FEATURES

Facebook

• Run CoveritLive events on Facebook to engage with your fans and drive brand site traffic
• Host events concurrently on your website and Facebook, where it runs natively
• Encourage readers to employ Facebook sharing for greater event traffic and brand promotion
• Let readers sign in with their Facebook account for more participation, sharing and insight

Twitter

• Incorporate Twitter for live commentary from field journalists or relevant third party analysts
• Use Twitter's real-time Streaming API to provide faster, more reliable Twitter integration
• Share Twitpic and Yfrog photos in the viewer window
• Cut through the Twitter noise with CoveritLive’s unique “Top Tweets” filter
• Pre-load multiple Twitter users, lists, hashtags or search terms to your events
• Integrate Twitter – and unlimited tweets – at no additional cost

Mobile

• Expand your audience and participation with CoveritLive’s support for mobile devices
• Serve up phone/OS appropriate events with CoveritLive's automatic mobile browser detection
• Encourage writers and producers to run events from their smart phones for real-time field reporting
• Download the free CoveritLive app in the iTunes and Android stores
• Integrate mobile support at no additional cost

Moderation & Curation

• Stay in control of event content with CoveritLive's reader comments management features
• Use the Panelist/Producer feature to invite participants and provide added commentary or production help
• Rely on CoveritLive's curation and moderation to control event pacing, interactivity and quality
• Employ media and content libraries for pre-event preparation and re-use in subsequent events
• Use the platform's Live Edits feature to modify or remove content during or after an event
• Private message panelists and contributors to coordinate event content

Multimedia (Photos, Video & Audio)

• Add images directly into the live event viewer window, so readers never have to leave your site
• Upload original content or YouTube videos to the viewer window
• Play audio files during your live event for entertainment and engagement

Interactivity (Polls, Trivia & Games)

• Create and manage live polls as your event unfolds for greater reader engagement and participation
• Create compelling events-within-events with CoveritLive's trivia and gaming features
• Boost audience time-in-event and interaction with awarded points and points wagering
• Publish leader boards based on participant activity to encourage participation and competition

Analytics & Statistics

• Capture reader/event stats including page views, clicks, unique viewers, replay views, comments and media
• Review monthly clicks and monitor growth with month-by-month usage graphs
• Get live updates to data trends during events
• Export event high-level data to spreadsheets in CSV format
• Rely on the API for further detailed event statistics and information

API

• Customize and integrate your live events using the CoveritLive API
• Use the API to integrate CoveritLive into your own events
• Use the API to access your raw event content and listings or to store the data on your site for SEO
• Build a custom application to call the API feed outside of the CiL Viewer Window
• Use the API to insert CoveritLive into your mobile site and even auto-publish third party content