My first time!
I did it… with
… and ❤️It was SCARY and AWESOME at the same time.
Pressing that GO LIVE button freaked me out…
What if….
What if no one shows up because I suck talking LIVE into the camera of my smartphone?
Does anyone out there (90% English speakers) feel like listening to a non-native speaker with English as a second language (to be honest, Latin is my second, English was my third ^^ I'm not kidding)
And then… 80 (!) people showed up to our collaborative LIVE VIDEO session YAY!—freaking bonkers.
DARE to go LIVE. Don’t dim your light. You deserve to be seen and your message to be told.
We talked for the better part of an hour. It’s addictive.
Some Quick Substack Live Video Tips
turn the volume down.
exercise before you go LIVE to hold the smartphone for 60 min haha (or use a tripod^^)
do some stretching later
if you don’t wanna see you face, put a post-it note on your phone
check the chat and say HELLO to people joining and/or commenting
check your settings and background in case you’ll walk around. Maybe there are things (naked hubby^^, maybe you’re at work, or in the supermarket showing people in the background., crying kids, you name it…) you don’t want to show.
you don’t have to send an email to your subs for your first time :) I didn’t send you an email. I will when my lives are better ^^ though
practice makes perfect… there are some cringe-worthy moments where I’m struggling with my English… some bloopers I’d delete when sharing a video on my YouTube channel
you could use merch. My hubby and part-time YouTuber Patrick God (70,000 subs) is using fourthwall
you can get featured by
He’s looking for examples of authentic and unique ways to use the new LIVE VIDEO feature. Maybe he’ll feature you toohave FUN
you’ll never feel ready. Do it anyway :)
Thank You
, , , , , and many others for tuning into my live video with and !
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🎙️I’ll go live with the Online Writing Club tribe in a few hours AGAIN.
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You’ll see me in the next LIVEs with
and hopefully also some female writers :)Looking for a collab partner? Drop the name and topic with link to your Substack in the chat and find someone to collab :)
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Great job with that first live, I missed it and only just watched it, very interesting! I haven't done a live yet, too chicken 🐔
This is great, Kristina, and there were no cringeworthy moments, IMHO :) You've inspired me to do a live. I've been scared no one will show up or care, but as you said, "who cares?!" Thanks for the inspiration!
Good idea!
hey, will be live again and if you want you can come on stage too. It will be 2pm EST today
This is so cool! Hi, Kristina!! I will figure it out soon also. I am also planning to make Lives or learn how to. It feels so amazingly out of the box somehow :) so next level.
Hi gabriela, will go LIVE today at 2pm EST. Join us!
Ok, that's 8pm for me. I can join!
Super. Where are you joining us from? maybe we can talk about writing in English or our mother tongue. If I see you in the comments then I can dd you to join us
I'm in Budapest, Hungary :)
Great that you joined. Will add you as guest author for the replay ❤️ good night
Thank you for this unexpected opportunity 🥰 Good night!
Great that you are also Part of the Bootcamp.yay!
Nice! See you later, Gabriela
You did an awesome job on your first live Kristina! You're so great on the fly, that's a real skill.
I did my first live today too, they're a lot of fun.
Oh that's cool. I bet people gonna love seeing you and Kristi Keller or Jason or another humor writer interact live on cam
Wouldn't be surprised if someone would offer you a show 😜
I did it with Jason it was awesome. I was thinking about asking Kristi to do a future one with me--we'd be a great live team. I think I'll poke her with a stick and ask her hehe..
A show? Nobody wants that 😆
How did, it feel to be a public figure. Great right?
Me a public figure ^^ don't think so lol
I will try the Live feature the day they add a stream key or a RTMP URL.
Hi Jezz, I see. Maybe you join one of mine and then you can practice being on camera already 😉
What's RTMP URL. My hubby is the tech pro 😂 not me
Its a url so you can use example a gopro to stream from. And not the substack app. As it is now. More possibilities.
The live was great👀❤️
Hey Lisa!! A fantastic year 2025 for you. Thanks! I'll be LIVE at about 2pm today again. See you there
You are so brave! I admire you for doing so. I wouldn't dare.
What? We need to change this.
Can I DARE you, Stephen? Maybe next week? Or just join as guest and then ask me to add you. Then you can say hi "on stage"
We need to start somewhere ^^ Hugs
It was a hoot! I plan to go live soon. 👍🏽
Nice, we can go LIVE together Evelyn. Was nice that you tuned it. Is "It was a hoot" a good thing? ^^ not sure haha
LOL! Yes, Kristina! A hoot is definitely a good thing. It was a lot of fun to watch you and Matt and Dhylles test this new Substack functionality.
Let's collaborate?
today 2pm EST I’m getting better. You can join us! LIVE ^^ on stage
Let's collaborate?
Good 👍
YAY, was fun. See you in the next LIVE :) Anything you'd like me/us to cover?
You and Derek are scheduling a bootcamp Right ?
In many countries you are asking for one months salary of a clerical job and maybe more in other.
Happy you'll join us 🎉
Absolutely
Yes in 10 days :) Do you wanna join us, Imran?
I was about to join but I think you missed to consider the ppp when you are launching globally. It does make a difference.
What do you mean? The Bootcamp is helping build a Medium Substack flywheel. I have two flywheels :) with YouTube and Medium
I appreciate and respect your products and the value they offer. However, the pricing feels quite high for many in countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. In my honest opinion, it would be worth considering the purchasing power parity of each country’s economy and adopting region-specific pricing to make your products more accessible.
Thanks.
I get what you mean, Imran. Will send you a DM :)
Good job Kristina!
Can I DARE YOU, Walter? Think I'll skip Justin today... and would just go LIVE. Do you have time, pal?
Do we wanna meet in a bit LIVE?
Need to prepare the Justin Cox podcast now but could also go upstairs and meet you in 5 min?
I can't believe I missed this incredible opportunity. Please feel free to email me. And yes, I will definitely step in and even support you every time you are podcasting. I'm so terrible sorry. When and what time are you recording? 210-422-7252 danielashley360@gmail.com
210-844-4493