my skills in learning more about this approach since I was in the IT industry woking in the marketing department. I had so much fun and I thought that this approach will last for a long time. Here are some of the technologies that you can use when you want to present webinar series (I used some of these from the past):
Note, you can subscribe to premium webinar platforms if you want to sell your products, track attendee, ask polls and surveys, display more panelists, breakout rooms for discussions and more. However, additional features mean higher cost. The more sophisticated a product/service is, the more expensive it is.

Guess what? I think I have to say bye to these platforms now! I found out 2 awesome applications to stream event in real-time! And they're FREE to use, too! This means, my webinar skills are no longer useful. Everyone can be a journalist using these 2 apps. They're easy to use and they are still in the infancy stage. I believe that this will change the way businesses communicate and interact with consumers.

And without further ado, please help me welcome LiveStream on Facebook and Periscope! Check out some tutorials below if you're interested in learning more about these apps.

Livestream on Facebook



Periscope



Many companies have already started embarking and embracing these technologies. I was just watching half an hour ago a live interview with Canada's Poet Laureate George Elliot Clarke presented hosted by The Globe and Mail. Since I liked The Globe and Mail's Facebook page, I received a notification on Facebook about the upcoming event. It was pretty cool and personal since journalists don't have to worry about editing the video. In honour of February 9th #NationalPizzaDay, Delissio celebrated this event by sharing sights and sounds of baking pies on Periscope. Every hour during the feed, Delissio gave away amazing prizes such as a month or a year of free pizza to the lucky winner/Periscope viewer.

Cool thing, huh? Do you know other apps aside from Periscope and Livestream on Facebook?


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