Newbie Streamer Guide

Initially, only gamers streamed, but now the culture of broadcasts has become wider. Companies and entrepreneurs can use streaming channels to develop their business and communicate more closely with the audience. Want to become a streamer but don't know where to start? Read the guide for the beginner streamer and put the recommendations into practice.

The technical side of the stream

Make sure that your laptop or computer runs all the programs you need to broadcast. Make your video and microphone settings. During the stream, the main load goes to the processor. The resource of a modern laptop is quite enough, but there may be exceptions.

Before creating a streaming channel, look at what equipment you will need and prepare everything. At the first stages, if it is not possible to invest in equipment, use the technical capabilities that already exist.

Platform selection

There are several platforms for streaming in Runet. The most popular of them:

1. Twitch.tv The most popular portal for streamers. There are a lot of gheimers here, people are constantly hanging out, but they also have their own problems. There is an image delay of up to 60 seconds, a mismatch between chat and information. The problem is solved by updates and high-speed Internet.

2.GoodGame. The service provides a player, chats, the ability to search for an audience. Recordings of streams were not saved, perhaps the developers will finalize this point. Dealing with the settings here is easier than on Twitch.

3. Cybergame. Another platform where you can stream. The portal is purely Russian, the facilities are located in Moscow. The settings and interface are intuitive, lags are minimal. A feature of the service is the absence of a stream recording, it works every other time. If you are going to broadcast content to other platforms, record separately.

4. YouTube. It hosts both gaming and educational broadcasts. You can broadcast any video that does not violate the rules of the service.

When choosing a platform for streaming, decide for what purpose you are creating a channel, what you want to receive and what you are going to broadcast. This will help you choose a service where the audience will be recruited as quickly as possible.

Subscribers and audience

Aspiring streamers are faced with a lack of people on the air. This leads to two problems:

• platforms do not allow monetization of streams because the channel does not meet the basic viewing requirements;

• people don't want to watch broadcasts and subscribe to the channel because there are no viewers. People are reluctant to connect to channels where there are few people. Wasting time on something that is out of trend, many do not like.

Until you have your own people and audience, use the viewers of the stream-promotion service. Here you can invite from a few people up to 100,000 viewers to your broadcast and create an extras.

This will allow you to pass moderation and connect monetization channels. You will earn money as soon as there are real viewers. People will come to you because you can see the interest in the content and the number of views.

The cheating of viewers is carried out gently, within the framework of the rules of the platforms, it is unrealistic to get a channel ban. Attracting third-party viewers to the channel will help you get promoted many times faster than with an empty broadcast.

Quality content

No technique, the quality of the site and the attracted extras will save the presenter from audience leakage if he has bad content. The audience should be interested in spending time with you.

The type of content depends on the chosen niche, user interest, your ability to speak to the camera. Be free and polite, pay attention to the interests and questions of your audience, tell stories. Analyze your actions and browsing statistics. This will allow you to develop your own style, select content and start promoting your channel within the framework of your goals.