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I’m going to be scoping! What is that? It’s Periscope, for those of you who don’t know, it’s “the next big thing” right now in the online space. It’s a free app for your mobile device (android or iOS devices) that allows me to broadcast a live stream from anywhere and interact with you through our mobile devices – and it’s for free! I will be live streaming from blacksmithing events and from some of my podcast interviews. It’s super easy to use too! Once you start to follow me or my handle @blacksmithervic the Periscope app will notify you when I will start a live broadcast. And if you miss the live broadcast, don’t worry, the replays are available on Periscope for 24 hours after the broadcast goes live. If you watch any of my live scopes in the future, know that you can interact with me through a comments field and with others that are watching.

Creating a Periscope account is easy:

Download the Periscope app from the iTunes App store or the Google Play Store.

You can sign up two different ways:

1. Through a Twitter Account
   1. Sign in using your Twitter credentials. Your Twitter profile picture and bio will migrate over to your Periscope account.
   2. Enter your name
   3. Choose a Periscope username (handle). This can be different from your current Twitter handle.
   4. To follow my live broadcasts click here, https://www.periscope.tv/blacksmithervic and click Follow
2. Sign up with phone number
   1. Once you’re on the login screen tap Sign Up with Phone Number
   2. Enter the required info and tap Send Confirmation Code
   3. You’ll receive an SMS with your confirmation code. Pop that in the prompt.
   4. If you have problems, tap Resend Confirmation Code.
   5. You’ll go back to the login screen, wait for a few and then you’ll be redirected to create your profile! Remember, your username needs to be 2 or more characters.
   6. When you logout of or quit Periscope, tap “Log In with Phone Number” and you’ll be prompted to enter your phone number and send a confirmation code again. Don’t worry, you’re not going through the sign-up process again, this is just a different way to log into Periscope. It replaces the use of a username/password combination.

Whether you’re on periscope already or not, click on the link below to view my latest broadcast and follow me to get notified when I go live again:

https://www.periscope.tv/blacksmithervic

Be sure to follow @blacksmithervic on Periscope so you don’t miss out. Live podcast recordings, impromptu lessons and Q&A’s, plus more! If you don’t have Periscope yet, download the app on your mobile device and follow @blacksmithervic for my next update!