bigjimslade Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) “This is Big Jim Slade, GottaDeal.com, Black Friday Live……” It is that time of year again for our Black Friday LIVE webcasts. GottaDeal.com was the first and is the ONLY Black Friday website to offer a LIVE webcast to site visitors. You have made this very successful for us and have given us a lot of valuable feedback. Read closely so you won’t miss out! Livestream is our new webcast homeUstream was very good to us over the last 2 years but you told us you wanted more social interaction and no ads. Livestream has a new platform that gives us both. To keep up with our webcasts and get notifications of shows I want you to go to the link below, bookmark the page and then click follow. When you click follow you will need to sign up for Livestream. You NEED to do this if you want to chat and interact with the show. Do it NOW so when it is show time you won’t miss a thing. https://new.livestream.com/gottadeal In addition to our new broadcasting home we have upgraded the studio with a faster FiOS connection and new HD camera to bring you the show in full HD. Test Webcast – Saturday Sept 15 2012 As always we do a test webcast and this year it will be Saturday 15 at 7pm CT. This is going to be a test so we can make sure everything works right and if it don’t we know what to fix. This is very casual and we won’t be talking too much about Black Friday. If you can’t make it don’t worry. You won’t miss much. Webcast Schedule This is a peek at our webcast schedule for this year. Like anything it can change. The best way to keep up with our webcast schedule is several ways…… Sign Up for the GottaDeal.com Black Friday email list Like us on Facebook Follow us on our Livestream page Check the GottaDeal.com forums daily Like last year I will be posting an event listing for our webcasts on Facebook and on our broadcast page on Livestream. I will also post a thread on here and stick it each week. Like in years past when a MAJOR ad is leaked we will do a webcast that evening IF the ad is posted BEFORE 2pm Central Time. If it is posted after 2pm Central then we will do a webcast the next day. Last year Walmart posted the ad on Facebook and made an event out of it. If WM or any other store does that we will broadcast LIVE during the event and then talk about the ad. Below is a sample of the webcast schedule. Remember it can change for any reason so please like, follow and friend us on Facebook, Twitter, Livestream and all of our social media platforms. Sept 15 – Test Webcast Oct 13,20,27 Nov 3,10,17 Black Friday Week – Nov 18 Black Friday Post Game Show – Nov 24 All webcasts will start at 7pm Central Time on Saturday. Below are the time zones. They will be updated and in every event notice. UTC – 12:00AM SundayEastern – 8:00PMCentral – 7:00PMMountain – 6:00PMPacific – 5:00PMAlaska – 4:00PMAleutian Islands – 3:00PMHawaii – 2:00PMGuam – 1:00PM And for our friends in….. Spain – 2:00AM SundayJapan – 9:00AM SundayIsrael – 3:00AM SundayAntarctica South Pole – 12:00 Noon Sunday I hope everyone can make our webcasts and that find value in them. Post any questions you may have. Have a great Black Friday season and see you on the air! Edited October 4, 2012 by bigjimslade Updates Webcast dates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riven3d Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 i registered to follow, for those that might have an issue, if you sign in using Facebook, when i trie to create an account that way, i could not finish it as it would not let me enter an email address, i had to cancel it and register using my email address, this was the only way i could get registered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerfan Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Thanks. Of course I won't be home that Saturday night. Figures the one Saturday picked I have a wedding. Hope to be there for the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brinak2005 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Followed! Can't wait, I love the webcasts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 Good Morning Everyone! Dont forget to join us for our webcast tonight. It will be a test and a good way for everyone to get together. See you tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Test webcast is about to start: https://new.livestream.com/gottadeal signup for a Livestream account so you can chat and get notified when we go "live" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stationchief Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Pretty much a successful test. Livestream is a lot easier for everyone to log into. And no ads! Had a lil' trouble with the audio being a bit off by a few seconds, but if that can be solved and iIf Brad and BigJim can get some admin tools worked out (there was nothing mentioning who's in the chat or how many people watching) this might be a good permanent home for the webcasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Pretty much a successful test. Livestream is a lot easier for everyone to log into. And no ads! Had a lil' trouble with the audio being a bit off by a few seconds, but if that can be solved and iIf Brad and BigJim can get some admin tools worked out (there was nothing mentioning who's in the chat or how many people watching) this might be a good permanent home for the webcasts.There was a counter of how many people were watching, but no list so we don't know who exactly is in the room. But that's why we did the test this early. Now we can try to fix the issues before we start for real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 glad to hear it was a success. I completely forgot about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper_Mint_Tea Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 YAY I can't wait !