MERGE YOUR ON-AIR PRESENCE WITH YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO EXPAND YOUR AUDIENCE
Your on-air presence is a character that brings information and personality to viewers. People tune in to not only hear the news, but hear it from someone they trust. Merging this presence with your social media presence seamlessly expands this character to a much bigger audience. It may seem like a daunting task, but you can successfully merge these two worlds.
Why Merge Your Presences?
Social media is easily accessible and free to viewers and listeners and scrolling through feeds is a task many people do throughout the day. Your social media personality can reach them any hour of the day instead of only the hours you are on the television screen or radio speaker. Your professional social media account directly correlates with your on-air presence. You present yourself in the same way, but on a different stage. The same rules apply on the internet as on-air. It’s about being professional, yet full of personality. Never state your opinion. Your on-air personality will shine online without your opinion. State the facts of your reports and answer comments without stating your own views. Viewers and listeners love to feel like they are being heard. The more viewers and listeners that feel you care about their thoughts, the more your audience multiplies.
Set Yourself Apart From Other Broadcasters
People want to know the news and they choose from whom they hear the news. You’ve worked hard to establish the person the audience hears on-air. If you have a tagline or a certain thing you do in all of your reports, carry this over to social media. Will Ferrell’s character in Anchorman, Ron Burgundy, says, “Stay classy, San Diego.” It’s easy and people remember him for it.
Connecting With Your Audience
Connecting with the public is one of the most important things to do in the media world. Your on-air personality and your social media personality work together to expand the media world by connecting to viewers and listeners on a deeper level. An audience that likes your personality is more likely to tune in to your reports and click on your status updates to find their news. This personality can spread like wildfire as people both see/hear you on-air and on social media. They share their thoughts on you with friends who then tune in to find out just what is so special about you. Let your personality shine in both places and suddenly the audience feels as if they have a new best friend.
There will always be news to report and an audience waiting to hear that news. In today’s world, many people are tuning out of cable TV and radio and into the online world because it’s free, simple and accessible. Sit back and watch as these two worlds collide when you merge your on-air and online presence and your audience multiplies, making your professional life soar!
from: beonair.com
On-Air Presence
Camera Presence
Talent must be aware of their light source and camera position, framing, and movement and “hit their marks” (without the audience being aware they are hitting their marks) as directed.
Learn how to read from a teleprompter.
Depending on the form or style, learn when it is appropriate or inappropriate to look directly into the camera (at the audience).
Know what colors and patterns not to wear; tasteful and professional: equal to or respectful of your subject.
Speaker Awareness
Plosives
Articulation
Accent
Volume (Audible)
Voiceover techniques: engaging speaking
Sounds you make that will affect the mic (plosives, jewelry, etc)
If there is an audio engineer, be sensitive to his or her ears
Types of V.O.
Hard Sell
Soft Sell
Character
Narrative
Technical
News Anchor
Sports Play-by-Play
Sports Color
Face your fears
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4People who lack confidence avoid or run away from their fears; they try not to depart their comfort zones. Self-confident people learn to swim by jumping in the water, or deal with a fear of heights by skydiving. Get out of your comfort zone, and when you achieve success doing so, use it as evidence in your confidence-building process.[19]- Identify your goals, and establish a way to address them head-on. If you are afraid to speak up at meetings, draw up a list of potential questions or comments beforehand, and make yourself use at least one of them.
Community Q&A
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What if I am looked down upon when it comes to capabilities?wikiHow ContributorYou shouldn’t tell lies about what you can do. Try to work on improving whatever your weak points are. For school work, study more; for art, be more detailed; for music, be more dedicated and bold. If you’re physically weak, you should work out more. Don’t try to be something you’re not; work hard and have faith in yourself.
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How can I get authority over people who dislike me?wikiHow ContributorYou can get authority over people who dislike you in two ways: 1. Working to befriend those people so that they will like you and do as you say. 2. Forcing the authority over them in whatever way is available for you (threats, consequences, punishment, etc.).
Look the part.
- Practice good posture. Take your personal grooming and dressing routines seriously. Look in the mirror and see a confident person staring back at you.
- Practice good posture. Take your personal grooming and dressing routines seriously. Look in the mirror and see a confident person staring back at you.
Focus on your positives.
People with low self-confidence tend to compare themselves to unrealistic idealizations of others, and thereby find themselves always coming up short. Instead of holding yourself to impossible standards and focusing on your failures, work on training yourself to emphasize your successes. Focus on why you deserve to have authority.[17]
- Keep an updated list of personal accomplishments and positive attributes if that helps. Take note of compliments and positive feedback from others (and take them seriously). Surround yourself with positive reinforcement.