This week: AI glow-ups, trainer fame, and 10k impressions later…
Let's Unmute The Audience🎙️. Down with boring, one-way presentations 😡
Hi there!
In this newsletter:
Exposure: Guest post on StreamAlive’s website
Reach: Almost 10,000 impressions on our Snakes & Ladders post
Going Live: Look better on camera with AI
Improved: Presentation Builder now comes with right click options
Get seen by 16,000+ training nerds like us
If you’re in the training, education and facilitation space, we’d love to have you share your expertise on the StreamAlive blog!
This can be either:
You write a full guest article
You let us know that you are a subject matter expert (SME) that we can email to get a quote in our articles
The topics that we’d like to cover are:
The evolution of virtual training
Hiring independent trainers vs in-house trainers
Why instructor-led training is essential in rapidly changing ecosystems
Pros and cons of on-demand training
How to prove ROI of training to your client or corporate stakeholders
How to find clients as an independent training consultant or agency
Must have tools for independent trainers
Book recommendations for presenting, training, and educating
How to keep the audience engaged during your training sessions
Which virtual meeting platform is best suited to virtual training
Key skills a virtual trainer needs to succeed
If you have other topics in mind that are related or tangential to these topics we’d love to hear your ideas.
If you don’t have time to write a full article, please let us know if we can contact you about your expertise to quote you in our articles.
Interested? Scroll to the bottom of the newsletter for more details.
We aimed for 10,000 impressions. We got… 9,905
Last week we emailed you about our virtual trainer-inspired Snakes & Ladders game.
Our goal was to get 10,000 impressions on the post, which we sort of achieved.
I’m not sure if it was luck or coincidence that we hit our goal almost exactly, but for our next project (Tarot cards!) we want to hit 20,000 impressions.
Stay tuned!
By the way, last week we asked you if we should turn the Snakes & Ladders game into an actual browser-based game, 63% of you said YES!
No promises, but we’ll see what we can do!
Look great on Zoom even if your webcam is a potato 🥔
Who doesn’t want to look better on video during virtual meetings or webinars without spending a small fortune on a professional studio setup?
Martin and Neil are on a mission to help you look better on camera. By combining AI analysis with time-tested methods, they’ll get every attendee in the webinar looking their best.
📆June 25th
⌚12 noon EST | 4pm GMT | 9:30pm IST
(Yes, even if your web cam is an actual potato).
Banish those unflattering shadows that make you look exhausted (spoiler: it's your lighting, not your sleep schedule)
Declutter backgrounds that steal attention from your brilliant ideas
Add depth to flat, boring rooms that look lifeless on camera
Master the art of framing so you're not accidentally headless or cut in half
Quick fixes that don't require expensive equipment or major renovations
Can you (right) click it?
This week we’ve been focusing on improving the usability of the presentation builder. We’ve introduced options to copy, paste, duplicate, and insert slides by right clicking on the slides panel.
If there’s anything you’d like to see added to the presentation builder, just let us know!
Give us your feedback in our community!
More details on guest articles and being SME for StreamAlive
Benefits of writing guest articles (or being a quoted SME)
The StreamAlive website gets approximately 10,000 visitors per month who are interested in making virtual sessions more engaging
We send our articles to over 16,000 people on our newsletter (you’re reading it right now!)
We boost the articles on LinkedIn for reach
If you write a guest blog you’ll get a link to your website and LinkedIn profile
If you write a guest blog, your profile, expertise and business details are provided at the top and bottom of the article
If you provide an expert quote for our article we’ll link to your website or LinkedIn profile
What we’re looking for in the article
An authentic voice of lived experience with examples of problems and challenges you faced and how you overcame them
It should focus on educating the reader who should feel like they learned something after reading your article
Not overtly promotional for your business or services
No AI generated content, it has to be your voice and your experience. Using AI to proofread and improve your writing is fine, but not to write the article for you.
How to submit your guest article (or tell us you’re an SME!)
Please email marketing@streamalive.com for more details or to let us know that we can contact you if we want a quote. Don’t forget to let us know your area of expertise so we know what to contact you about!
Catch us on our social pages
If you haven’t already, check out our social media pages to stay updated on our quirky takes on the latest social media trends and the occasional piece of engagement-related advice.
All the best,
Peter and the StreamAlive team
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