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10 Practical Tips For Making A Great Travel Video in 2021

When I started making travel videos five years ago, I had no experience or training within the movie industry . I used a compact camera to record and remember my epic solo trekking trip to the Himalayas. 

Five years passed and 40 travel videos later, I finally had my videos featured on National Geographic, BBC and Vimeo. I even have miraculously found alittle niche audience that appreciates the video I originally created only for me. 

So today, I'm getting to tell you about the items I've learned after five years of creating travel videos, mostly through trial and error, and share with you ten tips I'd wish to know before I start making travel videos. Techmong.com is offering the detailed guides and tips on vlogging and photography. 

10 Practical Tips For Making A Great Travel Video 

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What quite travel videos should I make?

Travel videos are available many forms, from the standard "walk and talk" vlogging style to a more "street run-gun-shoot" style. it's important that you simply know what quite travel videos you would like to form before you begin filming. Personally, I prefer a more cinematic video, faster, more inspired, with little or no narration. you'll see the design of my travel videos here.

Find a purpose for your travel videos by asking yourself "who are the videos for" and "what quite feeling does one want your viewers to feel at the end? for instance , the goal of my travel videos is to inspire people to go to the country through beautiful and authentic visual interaction and to transfer the energy I received from the country through image and sound. My videos aren't meant to be informative, therefore the cinematic, fast-paced style is best suited to the aim of my video.

What camera equipment should I use?

I wont to use a more compact and lighter installation with the Sony Rx100M3 as a reference camera. this is often an honest start line for those that aren't conversant in basic camera settings like altitude, ISO and shutter speed. 

The RX100 allows you to automate most processes while supplying you with the power to modify to manual at any time if you would like to.

I have since switched to a rather more advanced but lighter camera and am currently tilting the Sony a6500 mirrorless camera with a 16-70mm F4 Zeiss lens. The camera shoots in 6K, but reduced to a 4K format, which provides me sharper images than most traditional 4K formats. 

The lens is additionally good for general use, with an angle wide enough for landscape, a zoom far enough to photograph people up close without them noticing, and it's compact for the type of range you get.

1. Watch plenty of travel videos

Most skills are best learned through good examples and travel cinema is not any different. once I started, I watched tons and plenty of travel videos hebdomadally until i used to be inspired enough to make my very own . i prefer to watch how travel videos work, what quite format they use, why they put this clip before the opposite one, why and the way they shot a particular frame, and from there i might leave , experiment, film and make my very own style.

Vimeo Travel may be a excellent spot to seek out top quality travel videos which will inspire you and you'll learn from. The community is sort of active, and that they usually list the fabric they used and therefore the story behind the video. Watch a number of these videos, choose the one you wish best and learn from them.

I've also made an inventory of the foremost inspiring travel videos of all time if you would like to urge some examples.

2. Prepare the camera settings before your trip

One of the last belongings you want to try to to is to vary your camera profile during the trip. this is able to create tons of unnecessary headaches, especially once you are within the editing cabin correcting colors. Before your trip, attempt to determine which settings are best for you and set them as defaults for all modes. Avoid changing settings that would affect your sequences to make sure consistency within the footage you get.

For my Sony a6500, I even have set both memory buttons to 4K, 25 fps with image profile 6 (Cine2, Cinema Color Mode) for general footage and 1080p, 120 fps with an equivalent image profile for movie respectively, so I can easily switch from one mode to the opposite counting on the sort of footage i would like to urge at the time. Take the time to undertake out your camera, find the proper settings and stick with them for the entire trip.

3. Shoot smart

Filming the maximum amount as possible is great advice because once you get home to edit, you'll wish you had more material to figure with, but there is a fine line between filming enough and going over the sting . do not forget to enjoy the country itself and to remind yourself from time to time why you're travelling within the first place.

What I often do is spend a block of your time shooting videos when the sunshine is at its peak, which is typically early within the morning or at sunset. That way, i buy the foremost beautiful images I can get from that place, and that i still have an entire day to explore and luxuriate in the experience.

4. Submit a story

It's not easy and that i myself have had difficulties repeatedly because travel is spontaneous and unplanned, and telling an excellent story requires careful research and planning. 

If you do not have the budget and time to seem for a location, find a story and dictate the actors, you'll need to cope with the chaos and spontaneity that comes with travel and that is why it is so important to possess your camera ready in the least times and film the maximum amount as you'll .

