With a few “webinar how to” tips, you can easily host your own. The beauty is they can explode your online or offline business and at a conversion rate that beats almost any other marketing strategy. I have seen anywhere between 10 and 30% of attendees become buyers. Are you interested in this kind of conversion? Great! Read on, and I’ll show you what you need to host your own webinar.

The first step is to put together a dynamite powerpoint presentation. In it, you will want to keep a balance of giving enough content that your attendees feel like their time was well spent but also creating a desire to know more, even leaving some questions unanswered.

Let’s face it. You can NOT teach all there is to know about your topic in a 60-minute presentation. And your attendees can not learn all they need to know in order to be successful from a 60-minute presentation. So, you owe it to them (and yourself) to offer “continuing education” at the end of your webinar. That continuing education can be in the form of a book, a service or a home study course – whatever you are offering.

So as you create your presentation, keep this balance in mind: give great content but leave something to be desired, and that will motivate your attendees to come back.

The second webinar how to step is finding a webinar hosting platform. There are a variety of webinar hosting solutions for all types of budgets. Choosing the right one for you depends on how you will use it. If you plan on having a lot of people at the same time (over 1000), a pay per attendee per minute may be the way to go.

If you can limit your webinars to 1000 attendees and plan on having a lot of webinars per month, a monthly flat rate for webinar hosting would probably be the better way to go. Most of the webinar hosting companies have similar features, so it usually comes down to usage and attendance size.

The third webinar how to step is inviting people to your webinars. Once you have your webinar ppt created and chosen a company to host your webinar, now you need to think about who to invite to your webinar.

The easiest place to start is your in-house email list. Haven’t been collecting emails? Shame on you! But not to worry. There are companies that can do a reverse email list for you. You give them your customer list with physical addresses and they will return the list with email addresses added!

After your own email list, visit blogs, forums and Yahoo Groups that cater to your target market. Write a content-driven post or answer a question, then leave the webinar invitation in your signature. Other places to find attendees for your webinar are facebook, twitter, Google buzz, squidoo and myspace. In fact, announce your webinar in all the social media places and even submit an online press release.

Finally, remember your affiliates. You can work out reciprocal arrangements with your partners and even your competitiors. This will especially be popular if you show them what is in it for them. You could give them a portion of the sales or even set up a webinar where you share subscribers lists.

So these are the 3 essential webinar how to steps to creating and hosting your own webinars. None of it is rocket science, but do these 3 things and you will see your sales skyrocket like never before!

Stephen Beck shows individuals and small businesses how to growtheir sales using webinars! He invites you to an informative FREE weekly webinar to learn tons of webinar how to tips. Hurry, these fill up fast! Lock in your spot here: http://www.WildlyWealthyWebinars.com.

If you would like to host a webinar, there are a few webinar tools you will need to be professional and effective.

Start planning your presentation by creating a webinar set-up sheet. On this sheet, list out the following:

- your webinar OBJECTIVE (sales, a phone appointment, education?)

- the TITLE of your webinar (This should describe the benefit of your webinar to your viewers.)

- what you plan to COVER on your webinar

- “your STORY” (credentials or how you had the same problem and overcame it)

- CASE STUDIES (real-life examples of how you, or others you have helped, have been successful with your product or services)

- EDUCATION (This is when you can give them some of your best tips and tricks for their business.)

- ROAD BLOCKS to success (These might be setbacks your viewers could face.)

- CALL TO ACTION (what do you want them to do? Visit your web site and buy your product or service? Call your office for an appointment? Sign up for a paid webinar class?)

Another webinar tool is a powerpoint template for your webinar ppt. Creating a webinar ppt is easy if you include these items:

-background graphic – Create or have someone else create an appealing, memorable graphic that communicates the message of your webinar. Use it as the background graphic on your master slide.

- your picture – Again on the master slide, insert your picture in the top left corner so that people can identify with you as a person. It also helps the audience to link a face with your voice.

- bullet points that show when you mouse click – Use the “custom animations” feature in Powerpoint and make each line appear upon mouse click in the master slide.

- call to action url – In the master view, add a url at the top so that the “call to action” is available on each slide. The call to action should lead to a web site where your audience can take an action (buy button, phone number to call, email option form, etc.)

To set up a webinar, you need the following tools:

- webinar hosting – A webinar hosting account lets you present your audio and video to hundreds of people at the same time. A few webinar hosting companies include: GoToWebinar, Manexa, Omnovia, Web Ex and Adobe Connect

-a web page for registration – Your webinar hosting company will likely provide you with a registration page, but I recommend creating your own. Remember to sell your webinar by showing your potential customers what is in it for them. This is known as being “benefit driven.”

-an autoresponder – Even after your viewers register, you will want to remind them of the coming webinar. Afterwards, you will definitely want to follow up with each one who attended.

So there you have it! A few webinar tools for creating your webinar. Set up your webinar right and there is no telling how successful your webinar will be!

Stephen Beck is an expert at teaching individuals and small businesses how to explode their sales using webinars! He invites you to an amazing FREE weekly webinar to hear about webinar tools to set up your webinar! Hurry, these fill up fast! Lock in your spot here: http://www.WildlyWealthyWebinars.com.