- The document provides instructions for using the DropIn feature on the Blab.IM live streaming platform, which allows inserting videos, images, and links into the broadcast. - It outlines how to embed content from sources like YouTube, Twitter, iTunes, Spreaker, Pinterest, and Canva into the DropIn quadrant. Specific examples and URLs are provided. - The guide is intended to help people take their live streaming outreach and creative skills to the next level by learning how to best use their voice for marketing, storytelling, and sharing on Blab.IM.

1. The Ultimate Guide For
The Blab.IM DropIn
Feature
Editors. Bill Slaise and
BeautyBubble
Videographers. Bill Slaise,
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Contributors. Josh
Lankford, Beauty Bubble,
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Garber, ​Bruce
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goes on and continues to
grow.
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5. The Ultimate Guide For
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Feature was developed
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Our mission and intention
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understand users are
anxious to have a
completed ​guide of some

7. sort in front of them while
exploring this newest
feature on blab and
several users have
published their own
versions whom are also
contributors to this Guide.
Who Is The Guide For​.
This guide is written for
those who desire to take
their live stream outreach
and creative skills to the

9. next level. People who
look upon learning how
best to use their voice in
today’s world of marketing,
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15. promised. Not one
person.
March 4​th​
2016 during a
Friday eve on Blab we
were delivered a feature.
Simply called DropIn.

17. Josh Lankford, an
engineer of team Blab
turned on the DropIn in an
event we were hosting.
The instruction from team
Blab was simple. We got
a picture and some words
about spicing up your blab.
Immediately a crew of us
spent a few hours running
through sites, formats and
best use production steps.

19. All using DropIn. This
series of events, which
would truly stretch our
creativity to maximum
levels, even so for today.
In fact, growing and
nurturing good ideas, then
manifesting them quickly ​is
the Blab way and our best
advice while reading “The
Ultimate Guide To The

21. blab.im DropIn” is to get
involved as a beta tester.
In this edition of the Guide
we use social channels
that are well known and
where marked, products
featured in popular
growing sites such as
Product Hunt, Launch
Ticker and iTrendTV.

23. “DropIn” Basics
Single Quad Square and
Widescreen
Note : On March 15​th
through the 16​th​
high
definition video
widescreen aspect ratio,
commonly known as 16:9,
DropIn was given to all
users.

25. NOW LET’S GET YOU
STARTED.
1. Pick a YOUTUBE
video such as a
crackling fire, here is an
example you can use
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=­n6w_DKc3
xM​ OR
2. A view from the LIVE
Space Station in high

27. definition, and here is
an example to use.
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=njCDZWTI­x
g​ Gaze on the stunning
results right inside your
blab event. Find more
16:9 examples​ by
following the ​green​ text.
3. Now Proceed with
Some Caution because
when answering

29. questions, using the
slash command “Q,”
you will ​override​ your
current DropIn
ENTIRELY.
4. Next let’s get you
working with the quad.
It is called a quad
because blab is set up
in four (4) quadrants or
squares for participants,
for questions or

31. declaratives up to 135
characters and now the
DropIn feature.
5. Pick a podcast link
such as a favorite
broadcaster you listen
to daily, here is an
example using ​iTunes​.
6. ​iTunes​ displays all the
great cover art we love
and here is a good
example

33. https://itunes.apple.com/
us/podcast/pnr­this­old­
marketing­content/id760
760485?mt=2&ref=blab
(......) this link drops in a
“click to view,” which
then takes to you the
podcasters full iTunes
Preview page.
7. We will use
Spreaker.com​ as our
next example. Grab the

35. URL from your favorite
podcaster. You can also
take the “share” icon
link which is located at
the bottom right for most
devices. Once placed
in the DropIn, that
episode will be shown,
you will see a wave, and
the title of the upload. A
press to play button is
displayed.

