Do Webinars Stink? What about Live Sessions?

Just call it a Live Session vs. a Webinar and boom, you're good right?

Hear me out:

I don't think there's anything wrong with a "webinar" it's just that so often the topic/content of said webinar is boring or not relevant so B2B marketers chalk up "webinars" to be an outdated tactic.

But we've been doing webinars at Exit Five for the last year and we get 800-1000 people registered for each session with 200-300 showing up live, plus then taking the recording and turning it into an episode of the Exit Five podcast.

Like anything in marketing the content and the offer matter most, but we obsess over the tactic or the channel.

Re-think your webinar strategy by focusing on the content and the audience.

1. What's a topic my ideal customer is very interested in right now?
2. How can I deliver that content in an entertaining and useful format?
3. How can I use the video/recording for more than one purpose?
4. How can I add in timely events to make it more relevant right now?
5. What can I do during the webinar to give people a reason to attend live?
6. Does it even matter if people show up live? What if 500 people in our ICP watched the webinar over the next 30 days, would that be more meaningful as having 37 people show up live?

I love webinars. You just have to spend more time on the content / offer and then it doesn't really matter what you call it.

- Dave

PS. reply back to talk about webinars and tell me your current strategy or if you agree/disagree here

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