RE: Do You Listen To Podcasts? .:. (Not That) Late Night Blogging š
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Podcasting is many different things for many different people. I've been listening to podcasts for 18 years. I've also been creating podcasts for that same amount of time. So, I have seen the initial growth, stagnation, and resurgence of podcasting over that time. <- frame of reference for my response below.
...many people tend to listen to podcasts during their commute time, on the bus, train, or metro, while jogging, or in the car while they are waiting stuck in traffic...
I agree that podcasting is a great companion to our active lives.
Going for a drive? Listen to a podcast!
Going for walk? Listen to a podcast!
Working out? Listen to a podcast!
Doing household chores? Listen to a podcast!
Cooking dinner? Listen to a podcast! (You get my drift).
Podcasting is the only content medium you can consume while doing other things. Once you hit play, it's the ultimate hands free way to safely consume content.
Do you TAKE ACTION when you hear something valuable in them?
When listening to an informational podcast I often pause the podcast to look up what is being discussed or to jot down a note for later action.
Very often, podcasts know to last longer, for example, a couple of hours...
As for length of podcasts, I've listened to micro-podcasts (1-5 minutes), nugget podcasts (5-15 minutes), commuter podcasts (20-30 minutes) and long from podcasts (45 min-3+hours) and each podcast was exactly the right amount of time. Why? Because it's less about how long a podcast is more than the value received by the listener. Your podcast should be exactly how much time it needs to be and not a moment longer.
As I'm sure you can tell, I could go on and on about podcasting. I invite you to join me, @tengolotodo, and so many others in November for National Podcast Post Month aka #NaPodPoMo. You might be surprised to discover you're a podcaster.
Thanks @tengolotodo for tagging me so I could read this post and subsequently comment.
Thank you Jennifer, I knew you would put things much more eloquently than I ever could!
I have to admit that I had problems with defining podcasts as I like to listen to/watch short informative videos, sometimes in the form of vlogs, which probably can be classified as podcasts... Reading your comment, it looks that everything is a podcast and everyone is a podcaster!!! š
I was listening to two shows with you (if I remember well š), one with @tengolotodo and the other about HiveFest on Twitter, I think... I envy podcasters for their multitasking abilities... :) I can't do more than 1 thing simultaneously and jumping from topic to topic, from guests to audience is an amazing skill...
Thanks for your comment... Subscribed to your community, will check out what happens there... :)