there are a lot of ways you can engage your viewers to be a part of your stream you can
run polls have questions of the day or of course the one that everyone has seen having alerts for
someone to follow or sub one of the most versatile ways you can actually get people to engage is by
using twitch extensions today i'm gonna be showing off some of my favorite twitch extensions that
i think you guys can be using to increase your revenue on your stream engage your chat and a very
special one for you console streamers who want to have follower alerts sub alerts and bit alerts
you can do it with this extension without any more tech entirely for free so let's get into it
hey i'm Eljay with streamscheme.com i'm also a variety streamer over at twitch.tv/eljayem_
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totally check those out if we don't have a video here covering something there'll definitely be a
guide on the website before i explain how you can increase your revenue and engage your chat more
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be able to make this stuff so there are time codes in the description and in the top comments so if
you guys want to skip ahead to any section of this video go ahead but if you're new to twitch and
don't quite know extensions then let's get into the very first start what is a twitch extension
twitch extensions are built into twitch they come in three different forms the first is a panel
extension which are allowed three panel extensions you've seen them before with emote showcases or
leaderboards or anything like that the second twitch extension type is the component extension
now you've probably seen everyone and their mum using a component extension specifically they're
most likely using the loot reminder and prime sub reminder on their stream to remind everyone
they can use their prime subs on them if you didn't know you can use prime subs on people
everyone uses this component the final type of twitch extension in only allowed one of these
is the overlay extension for example on my stream i use my overlay extension to be a closed caption
reader so people can have subtitles and the hard of hearing and def can engage and interact with
the stream even though they can't hear what i'm actually saying i'll get to the closed captions
in a second but first i just want to throw it out there all of these extensions i mentioned
they have their own tutorials have their own configuration processes this is more like a
spotlight and the best way to use them but pretty much anything you do here you go to your dashboard
on twitch click the extensions tab and you can search anything you want or you can just look
at the trending tabs and see what catches your eye a quick note though with all these things is that
if you install something here you also need to then go to my extensions and click activate and
select which slot it is going to go into a lot of people install the extension configure it and
then wonder why it's not working double check you've actually activated them on your profile
first up i want to give a shout out to the closed caption extension and now i'm including this not
only because it's a great way for the hard of hearing or the depth to still involving the stream
but also because you guys ask me every time you come to my stream how does he have subtitles i've
never seen this before this extension is so easy to install just go over to the extension dashboard
and search up closed captions today we're installing the stream closed captioner
it'll be on screen right now click that click install you will have to configure it which
is super easy it's pretty much just log into twitch at the link they give you step by step
but there are two downsides to this extension the first it's not actually taking your feed from
streamlabs and obs and subtitling that it's actually taking your direct microphone feed
through the browser this means if you mute your mic in streamlabs or obs or potentially even on
your mixer it'll actually still be running a feed to the closed captions so make sure you turn off
your closed captions or completely mute your mic on the microphone or else it'll still write down
what you're saying when you're trying to not show your chat and the second downside could
either be a good thing or a bad thing for you but essentially because this is an overlay extension
it means that it won't be baked into your vods or your clips meaning if someone wants to watch
your vodback there won't be a way for them to see the closed captions otherwise this is a fantastic
extension and everyone seems to really love it on my stream just don't forget that when you go
and change your stream title and your tags you can also now add the closed caption tag meaning that a
whole new audience can find you and enjoy your content next up we're gonna talk about how you
can increase your revenue with two different extensions the sound alerts extension and the
blurp extension now these two tools essentially do the same thing they allow your viewers to use
channel points and bits to play sound effects from you or from popular culture on your stream if you
want to give your chat the ability to play an air horn or laugh track or even maybe just sound clips
from you then these extensions will allow you to do that and they can increase your revenue
both these extensions can either be a panel or a component which is great which means there's more
flexibility about where you want to install them and both tools have been covered countless times
and there are dozens of tutorials out there so if you have any problems setting them up there'll
be somewhere you can get that solved the only important thing to remember with these extensions
and any other extension that uses bits is that most of the time they will take twenty percent
of your bit so someone takes 100 bits to play an air horn effect the extension will take 20
and you will get the other 80 while i don't use these extensions on my stream i do have sound
alerts for example i've created manual alerts for different numbers of bits so that people can play
a sound effect that comes with it it takes a lot more work and it's a lot harder to set up but i
get the full amount of the bits and i'm not locked into using up an extension slot so pros and cons
up to you how you want to use it next up isn't a specific extension but it is my favorite genre of
extension these are game integrated extensions i've used these extensions twice once when i
was playing baldur's gate and another time while i was playing rimworld but essentially a modder
or a developer has teamed up with twitch to create an extension that allows your viewers to interact
directly with your games when i played badass gate it actually gave my viewers the ability to
vote on a lot of different dialogue options so when it came time for me to infiltrate a
goblin camp they made me smear poo on my face and then pretend it was war paint in order to get in
thanks guys that was that was brilliant that said they're not just baldur's gate and rimworld
extensions they're actually for dozens and dozens of games so all you have to do is go over to your
extension dashboard click the discovery tab and click extensions for games you'll be able to see a
full list and find if there's anything that will work with the game you love or the game you're
playing right now even though these can take a little bit more setup and a little bit more
configuration than some of the other extensions these are one of the most powerful integrations
and the most powerful ways to engage your chat when you're playing a new game i promise you look
through them you'll find something that works for you and it'll always be a great time i'm about to
cover leaderboard extensions and how you can use them promote friendly competition between who has
the most gift subs or who the longest subscriber is and of course i still have to cover how to set
up those console streamer alerts that i talked about but first if this video has helped you out
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it consider subscribing seriously it will really help us out so the next set of extensions now if
you ever been to my stream and looked in my panels you'll see two types of extensions the first is a
streamlabs leaderboard if you have stream elements there's your own version of that very easy and
very similar and then the second extension i have down there is the emotes showcase extension
as i said the leaderboard extension can help to promote a little bit of friendly
competition when used right if you mention it's down there often people will look and
want to be at the top or at least have their name in the top 10 of it the configuration is
super easy and it really does work i've had people actively try and be the top gifter or
actively try to be the most chatter or the biggest emote chatter and speaking of remotes the other
one i have is the emote showcase so people without having to click the little subscribe button can
actually see the emotes they get for subscribing as well as any better twitch tv emotes that you
might get as well if you need help setting up better twitch tv which i recommend you do set up
that's also in the cards above and on the channel so you should check that out okay you've waited
long enough let's get you those free alerts all you have to do is go over to your extension tab
dashboard and search own 3d click on their free stream alerts extension and click install
this will be an overlay extension so click configure the first step is to pick your design
have a scroll through some of them are premium but there are free options for you as well
in the future if you want to upgrade to premium you can but don't worry about that now the design
is just an example the text does change depending on if you receive a follow-up bit host raid or a
subscription click the design you want and the next step two is to customize your alert events
and the text that comes up with it once you have click save you'll want to hit save and click back
to my extensions click activate under the alert and set it to overlay one with that you should be
all good to go and the alerts should be active now of course like i mentioned with the closed
captions overlay extension this will not appear on your vods which can either be a good or a bad
thing maybe you want to edit your vod later or maybe you just don't want it to appear up to you
but essentially you have to remember it won't be on your bot if you ever want to change your design
all you have to do is go back to your extensions tab and click configure and you can have full rain
it's not locked in whatsoever and with that you should be able to engage your chat and increase
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