#2895 - Q&A: “Should I record my videos in portrait or landscape mode?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today’s episode tackles a question about recording videos for multiple platforms. Should you shoot in portrait or landscape mode? And is there a way to record once and use the content everywhere? We’ve got answers and tips to streamline your video production. Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week. Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com Email: [email protected] Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions Connect on Instagram: @193countries Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.substack.com If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.6	It affects anybody who's making video or hoping to share on Instagram, TikTok, pretty much any other channel, YouTube as well.
1:18.6	I should mention that right up front.
1:20.6	But there are other platforms as well. Should you record your videos in portrait or landscape mode?
1:25.6	And this is tricky because some platforms are native to one format,
1:30.1	others to another. So how do you do it? Is there a way to record once and use the content everywhere?
1:35.8	I love practical questions. I'm going to give you a straight answer. We'll hear the question from
1:39.9	Rachel. Then my answer, the best practices for video formats, how to repurpose efficiently
1:45.0	across multiple channels, because you're just one person, you can't be in more than one place
1:49.4	at once, or can you? Well, that's what we'll talk about. Rachel's question and my answer
1:53.9	coming right up. Turning an idea into a small business doesn't happen by accident. You need to be all in.
2:03.4	At constant contact, we have the digital marketing tools you need to get the word out, close the sale,
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