Podcasts

For my first blog entry I was told to write about a couple of podcasts I listened to as an assignment for a class. The podcasts I watched were Marketing Edge by Albert Maruggi and Across the Sound by Joseph Jaffe.

After listening to both of the podcast, I would probably only recommend the Marketing Edge to other people. I think the biggest downfall for Across the Sound was that it was over an hour long. I do not have the time our patience to become a regular listener of an hour long podcast. Marketing Edge was under fifteen minutes which meant that the podcast was more concise and to the point. Also Marketing Edge was much more structured. Maruggi definitely planned out his podcast which kept the podcast more focused. As Jaffe says in his Across the Sound podcast he was discussing whatever came into his mind, which made it less structured and harder to pay attention.

I personally do not prefer this medium. I feel that I would appreciate the idea more if there was something visual to go along with it. I tend to be a visual learner along with the majority of this country and would follow along better even if the video to go with it was just the host of the podcast speaking. Without a visual to follow along with, I would prefer to just read this information, rather then listening to it. I had trouble paying attention during both of them and found myself constantly backtracking because I missed something.

Stacy