To create a story out of chaos, you would like enough material to attach the purpose and find a beginning, middle and end. for instance , after a visit , i might open all my footage and undergo it one by one, trying to seek out a thread that would be woven into a story. 

It doesn't need to be Spielberg quality, just find a free story that matches well together with your images and therefore the country. That way, your viewers will stay engaged long enough to observe your videos until the top .

A good example is my video "Daydreams within the Philippines", which I shot spontaneously and unexpectedly, but I managed to seek out a story that engaged the viewers. 

The video started in Manila, a buzzing capital of the Philippines, where the video shows a lady sitting during a jeepney closing her eyes, then she goes through all the footage of my adventure within the country, all of which is coherently intertwined throughout the video until the top , when the lady opened her eyes and realized that she was dreaming, hence the name.

5. Know the country better, know yourself less

Too often lately , travel videos tend to specialise in the filmmakers and therefore the greatness of their lives. Travel videos are alleged to tell a story a few place, highlighting landscapes, people, food, etc. and not function a platform to point out your life.

Film fewer videos of all the parties you've organized during a country and more videos of the local people, architecture, history, and weave all of them together to inform a singular and captivating story which will inspire people to follow in your footsteps and do an equivalent .

6. Diversify your shots

As mentioned earlier, travel videos don't have the posh of getting an adequate structure and a captivating story to take care of public interest. it's therefore important that you simply experiment and diversify the way you shoot the videos so as to stay your audience until the top .

Try panning left, right, up, down, filming at high speed or on a moving vehicle, filming with worm eyes, slow shots or from different angles. one among my favorite techniques, which i exploit tons when I'm during a church in Europe, is to wrap the strap of my camera around my neck, tilt the camera upwards and slowly rotate my body to capture a fluid movement of all the gorgeous ceilings of cathedrals and churches. 

7. Creating movement

One difference between travel photography and travel videography is that the majority of the gorgeous architecture you discover while traveling are often beautifully captured with a photograph , but when it involves video, due to the shortage of movement, you will not be ready to capture the thrill and energy of the place like photography does. you'll need to create your own movement and there are some ways to try to to this. 

You'll attempt to create your own movement with an easy camera movement like panning, use the time-lapse to bring an otherwise static building or landscape to life, or film something that's already moving like children playing, pigeons flying or people dancing.

One of my favorite techniques is Hyperlapse (a moving time-lapse). Most tutorials will teach you ways to try to to it with a tripod, but nobody has the time for that, so what I've done is I take each picture by hand and move with my feet. I then compiled the photos into a video and stabilized it in Adobe Premiere Pro. If you're interested, you'll find out how to try to to it yourself by watching this tutorial on Youtube.

8. Get close-ups of the local population

Nothing can arouse more human emotion than having someone staring intensely at your camera. We humans interact with one another a day . We love, we laugh, we cry out for one another and that we can use that in our travel videos to bring out a robust emotion in your audience.

For example, in my video about Russia, i used to be filming an area and she or he noticed me and stared at me and therefore the camera intensely. The more intense the music becomes, the more intense the audience is, because they start to understand that the lady is basically watching them.

When you travel, if you've got the chance to urge to understand an area , ask to film it for your film and let the camera run albeit you say you've got the shot. I even have found that the relief reaction after filming is that the most genuine.

9. Connect your shots during a meaningful way

This is probably one among the foremost difficult and time-consuming parts of editing a travel video. Most travel videos appear as if a bunch of random clips put along side no purpose or story behind them, which is ok , but if you would like to make an excellent travel video and stand out from the remainder , you would like to concentrate to how the clips are connected.

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Signs of Life

It’s mermay! I love me some mermay! (But honestly I’ve got too many WIPs to start another one) Luckily, I remembered I had a 2k ficlet that technically qualifies sitting around on my drive. I don’t think this will ever be a full story, maybe a series of one-shots once I finally wrap up some of my other projects. If that doesn’t scare you off, here’s my very sci-fi contribution to the fine tradition of writing about mermaids in may.

Title: Signs of Life Rating: T Warnings: one vicious swear? Relationship: Yuuri Katsuki/Victor Nikiforov Summary: Victor Nikiforov just needed a place to repair his ship, but landing on a long-abandoned planet leads to discovering the mystery of its sole remaining inhabitant.

“No,” said Victor, eyeing the warning that flashed across his center console with dismay. “No, no, no. Don’t do this right now.” The console responded by chiming out a stall warning, in contradiction to the overspeed alarm that was still active, and the fact that a stall was impossible outside of an atmosphere anyway.

