jason_ga
Hi
guys,
After hosting my first teleseminar during the week (nerve wracking,
although I think it came out well), I was wondering what you thought
were the 'essential' elements in a good teleseminar?
Two obvious thoughts I have are preparation (the speaker knows what
they are going to talk about, and isn't going "umm, err"
a lot), and having a break at regular intervals (our call ended up
going for 3 hours, so we had to include a couple of breaks!)
What are your thoughts? What things should I have thought of beforehand
:)
Cheers,
Jason
Louis
Hi
Jason
I've never done a teleseminar myself, so couldn't say exactly. However
I have done a bunch of audio *without* an audience, and I feel the
following are important:
Information from someone who knows what they're talking about. A recognized
expert is best.
In depth information.
Timely information.
Answer the questions your listeners/customers have about the subject.
Fulfill the promises of the product.
The advantage I have of recording private conversations is that you
can tidy them up a LOT before anyone ever listens to them.
This also makes the recording process more relaxed.
However of course with private conversations you can't charge for
them before the product is actually created whereas with teleseminars
of course people often pay to listen. Was yours free, or "pay
to listen"?
Are you going to be editing the audio, or publishing as is?
How are you managing the transcription and proof reading side of things,
since getting spoken text to publishable quality takes a long time
in my experience.
And as a rough guide you might find useful:
One hour of spoken audio often comes to around 10,000 words.
In a "normal size" font in Word, I've found that comes to
around 20 single-side pages in A4 which starts looking pretty substantial
when printed out.
Sincerely,
Louis
jason_ga
Hi
Louis,
Since you asked, it was pay to listen (with listeners also getting
several other bonuses as part of the call).
The call will be edited, and I'll be handling the transcript myself.
The call is 3 hours long, so it's going to take me a while to do though
:)
Cheers,
Jason
williec
Originally
posted by jason_ga
Hi Louis,
Since you asked, it was pay to listen (with listeners also getting
several other bonuses as part of the call).
The call will be edited, and I'll be handling the transcript myself.
The call is 3 hours long, so it's going to take me a while to do though
:)
Cheers,
Jason
Hi Jason,
I've done about 20 tele-seminars. I transcribed ONE of my own which
was about 90 minutes. Even though I typed 85 words per minute... the
last time that I checked, it took me forever, and I promised myself
never to do that again. If you have the right equipment, it's a breeze
though. For example, my transcriptionist has a foot operated control
that allows her to start, stop, and
slow the recording as desired.
As far as putting on a tele-seminar, if you are going to sell or provide
the recordings to anyone then you want to make absolutely sure that
you have a backup recording too. It's a real pain to do a 2 hour call
and then discover that the recording equipment shut itself off for
some reason half-way through the call.
I believe that, like with many other products, too many people
under price their teleseminar, but then again, it depends upon t
the purpose of doing the teleseminar. For example, my most recent
teleseminar was on Google AdWords and pay per clicks. I'll market
these recording for at least 2 years so upfront profit didn't really
matter.
The only other consideration I can think of is making sure that there
IS enough interest in the topic that you are doing the telesemianr
on.
Willie Crawford