Life is all about progression and moving forward. As I sit and reflect on the apps in my phone compared to the apps in my phone four years ago, I can see many changes:
- I have matured in great ways
- My interests have changed
- I use my phone as a resource instead of entertainment
I remember downloading apps such like Words With Friends, Minion Run, Yahtzee and other apps that catered to the times when boredom appeared. My Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and whatever socializing app I could get my hands on catered to my boredom and I was not being productive.
As I began growing my Bougie Black Blogger brand and business, I saw how I could use social media to help build that in a way that it could and will exponentially grow. I was too excited to see my latest stats on my reach in the social media realm. I love social media and its capabilities in a positive and productive light and decided to start a social media consulting firm for new and small business owners. That information will be coming soon. But let’s talk about Periscope.
Periscope, I deleted the app twice before really giving it a shot. I could not stand the notifications and was so confused to what it was. I wish I would have jumped on right in the beginning. But now I am good. I follow many amazing and uplifting people. I follow people that are comical and exciting to watch. Periscope has many different personalities on there and really needs to be utilized to its full potential which is constantly growing.
What is Periscope you ask?
Periscope is a live broadcast that you can share with the world. If you are the Broadcaster, you create a title and press broadcast. You then are creating a live feed of you doing whatever you are doing. Many people hop on to see what you have going on, whether it is a coaching session teaching people how to monetize their blogs, it may be a broadcast on a live event that you are at and you want to show people what is going on, you could be talking about your day and there will be people there to watch, whatever it is that you are broadcasting someone wants to see what is going on in your world and you can do that.
People are then able to comment and you can respond to what they are saying or asking. Maybe you asked a question and you get to see what people would say as they submit their comments. You cannot see them but they can see you.
Love is currency here! People tap on the screen while they are watching you and this gives you hearts. Hearts is where it is at. This shows people that you have great things to say, this tells periscope that people love watching you and that you should be one of those preferred scopers. We love hearts as broadcasters. We need the hearts so be sure to give hearts if the person is delivering some amazing content.
Viewers are able to see around the world and connect in a way that other social media apps cannot deliver. I watched a live event in Atlanta one day and sort of felt like I was there. Periscope takes you on tours where you might not have been able to participate in. There is a conference in Texas and a few of my friends scoped live the event and I was able to participate in a way.
What Scopers Want You To Know:
- Please comment and answer questions. Although a one sided video feed, there is still two way dialogue happening. Whenyou say nothing it is very awkward and the scoper will continue but would like for there to be more engagement.
- Please share the broadcast. Scopers want a lot of people to participate live. Share with your Twitter friends and other followers. They want their message to spread and all you have to do is just share, your friends choose if they want to watch or not. This is a way for them to tap into many different areas in the world that you are connected to. Help a scoper out!
- Heart bomb the mess out of them! Love makes the world go round! And AROUND! There is not enough love but so much hate. I love how Periscope uses hearts as a way to share love and increase their stats. As a broadcaster, seeing those hearts float on the screen is encouragement, confirmation and affirmation for them. This helps them to see that what they are saying is on point. This helps them see that you believe in them and what they are saying. You know you loved getting those gold stars in class, well this is just like it. SO make sure you tap on the screen A LOT and show them some love.
So there are many scopers out there that scope and I leave so quickly because their content is wack, what they are doing is wack and they really just have nothing to say. It doesn’t have to be that way. I began scoping a couple of weeks ago and I call my broadcast, “The Variety Show with Cicely Renee” I basically talk about relationships, life, etiquette, my blog and other things. But sometimes I have no idea what to say. I have a friend, Hannah who has so much knowledge about scoping and gives great tips and will begin scoping. We created a group for people who really want to start scoping but do not know where to start or what to say.
Well join our new group on facebook and our blogs to get daily, monthly and weekly challenges that we all can participate in, grow our following and get a lot of hearts. Are you interested? Join our Facebook group #Scopology With Hannah and Cicely This group will provide people who are new or want to build their periscope. We will have some awesome scoping fun and together build our scopes!
Well I will not keep talking about Scoping right now, but make sure to subscribe to see and be a part of the tips and challenges that will be happening!
Be sure to share with someone you think would like to get involved!
Thanks for reading,
CicelyRenee
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