Already suspecting the source of the error, Victor turned off the autopilot. The alarms silenced themselves, but his brow didn’t unknit. He reached up to flip the switch for his secondary autopilot to take over, a partitioned backup to the system that was currently failing. The alarms immediately started up again, this time including a particularly shrill siren that warned of a hull breach. He’d only just managed to slap it into silence when a truly dire dangerous terrain message came blinking across his viewport, though apparently only the midship attitude control sensors could tell he was about to slam into some catastrophic obstacle.

Victor growled a credible impression of a Hexxii curse his favorite techmonger was fond of. The language wasn’t particularly friendly to human vocal cords, but Victor had a bit more leeway than most in what he could pronounce. He wasn’t entirely sure what the expletive meant, truthfully, but based on usage he’d gathered that it was more or less equivalent to “motherfucker.”

Perhaps due to the circumstances of his exposure, it had become Victor’s customary reprimand when hardware failed him at inconvenient moments. Inconvenient but not disastrous he reminded himself. At least it was one of the sensory control modules that had gone haywire, and he wasn’t actually at risk of sudden decompression or crashing into a non-existent terrain feature.

Theoretically Victor could still finish his journey if he was willing to pilot the whole way manually, but that would make for a very long trip. He was flying single-handed, as was his preference, and even he could only go so long without sleep. He’d lose time looking for a safe place to berth, on top of the time he actually spent sleeping. He also wouldn’t be able to travel through the most convenient spaceports, where traffic control mandated the use of autopilot to prevent accidents.

He slouched back in his seat, blowing his bangs out of his face as he stretched his legs. He wasn’t stiff, neither he nor the pilot’s station were designed for that, but the stretch still felt good.

Taking a long moment to gaze through his viewport, he let himself be entranced by distant pinpricks of light while he reminded himself why he traveled this way, instead of in one of his parent’s well-staffed schooners.

He reached across the small flight deck and tapped his fingers against the hull of his ship, a reinforced strut just within reach. Titanium alloy over a high carbon nano-ceramic, warm fingers against cold metal. Withdrawing the hand, he set a finger against his own mouth; the texture was soft and giving this time, warmth against warmth.

He discarded the thought of calling his family for help.

On balance, these were his options: he could take the long way home, he could suit up for an EVA, or he could find a place to land and do this the easy way. There’d been a similar failure not long after he’d purchased the cruiser, and he’d replaced the entire module not five years ago. Aware that the three other modules were still original, he made a point of carrying a mostly built spare, ready to be modified as a replacement as needed.

Still, although he had an electron beam gun on board, he wasn’t eager to try welding in a hard vacuum. He’d much rather land somewhere with enough of an atmosphere to make a more conventional arc weld viable. Better yet, he’d like a garage where he could just pay someone else to do the work, but he was a long way from that kind of amenity.

There wasn’t a planet chartered for habitation within several days travel, he knew that already. Humans hadn’t claimed so very many worlds that they were hard to keep track of just yet. There was a siderophilic asteroid mining operation, but unless they were feeling very accommodating, they weren’t going to help him. It was more than likely a fully automated enterprise anyway, without even disgruntled employees he could bribe. His techmonger had opinions about the kind of law-skirting that happened on the far edges of civilization, where obscure businesses might avoid either decommissioning or emancipating the almost-AIs they relied on for decades.

Changing his parameters as he flipped through the ship’s directory, Victor started looking for any nearby planet that might suit his needs. His new search brought up Proxima-b, a rocky planet with a breathable atmosphere, which looked to have gone uncolonized due to the 200 km deep ocean that covered the entirety of its surface. It was tidally locked, one face continually scorched by close proximity to its sun, so tight was its orbit around the small red dwarf.

His cruiser was reasonably versatile, but it didn’t have pontoons. If Proxima-b was entirely undeveloped, he would have to move on. That said, there was a long expired commercial exploration charter attached to the planet. Very long expired, Victor realized, hunching forward with interest. The project had been abandoned almost 200 years ago, and given where they’re located…

Scanning through the registry, Victor sought out the corporation that had filed the charter, and cross checked the dates. He whistled in appreciation. Proxima-b had been claimed for exploration by interests located on Earth, back when it would have taken 20 years for a spacecraft to travel between the two. It must have been one of the first commercial planetary charters on record. They’d gone all that way… to harvest semiconductors and dopants?

