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   I like podcasts

   

   Oliver Wendell Jones, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 10:11am

   
   

   My job doesn't always require a lot of concentration, so I listen to all sorts of non-fictional podcasts about subjects I'm interested in. I've listended to several by Fidelity Investments on 401K and other topics.
   
   But then I'm not all that young, so I'm probably not in their target audience...

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   Kids don't want to save their money

   

   Rikko, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 10:37am

   
   

   Banks have tried this for hours... I remember my first "buck bagg savings account" when I was in grade school. You got freebies when you got certain balances in your account.
   
   It's of course idiotic. Kids aren't interested in their retirement - I started contributing to my fund when I was 23, and I think that's pretty early for most people.
   The only purpose in saving when you're younger is solely to get enough money to buy something you *really* want. If there's nothing, you squander your money on things that make you happy in the moment.
   
   Leave the kids alone, bank nerds. You probably don't even fully grasp the concept of podcasting.

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   Re: Kids don't want to save their money

   

   Rikko, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 10:38am

   
   

   What a moment of genius.. Banks have indeed tried this for hours, but years might have been the word.

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   No Subject Given

   

   Mark Fox, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 10:38am

   
   

   Given that having a retirement plan beyond "win the lottery" is a good idea what's the big deal about a bank putting this info online as an audio file?

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   No Subject Given

   

   hexjones, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 10:44am

   
   

   "Why not improve your products, rather than jumping on the latest marketing bandwagon? "
   ummmmm because it's marketing! Companies are using podcasts as an educational and information tool. It's not so much as being aimed at kids, like you say. There ARE adults using podcasts too, you know.

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   No Subject Given

   

   sk8tr, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 10:45am

   
   

   why you dissin' the suits? if i was in KC i'd have my benjies all up in this bank. nobody else dishin out mad finance scoop to my peeps.

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   I think you guys are a little off base on this one

   

   Matt, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 10:46am

   
   

   I've recently graduated from college and am just getting to the point where I can afford to start saving, investing, etc. This subject like most others can be very confusing when you don't know much but you know you want to know more. I haven't actually listened to this podcast, yet, but anything that helps to alleviate my confusion is definitely welcome.

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   No Subject Given

   

   hexjones, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 10:49am

   
   

   To explain further, I make educational videos and short news videos which are available on the web with new content every day. This is from a financial exchange.
   
   We get 5,000 views/day. Five thousand.
   
   You tryin to tell me that there isn't a podcast market for this?
   
   

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   UMB isn't that cool

   

   blather, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 11:18am

   
   

   I work in their IT department and they took away my dual G4 mac (pronounced 'decommissioning') and forced me to join the ranks of java drones that use the IBM RAD tool. Not cool at all.

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    techdirt always complains...

    

    whosawhat?, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 11:23am

    
    

    Man, if you aren't bitching about the RIAA not 'catching' up with these techs, you're bitching because someone has caught up but aren't doing it well in your eyes.
    
    Personally, I think this is a great way to feed information and ideas to your clients.

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    Re: UMB isn't that cool

    

    meanie, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 11:24am

    
    

    Nothing rad about that. Sluts.

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    Why be so cynical?

    

    Rich Miranda, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 11:59am

    
    

    The way I look at it is that a bank offering podcasts to its customers is just adding value to the services they provide. If the info will reach people who previously were not getting the info, who cares if the bank is jumping on the technology bandwagon?
    What would have happened if all those companies stayed off of the internet bandwagon? The internet might have stayed a fad, an amusement, instead of the unmeasurably huge resource that it is.
    Leave the bank alone; they're doing a good thing.

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    Christmas mood...

    

    Ben McNelly, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 12:44pm

    
    

    Now, normaly everybody is wholeheartedly in agreement with everything TD puts out, but being as its Christmas, I think people are a little more charitable...

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    Re: techdirt always complains...

    

    Carlo, Dec 23rd, 2005 @ 3:18pm

    
    

    Perhaps I should clarify. Sure, it's nice that the banks is doing podcasts -- whatever works for them and their clients. It's the press release pitching this as a surefire way to attract the youth market that's shortsighted, simply assuming that because it's a podcast, young people will care, listen and give the bank their business.

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    Podcasting

    

    jeff, Dec 25th, 2005 @ 7:21am

    
    

    Podcasting is a good thing. I've got a professor who, after I already took the class and all the damned notes by hand, wants me to help him record his lectures and Podcast them. For his future subjects, that'll be a great help.

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