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Doing LIVE Internet Video [#3]

December 10, 2008 | Blogging Video Tips

Online video is a HOT item right now. Learn to use video correctly and you can send your online presence into the stratosphere. But, it is just as easy to do LIVE video.

Every Wednesday night at 8 PM EST, we do a live show at PCMech LIVE. It is pure geek stuff. And we use both UStream.TV and Mogulus.

Ustream, in my eyes, is a more capable package overall. They allow chat moderation in their chatroom (along with an IRC connection) and other things. Mogulus, on the other hand, leaves much to be desired in the chatroom department but they have an extremely powerful studio setup which allows you to queue up videos, transitions – everything it would take to do a live news-style broadcast online.

The point is that doing live video is easy. Connect a webcam, use WebcamMax (if Windows) or CamTwist (if OS X), and go to town. You can use it as an audience builder for your website and it is a good way to build relationships with your audience.

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  • Joe
    Mogulus just came out with a pro version that includes private channels. This would allow you to send out a link for your training or embed it into your site.

    Pro also has an SLA (Service Level Agreement). I think it will be necessary to go pro if you are charging for the content.
  • Both have their plusses. If the chat isn't real important to you, Mogulus is more capable.

    Keep in mind, too, that both of these are public channels and can sometimes be unreliable. You want to keep that in mind if using it to do something like a seminar.
  • Hi David,

    I'm thinking about starting to use UStream for trainings for my Network Marketing organization because I have distributors all over the world...about 1,500 and my upline that does a lot of trainings has over 12,000 and right now we do a lot of webinars and teleseminars but I think being able to actually train people live would be a more powerful method and would get more distributors to the trainings.

    If you had to pick either Ustream or Mogulus which one would you pick?

    Thanks,

    Robert
  • Yeah, I saw part of his 24-hour marathon. Good stuff and, yes, it does demonstrate one of the possible uses for doing live video. He was using that as part of a launch process for a new product.
  • Hi David,

    Great tips on using live video!

    The first time I heard about UStream is when Rich Schefrin was on UStream Live for over 24 hours and he talked about how a couple of years ago he did a live simulcast that cost him thousands of dollars and this time he did it for free because all he needed was a webcam.

    Thanks for your tips!

    Robert Garcia
    Wesley Chapel, FL
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