Switchboard's Viral StreamShare™ feature is a true game-changer. There's basic multistreaming, and then there's true multistreaming with Switchboard Cloud.
Bring new viewers to your content by inviting a friend, colleague, or guest speaker to carry your live content on their social channels.
So how does Viral StreamShare™ work?
You send a link to a friend or colleague, they open the link, and with a few simple clicks, they can introduce their social audience to your excellent content. Viral StreamShare™ lets you multistream to your social channels and theirs.
Let's Get Started!
STEP 1
Creat the Viral StreamShare group.
Press the button "Create VSS Group" at the workflow page's top.
STEP 2
Press the Viral StreamShare™ button.
STEP 3
A pop-up box will open.
Provide the title and description for your Viral StreamShare™ page.
Press Save.
STEP 4
Click on the link to open and review your unique Viral StreamShare™ page.
A new browser tab will open your Viral StreamShare™ page.
The Viral StreamShare™ page is what your friends will see when they open the link.
Note: The page is filled with the title and description you provided in the previous step.
STEP 5
If you need to make changes after reviewing, return to the setup page in the first tab
Make changes and press SAVE.
Great Job! Now you are ready to get creative and add a stream title and description to your Viral StreamShare™ destination group.
STEP 6
Apply a stream title and description to the Viral StreamShare™ destination group.
Next to Active Template, press the down arrow.
Select the desired template from the drop-down menu.
Press Save.
Now You're Ready to invite people to carry and share your live stream.
STEP 7
Copy the Viral StreamShare™ link and share it with friends, colleagues, or special guests for your live stream videos.
- Add it to your email blasts, send it out via text message, and or blast it out in your SMS marketing campaign.
- Copy, paste, and share.
Awesome! You've shared the link.
Okay, so what happens next?
Watch your Viral StreamShare™ destination group GROW!
When a friend or colleague clicks on the link and authorizes their social channels, their opted-in social channels will "automagically" show up in the Viral StreamShare™ destination group.
Now You're Ready to #MULTISTREAM!
Set up your incredible broadcast and multistream to all destinations on your workflow. Yes, all of them.
1. Send content from your encoder to your Switchboard Cloud account.
2. Verify that you are receiving the stream from the encoder.
3. Select all the destinations on your workflow.
4. Press Go Live.
When you Go Live, they Go Live! Happy #multistreaming!
Switchboard Pro Tip: Save time, turn on autostart beforehand, and the destinations will automatically start live streaming as soon as you start streaming from the encoder.
How to delete the Viral StreamShare™ group.
STEP 1
Press the Viral StreamShare™ button.
Press the delete button.
The viral stream share group will be deleted from the workflow page.
How to opt-in social channels on the Viral StreamShare™ page
It's super simple to opt-in your social channels on the Viral StreamShare™ page.
- You do not need to have a Switchboard account to share your destinations.
- You need the proper credentials and live streaming enabled to authorize the social channels successfully.
- You can authorize your social channels on a desktop or mobile device.
- You don't need to download anything.
STEP 1
Press the social channel that you would like to opt in. Repeat this process for each social channel that you want to opt-in.
STEP 2
A new window will open. Follow the prompts to begin the authorization process of the social channels.
Each destination type is a bit different.
STEP 3
Click on each social icon to authorize more types.
STEP 3
You can view the list of destinations that you've opted in.
Great Job! You've successfully opted-in your social channels and are ready to carry the live stream on your social channels.
Note: Bookmark the Viral StreamShare™ page URL so that you can return later and add additional social channels or remove your social channels.
How to opt-out of sharing your social channels on the Viral StreamShare™ page.
If you decide that you no longer wish to share your social channels for live streaming, you can easily remove them. Follow the steps below to learn how.
Step 1
Open the Viral StreamShare™ page.
Press the three dots next to the destination that you want to remove.
Step 2
A small pop-up will display, select Delete.
Step 3
Press Yes to confirm your choice.
The social channels have successfully been removed, and will no longer be opted in to carry the live stream.
Happy #multistreaming!