Video Coin Seminar Weekend

Note: The November Seminar is being set up. Click the Image to the right for current information.

 ANNOUNCING:
The First Video Coin Seminar Weekend

August 25-26

This is the First of it's kind: a weekend long series of LIVE coin collecting videos, dozens of channels, Giveaways, Auctions, Sales, lectures, and presentations on Coin Collecting, medals, tokens, currency, errors and varieties, and all things Numismatic.

Being LIVE, the viewers will be able to ask questions of the Host and interact with other members of the coin community in real time.

With channel producers and viewers able to contribute to the project by promoting it to their audiences and circles of friends, we can make this a remarkable event, bringing hundreds, perhaps thousands of people deeper into the hobby.

PURPOSE

To invite new collectors, potential new collectors, as well as experience coin collectors to visit and watch a two day lineup of live coin videos.

WHO

You, me, them, everybody.  Anybody.  If coin collecting is your thing, this thing is for YOU.

WHEN

August 25 - 26


The idea is simple enough: organize the youtube coin community in order to produce a steady lineup of coin videos and make it a weekend event - a Coin Seminar Weekend.  Content creators and show producers select a day, time, length, and subject.  Everyone involved promotes the event in their social networks, be it Twitter, facebook, Pinterest, MeWe, Instagram, or email.  The key is getting the word out.  Working together, we can reach tens of thousands of people.

The numbers are there.  To pull this off with great effect, 9AM-11PM,  15 hours, 30 minutes per program, 30 shows per day, 60 shows over 2 days.  With hundreds of numismatic themed coin video channels on Youtube, getting the content creators involved is simply a matter of getting the word out.

Line up the shows, promote the event, make it happen.


We've started brainstorming the idea.  In just a couple of days, bunches of people have expressed interest.

The comment section of the video allows for discussion of the subject.  We can also talk about it in the facebook group: Youtuber Coin Community.

GET INVOLVED!

YOU help make this happen.

• If you have a video channel, Plan on going live and let me know so I can add you to the Showtime Lineup.  
• Make a video to announce the event.  Share your video everywhere you can.
• Mention the event in your livestream.  
• Got a blog?  Talk it up in there.
• Create an image or meme that can be posted to the various social networks to promote the event.
• Spread The Word!
• Invite people to watch.
• COINS! COINS! COINS!

What to talk about in a livestream

We all have our own way of doing things, be it collect coins or make videos.  There are people hungry for good information about the hobby, and not many portals to get that information.  Video presentations are rapidly gaining traction as the premier method of showing off your collection, teaching people about the hobby, explaining errors and varieties, auctioning and selling, and just plain old coin talkin'.  Share your stories.  Share your coins.  Share information.  Make it inviting and informative.

Really, there is no limit to what you can do.  For the sake of the Seminar, a show with a duration of 30 or 60 minutes will fit the schedule for the weekend.  Show your coins, talk about a subject, field questions, and at the end of your show, mention the channel next in the lineup to invite the audience to keep on going.

Truly, the subject matter is without limit.  Go with your strengths.  Talk about what you collect and are knowledgable about.  Explain your channel and what you usually offer the audience.  Tell us about yourself, how you got started in collecting.  Show us how you do what it is you do.

Coin roll hunting, set building, series collecting, foreign coins, getting started in collecting, coin storage, how to handle coins, identifying varieties, grading, coin photography, foreign coins, copper, silver, gold, organizing your collection, coins and kids, book reviews, clubs and organizations, coin shows, broadcast from a coin shop or show, interviews, class lectures, Q&A, Show and Tell, Proofs v Satin v Business Strike, silver rounds and art bars, currency collecting, exonumia, trade tokens, merchant tokens, medals, ancient coins, coin trivia, identifying counterfeits, woodies, clipped planchets, mint and proof sets, rotated dies, colonial coinage, history, metals, how coins are made, silver stacking, bullion, Eagles, Pandas, Maple Leafs, Krugerands, behind the scenes, determining value, what to collect, notekeeping, recordkeeping, what to avoid, how to get coins graded, price guides, key dates, rarity, slabs, websites, internet resources, places to go, things to do, coins to see.

Those of you who are new to livestreaming would do well to practice before the event.  Make sure your equipment and software is working the way they should.  If need be, write a script or draw up an outline for your video.  Make a few videos so you are comfortable with live video.

Giveaways
This is not required to be involved in the seminar.  It's a sure bet people will appreciate it.  If you will be giving something away, be sure to let me know.  I'll add a note in the Showtime Schedule.


I hope to hear from you all soon!