Whats a good length for a podcast?

[mediamogul]

Hi all, Im working on my first podcast and I was wondering what an average length was. Whats considered too long?

Thanks for the help!

[phylaxis]

I would say it depends a lot on your content and intended audience. I keep mine under 20 mins and my listeners really appreciate the short format. The catch here is I summerize Apple news over the past two days and my listeners are mainly people who don't have time to surf the net to keep up on Apple news. They want a quick way to catch up without a lot of hassle. If I were doing a music or entertainment type show I would say it could be longer 30 - 60 mins.

Good Luck

[mediamogul]

Awesome thanks for info!

When I'm done with my mp3 file, do I load it to my server and does that need to be the same server as my blog or website? or do i just need to link it to there? thanks!

[cc_chapman]

As long as you link to it properly it doesn't matter where the file is.

As for the right lenght it totally depends on your content and the audience. I listen to podcasts ranging from a couple of minutes up to an hour, It just depends.

[mediamogul]

Awesome thanks for the help! By the way great name for your film company! FOO! :D

By the way did you need to know programming to make your blogs so nice?

[cc_chapman]

I'm a web guy by trade, but I haven't done anything besides basic HTML changes and style sheets edit with everything to make it work.

[Random]

Back to the original question, I want to inject the opinion that generally speaking, Short Is Good. If all else is equal and you can do, say, 10 minutes 3 times a week or 30 minutes once a week, I encourage the former. It's simply easier for the listener to fit in while walking or commuting or whatever the heck, and I think that probably accounts for a substantial part of podcatching (it certainly accounts for mine.)

Putting it another way, and continuing to assume everyone does what I do :), I only have room to listen to a few 30-40 minute podcasts, but I'm always game to try out another 5 minute podcast.

-R
whose only podcast show so far is 3-4 minutes long, 7 days per week

[mediamogul]

Great sage advice thanks!