[PodcastMN] ideal podcast length

[Mike Wills]

If the show length fits the content, it is fine. There is no defined length.
But be ready to play with show length if you want to grow your audience.
Some may feel your show is too long others may feel it is too short.

Personally, I will always add a 15 minute show I am interested in. I will
listen to a couple shows of 30-45 minutes length to see if it has value. If
it is longer than that, it had better be good and have value to me as I
would have to unsubscribe from another to show to put yours in it's place. I
mostly only listen at work and I have that whole time slot filled with shows
right now. But this is just me.

Only tips I have is keep it topical and don't deviate too far from the
topic. If you keep it interesting, your target audience will keep listening
no matter how short or long it is.

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Martin Grider <mgrider at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Long time lurker here... my friends and I are finally starting to get
> our podcasts posted (we did our second one last night). Our first
> podcast came in around 55 min, and the second was 1:08. My wife thinks
> this is too long.
>
> We are definitely quite "newbie", and so far have done little to no
> editing. (This is a very conversational toned podcast.)
>
> Anyone have any pointers to data about ideal podcast length? I'm
> interested in everyone's opinions also, but some kind of "resource"
> link would be ideal.
>
> Thanks in advance for sharing any collective wisdom!
> -martin
> http://readcomics.org/
> ----------------------------------------
> These are the Podcasters in your Neighborhood
> http://frappr.com/podcastmn
> ----------------------------------------
>
> PodcastMN - The Sound of Minnesota
> PodcastMN at lists.podcastmn.com
> http://lists.podcastmn.com/mailman/listinfo/podcastmn
>



-- 
Mike Wills
mike at podcastmike.com
Podcast Mike Productions http://podcastmike.com
Skype: koldark | Ph: 612-605-9821 (on CST or GMT -6)

Podcasts:
Mike's Hotdish -- http://mikeshotdish.com
Music Remyx -- http://musicremyx.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.podcastmn.com/pipermail/podcastmn/attachments/20080428/bf7e6cdb/attachment.html>