WebinarJam

WebinarJam is the highlight among the webinar services you can get

Kommentare: It is very simple to set up a webinar, the process takes hardly a few minutes if you need it fast. You may also fully customize the sign up funnel and all reminders that go out to the attendees. No need to be a tech wizard to run it. Most sections are self-explanatory and if you get eventually stuck there are plenty templates and instructions you may consult to get it done. My team loves it and it is a no-brainer to present to large audiences.

Vorteile:

Best feature I have not encountered with other providers: The PANIC button. If anything gets wrong, some function gets maybe frozen and you are stuck - The genius panic button creates a complete new session and automatically pulls in all attendees into the new room. No extra work needed. Saved our lives on several occasions, and we use Webinarjam more than once a day.

Nachteile:

We are running our Webinars in German/English/Russian/Serbian/Croatian. Some translations into German are slightly incorrect, same goes for other languages than English. But that is no big issue. Would be great if it would be possible if you screen share an application if it could share the sound of that app too. Otherwise, the video section utilizing YouTube works like a Swiss clock.

Previously - outstanding, now - similar to competition

Kommentare: Few years ago WebinarJam was impressive platform thanks to "first mover advantage". A lot of features that you couldn't find anywhere else. But only way to organize webinars at that time was YouTube, ClickMeeting and some other, minor services.
Currently (after "Zoom" era) almost all apps for webinars offers similar features. WJ still have some extra features but it is not worth to pay extra if you can find similar apps now.
Anyway, it is still worth to consider if you plan to sell via webinars.

Vorteile:

Here is what I like(d): + great mobile UX + evergreen webinars with "fake" participants option + a/b testing for registration pages + a lot of registration pages templates + participants segmentation and email editor + "automated" live offers to sell during live and evergreen webinars (CTA, images etc) + "push" emails after webinar (buy action) + super fast "reboot" mode if you are in troubles (ie. technical issues)

Nachteile:

- impossible to stream from my website (embed) - no google analytics integration (UTM tracking to compare traffic sources or build ads for segmented sources) - automated webinars as a separate plan - lack of other apps integration - no simulcast (stream to FB/YT) - lack of advanced templates design - support is not always helpful (mostly they send links to QA pages)

Seemed promising but not as reliable as others

Vorteile:

I found WebinarJam easy to set up, and the functionalities when it worked seem promising for running webinars.

Nachteile:

Compared to other tools you can use for webinars, I found WebinarJam expensive. There were also issues of my audience hearing me. Whilst it appeared to be promising I had to switch to another more reliable tool.

EverWebinar by WebinarJam is very easy to use and still running!

Kommentare: We have never actually used WebinarJam itself but the EverWebinar platform by WebinarJam and it's been awesome. Despite the lack of certain things we wish it had, it's easy to know what's happening with the webinars (we still have webinars running even though they have been there for years). Loving it after years of use.

Vorteile:

The ease of use. Our team and I love the step by step process to put your evergreen webinar up (it's like they take you by hand). We love the video tutorials; there's one for almost every step, no matter how small it is! And they are very well done. Another thing we appreciate is the ability to set your evergreen webinar as it was a live webinar: dynamic attendees, messages that can appear at certain times, the automated product offer cards, etc.

Nachteile:

Even though it is very easy to use and set up, the UI feels dated and it lacks some features the competition has: like a more robust tracking system that can help us know exactly where to improve our message in the funnel (although they seem to be improving on this). Also, we don't like it depends on Google Hangouts/Youtube (a video MUST be uploaded to another platform like YouTube and the URL pasted into the video source). Finally, another thing that annoyed us was when they updated it to version 2.0: we weren't notified and we had to move to the new version in a rush so our webinar won't stop running. I remember it was not that easy of a process and took us by surprise.

Good enough tool for webinars

Kommentare: We're helping our customers to setup their webinars inside their own WJ account.
Basis are covered but it's not the cutting edge webinar tool it once was...
It's lacking a real challenger in the industry to help shake things up a bit.
Not much has evolved over the years, it's one of those SAAS where the dev team is so damn slow at implementing anything new or fix bugs...

Vorteile:

I like the emphasis on the marketing tools around the core "presentation" feature set that enhance conversions. Most competitors have a very technical approach (like it's 4k broadcast or whatever...) which doesn't really help (or even hurt sometimes) sales. It's flexible enough to allow an external 3rd party SMTP and/or ESP for emails and SMS reminders, which is a big plus to get to the primary inbox. Recording of the webinar is automatic, you don't even have to think about it anymore. They have an API to register attendees, which allows for a fully customized visitor flow. The support is fast and friendly. It will help with anything within their power.

Nachteile:

It's made by marketers for marketers and you can feel that the dev team is not really active behind the scene. Product is being worked on until it reaches a "good enough" level. And then get some updates here and then when the competition catches up. There are still annoying bugs : - If you have a regular webinar schedule... Nobody can register for your next schedule while you're on air... Meaning your ads will send visitors to a non-functional landing page for as long as you're live. - Sometimes, editing the day/time of your webinar room will result in you losing your audience. You're connecting to your live room but the email reminders will bring people to another "fanthom" room you can't access to. The API is too limited. We can't for instance update or delete attendees. Or move them to a new webinar easily. It's not as reliable as it's direct competitors (but that's in line with pricing so no surprise here).