Looking to host a virtual event that will impress and wow your audience? If you’re not sure where to start, the following tips and tricks are the perfect place to begin brainstorming. Let’s get started!

Host your virtual event on your website, with a twist

Adding a RumbleTalk chat alongside your virtual event not only helps with engagement. It also increases interactions between presenters, attendees, and speakers while encouraging live discussion on both topics. It adds another layer of dimension to the overall experience.

Imagine your attendees expecting the same old online event, and be surprised with a lot of gimmicks along the way.

Gamify Connections

If you’re looking to run an event online, there are plenty of game-centric options to boost engagement and sales. For example, create a flash or word puzzle as part of the event. This game allows your audience to connect with other users. Also, you can use this game to give them a chance to unlock prizes or coupons they can use to purchase from your website.

Another example would be hosting a trivia event with questions about your brand. For each question answered correctly, one person who answers gets a point for their team—and then some bonus prize at the end. Furthermore, this also helps incentivize participation throughout your event.

Speed Networking

One of our favorite methods for creating excitement for an online event is to set up a speed networking experience. This gets users to interact with one another, which builds a strong sense of community.

Creating multiple chat rooms for online networking events allows you to keep different sets of people separate. For example, hosting a professional event, like a speed networking session or online dating.

Likewise, a business conference might benefit from separate rooms. How? They can use the private rooms for online meetings, consultations, or brainstorming. In addition to that, they can also use the video and audio calls for free.

Learn how to create multiple chat rooms HERE.

Health and Wellbeing Activities

Online health and wellbeing activities are a great place to start if you’re looking for an engaging afternoon with a group of people. Host a slew of valuable activities such as learning about nutrition, weight training, active lifestyle, healthy meal plans, and more. There is no shortage of online health and well-being community activities. It is much more enjoyable when you share it with like-minded people.

Some of these community groups are also focused on helping others. They do this by donating proceeds made from selling certain products back to charitable causes. They can also monetize the activity through pay per admission.

As a RumbleTalk chat owner and event organizer, you can monetize your events through our paid access (PayWall). Learn more about it HERE.

Invite Influencers

Influencers are becoming an essential part of any marketing strategy. Even if you’re just getting started, it’s never too early to start building relationships with key influencers in your niche.

Offer them a seat at your upcoming online event and they’ll be sure to spread the word—and likely share some insights as well. You can also ask them to be one of your speakers. Moreover, you can easily host a moderated Q&A session where your speakers can interact with your audience.

Surprise your virtual event attendees with delivered giveaways

Handing out branded giveaways to conference attendees, customers, or clients helps build a positive association with your brand. Surprise people with a gift they weren’t expecting. For example, something fun like a stress ball, stickers, a fun pen, even candy. Or why not something from your product line?

People may not remember what you say during an online chat but they’ll definitely remember how you made them feel. If your budget approves, go ahead and take that extra mile!

Exclusive virtual event experiences

Whether you want to share knowledge, impart your ideas, sell your product or service, or simply engage with the online community, we all want to create events are full of entertainment, education, and engagement. All these things will keep your audience talking about it long after it’s over.

So, by taking these unique, creative, and impactful ideas into consideration, you’ll be able to bring your next event to life in a big way.

Through the screen, the Internet has made it easier to connect, socialize, and meet new people. Now, businesses are also using the Internet as a virtual space where they can collaborate. You might have some questions if you’re new to collaboration in a virtual space. With that, here are some answers to the most frequently asked questions about collaboration in the chat room through various chat tools.

Messaging in groups

There is a separate chat type for social chatting. RumbleTalk’s Group Chat is one of the most popular chat types. Because it is a public chat room, it is ideal for social chatting and collaboration. The following are the features available in the Group Chat.

Photo, document, and video sharing

You can attach files and images to the Group Chat in the chat room. Anyone can send and share whatever they want in the chat.

They can also share YouTube videos, which will be displayed as embedded videos. Users will be able to watch the video in the chat room without having to leave the page. This makes sharing with others easier and strengthens the community as a whole.

This way, your participants will have easy access to all files shared in the Group Chat and will be able to view and download them even when using their smartphones. This enables more efficient, interactive conversations with everything you require in one virtual space.

Using the private chat to make a call

There is a private chat in the Group Chat where users can initiate a one-on-one conversation. They can hold audio and video calls with each other there. Because messaging is limited to text messages, perhaps calling would be better to discuss a topic. This makes topics easier to understand.