And here Victor had been under the impression that platinum group metals had been the elements sought out by space’s first prospectors.

The now defunct venture seemed to have been focused on boron in particular, which was downright odd. Chemically uncombined, elemental boron was only found on Earth in small amounts deposited by meteoroids, and might well have been worth mining. What could have been extracted from the waters of Proxima-b, however, seemed unlikely to differ all that much from what could have been extracted from Earth’s own oceans.

Astrobiologists, on the other hand, had a decided interest in extraterrestrial boron. When combined with water it became borate, which stabilized ribose in a way that made the formation of RNA, and therefore the storage and replication of genetic information, possible.

It was, in short, a sign of life.

Victor hesitated to assign motives to people who lived centuries ago, but a for-profit enterprise secretly seeking out proto-life seemed dubious. Maybe it was easier to do so as a resource management company than a research firm for some reason? Victor had little knowledge of contemporaneous space travel policy, only lingering disquiet.

Why Proxima-b had been abandoned, at least, wasn’t mysterious at all; intense solar flares were eating through the atmosphere. That wasn’t entirely surprising behavior from a red dwarf like Proxima Centauri, but having the brightness of the star suddenly increase by a factor of 1000 during a massive flare certainly was. For a span of seconds Proxima-b had a sun 10 times brighter than Earth’s own, and that had been enough to scare the prospectors away. They’d been planning to build their operation on the dark side on the planet, but no one wanted to be exposed to that kind of radiation.

Happily, they looked to have left a landing platform and maintenance facilities behind, the bare beginnings of a testing site. They’d be ancient, but all Victor needed was somewhere to land. Repairs would only take an hour or two, and the chances of Proxima Centauri happening to do something unfortunate during that time were minimal. Cautiously optimistic, Victor charted a course and engaged his thrusters.

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Victor had been prepared, been half expecting even, to have to scupper his plan. There was every chance the centuries-old facilities on Proxima-b would be unusable, left to the seaworld’s irradiating flares and briny fathoms.

Instead, they looked pristine. They weren’t modern, they didn’t look like they’ve been updated in 200 years, but they’d been assiduously maintained.

Victor almost forwent landing, worried he was about to drop into a very cleanly smugglers nest. His sensors weren’t detecting any lifeforms, but he wasn’t entirely confident they were to be trusted given his current troubles. The landing pad was right there though, and truthfully Victor was loath to leave the mystery unprobed.

The landing itself was uneventful, save for the moment the platform lit up to welcome his arrival. He’d nearly pulled up in shock, but the process seemed automatic, rather than a herald of hostile intent.

He armed himself before leaving the ship, taking time to poke around the floating base before beginning his repair. There wasn’t much to it, besides the landing pad, there was a combined hanger and workroom, along with a barebones office and washroom. There weren’t even bunks, though he supposed cots might be stored somewhere. The whole structure rolled with the waves below, nearly sending Victor tumbling more than once.

He was testing the shower, which somehow still ran fresh water, when a loud creak from the workroom made him snap to attention. It was followed by a heavy clang, which sent shivers snaking up Victor’s spine. There was nowhere to hide - the shower didn’t even have a curtain - and he couldn’t go for his gun without being terribly obvious. Caught out, he raised his hands and turned slowly around.

Whatever he’d been expecting, it wasn’t an equally stunned man half protruding through a hatch in the floor, dark hair wet and chest naked. They both stared for moment, then the stranger nearly sent himself back down the hatch he flinched so hard.

“I’m sorry! I wasn’t…I didn’t.” He stopped, looking up at Victor as if he was the inexplicable element in the room. “I didn’t think anyone was coming.”

Without giving Victor a chance to come to terms with his own confusion, the stranger began hoisting himself onto the platform. Victor got a brief view of skin moving over flexing muscle, before being entirely distracted by the black tentacle that infiltrated through the hatch to grip a handhold on the wall and help pull the…man…through.

He didn’t have legs. What came through the hatch after the man’s torso was a mess of thick, black, prehensile coils. Victor had a hard time keeping track of what they were all doing, but one reached out to close the hatch behind the man as he moved away, familiar with the space and how to navigate it.

He bustled around - opened a locker here, replaced something in a drawer there - incredibly industrious with his many limbs. It had the distinct air of nervous busy-work, which alleviated some of Victor’s fear, if not his shock.

