Two companies youll want to look at are Livestream and NewTek.

This creates an up-close and personal viewing experience for your audience.

Thats the heart of what live streaming is all about: making a connection.

If you switch from the front to rear camera, the audience could momentarily miss some audio and action.

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People often shift their phones from hand to hand when they tire of holding them, and brush the mic without realizing it.

But other times, youll want to step up the quality a bit and try one of the other approaches discussed below.

This wont make a difference during your broadcast.

Facebook Live is boxed, so you cant tell the difference between portrait or landscape.) However, if you save the video to your camera roll and repurpose content, youll want your video in landscape orientation.

If you have to adjust your holding position, keep that in mind.

If the audio quality is poor, people wont keep watching and likely wont come back.

Use an external microphone to improve the audio experience on your streams.

If you want your stream to reflect the value you provide, its best to eliminate distractions.

Attach the 37mm wide angle lens (40) if you want to get more people or surroundings in the video.

Youll also need to get this cable (15) to connect the microphone to the phone.

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The mics are stereo, and you can angle them however you want to capture multiple people talking.

Youll need to do a bit of setup and testing before you go live.

Vicky Lyashenko uses it for the Mompreneur Show, giving it a unique look that stands out.

If its a few years old, you might find that you can add a single camera and asset (like an interview), but cant add another camera or have multiple things going on at the same time.

Typically you wont use this machine for anything else; it will be dedicated to running your live streams.

Youll need to have someone act as the producer if youre in front of the camera.

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