Creating a webinar

Select webinar type

With WebinarGeek, you have the option to create a live webinar, an automated webinar or an on demand webinar.

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Choose a title

What’s the name of the game?

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Webinar language

Create a webinar in a different language. At this time it is possible to create your webinar in Dutch, English, Spanish, French and German.

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Setting date and time

How to change the date, time and how to cancel a webinar in WebinarGeek.

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Estimated duration of your webinar

Set an estimated duration of your live webinar so people know what to expect during the registration process.

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Access control

When creating a webinar, you can easily choose how viewers can register for your webinar.

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Extra broadcast(s)

Add extra webinar broadcasts to reach more audience.

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Offering a replay

A replay is a recording of your live webinar. After your webinar you have the choice to offer your replay to viewer and non-viewers.

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Connect the webinar to a webinar series

Connect webinars together to create a webinar series. A useful feature for example for creating a course with different lessons.

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Copying a webinar

Keep your settings from your old webinar? That is possible with WebinarGeek. Simply copy the settings from your old webinar to your new one.

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Edit webinar

Edit your webinar whenever you want. Save your webinar as a draft or edit your webinar after you have published it.

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Realtime page editor

You can fully adjust various pages, such as the registration, confirmation page, etc. to your own style in the handy real-time page editor.

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Registration options

With WebinarGeek you have many registration options. For example, create a registration page from an embed form on your website.

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Registration page

The first step in the registration process is the registration page. Here, you’ll end up automatically after creating the webinar.

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Registration fields

The registration- and consent fields make up the registration form. With these fields you’ll be able to collect the required information.

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Watch without registration

Set a direct link up to view the webinar without registration, only a first name is required if desired.

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Confirmation page

After someone has registered for the webinar, this person ends up on the confirmation page. You can change this page.

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Embed form

The embed form allows visitors of your website or blog to register for your webinar without actually having to leave your website or blog.

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Payments

With WebinarGeek it’s very simple to organize paid webinar sessions. Request a payment from viewers to participate in a webinar.

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Integrations per webinar

A connection with your favorite email marketing software will enable you to directly add a webinar subscriber to a list.

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Registration settings

Here you can continue the registration process and adjust it to your liking.

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Configuring chat

Get more out of the chat function during your webinar with the right configuration.

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Avatar

Apart from your username, you can also set a personalized image for your account to customize your appearance even more.

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Webinar page

You can give your webinar page your own look and feel. Edit your webinar page to customize it to your brand.

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Creating a presentation

Learn how to create your webinar presentation slides. We explain all the steps on how to export your PowerPoint presentation and more.

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Uploading your presentation

How to upload your presentation in WebinarGeek to show during your webinar.

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Video injection

You can play videos (YouTube) during a live webinar. For example, show a testimonial or a product demo.

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Use external videos

In this document we explain which external video files you can use and how you enter these into WebinarGeek.

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Sales page

The sales page is a page that becomes visible to viewers after the end of your webinar.

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Evaluation form

The evaluation form is a tool with which you can get input / feedback from viewers about your webinar.

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Call to action

One of the valuable aspects of a webinar is being able to collect information about your viewers. The best way to do this is to be engaging

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Poll

A great way to increase the involvement of your audience is through the use of polls and statements.

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Quiz

A great way to increase the involvement of your audience is through the use of quizzes. Ask a question and test the viewers knowledge.

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Info box

With the info box you have the option to give viewers extra information during the webinar. But no call to action will be attached.

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Assessment Module

Use your webinar for assessment. This can be used for educational and training purposes.

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Create new email

Learn how to create a new email yourself. In this article we talk about reminder email, follow up mail, evaluation reminder and more.

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Confirmation email

The confirmation email is always planned in and will be sent directly after someone registered for your webinar.

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Payment confirmation

Did you configure a paid webinar? You will automatically receive a "Payment confirmation" email.

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Reminder email

A reminder email is an email that is automatically sent before the live webinar starts.

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Payment reminder email

You can send a reminder notification to registrants that haven’t paid yet for your webinar. Very handy!

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Follow-up mail

A follow-up email is an email that is sent after the live webinar.

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Replay e-mail

A replay mail is an email that is automatically sent after the live webinar finished, with a link to the replay video.

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Evaluation reminder email

An evaluation reminder email is an email that is automatically sent after the live webinar finished, with a link to the evaluation form.

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Edit Email

Follow our step-by-step guide on how to edit your email. So you can change it to your personal branding.

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Email scheduling

To actually send out an email, you have to schedule it. Luckily, With WebinarGeek you have the option to adjust your emails.

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Directly sending email

Select a broadcast for which you want to send the e-mail directly and click on "Send now".

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Email variables and logic rules

If you are editing / creating an e-mail, it is useful to work with variables so that you can easily personalize them.

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Verify your own email

Send e-mails from your own e-mail address. In this guide we explain exactly how you do this.

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Tips for optimal email delivery

You want to prevent your mail from ending up in spam. In this help article we give you some tips for the optimal delivery of mail.

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Disable confirmation email

Disable the confirmation email by clicking on the “Disable” button.

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Publish a Webinar

As soon as you went through all the webinar wizard steps, the time has come to publish your webinar.

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Webinar dashboard

The webinar dashboard provides an overview of the most important webinar information.