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 (edited) Hi Everyone! Our first webcast for Black Friday 2012 will be THIS SATURDAY October 13. We have made a lot of great changes to our broadcast so please read everything. Our webcast location has changed to LIVESTREAM. Go to the link below and bookmark it. We will have a chat room feature so please take 2 minutes to sign up for a LIVESTREAM account. The account is free and will allow you to chat, interact and be notified of upcoming shows. https://new.livestream.com/gottadeal The webcast will start at 7PM Central time. Below are the times for time zones in North America and our friends overseas. UTC – 12:00AM SundayEastern – 8:00PMCentral – 7:00PMMountain – 6:00PMPacific – 5:00PMAlaska – 4:00PMAleutian Islands – 3:00PMHawaii – 2:00PMGuam – 1:00PM And for our friends in….. Spain – 2:00AM SundayJapan – 9:00AM SundayIsrael – 3:00AM SundayAntarctica South Pole – 12:00 Noon Sunday Topics to be covered along with your questions!Recap of Black Friday 2011Overview of Gottadeal.comBlack Friday News for 2012And your questions! For more information about our webcasts this year please visit the webcast info thread at the link below. http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?267059-Black-Friday-Webcast-Thread-Details-Schedule-amp-More Be there. Aloha Edited October 13, 2012 by bigjimslade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpr Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I noticed last year you could rewatch an episode if you missed it. Does Livestream have that same capability? It didn't look like I could watch the test program from last month (I missed it ). I thought I'd ask. Can't wait for this Saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Yes you can re-watch the program and Livestream also has a DVR feature where you can pause it, get a drink and come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noehlp Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Yes you can re-watch the program and Livestream also has a DVR feature where you can pause it, get a drink and come back. That will be a really nice feature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stationchief Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I don't think BigJim recorded the test webcast even though it was a smashing success. I think everyone will love the new format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stationchief Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 It's sorta up-in-the-air if I'll be able to show up this Saturday as I'll be in Las Vegas, but I'll try to chime in for a lil' bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 I wish I could do the show live from Vegas. I hope you have a great time I did not record the test show but all shows will be recorded. It's sorta up-in-the-air if I'll be able to show up this Saturday as I'll be in Las Vegas, but I'll try to chime in for a lil' bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flosmoney Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Do you realize it's Ou-Texas game day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Yes I do! BOOMER SOONER Kick off is at 11am and I should be back from Fair Park by show time. You coming to Dallas for the game? Do you realize it's Ou-Texas game day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flosmoney Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I wish. I have to work til 12:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noehlp Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I wish. I have to work til 12:00.The show will be recorded, so you can always watch it once you get off of work. hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flosmoney Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Ou-Texas big parties everywhere. Good time to go shopping in Norman it becomes a ghost town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Just avoid Bricktown, Riverwind and Fire Lake Grand since I know they all have watching parties. Ou-Texas big parties everywhere. Good time to go shopping in Norman it becomes a ghost town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flosmoney Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 The Norman mall will be dead. They will have sales and the tvs will be on the game as well as radios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 alarm set....though working 14 hours/5 days a week may still prevent me from attending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Just a reminder and bump! Please join us this Saturday. Have any Black Friday questions you want want addressed? Post them here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deal Grabber Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I really enjoyed these last year.Cant wait for this year!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 It looks like we have a lot to talk about. Join us TOMORROW for our first web cast for the Black Friday season. Post your BF questions here and we will answer them LIVE on the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallyBF Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Yay! Hopefully i can make it. make it an all nighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallyBF Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Maybe something worth talking about..... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/10/10/walmart-workers-black-friday-strike_n_1954782.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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