Facebook Live just got juicier for us HSPs (highly sensitive preneurs)!! You can now use Facebook Live in the coziness of your private Facebook group. The video below is what a Facebook Live Video looks like– in it I talk about how to use Facebook Live in your private Facebook group!!
First of all, what is a Facebook Live video vs a regular video? Well if you watch it, you’ll see I “streamed” it “Live” and people were able to communicate with me on Facebook through the comments (on my timeline,) which I could read and respond back to verbally- just like a Periscope! but on Facebook! It’s a live conversation happening in the moment!
To see what this Facebook Live looks like on my page click here to go to my Facebook timeline!
Facebook Live is super awesome when you are LIVE! So seeing it now, after the fact, may not be as exciting. But either way, it’s incredible VISIBILITY because Facebook favors these kinds of videos- you can see in this screenshot that I have 267 views already and that number will be larger by the time you read this! And over 40 comments!
So, if you like the idea of doing livestream and doing it on Facebook, I highly recommend it! It’s an incredible tool!
But many HSPs find livestream a little overwhelming, because you don’t know who’s going to pop on and you may feel a little overwhelmed by it. Shooting a video by yourself and THEN being seen by the world is one thing- you get to be totally in your bubble as you shoot the video. But shooting it live and being seen and talking to people as you shoot it- may be a little edgy!
On the other hand, it’s a lot easier for some HSPs (and the rest of the awesome population!) to shoot livestream because you get instant real time response from your audience and you can interact and not feel like you’re all alone in a vacuum. Plus you’re less likely to be perfectionistic as it’s all happening in the moment– super alive and casual.
So the awesome, hot-off-the-press news is that you can now do Facebook Live in the privacy of YOUR very own FACEBOOK group!! This is a HUGE boon to HSPs who’d like a little more safety and have the interactivity of Facebook Live in the containment of your own group!!! Amazing, right? It means you can be as intimate with YOUR group as you’d like and share as vulnerably as you’d like and know exactly who can see you with no surprises!
HOW to use Facebook Live in your Facebook Group:
- Log onto Facebook on your phone (only way to do it is on your phone!)
- Go to your group (If you don’t have your own, it’s really easy to start one)
- Where it allows you to post, click the camera icon and it will offer you the option to do a lifestream! Click it!
- Type in the title of your livestream- use emojis for more eye catchiness
- Click begin and your’e off to the races!
The beauty is that you can talk more intimately as well and not be worried about random friends or family popping on!! For example, I just started a new Facebook Group: The Visibility Playground!! I will be leading fun, experiential mini challenges and want to be able to engage with the group members and be as intimate and experimental as I’d like there so I hope you’ll join me!
I have always envisioned broadcasting live to my group participants, particularly when I ran my 30 Day Video Challenge and my 30 Day Periscope Challenge. And now it’s here! I think it’s going to be an amazing way to infuse so much more LIFE and engagement into any private Facebook group.
So, have you tried Facebook live yet? Some people may not have it on their phones yet, as Facebook was dripping it out in measured quantities. I think most people have it now. Let me know in the comments if you’ve tried it and if you’re an HSP and excited to use it in your Facebook group!!
Cheering you on in your expanded Visibility!!
