Improve your @DLive live stream!

What’s up DLiver's!

As a disclaimer, this is NOT an official DLive blog post and this is my own personal opinion.

I’m going to touch on a subject that I’ve seen quite frequently on Discord, Steemit comments and personal messages to me.

What can I do to improve my stream?

Aside from the basics of having good video quality, and audio that won’t damage someone’s ear drums when they enter your stream, here are some of the things that I feel are important.

GET A MICROPHONE AND USE IT!

Watching a streamer without a microphone is like watching television or a movie, but the characters are muted.

If you don’t currently have a microphone, get one! You don’t need a high end studio recording microphone, the microphone on your headset is good enough.

What makes a stream fun is hearing the communication. If you’re playing games on Discord with your friends I’m sure there are some awesome moments that are hilarious, and those should be shared with your viewers.

If you want an example of this, I was playing FortNite with Hive account@imjohnnymills yesterday morning and he died early (as he always does) but if I review the VOD, his communication is what made my stream entertaining. I had my own personal hype man, hyping me up enough to get a win. The VOD can be found here and the action starts at 12 minutes.

If you are playing a game solo or doing an activity, try narrating what you are doing. Your viewers can maybe learn a game, or a skill just by watching your stream. Who knows, you could potentially download your VOD afterwards and snip it into a tutorial video without having to record again.

Thank your viewers!

Find a tool that will show your upvotes in real time. I’m currently using @GINAbot, but there are other tools out there. If someone upvotes you, thank them using your microphone. When you think about people who use other platforms that donate, they want the streamers recognition, that’s why they do it. If someone upvotes you or donates to you and you reply in chat “Thank you”, it doesn’t mean as much. Let that person know you appreciate them, and let all your other viewers know you appreciate them.

Have some FUN!

Streaming should be fun but I’ve seen so many sad faces on webcams when I enter streams. Why is that?

@DLive is giving you the opportunity to do what you like or maybe love to do, and get recognized for it. This should be fun! Laugh a little bit, smile more.

I hope this helps you on your live streaming journey. If you have any questions or comments leave them in the comments below.

Thanks for reading!
Jimmy