5 Major Myths About Live Streaming

Are you dying to start live streaming?

Or you already started but are struggling?

Or you are fighting all the misinformation that is online?

Perhaps you are caught up in some rumors and hearsay about live streaming.

This post is all about bursting the most common myths about live streaming. I am going to debunk the top 5 major myths about live streaming so you can be successful in 2019.

I have a live stream following of 134,000 on a mobile app and have made 5-figure income with live streaming. Not only that, I have plenty of friends who have done so too. I want to share my experience with you so that you don’t hold yourself back from an opportunity so good because you can do it too.

MYTHS ABOUT LIVE STREAMING

MYTH #1 YOU NEED EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT TO LIVESTREAM

That is just not true. Even though my background is in film-making and I went to film school too, I started live streaming with my phone. Initially from an android and now occasionally from my iPhone. Yes, the camera and the microphone of my phone were all I had for a good year when I started. And it was TOTALLY FINE!

Tell you what, people are there for your personality and for your talent. I am a singer and I also used to dress up occasionally in costumes of the characters of movies or cartoons I was singing songs from. I just brought something unique and so it did not matter what kind of equipment I was using.

Don’t let that get in your way. The technology we have today allows you to live stream even with a phone.

MYTH #2 YOU MUST BE AN EXPERIENCED CHARISMATIC ENTERTAINER

Many many people who made it big in live streaming started as regular people. I know a live streamer star who was just a nanny before that. People have quit their regular day jobs to become live streaming stars.

So listen up, you DON’T need to have an acting background, you DON’T need to be a TV broadcaster, you DON’T need to know how to sell products on QVC.

For whatever reason you want to join live streaming, whether you are an entrepreneur, a gamer, or a music streamer, you can accomplish it without a formal entertainment background.

The important thing is to be yourself. This is hard for people to digest but it really is true.

MYTH #3 YOU HAVE TO BE A FEMALE SUPERMODEL

Live Streaming Myths - You need to have supermodel looks

It doesn't surprise me how many people out there think you need to be a female supermodel and shake your groove to get success in live streaming. Maybe, but that is entertainment live streaming. For anyone who thinks you need to look like a Hollywood actress, it’s just an old traditional way of looking at it.

You can live stream being a business wanting to sell their products, you can be live streaming about something that brings value to people’s lives, something that increases their knowledge about a particular field, you could be a great singer, anything of that sort doesn’t need you to be a supermodel.

If you look at the extremely popular people out there you’ll be happy to find them looking just like you, normal people. Because now that people can remotely interact with a real person, they want you to look and feel like a real person.

THE EXCUSE ABUSE

I call this the excuse abuse. There are people looking for videos on how to get ahead on live streaming, how to get big on YouTube but then all they do is leave comments like, ‘It’s easy if you are a girl or it’s easy if you are an attractive woman.’

You can’t hide behind your excuses. If you want to get anywhere in life you need to drop the excuses and look at people who are successful and not just exotic-super-attractive-models.

The best way to really connect with your audience and truly understand them is to live stream. This is where you get a chance to get to know them one-on-one.

I have a friend who is an exceptional photographer and I know for sure she can do tremendous in live streaming. She wouldn’t start for she thinks she is not good-looking enough and that is a shame.

The truth is if you are yourself and authentic there are people like you out there who will like you for who you are and find meaning in what you do. Live streaming is like real life only you have electronic connections instead of physical.

Nick Nieman is a YouTube guru and you can learn so much from his weekly live streams. He does it with his brother and they are ordinary people doing tremendously well. It will help you feel better because I’m sure it will leave you with an impact that live stream is totally doable.

MYTH #4 YOU HAVE TO ALREADY BE FAMOUS

More of excuse abuse. So many people will say you get famous live streaming only if you are already famous.

Even though I had a YouTube channel it was dormant for a long time. I did not get any help from my YouTube channel when I started live streaming. Still, I made from 0 to 134,000 followers.

Many stars have come up from live streaming only.

So, don’t worry, if you don’t have a following it can still be done. The objective of this website is to help you delve into the realm of live streaming and acing your way up to success.

MYTH #5 MY LIVE STREAMS ARE BORING BECAUSE OF NO ONE IN THE CHAT

If you want to grow on live streaming the responsibility is on you. Start watching your replays and try to figure out why are you not compelling enough to get people to start talking in your chat.

If there are people in your chat how are you encouraging them to talk?

Are you making it fun?

Are you having a good time?

Are you just waiting for them to say something so that you can reply?

How much thought have you put in your content?

If you are having a hard time getting engagement have you built an outline to follow?

How much work have you put into it?

Are you just expecting your audience to do all the work for you?

Because if you do think that way, you are going to have a really hard time growing.

If you are a complete newbie and are nervous to start just don’t be afraid even if there is nobody there. I started my live streaming to literally crickets. There were zero followers and I came home to uninstall the app and say goodbye to live streaming. A few months later one of my friends Lauren helped me to get my first 84 followers. You just need to focus and the reward follows.

Keep doing it because if someone comes into your live stream and finds it dead because you decided to stop talking for there was no one in the chat, they will simply leave. Remember there is pretty good competition out there. What if someone decided to replay your stream, they won’t find anything unless you put it up.

Don’t let the fear of nobody being there stop you. Just don’t hide behind this excuse that your live stream is boring because of your audience.

THE TIME TO START IS NOW

Start now. Click on Nick Neiman's video live stream and examine how he does it. Take notes on how he engages his audience, how he is able to make money, why people are having a good time there and how he fosters community with his live streams.

I’m pretty sure now you are well aware of the fact that you can start live streaming right now without any equipment, without supermodel looks, without fame only by targeting an audience you can connect with and providing them value.

Let me know what are you struggling with in live streaming, what are you trying to accomplish, and how are you trying to grow your following.

Now get to work, never give up and always be a dare to the dreamer.