Are you doing Facebook Lives Yet?
Facebook Live is a way to broadcast “Live” from your smartphone to your Facebook Fan Page, Personal Profile, and even a group in the form of video.
When I first started doing them, my battery would die…. I would get a call….. or my phone would fall out of the tripod.
And when it was time to give a “call-to-action” to check out my website, I would write my website on a piece of paper and hold it up to the camera… not to mention it was backwards!
sigh….
What if you found a way to streamline your video from your computer instead?
Well you can!
Annnnnd, I'm going to show you how you can go live on either your Fan Page, Personal Profile or Group all on your PC.
Not only that, but you can add text and even share you screen… all on Faceboook.
How amazing is that?
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Using a tool called Open Broadcaster Software (and it's totally free!).
How to Get Started:
- Just CLICK HERE or go to OBSProject.com
- Download it either for windows, Mac or Linux.
- Open the app by clicking on the icon.
- Click on SETTINGS under FILE
- Click on STREAM
- Under SERVICE, select FACEBOOK LIVE
- Next you need a “Stream Key” that Facebook gives you.
- CLICK HERE and a Facebook box will pop up.
- You need to get the STREAM KEY to broadcast from your computer or CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW and scroll down until you see the button
- When you click on the button, if it doesn't work, you need to enable your pop-ups 🙂.
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. - Choose where you want to go live — Your profile, a page, or group!
- Click NEXT
- At the moment, your Live is offline. Put in your description and Title.
- Copy the STREAM KEY
- Go back to the OBS app (see #6) and paste the stream key
- Click APPLY and OK.
Next you want to make sure your webcam is on.
- On the OBS app, under SOURCES, click the little PLUS SIGN
- Choose VIDEO CAPTURE DEVICE — your webcam should be picked up
Time to Go Live:
- on the OBS software, click START STREAMING button
- Go back to the Facebook Box and your stream should appear.
- Turn off the volume because you will hear feedback 🙂
- Click GO LIVE… and you're live!
To add your logo:
- On the OBS app, under SOURCES, click the little PLUS SIGN
- Choose IMAGE
- Name it so you know what it is (ie, LOGO)
- Click BROWSE and choose the image and tap OK
To share your screen:
- On the OBS app, under SOURCES, click the little PLUS SIGN
- Click DISPLAY CAPTURE
- And you are sharing your screen!
- To disable the screen share, simply go back to the OBS app and remove it by click on the Negative icon in the box below.
Watch video below to see the rest:
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There you go! I really hope you got value from this. It is my passion to share tips like these to help you build your business using Social Media!
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