Private Podcast VS Reference Library in a course portal

Hellooo! I have a content library that acts similar to a private podcast. It’s where clients in my program ask questions and I record answers and put them into a reference library.

However it’s in a learning platform laid out in like lessons, categorised by topics/modules etc.

I did consider a podcast, because as an avid podcaster myself, I find it easier to just put it on while I drive and let it play. But in the end I opted for a course layout this vs a podcast for a few reasons….

Because of being able to categorise as it grows
The ease of the automated access, so no manually having to add people or remove people - That kind of thing gives me anxiety trying to remember all the daily tasks so avoid it as much as possible.
I add the audios as videos with captions incase people want to read along (I’m neurodiverse and know myself and others often learn better if I can hear and read at the same time)
It’s another recurring expense that I don’t necessarily need to have, as keeping it in my course platform isn’t any additional $$

But I just saw a comment on a video Mariah shared in Monetize, where someone asked if she could add it to the private podcast.

Despite it being in a course library where the audio could be played similar to a podcast… it was still requested to be added to the podcast. And it stuck with me. I know something is niggling in the back of my mind about it because every time I add something into it, I think about the podcast concept. It keeps showing itself to me for a reason.

So I wanted to create a discussion about this, and I might even chuck a poll below, to see what your preference is and why.

If you run anything like this in podcast vs library format, is there anything that can help with my pain points of why I’m not moving to podcast?

Because I do want what’s best for my clients, and if I hear even more reasons to make the move out of what I’m doing, I’ll really consider it.

(Side note: I'm putting this in the value bomb category in the hope the comments in here become a value bomb for others, but feel free to move it if the post... well, bombs... )

Content library

Private podcast

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