What it is that you need to do to be able to prep before you actually go live.
And I think that this is something that's very undervalued and very missed from
every new streamers where you don't have a plan when you actually start streaming.
I think that's so important for you to be able to not only be able to
keep the audience entertained, to be able to know what it is you're
gonna be talking about and what you're gonna be doing on the stream.
So you can have that kind of focus.
So today I got about maybe five to six different things.
I personally do before I go live on any stream.
So you guys can understand what it is that you need to do.
So the very first thing outta the gate that you should do is that
you need to go ahead and reboot your PC and reboot your console.
I think it's so important.
If you have your computer running all day, if you have your Xbox running all
day, Before you go live, you wanna make sure that you hit the restart button.
That way everything is functioning.
There's nothing in the back end.
That's taking up CPU usage.
You wanna make sure everything is nice and smooth, right?
The next thing you wanna focus on is know what kind of game you're gonna play.
Right?
Know the game that you're gonna play, know what it is that
you're gonna do on your stream.
If you know, you're gonna be playing apex, call a duty or any game out there.
Make sure that, you know, a game that is gonna play and also
know that there's no updates.
I can't tell you enough how often I see streamers kick off their
stream and then call the duty hits.
And with a 30 gigabyte update, apex hit you with a 30 gigabyte update.
And all that does is slow you down during your stream and
allow your viewership to decline.
Or if you have no viewers, it's gonna have a dead moment where now
you have to think on your feet to be able to decide what it is you do.
So make sure that you know what game you're gonna play and you make sure
you have an update before you do.
The next thing you wanna make sure that you do is make sure that your
controller and your headsets are charged.
I think that this is so important as well.
Again, every time before I start a stream, I make sure that my controller is charged.
Make sure that my headsets charged the last thing you wanna do, especially
when you're playing apex or call.
The duty is that you want your headset to die when you know how
important audio and sound is.
So make sure you have that in place.
Now, this one is a big one.
This I'm gonna spend a little bit more time on because this
one is about understanding.
Topic.
You're gonna be talking about understanding what questions
you're gonna be asking.
Right.
And knowing like what it is that you're gonna talk about in your stream,
because this is an opportunity for you.
Well, for me, I'm an educational channel, right?
So for me, a lot of times when I'm gonna kick off my stream, I'm gonna talk about
something, educational, something that's gonna be able to give the replay viewer
some value when they come and click on the stream to know like, I know in
the beginning for the first five to 10 minutes, Curry's gonna spit some gems
and help me grow and mom, my journey.
Right?
So having questions, if you're not education channel have questions.
What are you gonna ask the audience to be able to kind of
build that relationship with them?
What story are you gonna go?
Are you gonna tell, because I say it often that it's so important for you
to be able to go ahead and share some stuff about your personal life share
things that people will connect with right outside of gaming, because.
If you just tie everything you do to the game, it's gonna be very hard for people
to be able to go ahead and connect with you or to be able to go beyond the game.
And I say that over and over again, don't make your stream just about the game.
Even though you are a gaming channel, you are a gaming concentrator.
Let your viewers get to understand who you are.
So have questions and have a story to be able to tell when you kick off
your stream or during your stream.
So that way you have some content to be able to post on social media.
Next.
I want you to always run a test stream.
I can't tell you how much enough it is.
If you're using OBS.
If you're using your stream record from E console, you have the availability
to go ahead and start a test stream.
This gives you an opportunity to check your camera, to check your microphone.
To check music, to check everything that you have ready to go,
make sure your bot is running.
There's just so many things.
And so many moving pieces when you're live streaming that if you don't do a
check beforehand, it's gonna be very hard where like things can happen, right?
You may start your stream.
Now, your audio's not working.
You may start your stream, your music's not playing.
So it's very important that you understand what it.
And test all your gear before you go live.
Now, another thing here that you want to do is you want to prep a post for your
community, whether it be inside of your discord, whether it be on your YouTube
channel, wherever your community is, make sure you post a community post,
letting them know that you are live right.
Once you let that communication out there.
And over time, your audience is just gonna get conditioned to be able to.
What it is that you're doing.
So for anybody who's tuning in right now, we're talking about what do you need to
do to be able to prep for a live stream?
What do you do before you actually go live?
So once you've created that post there's another point thing, right?
When you're streaming, you're gonna be sitting down for at least an hour, two
hours, maybe sometimes even three or more.
So making sure that you have water handy, making sure you have a snack to be able to
keep you hydrated because when you stream it's about bringing the energy, right?
It's about making sure that.
Ready and prepared to be able to talk for a long period of time.
Right?
And as you more, you talk, the more you're gonna need to be hydrated.
And when you get hungry, cuz you're sitting for two to three hours and just
exhorting a lot of energy, you wanna make sure you have a snack to be able to grab.
So.
It's so important to be able to understand that next.
And this is very important.
This is not very done quite often, but you want to have a call to action.
And for those of you that don't know what a call to action is, that means
it's you saying something to your viewers to take an action, whether
it is based on the goal you want to accomplish, is that goal to get subs.
Is that goal to get memberships?
Is it to promote your merch?
Is it to get a free down?
To promote your product, make sure that you have that call to action
set and that goal you want to hit.
Right?
So I would say, Hey, if you're just tuning into the stream right now, go ahead and
hit the like button because that's gonna help us reach the stream to more people.
Right?
There's my call to action.
There's the goal that I want to accomplish.
I want the same amount of likes as the same amount of views
that we've had on the stream.
So that's gonna be my goal or.
You guys wanna be a part of a private discord community, then go ahead and
become a member of the channel to be able to get access to that community.
Right?
Again, those are other call to actions.
Hey, you guys are interested in getting some Curry merch.
You wanna get a shirt that says Curry on it or a hoodie.
Go ahead and check out my, my merch store for you to be able to get that.
Here's the discount code for you to get a discount on that.
So you need to have a goal of what it is you want to accomplish on your stream.
And.
Have the audience take that action, right?
Even if they don't move forward to that, even if they don't like the button, even
if they don't buy a merch, even if they don't check out your product or anything
that you are offering, make sure that you're always saying it because once
again, if you stream on YouTube, you gotta think about the replay value and
what it is that you're gonna be doing.
So those are gonna be my few tips that I'm gonna go ahead and give you.
For that I'll go ahead and post those tips inside of the community, post
on the YouTube channel for anybody who wants to check 'em out later
on and download it as a checklist.
So that way, every time before you go live, you go ahead and kick that off.
So hope you guys enjoyed that.