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Podcasting Defined in 60 Seconds [Animated Video]

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Podcasting Defined in 60 Seconds [Animated Video]

Perhaps you’ve reached a stage in your business where you are ready to do something new.

You have a story to tell or education to share, but you’d like to do more than just writing. Or, you may feel that your audience isn’t growing as quickly anymore.

If you relate to any of those scenarios, then you might want to consider launching a podcast.

But what exactly is podcasting?

Watch our short, fun video about podcasting

With help from our friends at The Draw Shop, we whipped up 12 definitions from our new Content Marketing Glossary into short, fun whiteboard animated videos.

Check out our video for the definition of podcasting:

Animation by The Draw Shop

And for those of you who would prefer to read, here’s the transcript:

A podcast is audio content you can subscribe to and listen to on demand. This American Life is a podcast. The incredibly popular crime-investigation show Serial is a podcast.

In fact, you can think of a podcast as portable radio. Once you’ve downloaded the episode, or subscribed to the show, you can listen to your favorites anytime, anywhere — as long as you have a smart device like a phone or tablet.

Some podcasts follow an interview format, like Marc Maron’s WTF. The podcast Stuff You Should Know uses a rotating panel of experts to discuss different topics. Some are sheer entertainment, like The Truth, which is essentially a movie for your ears. And then there are long-form monologues like Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.

Rainmaker Digital has an entire network of podcasts around the themes of digital business and marketing. You can find all our shows on Rainmaker FM.

Unlike reading a blog post or watching a video, podcasts are the only truly mobile medium. You can listen to them while walking, driving, or lying down with your eyes closed.

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  1. Hey Demian,

    I’m enlightened.

    Personally, concise definitions like this helps.

    I want to go podcast, but didn’t know when to start and even, how to do it.

    Good post, I would start from here.

    You don’t write more on inbound marketing. Hope you do. Add some of it’s terms in your glossary. What do you think?

    Francis

  2. Cheers from Puerto Vallarta! I’m about to embark on a podcast in Spanish down here, and found the video and concept truly enlightening. Needless to say, the automatic Spanish translation that YouTube provides is not quite as good as it could be to convey your thoughts. I’d like to contribute a better one, in .srt format, for you to embed in your video, or touch base with you directly on how I can reference this article in Spanish without infringing…

    Thanks for the great content!

  3. Hello, I am really thankful for this article. It shows me the way how i can start podcasting and do simillar staff with it. I will use your advice to be a good podcaster. Thanks

  4. What I dislike most about podcasting is that it often is very lengthy. Podcasts can often be 15 to 30 minutes or even an hour long. This is too long for a casual user in my opinion. Sometimes it just feels like people are trying to cover material that is way less to the point and more oriented around creating a lengthy show.

    Shouldn’t podcasters keep their podcasts to a minimum length so they manage to get the whole listen through?

    • It’s not a question of length, but of interest. I can listen to a Hardcore History episode (in chunks) … and some of those extend to four hours long. Because they are interesting.

  6. What a great idea. I have never thought about adding a podcast to my site. I think that sometimes it may be easier to get a message across via an interview style talk rather than trying to write it down in an article or a blog.

  7. I love that you provided a transcript. Too many websites don’t, and lots of us would rather not spend eight minutes trying to watch a 90-second video.

  8. Podcasting looks like a lot of fun, and after following Tim Ferris’s podcast, it makes me want to start podcasting as well. Thanks for the solid video, this is clear and concise definition that I can send to anyone who doesn’t know what a podcast is.

  10. Cool. Love listening to the Podcasts in the Gym while running.
    I believe Podcats and Videos will take over the text format by a huge margin.

  11. Hello Demian,

    Nice Article, on Podcasting Definition.Yes,Podcasts are an effective way to produce and deliver content and to build ongoing relationships with clients,employees.

    Thanks For the Article.

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