How Reminder Visibility Affects Live Attendance
Whether someone shows up to a live call or webinar often depends on one simple factor: whether they see the reminder at the right time. Interest alone is not enough. People intend to attend, but intention fades when reminders are missed, seen too early, or lost among other notifications. Visibility changes behavior. When a reminder is seen close to start time, it reduces friction. There is less time to forget, get distracted, or second-guess whether to attend. The action becomes immediate. When a reminder is seen too early, it competes with everything else happening that day. It is easy to think “I’ll join later” and never come back to it. When a reminder is not seen at all, attendance feels random. Some people show up. Others do not. From the outside, it looks like a lack of interest, but the real issue is timing and visibility. This is why sending more reminders does not always lead to better results. Volume does not solve a visibility problem. It often adds to the noise. Live attendance improves when reminders surface at moments when people can act on them right away. Understanding how reminder visibility influences behavior helps explain why some live calls feel full and others feel quiet, even with similar audiences and similar content. In the next breakdown, we will look at when digital wallet passes make sense for live calls and webinars and when other reminder methods are enough.