Periscope Tips

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PERISCOPE TIPS

Transcript of Periscope Tips

PERISCOPETIPS

BEFOREBROADCASTING:Periscopeissupersimple.Youcanjustopentheapp,hitthecameraicon,typeatitleandhit“Broadcast”. But there are some tips and are important to follow to make sure that thebroadcastissuccessful.BIO

Somepeopledefendthataddyoururlinyourbioisoneofthemostimportantthings,isthe only place in periscope that you can add a link to external websites. But have somelimitations, the bio is limited to 160 characters, but it will only display between 117-122characters,therestofthebiowillbehiddenafterthe“…”,andthis linksarenotclickableinthemobileapp,onlyondesktopapp.

HEADLINE

You are allowed to have up to 120 characters for your broadcast’s headline, but it isnecessarytotakeintoaccountthatwhenyourbroadcastgetstweetedonly97characterswillshowup,sincethelinkwilloccupytheremainingcharacters.So,don’tforget,onlyuseMAX97CHARACTERSONYOURHEADLINE.

THUMBNAIL

Whenyouhit thebroadcastbuttonwhateveryourcamera ispointedwillbecomethevideothumbnail.Sousethisasanadvantage.Addsomecontext,like:Showagraphic,website,imageor…yourface.

Thiswill prevent the broadcast has a blurred picture or a photo of awall, and allowengagepeoplebeforeevenbegintoseethebroadcast.

KATCHSignupinKatch.me."KatchcameontothesceneinMarchwhenMeerkatwasboomingtoprovideyouwithawayofsavingyourvideostoYouTubebyincluding#Katchinyourpoststitleandtweetingit.Four months on, Periscope is also on the sceneand Katch has had a major upgrade. TheupdatedversionhasaddedPeriscopesupport,instantreplays,additionalprivacycontrolsandtheabilitytodownloadyourvideos.TosaveyourPeriscopevideos,it’sthesamemethodasbefore–add#Katchtothetitleofyourvideoandtweet it.Alternatively, ifyouwanttoarchiveallofyourposts,youcansignupontheKatchwebsiteanditwilldosoautomatically.TheservicehasmovedawayfromhostingvideosonYouTubeandnowhostsallofthecontentnatively."

DURINGBROADCAST:SHARE

Inbroadcastencouragesharing,itseasyandhighlyeffective,withoutspamofcourse.InPeriscopeyoucan sharedirectly in twitter,withallof your followersor justwith specificusers,oryoucanshareinfacebook.

AFTERBROADCASTING:MEASUREMENT

Whenyouendyourbroadcastyou’llpresentedwith thestats.With this statsyoucanhaveanoverviewoftheengagementandretention.Myadviceistotakeascreenshotofthisstatsforfuturereference.

Oneof themost important things is to followup thecomments, inKatch,youcangobackandpullthelatestbroadcastandseeallhecommentsinascrollablesidebar.Inthatyoucanclickonuserorfacesandlinkdirectlytotheirtwitterprofile.

The broadcast will live on Periscope for 24h, but with Hootsuite (or Buffer), you canscheduleoutare-shareofthelink.AndwithKatchitspossibletohavethebroadcastavailableatalltimes,butwewillnotbetakinghisgoalof"immediate”?

Sonowyoucanstartlivestreaming:D