Hi! I’m Gayle, owner of Happy Hands Belcoo. I handcraft      Bespoke wedding accessories. It has always upset me when people can’t see the time and love that goes into any handcrafted product. My partner was always trying to encourage me to cast on blogTV.com. I have been a member since 10:12:2009 as a personal user. In one of my frustrating rants with my partner, he again said it would be a perfect medium to promote my work. After a great deal of consideration, I decided to take the plunge with my first ‘show and tell’ cast were I showed my  products live via web cam whilst  answering chat room guests questions. I’ve never been a great at writing and struggle with my blogger account. I find it hard to allow my personality to shine through and   remain professional at the same time. Do you? Is it possible to achieve both?
I would like to be able to achieve both, as I think brides expect a     professional and confidential

service but with bespoke products based around the bride’s personality, it is important that my personality shines through too! I decided to take the plunge!
Setting up wasn’t difficult. I registered as “Happy Hands”, plugged in my webcam and clicked “start broadcast”. It really is that simple. My first show  only had 8 viewers. Once you start, you forget about the camera and it    becomes quite natural.
As with many websites, your page is like a profile which you can edit. I have been able to set up schedules for my shows with detail specific to that show. My playground also      contains a mini bio, my schedule, links to my important sites, photo galleries and my Facebook page badge. I have also embedded my blog page into many of my sites meaning that my website and Facebook visitors to name a few, can watch direct from the    external site without entering blogTV.com, although they can’t join the chat. My shows are in many    formats. My most valuable are my ‘In The Make’

shows, where viewers watch me while I work. This has solved my dilemma, as now people are able to see how time consuming it is to make intricate, yet deceptively simple, pieces. I also do ‘chat’ shows which are basic    questions and    answers shows where I play a slide show of my work and chat to guests. I also create detailed “item specific” shows, providing viewers with 3D views of specific products.
Personally, I’ve found my niche. I have no fear of the cam and enjoy making the shows. I’ve also on     several occasions now , had the   honour of being used as blogTV's ‘Your Featured’ Show, which is live

on blogTV.com's home page. This means that each person who logs on sees your show first in the main screen. Whilst featured I’m able run a link to my website and Facebook, which has definitely boosted my traffic to both sites.
So what is blogTV?

blogTV was a dream that began in Israel as an experiment in June 2004, and was a pioneer in the     webcasting industry. It’s goals were to supply anyone and everyone with internet access, a way to express their talents and ideas to the world and to socially network with people face to face. blogTV.com was officially launched to America and the rest of the world in June 2007. Just six months after its commencement, blogTV.com celebrated an impressive 100,000 member benchmark. 2008 also marked the launch of blogTV's mobile platform, making it even more      accessible and convenient!
blogTV is a leading live, interactive, internet broadcasting platform that enables anyone with an internet

  connection and a camera to connect to their audience in an evocative,  direct way. Unlike previous          “webcasting” technology, blogTV uses a 1 to many model, which means that the user can broadcast to an audience of unlimited size. blogTV's platform has been used to broadcast          everything from high school proms to exciting music concerts, and people are    finding new and innovative uses for it every day. Whether viewing  special live events like blogTV’s     session with Suzanne Vega, live shows with R&B superstar Montell Jordan and basketball bigwig Stephon Marbury or just exploring blogTV's archives for unique UGC  content ranging

from up-and-coming        musicians, actors or news anchors; blogTV is all about quality content. It opens up a new world of possibilities and experiences to our broadcasters and viewers equally. The now old fashioned world of pre-recorded   videos and static, non-interactive l ogging simply cannot achieve these outstanding results.
Today, people are using blogTV for everything including:

* Live music events and personal
  chats between bands/musicians and
  their fans.
* Self-made talk shows .
* How to shows for everything ranging
  from cooking to fine art.
* Educational shows teaching job
  skills, history,Theology…etc.
* Life changing events such as
   weddings and births.
* Gaming competitions where users
  can join in as co-hosts.
* Fund raising for a plethora of
  charities

Specific events include:

* blogTV's has had a couple of live
   weddings, among them a user who
  couldn’t make it to her own mother's
   wedding who was able to watch it
  live on blogTV.

* One YouTuber named Spricket24
  gave birth while her chatroom  
  cheered her on :)
* One user took her viewers to her
  high school prom.
* blogTV's has had streams of live
  news events: i.e. Occupy protests,
  Ground Zero "celebrations" when
  Osama BinLaden was reported dead,
  real-time updates from the Japan
   Earthquakes
(http://blog.blogtv.com/2011/03/japan-earthquake-blogtv-live-coverage.html), etc.
* Live weather streams: Tornado
   chasers, eclipses, a Supernova, etc.
* Several users went on to receive
  fame and recognition on other
   platforms (one was a regular
   guest on the Howard Stern Show,
  one on the Ellen Degeneres show,
  one recently won an Emmy Award)
* Musicians use blogTV to talk to fans,
   broadcast rehearsals, live streams
  from their music studios, concerts,
  some filmed their music videos and
  albums live on blogTV.
* US soldiers have streamed live from
  Iraq
* One user recently broke the

  Guinness
  Record for both Longest Continuous
  Rap and Longest Continuous
   Freestyle rap - Over 9 hours of live
  freestyling.
* blogTV's has had several live animal
  cams, including several streams
  where animals gave birth live on
  cam (birds, dogs, storks, etc).
* Many celebrities have used blogtv’s
  platform, some even before they
   became famous (i.e. a very young
   Justin Bieber
http://youtu.be/hk14S0zfHFs)
* Artists use blogTV to show off their
  skills and talents: painters,
   puppeteers, tattoo artists, arts and
  crafts, etc. One artist even wrote a
  book about how she made money
  from the virtual world and the use
 of blogTV in the process http://tinyurl.com/5v6onrb)
* We've had pizza delivered live to a
 bathtub :) http://youtu.be/ef2AAGrLD9o
* Live tutorials: cooking shows,
  make-up tutorials, art tutorials,
  tech and computer tutorials.

Over the years blogTV has