I want to be a Live Streamer

From novelty to necessity, live streaming has become the game-changer in social media marketing. This trend is growing popularity in Singapore as social media channels like Facebook and Instagram integrated live video to their platforms, and businesses are acting fast in altering their marketing strategies accordingly to partake in this rising trend. Inexpensive and incredibly easy to set up, live streaming has proven to be a highly effective way to boost sales. With the right set-up, content and scripting, it acts as a measurable and powerful tool to create a viral buzz for active engagement with viewers, build relationships and trust, grow and reach out to a huge audience base around the world, and to enhance brand awareness.

In today’s creator economy, everyone can be, and has the ability to be an influencer in some way or other. Influencer marketing is a powerful tool for businesses, and social media platforms are where the power of influencing can be effected with significant results, when delivered and managed properly. This course provides both individuals and businesses with an understanding of influencing tips and techniques, understanding of the appropriate content (and how to re-purpose content) to use on different social media platforms targeted at the appropriate audience profiles to achieve their engagement goals.

TikTok has a vast and growing audience and is quickly emerging as a social media giant. Within five short years since its inception, TikTok has garnered over 2.6 billion downloads and more than 1 billion monthly active users from 154 countries worldwide who spent an average of 1.5 hours on the app daily*. With the launch of TikTok Shop in Singapore, a new e-commerce marketplace that brings together sellers, buyers, and creators all within the TikTok app, individuals and businesses now have the perfect opportunity to capitalise on TikTok’s soaring popularity by selling their products and services on the platform.

Social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram are permanent companions for most Singaporeans these days as we see 76%* of our population being active users. It is a force to be reckoned with and retailers have recognised that and tapping on the potential it brings to their businesses.