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guidl is a new way of exploring and interacting with the world around us. It's a digital platform that allows you to create and enjoy guidls; geo-located audio experiences. guidl creators create audiovisual content, linking it to places in the real world. Users use the guidl app to revisit these places, either physically or from the comfort of their home, and are entertained, informed and inspired as they hear the creator through their smartphone. Generated revenue is split between the guidl creator and the guidl platform.
Yes! There are no barriers to creation. A guidl creator might be a professional guide, a historian, a celebrity or anyone with a particular interest, passion or story to tell. All a person needs to make a guidl is a laptop/tablet and themselves. Only by minimising the barriers for guidl creators can we promote maximum diversity of voices, stories and perspectives on the guidl platform.
In guidl we’re democratising the world of audio experience creation and consumption; we want guidl to be a platform with a huge variety and density of content, appealing to the modern-day user with diverse and changing needs. So you the users will be the judgers of quality. There’ll be a ratings system to help you see what’s popular and what’s not, and you’ll be able to listen to a preview of every guidl tour before you buy, to check it’s the one for you.
Now! guidl is live on the App Store and Google Play Store, so please download the guidl app and start purchasing and enjoying all the guidl tours our guidl creators have contributed. To become a guidl creator, please just sign-up via the website to get in touch with us, and we can then set you up with the guidl creator software!
No! The more you contribute, the bigger your profile (and greater your earning potential) will be!
And as a listener, how can I “consume” a guidl? Your options are limitless! On the go on-location, or from the comfort of your sofa. In guidl we’ve created tours on your terms, to be enjoyed at a pace and time you wish. You can take the tours in any order; you could do some of stops, go shopping, and come back to the others later on; you can be an armchair explorer. The point is you still get to access the brilliance of expert storytellers, but without the limitations of traditional guided tours.
Yes! We want guidl to quite literally bring the world around us to life. There's as much content for guidls as there are stories and perspectives across the world. We want guidls to be published on every street, place, and point of interest around the world. We want guidl to be there for the punchy highlights and the in-depth analysis; to showcase the well-trodden hotspots and the roads less travelled.
guidls are short (up to 10 minute) audio-visual experiences hosted at one location. guidl tours are longer (we suggest anything from 30 – 60 minutes) curated collections of guidls that take a user across multiple locations. Every guidl tour uploaded will incorporate a free listening element to allow users to try before they buy, and creators to advertise themselves on the platform, showcase their brilliance, and persuade the user to come on a guidl tour journey with them.
At guidl, we know the importance of connection to the external world – its history, culture, nature and perspectives - for our health and wellbeing. So we’re here to break down the barriers of traditional tours, including cost, that currently prevent us from being inspired and uplifted by the earth we inhabit. That’s why guidl tours are affordable and accessible, priced between £4.99 and £9.99 depending on length, creator etc., and why we’re including lots of free guidls for you to enjoy, too.
guidl is a collective of writers, historians, guides and enthusiasts, and from the start we’ve wanted to turn the tide on traditional creative industry payment practices. That’s why after taxes and running costs, creators will take home 20% of the tour price. And once they’ve made a tour, creators can benefit from the passive income it generates for years to come.
In guidl, we’ve created a new and additional platform and audience for you to share your brilliant perspective with, to build your follower-base, and to link to your other output (your books, blogs, specialist in-person tours etc.). In guidl you’ll benefit from a stream of passive income to complement your other guiding activities.
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guidl is a digital platform allowing people to create, host and enjoy audio tours. It’s accessed by you the user via the guidl app on your smartphone,either on-location or from the comfort of your home, and by creators via the guidl creator platform on their desktop, where all those with a passion can make and upload content and earn revenue when it’s downloaded. In guidl you’ll find a new means of exploring and interacting with the world around you, with anyone able to share the stories of the places they love. There’s potential for a guidl tour for every street, on every topic, from every perspective, and through guidl you can access them.
Yes, you can! There are no barriers to creation. You might be a professional guide, a historian, an author or just someone with a particularinterest, enthusiasm, passion or story to tell. All a person needs to make aguidl is a laptop/tablet and themselves. Only by minimising the barriers to becoming a guidl creator can we promote a maximum diversity of voices, stories and perspectives on the guidl platform. And that’s what guidl is all about.
Yes, it can! We want guidl to quite literally bring the world around us to life. There's as much content for guidl tours as there are stories and perspectives across the world. We want guidl tours to be published on every street, place, and point of interest around the world. We want guidl to be there for the punchy highlights and the in-depth analysis, to showcase the well-trodden hotspots and the roads less travelled.
Yes, you can! You can listen to the first guidl (i.e. stop) of each guidl tour for free, so you can see if you like the sound of it and want to buy the complete tour. Every guidl tour also has a written description too, so you can read what it’s about before you decide to purchase. And, to see what’s popular and what’s not (though remember, not everyone will rate atour, and different users will enjoy different styles and content-types!), you can also check out how other users have rated the guidl tour you’re interested in.
Head over to our blog for a post by our co-founder Joe where he explains all the guidl (pronounced guide-ull) lingo! But here are the two main ideas:a guidl is a piece of audio, up to ten minutes in length, linked to a specific geographic location. A guidl tour is a collection of guidls, intended to be enjoyed together as one longer, multi-stop experience. The first guidl of a guidl tour is always free, but to access the others, you must purchase the guidl tour. Once you’ve bought it, you’ll have the freedom to enjoy the guidls at your own pace.
No, it’s not! guidl is democratizing tour creation – all a person needs to make a guidl tour is a smartphone/laptop, a passion and themselves, as guidl showcases the maximal diversity of voices, stories and perspectives that exist in the world. And what’s more, guidl tours are comparatively inexpensive compared to other audio guides you’ll find out there, as we’rehere to provide as many people as we can with access to the stories that surround us all.
Just go to our website www.guidl.tours and follow the link on the homepage to sign up to be a guidl creator. All you’ll need is your laptop/tablet, your voice and your story. guidl's creator platform has inbuilt recording functionality you can use, though lots of people prefer to use their own recording tech and then upload pre-recorded audio, which isperfectly possible too!
No, it’s not! The more you contribute, the bigger your profile (and greater your earning potential) will be!
At guidl, we know the importance of connection to the external world – its history, culture, nature and perspectives - for our health and wellbeing. Sowe’re here to break down the barriers of traditional tours, including cost, that currently prevent us from being inspired and uplifted by the earth we inhabit. That’s why guidl tours are affordable and accessible, priced between £4.99 and £9.99 depending on length, creator etc., and why we’re including lots of free sample first guidls for you to enjoy, too.
Tell us as soon as you can! Email us directly at hello@guidl.tours with any feedback you have, and we’d love to hear from you and help resolve things. The guidl app you see today is just the start... as a start-up, we’re on a mission to bring guidl, as well as the world, to life, which means constant tweaking, honing and improvement of our guidl app. So please, be in touch, and also, watch this space. Sign-up for our emails (on our website if you haven’t already when you signed up for a guidl app account) to keep in touch with all the news from guidl HQ. We’d love to share our journey with you.
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