Listening podcasts and applications

                                        Listening podcasts and applications 
Podcast can fill up your leisure time with knowledge, laugh or inspiration depending on the show that you listen to. Listening to podcast have several benefits such as improving knowledge, an better alternative to radio.

Advantage: Convenience

With podcasting, you don't have to worry that your audience is busy offline when you make your sales pitch. A listener can download the file and replay it at whatever time is convenient for him, even while jogging or driving to work. If someone chooses to subscribe to your podcast feed, he can get any podcasts of interest downloaded automatically. If you want all your employees to hear what you have to say, podcasting is often easier than trying to get everyone together for one meeting.

Disadvantage: Accessibility

If you want to reach an audience that doesn't have access to the Internet, then podcasting isn't the way to do it. Podcasts, especially vodcasts -- video files -- are often large files, which also makes them hard to access for anyone with a slow Internet connection. If you want to make an audio podcast available to a customer who's hearing-impaired or anyone who doesn't have a compatible player, you need to turn the material into a written transcript as well.

Advantage: Easy

Making a podcast is fairly simple. All you need is a computer or smartphone, software to record your presentation and a connection to upload it to the Internet. If you're looking to reach a wide audience, there are multiple sites that make podcasts available to listeners, including iTunes. You can buy software packages that also enable you to edit podcasts, add sound effects or store past podcasts for you to use later. Editing improves the quality of your finished podcast, but it does take more work.

Disadvantage: Loss of Control

Like any other digital medium, podcasts are easy to share. If you use someone else's copyrighted material in your podcast, you have to take steps to protect it against unauthorized copying and file sharing. When it's your own copyrighted material, the same problem applies unless you're okay with it being passed around. If your podcast to employees includes confidential company material, anyone who accesses it can learn information about your business you'd rather keep secret.