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Webinar room

The webinar room is the broadcast page for your live and test webinars. Here you can control your interactions, chat and presentation.

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Webinar users

Sometimes, presenting a webinar on your own won’t be manageable. That’s why you can add multiple users.

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One-click registration link

The one-click registration link is an advanced way to allow people that are already on your mailing list to register fast for your webinar.

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Registration process participants

People can register for webinars via the registration page or embed form. Read more about the registration process of your participants.

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Import contacts

You have different options to import contacts to subscribe for a webinar.

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The viewing experience

WebinarGeek is built in a way that allows to bring your webinar to the largest number of viewers possible, independent of viewer location.

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Open test webinar

By failing to prepare, you prepare to fail. That’s why it’s essential to test a webinar well beforehand.

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Test video and audio

When starting the test webinar for the first time, your browser will ask for permission to use your camera and microphone.

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Invite a test attendee

You can invite someone to view the test webinar. The test webinar can only be viewed from Google Chrome on a desktop or laptop.

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Test it as a viewer

Test your webinar before doing your real webinar. This way you avoid surprises and you are well prepared.

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Start test webinar

See how easily you can start a test webinar to check you video and audio.

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Testing screen share

First, open your dry run. Click on the screen share icon under the video to share your screen.

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Test interactions

In the control panel, choose the "lightning" icon on the right side. Select your call to action, poll or info box in the drop down menu.

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Chat with test viewers

Right is the control panel. The tab with one speech bubble is the private chat. And the tab with two speech bubbles is the public chat.

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Test presentations

When opening the live (test) environment, you’ll immediately be able to see the camera and presentation on screen.

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Test video injections

You can only start a video injection after going live. Select the video you’d like to play and choose "Play Video".

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System requirements

An overview with minimal system requirements for the host and participants of webinars.

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Final preparations for your live broadcast

The time has come for you to start a live webinar. The final preparations are being made and we are happy to help you with this!

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Start your live webinar

Setting up and starting your live webinar.

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Change your cam/mic during the webinar

During a webinar you can choose another webcam or microphone. In this way you can be seen from different angles.

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Start interactions

In this guide we will teach you everything about how you can start an interaction during your webinar.

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Participants list

As a presenter you can see the list of participants/viewers before, during and after you have been live.

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Operating chat

In this guide we will teach you everything about how you operate the chat during your live webinar.

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Start a presentation

Read here how to start a live presentation in WebinarGeek. Click on "Open live webinar" in the webinar dashboard to get to the webinar room.

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Start video injection

Read here how to start a video injection in the WebinarGeek app. Please note: you can only start the video when you are live!

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Screen sharing

Click on "Open live webinar" in the webinar dashboard to get to the live environment. From there you press the "screen" icon.

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Optimal broadcast quality

Optimal broadcast quality with WebinarGeek. The image and audio are in HD quality and in real time.

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Resume or restart a live webinar

Read here how you can resume or restart your live webinar after you have been disconnected from the internet.

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Broadcasting using RTMP

Streaming via RTMP is an advanced feature only available as an add-on to the Advanced package. Contact us if you are interested!

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System requirements co-presenter

The system requirements for the co-host will be the same as the ones for the main host.

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Add co-presenter

You can invite up to 2 co-presenters, they can participate from another location. Just one will be visible, but everybody is audible.

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Invite co-presenter

Click on your webinar, scroll to "Webinar users" in the webinar dashboard and choose "Options" > "Send invitation email".

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Establish a connection

Learn how to connect the co-presenter. So you can webinar with multiple presenters.

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What can a co-presenter do?

The co-host is always able to manage chat & start interactions. Slides can be controlled by the co-host only when the webinar is started.

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Troubleshooting co-presenter

Here are a few scenarios that can occur when co presenting including some tips to fix it.

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Add a moderator

Can someone else handle the chat? Yes. Add a moderator after publishing your webinar underneath users.

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Invite a moderator

How do I send an email invite to a moderator?

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What can a moderator do?

A moderator can answer questions in both public and private chat rooms. And he/she is able to turn the chat on or off.

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Advanced moderator dashboard

The advanced moderator dashboard makes it easier to work with multiple moderators.

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Recording live webinar

There will always be an automated recording of your live webinar. The recording starts when you press ‘Start live webinar’ and it will....

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Configure the replay

When creating a live webinar you can configure the replay. The replay will be enabled by default, click on the switch to disable the.....

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Change replay settings

You always have the option to change the replay availability for each individual broadcast. Do this in your replay settings.

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Offering replay in limited availability

Click on your webinar > Replay> Settings. Click on the switch at Availabilityand set the availability for a specific date and time.

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Receive questions

During the on demand webinar there is a possibility that viewers can ask questions. You can set this up at any moment.

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Send replay emails

As soon as the replay is available, you can start sharing it. You can either send out a replay email to everyone that subscribed.

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Share public watch link

The public link is a unique link for each replay that can be easily shared.

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Download replay

The video file of the replay can be downloaded as an MP4 file after your webinar.

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View replay statistics

The replay statistics can be found in the statistics of your webinar.

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Edit replay

After downloading your webinar you can edit the replay with video editing software. Camtasia is an example of a popular editing tool.

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about replays.

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