Collaborate through real-time polls

The primary reason that businesses invest in a group chat is to create a welcoming community for their customers. As a result, everyone feels more involved and valued no matter where they are. It’s no surprise that polls are one of RumbleTalk’s most popular features.

Facilitate real-time audience interaction through polls. It enables you to host live online interactive events, classes, or conferences with live audience feedback.

The Polls feature can be enabled in two ways.

• Using the RumbleTalk admin panel, and
• Logging in as an administrator to the Group Chat.

Using keywords, convert words into links

RumbleTalk Keywords (InTEXT) is a tool that will undoubtedly improve the efficiency of your process. This feature converts your text into clickable links that take your audience to any webpage, online document, PowerPoint presentation, Excel spreadsheet, PDF, video, or affiliate link.

Keywords can be used in an infinite number of situations. For example, if you are a day trader, you might want to direct your clients to a consultation form. Or perhaps you’re selling a product and want to direct viewers to a YouTube tutorial video. Maybe you’re planning an event and want to direct your guests to a questionnaire and survey form.

So, if you have a document that you send to all of your clients regularly, this tool will make your life easier. Simply type the keyword, and they will be redirected to that specific form. There’s no need for numerous file attachments!

Modern collaboration tools

Chat platforms give you a virtual space where you can connect with people from all over the world and from all walks of life. While it’s a great way to connect, it can also be used for collaboration and other business opportunities.

From above, you’ve seen several features you can use for collaboration in the chat room. There are other features that RumbleTalk chat offers, not just for collaboration. If you want to learn more about them, then you can contact us at support@rumbletalk.com for a free demo.

The most important thing for event participants (rather than just listening) is to have a voice. Q&A sessions are the highlight of an interactive chat.

This is how it works. The audience will first submit a question. The speaker can then respond via the live stream. As a result, each response is relayed in real-time.

This is one of the most effective virtual event tools. How can you make this happen for your virtual event? The best medium for creating an interactive chat is utilizing a Moderated Chat.

What exactly is an interactive chat?

The Moderated Chat function is only available if an admin is logged in. This is because the chat relies on admins to screen and approve messages.

To understand how it works, let’s talk about the two roles in the chat and their respective points of view.

Admins — Admins are in charge of approving or deleting messages. They filter all messages that arrive in the chat. Admins can approve or delete messages by checking or unchecking the appropriate boxes.

Participants — In the chat, participants can only send messages. They are unable to view unapproved messages. As a result, they must wait for administrators to screen the messages. If their message or question was chosen, it will be displayed in the chat. They will not be notified if it is deleted. Their message will not just appear in the chat room.

Configure your interactive chat

A chat platform is required to host an interactive chat. This is where we can help.

1. To begin, sign up for an account on the website.
2. Navigate to General & Logins > Chat type. Select Moderated Chat.
3. Examine your admin panel’s chat settings.
4. Create admins in the Users section of your admin panel. Configure their username and password, and grant them administrative access to your chat. Before the event, provide them with their credentials.

After that, you’re ready to go. All that remains is to embed it next to your live stream platform. Alternatively, if you use a different live stream platform (on another site), you can share the chat URL so that participants can use it in another tab.

A group chat that is moderated

What makes an event interactive? Making the audience participate through Q&As is the solution. Admins will moderate all questions. Appointed admins should be knowledgeable about the subject. Admins serve as the audience’s voice. They collect everyone’s questions and select the best ones. The speaker(s) will then respond to the questions.

Alternatively, the speakers can ask the participants to send in their questions while the event is still running. The participants can then respond via chat.

The virtual event, for example, could begin with greetings. The speaker can then ask how the audience is doing. The audience can then type in their responses. This is the point at which the event becomes interactive.

Your event’s reach is increased by using a chat platform.

Enable all login options if you want everyone to join. The following are the various login options:

• Guest
• Username
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Sign up as a new user
• Connecting your existing user base (Login SDK is needed for this)

Increase the number of people who attend your event by spreading the word. Prospective participants can also participate, increasing traffic and engagement.

Events and Q&A sessions: How do they complement each other?

Virtual events are difficult to organize. You can, however, make your event a success if you have the right tools.

You can start a conversation as long as you have an audience. So, by holding a conversation next to your event, you engage your audience. Because of the two-way interaction, online events are successful.

If you want to provide your audience with the best event experience possible, you must provide a platform for discussion. This is where your interactive chat comes into play. Control the chat flow and host Q&A sessions.

When you connect with event attendees, the event transforms into an interactive event. This allows you to establish a name for yourself, build brand trust, and strengthen your community. Use it for various events such as conferences, discussions, communities, classes, and more.

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