This year, podcasting marks a major milestone: Apple Podcasts turns 20.
That’s two decades of stories, conversations, and voices reaching listeners all over the world, on demand, in their ears, and often, right when they need them most.
The term ‘Branded Podcast’ has a spotty reputation in some podcasting circles – ‘large corporates destroying the fabric of indie podcasting creativity.’ But not all branded audio has to be evil!
Former VP of Podcast Programming at iHeart Radio, Matty Staudt now creates branded podcasts with his podcast company, Jam Street Media.
Chris Ashmore asks Matty about the trends in podcasting, and what business needs to know for a future of spoken-word audio content.
Kelli Hurley is the driving force behind Westwood One‘s foray into podcasting. Already America’s largest audio broadcast network – with 245 million weekly listeners through 8,000 radio stations – it made sense to offer high-quality on-demand content.
Do you remember those early internet days of the late ’90s, when companies were scrambling to build their own websites?
This was before WordPress and Squarespace were on the scene.
Despite it being around since 2004, it’s now that businesses are really starting to discover how powerful podcasting can be as a marketing strategy.
That’s according to Evo Terra, podcaster, broadcaster, consultant, and co-author of the original Podcasting for Dummies.
As more Australians listen to podcasts, a greater number of companies are trying to figure out how to get involved with this new medium.
First, we should understand why people listen to on-demand audio content.
Genea has always used a breadth of different marketing channels to promote its brand.