WEBVTT 00:00.150 --> 00:06.540 Going live on social media is super popular right now and you can do so on YouTube if you click on the 00:06.540 --> 00:14.430 live streaming tab you have two options stream now and events stream now is a more confusing way to 00:14.430 --> 00:21.190 do live streaming and gives you a little bit more flexibility perhaps a little bit higher quality options. 00:21.210 --> 00:25.380 But there's an easier way to go live right now. 00:25.380 --> 00:29.940 And that's through this event's option and that's what I'm going to show you how to do right now with 00:29.940 --> 00:34.560 events you can do a livestream without any other software. 00:34.560 --> 00:42.140 All you need to do is click new live event and you can actually use google hangouts which was an older. 00:42.150 --> 00:48.230 I think it's discontinued software to do a live stream. 00:48.330 --> 00:53.580 So when you click Create a new event you can title it you can say when it is you can actually schedule 00:53.610 --> 00:58.530 in the future which is awesome if you want to schedule out live streams in the future so that you can 00:58.530 --> 01:01.650 share on social media or with your email list. 01:01.650 --> 01:04.660 That's something that I've done you can even do webinars this way. 01:04.680 --> 01:08.190 So if you're looking for a free way to do webinars This is how you do it. 01:08.300 --> 01:11.890 It's going to call in test you make it public. 01:11.910 --> 01:14.160 Unlistened I'm just going to make it unlisted. 01:14.440 --> 01:21.340 And then the type is quick or custom with custom you need to use an external encoder. 01:21.370 --> 01:26.660 It's a little bit more confusing so we're just going to do the quick route with Google Hangouts on air. 01:26.770 --> 01:32.470 So the click go live now you'll want to include a description and tags that are relevant. 01:32.590 --> 01:39.180 Once it's ready to stream click OK and this will open up Google Hangouts on air. 01:39.250 --> 01:45.810 It's going to load down here and then when it says start broadcast that means you're ready to go live. 01:45.820 --> 01:51.370 You can do screens sharing up here just by clicking this button and then choosing the screen that you 01:51.370 --> 01:54.690 want to share or a specific application. 01:54.700 --> 01:58.270 You can also turn that on and off during a live stream. 01:58.300 --> 02:04.340 So click Start broadcast and will ask you if you're ready you can stream up to eight hours. 02:04.450 --> 02:08.580 And then when it gives you the on air but in live it means you're on air. 02:08.830 --> 02:11.710 So everything you do right now is on live. 02:11.710 --> 02:16.840 I've done this unlisted so people can actually see this but if it was public it would be on my channel 02:17.170 --> 02:17.990 live. 02:18.280 --> 02:24.730 And it's also recorded and saved so you can either download it later or you can publish it or publish 02:24.730 --> 02:25.440 it later. 02:25.450 --> 02:31.000 Just keep it for your records when you're done you just click Start broadcast to add anyone if you want 02:31.000 --> 02:37.060 to do a live stream with another person just click this invite people button and you get a link or you 02:37.060 --> 02:39.480 can add their email addresses right here. 02:39.580 --> 02:45.070 So that's the easiest way to do a YouTube live session if you want to do it this other way. 02:45.070 --> 02:47.200 It does take a couple of extra steps. 02:47.260 --> 02:54.240 You can use a free software called open broadcast software to set up that encoding and do the stream. 02:54.310 --> 03:00.430 But for now for most people just using that Google Hangouts on air option is just easier makes the whole 03:00.430 --> 03:04.570 thing a lot more simple to be successful at live streaming. 03:04.570 --> 03:11.230 It's best to let people know that you're going to be going live beforehand because if specially if you're 03:11.230 --> 03:16.550 starting your YouTube channel not many people are going to be notified that you are live currently. 03:16.640 --> 03:21.620 When you do do a live session people are actually e-mailed your subscribers or e-mailed. 03:21.730 --> 03:23.510 When you go live which is awesome. 03:23.650 --> 03:29.890 I doubt they're going to continue to do that because as more people do live video it would it make sense 03:29.890 --> 03:33.550 for YouTube to be sending out e-mails every time you're creating a live stream. 03:33.540 --> 03:36.180 But knows for now it's an opportunity. 03:36.370 --> 03:39.340 But make sure you let your audience know you're going to go live. 03:39.520 --> 03:45.970 And if you can come up with a schedule do a livestream every week maybe an Ask me anything or just a 03:45.970 --> 03:50.260 question and answer for whatever topic your business or brand is on. 03:50.320 --> 03:55.540 Get questions from the audience and ask them to answer them live or just have people submit questions 03:55.540 --> 03:58.300 beforehand so that you have things to talk about. 03:58.300 --> 04:03.400 That's what I'm currently doing with my live video on social media and YouTube. 04:03.430 --> 04:03.950 Thanks so much. 04:03.950 --> 04:07.280 If you have any questions let me know otherwise we'll see you in another video.