Does anyone host a "livestream Q&A" type of thing on their membership site?

I don't have any experience with a live Q&A but I was intrigued by the question so I looked up some info on it. Looks like this can raise audience engagement by more than 80%. You also get the opportunity to create a personality and make it much more personal and interactive.

I am a member of some paid groups where I am paying monthly fee and some groups are doing weekly webinars, just talking about future plans, chosing some topic and explaining it how it can benefit the group. As group grows more people joins webinar so they also can tell what they think, how to improve the group, questions answers and so on. So I think weekly webinars is really good thing to make your membership better.

Hi Bill,

I've been using this model since 2011 and have a group of members that join me once a month for a demonstration of a specific technique and live chat feedback Q&A.

Over the years it has morphed between real live when people didn't expect high resolution footage and enjoyed the conversational aspects and hybrid broadcasts where demonstration aspects were part pre-recorded and edited and the live chat was still live.

We always recorded HD backup with multiple cameras that we then edited up and posted the members area about a week later.

Internet speeds in my area always played role in whether we could put out quality live content but as of the next few weeks we have just had fibre installed to the back door of our premises and we are now in the process of hooking up high speed broadband.

We can now go back to 100% live but I would most likely still use some pre-recorder content mixed with live just because it makes it easier to plan and if you have issues you have some core content you can fall back on if things go pear shaped and you have issues.

We've used a variety of providers over the time ranging from hangout type plugins through things like EasyWebinar - Casey Zeeman - Webinarjam - Everwebinar.

There are other things we've tested but at the moment the webinarjam / everwebinar combo is my preferred choice but that is largely due to the familiarity with the platform and the "fast" cloning so we can clone all aspects and just update the topic and the video.

You can auto-register with some basic coding so when you mail your list they just click once to attend and they are registered.

You can subscribe people to a series so they click once and receive each regular broadcast.

There are plenty of options for delivering the content and maybe you can do paid content via Youtube live.

My suggestion is to make sure you have multiple cameras and at least two methods of recording audio because when things go wrong like battery running out on lav mics or thunderstorm hits mid presentation etc you've got the content backed up and can utilise it later.

Use REV to transcribe and edit content for printed versions and subtitles etc.

Make trailers from content as lead generators.

use Kunaki or Trepstar to produce DVD content from live recordings.

I know DVDs are going away but it is surprising how many people still want to buy them plus they can always be used as FREE + shipping offers to get subscribers into the membership.

Work out the best leverage you can to maximise your live content.

It is a sound idea to pursue and you should do well with it.

Don't put too much pressure on yourself by doing weekly but maybe you can do one day when you record a live session and then sign off but keep recording the other three weeks for the rest of the month and then just do the Q&A live. Don't put too much pressure on yourself.

Best regards,

Ozi