“I tried to keep everything running, but I’ve had to prioritize essential systems. I ran out of containers for samples, so it made sense to cannibalize the testing equipment for parts. I know it was expensive, but not even my batteries can be recharged indefinitely, and I’ve lost more than half the solar panels to weather and wear.” The man didn’t look at Victor as he spoke, half facing away to monitor his tentacles working.

“What are you?” Victor asked, perhaps insensitively, but unable to parse through his confusion to find any other question.

The man slowly put down the screwdriver he’d been holding, transferring it from hand to tentacle to workbench. He turned his head, one eye meeting Victor’s over his bare shoulder. His eye was brown and normal, but the pupil rapidly swelled and shrunk twice, dilating in a way that was thoroughly artificial. His torso sagged, even the tentacles seemed to wilt.

Then he was gone, back down the hatch in a rush of black, without even saying a word.

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A Review Of The New Macbook Pro That I Have To Use Today Because I Forgot My Charger at Home

It works really really nice but oh my GOD DO THESE PEOPLE *REALLY* EXPECT ME TO BUY LIKE EIGHT DIFFERENT PERIPHERAL ACCESSORIES JUST TO USE ONE OR MORE USB-REQUIRED TOOLS AT A TIME???? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WORK IF I CANT HAVE MY TABLET AND MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE PLUGGED IN AT THE SAME TIME I HATE THHIS CAPITALISTIC TECHMONGERING 'OH WE HAVE TO MAKE IT THINNER' BULLSHIT USING TYPES OF PORTS THAT LITERALLY NO OTHER DEVICE ON PLANET EARTH USES HOLY CHRIST

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How to Start a Successful Podcast in 2020

Podcast listening continues to grow tremendously. According to Edison Research, the number of Americans listening to podcasts every week has increased 175% in the past five years, with approximately 90 million listening to a podcast every month.

As a business owner, learning how to start a podcast is something to consider to help you reach this growing audience and expand your business through content marketing.

You don't have to be a very technical person, nor do you require a lot of money to learn how to make a podcast. This guide will be your A-Z step-by-step tutorial on how to get started with audio podcasting and why you should create a podcast. We will cover everything from the technical to the summary of podcasting concepts.

How to start a podcast

To start a podcast, at a minimum, you must:

Propose a concept (a subject, name, format, and target length for each episode). Design illustrations and write a description to "bookmark" your podcast. Record and edit your audio files (like MP3). A microphone is recommended (more on the podcast team below). Find a place to host your files (like a file host that specializes in podcasts, like Libsyn or Podbean). Distribute these audio files in an RSS feed so that they can be distributed through Apple Podcasts and downloaded or streamed on any device upon request.

How podcasting works

Podcasts can be played in two ways.

The first is simply by streaming or downloading the podcast from the RSS feed, either on a feed reader like Feedly or on the blog / podcast website where the podcast is hosted or embedded. Here is an example of an integrated Shopify Masters podcast hosted on Simplecast.

The other is through the use of a player, such as Apple Podcasts or Pocket Casts. Subscribe to the RSS feed in the player and play any of the episodes of the feed on a device, such as a smartphone or tablet. Sometimes they are called "podcatchers". Podcast players sync data from the RSS feed to give an episode list, display data (such as the episode name and show notes), illustrations, and a link to the show file (usually an MP3).

Why start a podcast?

If you understand the value of creating content (for example, blogging) for your business and brand, then you understand the value of podcasting. Creating a podcast allows you to reach a whole new audience - people who would otherwise never find or consume your long-form content because they prefer the audio format.

You don't need to be an established content creator or blog to become a successful podcaster. A podcast is a great way to build an audience from scratch and position yourself as an authority in your industry.

Additionally, podcasts also provide the potential to drive traffic back to your website or store. Each podcast directory provides a link to your website, and since it's your podcast, you can direct listeners to your website at the end of each show.

Podcasting audience grew significantly after 2018. According to the 2019 Edison Research Podcast Consumer Report, 51% of Americans age 12 and older have listened to a podcast, down 32% in the past month and 22% in the last week. In 2019, weekly US podcast listeners averaged seven podcasts each week.

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Number of podcasts listened to weekly

On Apple Podcasts, there are dozens of categories and subcategories where listeners are actively searching for new content. 

This means that your podcast or vlog content will be highly targeted. People interested in your topic can search for it.

In 2015, podcasts had a balanced demographic, with listeners who were equally adult males and females between the ages of 18 and 44. 

However, 2019 Edison data shows that podcast listeners leaned slightly more masculine and slightly older (35-54 years) in recent years.