37.
LET’S DIVE IN.
Starting with​ ​Twitter​. Go
to the three dots or ellipsis
(...) twitter calls it “More,”
which is directly under the
tweet. Select “copy link to
Tweet.” Place in the
DropIn. Tweets will
display with all of their
elements provided they

39. are properly sized. They
could have images,
photographs, gifs, video
and even periscope live
events. If a “press to play”
button displays, each
audience member has
those controls. It’s pretty
cool. But there is much
more with Twitter.
When you are posting a
tiny tweet which is the

41. original 140 in the DropIn,
if you look carefully, you
will see that you can
engage with the tweet just
as you would if you were
on the twitter app. You
can reply, “like,” even get
the twitter app.
CLEVER IDEAS. Using
Moments. Find a moment
you wish to share on your
twitter time­line. Follow

43. the steps above taking that
link and using the DropIn.
Using Periscope. Find a
scope you wish to share
on your twitter time­line.
Follow the steps above. A
still picture will be captured
when you grabbed the
original URL.
Using Vine. FInd a vine
you wish to share on your
twitter time­line. Follow

45. steps above. A still picture
media player will be
captured and seen inside
the quad.
2. ​Now for ​YouTubeLIVE.
Once you’ve powered it up
and it does take a little
experience, locate the
share link at the bottom
right. The 16:9
widescreen format DropIn
will display.

47. PRO TIP: The audio delay
and managing your mute
to eliminate echo and
other audio issues is
required so take your time
setting this up. And you
will have tunneling if you
don’t have screensharing
all thought out.
CLEVER IDEAS. Know
how to close it all down yet
keep your DropIn in an

49. active state. The audience
that is viewing at the time
you end your live stream
will have a gorgeous view
of your event still AND a
slider bar of four or five of
your last uploaded videos.
You may get text that
reads something like this
and your YouTubeLive
event will have ended and
no active state will display

51. in DropIn. Look for text
along these lines.
This Hangout On Air is
now over
A recording of the
broadcast will now be
uploaded to your
YouTube channel and will
automatically replace the
live video players that
were shared. Please

53. allow a few minutes for
the upload and
processing to complete.
You will be able to view
the recording in your
YouTube Video Manager​.
3. ​Pinterest​.​ Yes,
Pinterest. The links are
pretty basic. Open
Pinterest, grab the URL for
a pin and then put it into
the DropIn box. If you

55. have an affiliate link for
let’s say, Amazon on your
Pinterest page your
audience clicks twice to go
directly to your Amazon
product. The Vine post to
a Pinterest board, then,
grabbing the unique pin is
full of text and looping
information which may be
a hidden gem yet
explored. As an example

57. see this pin,
https://www.pinterest.com/
pin/125326802108667924/
on a collective board from
Beauty’s Pinterest
account. A YouTube
video of any length, once
posted on a board, will
play with a double click
method. As an example
see this pin,
https://www.pinterest.com/

59. pin/125326802108021366/
on a collective board from
Beauty’s Pinterest
account.
4. ​Canva​. Introduce your
logo or brand using this
graphic site. There are
size requirements, and we
will explain all of these in a
featured chapter of the
Guide. Now for the proper
URL. The URL from the

61. share area is best, as the
URL from the menu bar
only gives you a simple
display with a “click to
view.” Taking an additional
step of sharing on twitter
may upload faster, but,
may not have all the
colors, functions and
formating of your original
canva. Now, if you have a
number of graphics in one

63. vertical URL, when your
audience visits the link,
they will have a numbered
slide­share available to
scroll through your canva
or board. This is an
alternative to LinkedIn
Slide Share presentations.
The most important thing
is to get your outreach,
vision, ideas and concepts
in the hands of the your

65. audience. Let people see
what you are working on.
It is fantastic as a
scheduler and calls to
action.
Caution. Best to be
prepared as Canva.com
does​ take a while for the
URL to que up if you are
wishing for immediacy. So
be patient.

67. We have two examples
here. (1) From Stan Bush.
https://www.canva.com/de
sign/DABn­aJ8D30/view
using a format sized just
for twitter which is 2:1 or
more specifically
1024x512 px. Example (2)
https://www.canva.com/de
sign/DABugEKh7v0/view
from Laura [ waiting on
sizing ].

