Webinar Basics
I have used webinars for several years now and I love them. I don’t like organizing in-person events because of all the logstics, people involved and cost. So whenever possible, we’ve scheduled webinars to showcase our products, do advanced training and offer practical content. In fact, we built an entire training division using them. (At WebDesign.com…
SlideShare just announced a brand new feature: Zipcast. They say it is the new way to meet online. Free features inlcude: Meeting rooms Streaming live video Group chat Unlimited participants Facebook and twitter integration And you can choose public or private You can also upgrade to a Pro account and get password protection, no advertisements…
We are all guilty of focusing on the pre-presentation process. Getting our topic, making our slides and then worrying about marketing and getting our webinar ready. BUT there are a few things to keep in mind when doing your presentation. I have been sitting in many webinars lately, and it seems that no matter how…
So you have planned your webinar, created your presentation, emailed your list and rehearsed your presentation. You are 100% ready to share with the world your knowledge and expertise. What happens? Your worst nightmare. No one shows up. What do you do? Don’t get discouraged — I know it is disheartening when no one attends…
Here are the recommended resources for producing great webinars … some of these are broader than simply webinars but must-haves for making the best use of webinars today: Books: Content Rules — this is THE definitive guide to content marketing. See the chapter on Webinars specifically but the whole book is worth 100 times its…
We’ve been doing webinars since 2008, and have seen so many amazing benefits of using webinars for our business. Here are some of the highlight benefits of doing webinars for your business or organization: Offer educational marketing — teaching is the new marketing. Sharing your experience and expertise with your followers, audience, community reaps benefits…
In this tutorial video, I give you my best practices for recording webinars. You’ll need the following items for a quality webinar recording and here are the webinar recommendations we give you: Webinar Software: GoToWebinar Video hosting: Vimeo, Viddler, Wistia or YouTube— video hosting isn’t cheap, but check out these quality sources Screen recording software:…
So you’re ready to setup and host your first webinar, that’s awesome! Here’s how you do it …. 1. Signup for GoToWebinar.com’s Free Trial Most webinar software services offer a 30-day free trial, including GoToWebinar (which we use at StartupSofa). Go signup for a free trial as soon as possible so you can schedule your…
The definition of a webinar is fairly simple and straightforward. A webinar is simply an online seminar or presentation. The words web (how a webinar is delivered) and seminar (a presentation) were combined to produce the word webinar. A webinar is presented similar to how you would deliver a topic in-person through a workshop or…