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Uses of podcasting
- Radio stations have turned some of their programs into podcasts which they upload daily and make available to people who might enjoy the program but are unable to listen to it when it is initially broadcast over the airwaves.
- Companies like General Motors and Microsoft, create podcasts that combine information and product news for people who may be interested, such as investors or car or computer buffs or industry analysts.
- Companies can put basic instructions and training manuals on podcasts for someone to talk through a new user step-by-step.
- Musicians, poets, writers, and other creative people can create podcasts of their work so that they can market themselves to a wider audience.
- Churches create podcasts of their sermons which they make available to anybody, replacing the cassette tapes which used to be a popular format for ministers.
- News channels, like CNN, will put their headlines and some of the brief news stories into a podcasts format.
- Sports teams create podcasts to tell fans about what is going on, like a very specialized sports show just for the team you're interested in. Or fans create podcasts to share opinions or rants about their favorite teams.
- Museums, art galleries, and historical sites create broadcasts for users to listen to as they walk through, replacing the human guide that would do tours, and allowing an individual with a personal audio player to go through at their own pace.
- The director of the sci-fi television show “Battlestar Galactica” creates a regular podcast to tell subscribers about the behind-the-scenes effort to make the show.
- Individuals with opinions and ideas make their own podcasts in order to share those opinions and ideas with the rest of the world.
- Politicians create podcasts as a way to relate to their platform to listeners in a format that does not get interrupted by their opponents.
- Schools create podcasts of their lessons so students can listen again and again.
- Book or movie reviewers can review books in podcast format.
- Chefs who want to have their own cooking show but haven’t quite yet been contacted by a network can host an audio version of their cooking show. This is not a bad idea to also market step-by-step cooking podcasts for college students who have just moved away from home.
- Companies are using podcasts as an alternative for meetings or conferences.
- An astronaut created a podcast while he was in space, recently: the very first podcast from space!
- Experts in the field create podcasts to tell others about development and their field: like an entrepreneur sharing moneymaking ideas or a leader of global development calling for the end of poverty.
This may seem like a lot of different ways, but it is far from comprehensive and by the time you’re done reading this you’ll likely have thought of more ways to use podcasting! Whatever you decide to do, be sure that it’s something you enjoy. Podcasting is not only about convenience, it should also be about having fun!
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