Let’s Blab About It!
March 4, 2016
Consumers today are more visual than ever before. Studies have shown that people spend more time on your website on average if video is involved and pay more attention to social media posts involving photos and video. A practice that's growing in leaps and bounds? Live-streaming. There are so many ways in which it can be used – from webinars to product demonstrations and more – and easily holds attention. That means platforms for live-streaming are popping up left and right, so which do you choose? One of the latest ones to spring up is Blab.
What is Blab? Simply put, Blab lets you build a personal and business presence while creating community. How does it work? It lets you host your own live show or conference with up to four people engaging at the same time. The moderator has control over who's in the three additional video seats, but anyone who wants to tune in can use the right panel to chat and the left panel to tweet. Blab’s ease of use, simplicity and functionality give it the edge over other live-streaming platforms. It's also important to note that Blab’s time length is open-ended and most blabs last about an hour.
Blab is easy to use. It's an off-shoot of Twitter, so you just login with your Twitter account info. You also find people to follow by using their Twitter handles (and of course you can search by subjects, etc). To create a Blab, you push the “create Blab” button, give it a title and a few tags, then either go live or schedule a time for it to post and away you go! And when your Blab is done, you can upload it to YouTube or as a podcast on iTunes or somewhere similar.
Blab really is the next step in live-streaming and is an easy way to introduce yourself to the format. Check out the FAQs section on their site to familiarize yourself, then Blab away! And remember, when you need help setting things up in the social media world or get too busy to handle everything yourself, give us a call. We'll put together the perfect plan for your company and get all eyes on you!
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- Kelly Jones
Social Media Manager