69. 4. ​Websites​. URLS
copy/paste from menu bar.
Depending on how meta
header tags are written,
each website will have a
different look, vibrancy and
readability.
5. ​TWITCH​. Place the
Twitch URL in the DropIn
box.
6. ​Vimeo​ Take the link
from their share button

71. which will give you every
attribute that is
and has been added to the
video. As you will see the
elements are all are active
including​ the “Rent” buy
button.
6a. Vimeo. Formatted
content is important. The
16:9 aspect ratio large
format DropIn does work.
An example such as

73. https://vimeo.com/654331
05​.
CLEVER IDEAS.
Purchase pop up via
Vimeo gives the audience
the “video on demand”
choices for payment
processing.
CAUTION ON VIMEO. We
have experienced a
number of times when a
browser will lock and

75. stream begins to pulse.
Make certain you have a
“re­fresh co­host” as it will
require a re­fresh to come
back with full function.
Vine​. The examples we
tested are not displaying
(as of March 26, 2016)
Unless you have made
them a tweet.
7. ​Soundcloud​. As of last
testing (March 26, 2016)

77. Soundcloud was not
available. There is a
work­around involving,
yes,Twitter. Simply share
your clip on twitter. Use
the share a tweet and
DropIn.
7a. ​iTunes​ gives us some
nice art.
https://itunes.apple.com/us
/podcast/pnr­this­old­mark

79. eting­content/id760760485
?mt=2&ref=blab
7b. NPR gives art, but is a
double click to play. Strip
from the embed. From
http… to the end of the
unique number. Here is
the iframe code <iframe
src="​http://www.npr.org/pl
ayer/embed/150057676/15
0057781​" width="100%"
height="290"

81. frameborder="0"
scrolling="no" title="NPR
embedded audio
player"></iframe> This is
what you want to grab.
http://www.npr.org/player/e
mbed/150057676/1500577
81
We will continue dropping
those links in as testers.
EVENTS. Often we will
drop event links of

83. contributors who discuss
the features with some
authority over the subject.
8. ​Livestream​. From the
Livestream share button.
Allow for the element to
load. Click the live
button/arrow and allow to
generate a load wheel.
Click inside the load wheel
and the feed will begin.
Strip from the embed.

85. From http...to the end of
the unique number. Here
is the iframe code <iframe
id="ls_embed_145904245
0"
src="//​livestream.com/acco
unts/1658248/events/4774
776​/player?width=560&hei
ght=315&autoPlay=true&
mute=false" width="560"
height="315"
frameborder="0"

87. scrolling="no"></iframe>.
This is what you want to
grab.
livestream.com/accounts/1
658248/events/4774776
OR the simple link
http://livestream.com/itvl/e
vents/4774776
9. ​Katch​. From the simple
URL. As of March 5​th
2016, these links only
display the site.

89. 10. ​Katch​2​. The https from
embed, copy and paste up
to the “?” mark that gives
you the play arrow, or, the
shortened link that gives
you the title and the play
arrow.
11. ​Amazon​, ​Netflix​ and
other “video­on­demand”
do go through a loading or
spinning sequence. From
the simple URL. As of

91. March 5​th​
, 2016, these
links never fully load.
12. ​eBAY​. The URL is
amazing and you will have
another rich and robust
visual depending on the
item and description
submitted by the seller.
13. ​USTREAM​. From the
URL offered. Although you
do get some image in the

93. quad, the play button
takes to you USTREAM.
14. ​Vaughn​. Simple URL.
The site link is only shown.
15. ​Periscope​. ​New
finding​ as of March 7​h​
,
2016. During a LIVE
Periscope on Twitter.
Requires a two click
method, but the still image
if you catch it just right is
fantastic.

95. 16. ​LINKEDIN​ |
SlideShare​. Simple URL.
Site link should deploy a
working forward and
backward view of the
slides for the host. Users
do not have controls. You
may not “see” the slide
share on certain mobile
devices.
17. ​LINKEDIN​ | ​Videos​.
From the embed script.

