Podcasting Marketing Strategy

Podcasts offer advantages over other types of online content.

Podcasters have lots of competition – including roughly 2.5 million new blog posts published and 576,000 hours’ worth of video content uploaded onto YouTube every day. But podcasting offers certain advantages because people consume podcasts differently than they do other forms of content. For example, when consuming podcasts, people don’t tend to stare at a screen; instead, they listen while going about their day. And they often spend more time listening to podcasts than they would devote to other kinds of content. People also listen to podcasts in a serial form and often play episodes more than once. 

Podcasting lets you connect with audiences whose demographics skew younger, higher income and more engaged than average. Perhaps you’re not leveraging the power of podcasting because you perceive significant barriers to entry, but in reality, all you need to get started is an audio recorder – even a smartphone – along with a suitable environment for recording and a desire to learn about the medium. 

Podcasting can build user trust and loyalty, strengthening your brand...