16 | Live Streaming for Beginners

In this episode, Amy and James discuss Live Streaming: why do it? how do build a following? planning? editing? engagement techniques? best time to stream? and tooling?

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Show Notes

0:00 Introduction

3:11 Why Livestream?

• Debugging in VS Code
• SelfTeach.me Channel on YouTube

6:02 Sponsor: ZEAL

7:41 How do you build viewers?

9:32 What do you do post-production, post-marketing?

11:07 Do you plan everything out about what you will talk about?

12:56 Any advice for someone who wants to begin streaming their learning journey

• Splashley

17:09 Sponsor: Vercel

18:20 How did we learn how to video edit?

19:43 How do you decide whether something should be a stream or a YouTube video?

21:26 Scripting vs Outlining

24:57 What are your favorite engagement techniques?

• Helping people feel part of something
• Adapt based on the feedback and engagement within the chat
• Commands within the Twitch channel

29:00 When do you think is the best time to stream?

29:23 What are some of the special terms and lingo when streaming?

31:29 Handling audio on the stream with Loopback

31:57 Tools

• Stream Yard
• OBS
• [Stream Labs(https://streamlabs.com/)
• Chatterino

34:50 Picks and Plugs

35:03 Amy's Pick: Set App

• Sip - https://sipapp.io/
• iStat Menu - https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
• Bartender - https://www.macbartender.com/
• GlyphFinder - https://www.glyphfinder.com/
• Sizzy - https://sizzy.co/
• TextSniper - https://textsniper.app/

37:02 Amy's Plug: SelfTeach.me on YouTube

37:37 James's Pick: Stream Deck

38:27 James's Plug: James Q Quick on Twitch

Learn more about the gear we use: Episode #14: Building the Perfect Desk Setup