Lastly, starting a podcast allows you to position yourself as an authority on your topic. It helps to build your audience and also makes it easier to sell your product or service, since you are the credible source. 

Being seen as an authority can help influence potential customers to buy your products.

Why does podcasting work as a content platform?

Podcasts are a popular content platform because they are easy to consume. People can listen to podcasts on the go, in the car, at the gym, and even at work.

Another reason podcasts are easy to consume is that they can be listened to on any device. Your listeners don't need a radio or sitting in your car to listen. They can listen on their smartphones, desktops, or tablets. Unlike radio, podcasts are on demand, which means your audience can listen to what they want, when they want.

Compared to other content platforms, podcasts allow you to create an intimate connection with your audience. Imagine being in your target listener's ears for 30 minutes or more. They are listening to you talk to them, one by one.

This is your opportunity to form a more personal relationship with your audience. Due to this level of engagement, people even listen to ads more closely. Whether you're looking to start a podcast to promote your business or monetize with ads, Midroll found that 61% of listeners bought a product or service after hearing it advertised on a podcast.

Finally, podcasts are free. They are free to create and to listen.

Starting with your own podcast

Learning how to start a podcast begins with identifying the premise or topic. Each episode must be relevant to that premise. For some, this topic will be obvious. For others, especially in unique industries and niches, you will need to be creative about your topic.

For example, if you sell sunglasses, you may not be able to start a podcast exclusively about sunglasses. However, if your customers are world travelers, then perhaps a travel podcast is a better topic.

Your topic will also be reduced to what you are expert or passionate about. Sometimes if you are lucky you will be both.

Before committing to a topic, check to see if there is enough to talk about. Try to create a list of at least 10-15 episodes. Then look for similar podcast recommendations on Apple Podcasts and examine their popularity, such as the number of reviews and the number of followers on social media. Competition is a good thing! It can tell you if the topic is workable or not.

The next important component is the podcast format. What will your podcast be like and how will it be structured? Here are some ideas:

Interview style

Alone

More than one host

Narrative / narration

Hybrid (some combination of the above types)

Lastly, how long will each of your episodes last? It's a good idea to have a consistent episode length so your listeners know what to expect. If your podcast is 20 minutes each episode and your listeners are used to it, it will be easy for them to time their listening with a daily commute, for example.

Cover art

Your podcast cover must be beautiful. Don't neglect this aspect of your podcast, as Apple Podcasts in particular seems to only feature podcasts (more on that later) with professional-looking artwork. You may need to spend some money hiring a professional to design your cover. Whether you do it yourself or hire a professional, use words and images that are large enough to be clearly readable in almost any size.

Take a look at the artwork that catches the eye on Apple podcasts and model your cover later. I recommend trying Fiverr or, better yet, hiring an Upwork graphic designer to create something beautiful for your podcast. Your cover must be a minimum of 1400 x 1400 and a maximum of 2048 x 2048.

Podcast name

The name of your podcast should speak to you and your audience. Ideally, listeners should know what the podcast is about just by name. Having a very descriptive name can help. However, this is not entirely necessary, as most podcast platforms include a "hook" or a short description along with the podcast name. This helps optimize the search capabilities of your podcast on platforms such as Apple Podcasts or Google Play. For example, "Grub Podcast: All About Healthy Eating and Helping You Cook Better" or "Xtreme: Interviews with Famous Skateboarders, such as Tony Hawk, Chad Muska, and Rick Howard."

Category / subcategory

There are dozens of categories and subcategories in Apple podcasts, from arts and politics to comedy and religion. Choose the category that best suits your theme. It does not need to be the exact subject. If you're having trouble deciding on a category, look at other podcasters on Apple Podcasts that are similar to yours and write down which category and subcategory they use.

Podcast Description

You don't want to skimp on your podcast description. You should include as many relevant keywords as possible. This will help with search engine optimization (SEO) of your podcast listings. Apple Podcasts is a search engine, so many people who find their podcast will find it through a simple search.

Featured co-hosts and collaborators

As your podcast grows, it's also a good idea to include the names of the great hosts you've had and the themes of your most popular episodes. In this way, new listeners immediately know which podcast episodes to watch, making new listeners more likely to become fans in the long run.

What podcast equipment and software do you need? In this section, we'll go over the equipment and software you need to start a podcast. This guide will also explain the most basic settings for creating your podcast starter kit.

Equipment 

Microphones for android Microphones for computers Audio recording software Call recording software Podcast recording equipment to improve quality.