Dennis Littley of Ask Chef Dennis shares his best tools to build a huge audience using live streaming.

1. Live Streaming is the Future
and the Future is Now

2. What is Live Streaming?
“Live Streaming is transmitting
(or receiving) live video and audio
coverage over the internet”

3. Should Live Streaming be part
of your social media strategy?

4. How Can I integrate live streaming
into my existing social media?

5. What Equipment do you need to
begin live streaming your
content?

6. What social channels are available for
live streaming?
Facebook Live / YouTube Live / Huzza
Firetalk / Crowdcast/ 22Social /Ustream
Wirecast / Nom / Periscope / Meerkat
Snapchat/ Instagram / YouNow / NomadCast

7. What channels are right for you?
What are the differences and benefits?
Can I broadcast on multiple channels?

8. How to be successful
at live streaming
The Rules of Live Stream Club

9. Plan your content and be prepared
Create an eye catching title
Live streaming isn’t just about you
it’s about your audience too

10. Use your live streams to stand apart from
the competition
Be entertaining
Build an active network and an engaged
audience

11. Test your equipment and be ready
anything and everything.
This is live TV
and anything can happen!

12. Check for adequate bandwidth
and don’t try and broadcast without it.
Your audience can forgive on air
mistakes and flubs, but if they can’t see
or hear you, you’ll lose them.

13. How do you check for bandwidth?
www.speedtest.net
Download this app to all your mobile
devices and use it!

14. Golden Rules of Live Stream Club
Turn off your computer or mobile devices
before broadcast.
Wait 1 minute then restart.
Check your bandwidth and your devices.
Make sure your sound and camera are on
and working.

15. Sometimes things just
don’t go as planned.
Take a deep breath and go to your
back up plan

16. If you don’t have the bandwidth to
go live…..
Go old school and record your video
on your laptop, camera, smart phone
or table.
And upload it later

17. It’s not the end of the world if you
can’t go live.
The truth is most people watch live
broadcasts in replay.

18. What equipment that will make your
live streaming easier and make you
look more professional at the same
time.

22. Hover Camera

23. Of course if you want to go Old
School….
Use two laptops or a combination
of laptops, smart phones or tablets.

25. For my Google+ Live Broadcasts
I use two laptops, along with a Blue
Yeti Microphone and Logitech C
920 Cameras

26. Technology is constantly changing ,
mobile devices are getting more amazing
with each new edition.
Live Streaming is the Future and there is no
better time to begin then now.

27. If you wait for the perfect situation- the
opportunity to own your blogging niche
through live streaming will pass you by.
So as Nike so often says….. Just do It!

28. Follow me on Twitter / Instagram /Pinterest @askchefdennis
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