Top Webinar Tricks every webinar presenter should know

Hosting webinars is not an easy task. And if you have no experience hosting webinars, it would be prudent to go over the following tips that will enable you to host significantly better webinars. These tips are in the form of sequential steps from planning to execution.

1. Define your audience
2. Look for a popular/interesting topic
3. Choose an unmissable title
4. Decide the webinar format
5. Choose a weekday (Tuesday to Thursday work best)
6. Choose a time (late mornings work best)
7. Choose a peaceful location to host
8. Purchase or rent A/V equipment
9. Do a dry run on the same software
10. Decide on a webinar structure
11. Choose a presentation software
12. Create an eye-popping presentation
13. Think about what you might be asked and prepare answers
14. Find out where your audience hangs out
15. Promote your webinar till it starts
16. Use email promotions judiciously
17. Draft a professional invite email
18. Use 3-4 templates for your email
19. Have an appropriate email sender name
20. Have an appropriate email subject, so the email isn’t ignored
21. Resend invites if they aren’t opened
22. Include a calendar link
23. Indulge in comarketing
24. Include video teasers
25. Have a good-looking landing page
26. Use Modal for forms
27. Focus on each invite detail separately
28. For paid promotions, go for Facebook
29. If possible, have two different time slots for the webinar
30. Send 3-4 reminder emails
31. Send text message reminders
32. In the webinar, speak as best you can
33. Be hydrated, but not with coffee or soft drinks
34. Stand while speaking
35. Have a green screen
36. Reduce external distractions
37. Have a backup for power outages
38. Exude confidence when you speak
39. Don’t be late for your webinar
40. Interact with early joiners
41. Keep the camera on
42. Have mind-blowing introductions for your guest speakers
43. Be interactive by including polls
44. Don’t be too promotional, complex, wordy, or unactionable
45. Have a trained voice
46. Included quizzes in your webinar
47. Never have a webinar shorter than promised
48. To convert leads, include a call to action
49. Provide a recap at the end
50. Have an exit survey before everyone leaves
51. Record the entire webinar
52. Send a follow-up email
53. Arrange for CRM integration
54. Stay in touch with your guests through regular emails
55. Analyze the data generated to assess your success