Are you doing CTAs in your stream? Do you know what a CTA is? If not, keeping reading. If you find this helpful, please drop this old man a follow on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/liveopenmike) and check out a stream this week.
CTA stands for Call to Action. If you've ever watched a content creator on Youtube, you've heard it before. "If you like this video, be sure to drop a like, let me know in the comments, and be sure to subscribe to the channel. A lot of them even have a fancy little animation that plays to remind you to do it. The third sentence of this very post is a CTA.
CTAs are powerful tools if used correctly.
Think about it. We all know we CAN follow, sub, and host people we enjoy on Twitch, but if someone is watching you live, they might leave the stream, never to return. If you find a streamer via the recommended feed, a raid, or on a group like this, how likely are YOU to backtrack later and find them again? Be honest with yourself. If the name isn't easy to remember (another post coming on Twitch names) or you don't remember how you found that streamer, you're not going back again. Now imagine YOU are that streamer people keep dropping in on and never coming back. Most of us are in that boat. We know how it feels. A little nudge goes a long way.
If someone is in your stream, especially if you're having a good stream (big highlights, funny moments, good conversation), be sure to slip that in there. "Hey chat, did you like that quadruple kill? Clipping that for sure! Hey, while you're here, remember to click that little heart to follow my channel. I play every Monday..." I would probably focus on follows and hosting, since those are free. Asking for a subs always feels iffy to me.
Make sure it's organic and a natural flow of the show you're putting on. If you're completely silent for 5 minutes, then you pop up with a CTA, it doesn't work. It'll come off like begging and you don't want that.
If you found this helpful and or informative, please drop a react on it so I feel better about myself and let me know in the comments. We're all in this together. See, another CTA.
Onto the shameless self promotion.
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Some people in the throes of a midlife crisis buy a sports car. Some get drastic haircuts. I bought a Quest 2 VR headset when I turned 40 because I totally fell in love with VR gaming. Now I want to share it with everyone. I play action games every Tuesday, puzzles & mysteries on Thursdays, & family friendly platformers on Saturdays.
If you've been curious about VR gaming, but didn't know where to find out more info, swing through my channel. Let me know in chat if you've never seen VR before or just have questions. I will pull up mid stream to answer anything you want to know.
https://www.twitch.tv/liveopenmike
CTA stands for Call to Action. If you've ever watched a content creator on Youtube, you've heard it before. "If you like this video, be sure to drop a like, let me know in the comments, and be sure to subscribe to the channel. A lot of them even have a fancy little animation that plays to remind you to do it. The third sentence of this very post is a CTA.
CTAs are powerful tools if used correctly.
Think about it. We all know we CAN follow, sub, and host people we enjoy on Twitch, but if someone is watching you live, they might leave the stream, never to return. If you find a streamer via the recommended feed, a raid, or on a group like this, how likely are YOU to backtrack later and find them again? Be honest with yourself. If the name isn't easy to remember (another post coming on Twitch names) or you don't remember how you found that streamer, you're not going back again. Now imagine YOU are that streamer people keep dropping in on and never coming back. Most of us are in that boat. We know how it feels. A little nudge goes a long way.
If someone is in your stream, especially if you're having a good stream (big highlights, funny moments, good conversation), be sure to slip that in there. "Hey chat, did you like that quadruple kill? Clipping that for sure! Hey, while you're here, remember to click that little heart to follow my channel. I play every Monday..." I would probably focus on follows and hosting, since those are free. Asking for a subs always feels iffy to me.
Make sure it's organic and a natural flow of the show you're putting on. If you're completely silent for 5 minutes, then you pop up with a CTA, it doesn't work. It'll come off like begging and you don't want that.
If you found this helpful and or informative, please drop a react on it so I feel better about myself and let me know in the comments. We're all in this together. See, another CTA.
Onto the shameless self promotion.
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Some people in the throes of a midlife crisis buy a sports car. Some get drastic haircuts. I bought a Quest 2 VR headset when I turned 40 because I totally fell in love with VR gaming. Now I want to share it with everyone. I play action games every Tuesday, puzzles & mysteries on Thursdays, & family friendly platformers on Saturdays.
If you've been curious about VR gaming, but didn't know where to find out more info, swing through my channel. Let me know in chat if you've never seen VR before or just have questions. I will pull up mid stream to answer anything you want to know.
https://www.twitch.tv/liveopenmike
Are you doing CTAs in your stream? Do you know what a CTA is? If not, keeping reading. If you find this helpful, please drop this old man a follow on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/liveopenmike) and check out a stream this week.
CTA stands for Call to Action. If you've ever watched a content creator on Youtube, you've heard it before. "If you like this video, be sure to drop a like, let me know in the comments, and be sure to subscribe to the channel. A lot of them even have a fancy little animation that plays to remind you to do it. The third sentence of this very post is a CTA.
CTAs are powerful tools if used correctly.
Think about it. We all know we CAN follow, sub, and host people we enjoy on Twitch, but if someone is watching you live, they might leave the stream, never to return. If you find a streamer via the recommended feed, a raid, or on a group like this, how likely are YOU to backtrack later and find them again? Be honest with yourself. If the name isn't easy to remember (another post coming on Twitch names) or you don't remember how you found that streamer, you're not going back again. Now imagine YOU are that streamer people keep dropping in on and never coming back. Most of us are in that boat. We know how it feels. A little nudge goes a long way.
If someone is in your stream, especially if you're having a good stream (big highlights, funny moments, good conversation), be sure to slip that in there. "Hey chat, did you like that quadruple kill? Clipping that for sure! Hey, while you're here, remember to click that little heart to follow my channel. I play every Monday..." I would probably focus on follows and hosting, since those are free. Asking for a subs always feels iffy to me.
Make sure it's organic and a natural flow of the show you're putting on. If you're completely silent for 5 minutes, then you pop up with a CTA, it doesn't work. It'll come off like begging and you don't want that.
If you found this helpful and or informative, please drop a react on it so I feel better about myself and let me know in the comments. We're all in this together. See, another CTA.
Onto the shameless self promotion.
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Some people in the throes of a midlife crisis buy a sports car. Some get drastic haircuts. I bought a Quest 2 VR headset when I turned 40 because I totally fell in love with VR gaming. Now I want to share it with everyone. I play action games every Tuesday, puzzles & mysteries on Thursdays, & family friendly platformers on Saturdays.
If you've been curious about VR gaming, but didn't know where to find out more info, swing through my channel. Let me know in chat if you've never seen VR before or just have questions. I will pull up mid stream to answer anything you want to know.
https://www.twitch.tv/liveopenmike