97. 18. ​News outlets​. ​WSJ​,
NY Times​, ​PEOPLE​,
Vogue​, the simple URL’s
of free­mium articles is
robust. The photography,
headline and favicon for
the publication are all
displayed.
19. ​News outlets ​LIVE.
There are many news
stations that offer LIVE
feeds of reporting, etc.,

99. giving you the iframe
embed code and the https
link.
20. ​YouTube Auto­Play​.
Features are improving.
Blab is testing the host
controls of play, playback
and pause of YouTube
content
21. ​BlogTalkRadio​.
http://www.blogtalkradio.co
m/beauty­bubble/2012/08/

101. 30/beauty­bubble­now­reel
­32​ Auto­plays to every
viewer.
22. ​LivIt​. Mobile stream
from your phone. The
URL is touchy. Use the
URL. A nice website card
with a title and profile
picture is displayed. Only
once did a double click
result in a live event.
Usually, a text line will

103. display, reading, “This
event has not started yet”
or “...has already ended.”
We will continue to test
LivIt in the future.
These are test examples.
http://lvt.me/?v=DV2ENvr
GqJ#​ and
http://lvt.me/?v=kA2ldjO21
p​ they are have included
to demonstrate the code
lines for future testing.

105. 23. ​libsyn​. The event and
your art. Notice how it is
from the “directory” link.
http://directory.libsyn.com/
←­ KEEP THIS INTACT
http://directory.libsyn.com/
episode/index/show/scienc
efriday/id/4248474​. The
main attribute of the libsyn
site is you can play the
entire playback without
leaving the blab event

107. page. The slider, timer,
pause and logo are all
expressed.
24. ​JukeDeck​. Drops the
website page AND their
cover art. A twitter post is
good too. Both are
expressed in the original
quad.
https://www.jukedeck.com/
share/1869ac8e08859d20
7f63bd2dd4e77214f91fd44

109. 547242ef8af86021cb2ab9
028
25. ​YouTube360​o​
. Drop
the link and you can view
360 with your mouse pad
navigation.
26. ​Video Trailer by
Snipandshare.com​. Once
your snip has been
created and shared on
twitter. Copy the tweet
and place in DropIn. Full

111. video is displayed with a
click.
27. ​Overcast.fm​.
28. ​audioBoom​. There
are three different ways to
use the DropIn. The
landing page. The
channel, which displays a
good portion of the content
wave files and art. Via the
actual event, which
displays their showcard.

113. 29. ​MeeVee​. This are
simple URL drops and all
share menus and embeds
do not play. Full video is
displayed with a click.
Example.
http://www.mevee.com/s/
MYTN1CAIzX
30. ​Clammr​.
http://www.clammr.com/ap
p/clammr/204436?extende
dInfoAutoplay=1

115. 31. ​Krue.tv​.
https://www.krue.tv/christin
eewhite
32. ​IMDB​. Should you
wish to present a title of a
movie. You can try this as
an example “The Rock”
(1996)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt
0117500/
33. Don’t get too crazy
about using MP3.

117. http://example.com/bond/t
heme.mp3
There, you have it,
thirty­three ways to use
the DropIn feature. Be of
good cheer.

119. Below here are notes from
Have Your Own
Production Company.
Ideas.
Travel insiders.
Creators List on
YouTUBE.
FEATURED CREATORS

121. Farah -
http://www.youtube.com/
farahasifa
Jake -
https://www.youtube.com
/c/dronetechch...
Adam -
https://www.youtube.com
/c/guyinacube
Jim Ray -
https://www.youtube.com

123. /user/JimRayCo...
Nastya -
https://www.youtube.com
/channel/UCrdz...
Mani -
http://www.youtube.com/
c/2000books
Masoud -
https://www.youtube.com
/user/SpaceCiv...
Dianne -

125. https://www.youtube.com
/user/ownyourb...
AnubizRay -
https://www.youtube.com
/user/AnubizRa1
Anthony -
https://www.youtube.com
/channel/UCdIw...
Biffa -
http://www.youtube.com/
biffa2001

127. Joey -
https://www.youtube.com
/user/FitnessH...
Sam -
https://www.youtube.com
/user/samtimenews
Kathleen -
https://www.youtube.com
/c/quadsquad
Prince -
http://www.youtube.com/

129. urbanacolytetv
Fred -
https://www.youtube.com
/user/thehlpmchn
David -
https://www.youtube.com
/channel/UC5lZ...
Yana -
https://www.youtube.com
/channel/UCIqS...
Cammon -

131. https://www.youtube.com
/user/cammonra...
Dids -
https://www.youtube.com
/channel/UCR7t...